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Games like Call of Cthulhu®
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Call of Cthulhu®” means here
LovecraftianDetectiveHorrorPsychological HorrorMysterySurvival Horror
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Lovecraftian · Detective · Horror · Psychological Horror
73% of 633 reviews positive
97%
match
2
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Lovecraftian · Detective · Mystery · Horror
74% of 905 reviews positive
96%
match
3
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
Lovecraftian · Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
68% of 3,362 reviews positive
93%
match
4
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Lovecraftian · Detective · Narration · Psychological Horror
82% of 2,976 reviews positive · 15 playing now
92%
match
5
Still Wakes the Deep
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
88% of 13,041 reviews positive
90%
match
6
90%
match
7
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · Mystery
87% of 2,480 reviews positive
89%
match
8
88%
match
9
The Sinking City Remastered
Lovecraftian · Detective · Psychological Horror · Narration
76% of 5,624 reviews positive
87%
match
10
87%
match
11
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Lovecraftian · Horror · RPG · Choices Matter
66% of 2,522 reviews positive
87%
match
12
SOMA
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
96% of 52,716 reviews positive · 142 playing now
87%
match
13
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Detective · Lovecraftian · Mystery · Walking Simulator
88% of 8,976 reviews positive
86%
match
14
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
94% of 2,973 reviews positive
86%
match
15
Alone in the Dark
Lovecraftian · Detective · Psychological Horror · Horror
78% of 4,901 reviews positive
86%
match
16
Penumbra Overture
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
90% of 4,164 reviews positive
85%
match
17
The Designer's Curse
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Survival Horror
88% of 812 reviews positive
85%
match
18
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
95% of 35,708 reviews positive · 33 playing now
85%
match
19
85%
match
20
84%
match
21
84%
match
22
84%
match
24
83%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Call of Cthulhu®?
The closest matches to Call of Cthulhu® on Steam are Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008), Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth, Sherlock Holmes The Awakened, Still Wakes the Deep. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Call of Cthulhu®'s, and shared tags include Lovecraftian, Detective, Horror.
How are games like Call of Cthulhu® chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Lovecraftian, Detective, Horror count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Call of Cthulhu®'s. Popularity never affects the ranking.