The Best Lovecraftian Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Paw Paw Destiny added at rank #20.
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Call of CthulhuA (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

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  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • rpg
  • tabletop
  • detective
  • psychological
  • paper
  • pen-and-paper
  • survival-horror
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • storybook

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49 Keys (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.


  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • psychological
  • gothic
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • lore
  • text
  • psychedelic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • visual-novel
  • surreal
  • historical
  • dark

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The Song Out of Space (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Two federal agents investigate a strange homicide case in this Lovecraftian visual novel.

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  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • lovecraftian
  • choices
  • conspiracy
  • aliens
  • america
  • psychological
  • pixel
  • detective
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • dark

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Disaster Detective Saiga: An Indescribable Mystery (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

This is an adventure game with a comical and mysterious story. Become the unluckiest detective in the universe and travel around Town with your buddy, a fortune teller, to solve crimes.


  • lovecraftian
  • visual-novel
  • comedy
  • choices
  • adventure
  • dark
  • exploration
  • horror

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A Place for the Unwilling (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows stadia Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Xbox One

You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

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  • lovecraftian
  • narrative
  • choices
  • adventure
  • text
  • exploration
  • story
  • dark
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • fantasy
  • rich
  • po-faced
  • socio-economy

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Theatre of Sorrows (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux

Try to survive on the mysterious island in a lovecraftian 2D roguelite with branching narrative and elements of resource management.

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  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • lovecraftian
  • psychedelic
  • resource-management
  • fiction
  • horror
  • surreal
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • cosmic
  • interactive
  • inventory

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Depths of Sanity (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.


  • submarine
  • lovecraftian
  • metroidvania
  • underwater
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • dark
  • surreal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • stylized

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The Nameless (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

A classic survival horror game with themes that are loosely based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft.


  • first-person
  • lovecraftian
  • action-adventure
  • survival-horror
  • fps
  • rpg
  • horror
  • cult
  • gore
  • violent
  • adventure
  • shooter
  • management
  • inventory
  • classic

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Guayota (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Unveil the darkest secrets of Saint Brendan’s Island, the paradise on Earth, in this 3D Puzzle-Adventure game. Only equipped with a torch, walk through ancient gods’ temples and solve their enigmas.


  • mythology
  • lovecraftian
  • logic
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • adventure
  • top-down
  • controller-support
  • platform

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Rooten (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.


  • lovecraftian
  • 6dof
  • walking-simulator
  • horror
  • nature
  • dark
  • survival-horror
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • exploration
  • choices
  • surreal
  • story
  • 2d
  • minimalist

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