The Best Lovecraftian Games for Xbox One

Update : Desolatium added at rank #6.
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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.


  • lovecraftian
  • steampunk
  • sequel
  • crowdfunded
  • trains
  • kickstarter
  • story
  • exploration
  • top-down
  • survival
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • rogue-like
  • pirates

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Tesla Force (2020)

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Android Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!


  • top-down
  • lovecraftian
  • mech
  • procedural
  • rogue-like
  • science
  • destruction
  • shooter
  • local
  • twin-stick
  • replay-value
  • cooperative
  • horror
  • gauntlet
  • sci-fi

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Elderand (2023)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.


  • metroidvania
  • gothic
  • boss
  • lovecraftian
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • gore
  • combat
  • action-adventure
  • character
  • action
  • cult
  • hack-and-slash

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Source of Madness (2022)

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

Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.


  • lovecraftian
  • rogue-like
  • dark
  • roguevania
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • metroidvania
  • magic
  • procedural
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • action
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • physics

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Morbid: The Seven Acolytes (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!


  • souls
  • lovecraftian
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • steampunk
  • gore
  • stamina
  • dark
  • action
  • boss
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • cyberpunk
  • management

6

Desolatium (2023)

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DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.


  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • exploration

7

The Innsmouth Case (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Xbox One

The Innsmouth Case is a choose-your-own-adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.


  • choices
  • lovecraftian
  • detective
  • text
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • visual-novel
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • combine
  • speculative
  • novel

8

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.


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

9

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.


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

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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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