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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Games like Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

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Games like Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

A roughly 10-hour single-player adventure combining Sherlock Holmes detective work with Lovecraftian horror, as you investigate disappearances tied to the Cthulhu Mythos.

Call of the Elder Gods
A globe-trotting Lovecraftian puzzle adventure with multiple endings, an ominous cosmic horror tone, and a roughly nine-hour campaign that occasionally stumbles in pacing.
2026-05-12
- Action

First person

Puzzle

Adventure

Strategy

Indie

Mystery

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Detective Girl of the Steam City

Play as private investigator Sophie in a steampunk London solving mysteries across an atmospheric, roughly 8-hour RPG.

2019-07-18

Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Visual Novel
Erotic

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The Raven Remastered

A 1964 London point-and-click adventure about investigating a museum ruby theft with an engaging mystery and roughly 11 hours of playtime.

2018-03-13

Thriller
Adventure
Third person
Historical
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

A guided single-player detective adventure on the Orient Express where you play Hercule Poirot solving a murder through dialogue and mini-game puzzles in about 16 hours.

2023-10-19

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person

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The Horror at Highrook

A single-player occult card-crafting narrative RPG set in a haunted mansion, featuring puzzle-driven investigation, a Lovecraftian story, and a roughly eight-hour branching campaign.

2025-05-01

Horror
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Call of Cthulhu®

A 1924 Lovecraftian detective RPG with a sanity mechanic, offering a campy, uneven mystery that runs about 8–11 hours.

2018-10-29

Action
First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Role-playing (RPG)

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The Sinking City Remastered

An open-world Lovecraftian detective adventure in a flooded 1920s city with eerie atmosphere, but reviewers find pacing tedious due to travel and busywork, averaging around 17-18 hours.

2021-02-26

Shooter
Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Mystery

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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

A substantial detective thriller with a young Sherlock investigating his mother's death on a Mediterranean island, whose emotional story and branching endings outshine its janky combat.

2021-11-15

Action
Thriller
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Open world
Mystery

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The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition

A gothic Lovecraftian Metroidvania combining memory exploration, detective investigation, and demon combat in a roughly 10–12 hour adventure.

2023-04-27

Action
Platform
Thriller
Adventure
Third person
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view
Mystery

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Alone in the Dark

A single-player action-adventure reimagining set in Derceto Manor, blending detective noir with Lovecraftian horror, simple one-button combat, and puzzle-solving, but slowed by a convoluted story and pacing.

2024-03-20

Action
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Mystery

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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

A single-player Lovecraftian investigation game set in a deep-sea mining station, focusing on atmosphere, clue-finding, and puzzle-solving, with mixed reviews over its mechanics.

2026-04-16

First person
Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Mystery

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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

A detective adventure mixing Sherlock Holmes logic with Lovecraftian horror, featuring first- and third-person clue-hunting and puzzles in an eerie, occult atmosphere.

2009-08-06

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Historical
Mystery
Point-and-click