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Call of Cthulhu is described as ': Dark Corners of the Earth is a 2005 first-person survival horror video game developed by Headfirst Productions and published by Bethesda Softworks, in conjunction with 2K Games, for the PC and Xbox systems' and is a Horror Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Call of Cthulhu for Windows, Mac, Linux and Steam. The best Call of Cthulhu alternative is Resident Evil. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try SCP: Containment Breach or They That Feast. Other Call of Cthulhu like games are Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Slender: The Eight Pages, Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy and Alan Wake.

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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a 2005 first-person survival horror video game developed by Headfirst Productions and published by Bethesda Softworks, in conjunction with 2K Games, for the PC and Xbox systems.

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Call of Cthulhu alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Resident Evil icon
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    Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a survival horror video game-based media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and owned by the video game company Capcom.

    27 Resident Evil alternatives
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    • Windows

    Resident Evil Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Coop storymode
    4.  Zombie Game
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    • Resident Evil is the most popular Windows alternative to Call of Cthulhu.

    • Resident Evil is the most popular commercial alternative to Call of Cthulhu.

    • Resident Evil is Paid and ProprietaryCall of Cthulhu is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Amnesia: The Dark Descent icon
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    Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person survival horror game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

    36 Amnesia: The Dark Descent alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Controller Support
    3.  Moddable
    4.  First person view
    5.  Walking simulator
    6.  Psychological horror
    7.  Lovecraftian
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    • Amnesia: The Dark Descent is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Call of Cthulhu.

    • Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Paid and ProprietaryCall of Cthulhu is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Slender: The Eight Pages icon
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    Slender: The Eight Pages is a free indie-developed psychological horror/survival horror video game for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game is based on the Something Awful forums' creation, Slender Man.

    30 Slender: The Eight Pages alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Slender: The Eight Pages Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Free to play
    3.  Psychological horror
    4.  First person view
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  4. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy icon
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    In this paranormal thriller, New York City is stunned by a series of mysterious murders that follow the same pattern: ordinary people become possessed and kill absolute strangers in public. The main characters of the story must uncover the supernatural forces behind these crimes.

    4 Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy alternatives
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    • Windows
    • Steam

    Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Features

    1.  Single player
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  5. Alan Wake icon
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    A Psychological Action Thriller

    When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A dark presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity.

    23 Alan Wake alternatives
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    • Windows

    Alan Wake Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Psychological horror
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  6. Penumbra icon
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    Penumbra: Overture is the first in a series of episodic survival horror games developed by Swedish developer Frictional Games. It was originally intended as the first episode of a trilogy. With the announcement of the second episode, Penumbra: Black Plague, it was stated that...

    27 Penumbra alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Penumbra Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  First person view
    4.  Exploration
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  7. Silent Hill icon
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    Silent Hill is a survival horror video game series consisting of eight installments published by Konami and its subsidiary Konami Digital Entertainment. The first four games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, have been developed by an internal factor, Team...

    30 Silent Hill alternatives
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    • Windows

    Silent Hill Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Psychological horror
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  8. Clive Barker's Undying icon
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    The game begins in 1923, after World War I veteran Patrick Galloway receives an urgent letter from his friend Jeremiah Covenant. Covenant, well aware of Galloway's reputation for dealing with occult matters, is in failing health and raves about a curse that has destroyed his...

    40 Clive Barker's Undying alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Clive Barker's Undying Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Gore
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  9. SCP: Containment Breach icon
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    SCP: Containment Breach is an indie survival horror video game based on the stories of the SCP Foundation website.

    26 SCP: Containment Breach alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SCP: Containment Breach Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  First person view
    SCP: Containment Breach iconCall of Cthulhu Icon

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    • SCP: Containment Breach is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Call of Cthulhu.

    • SCP: Containment Breach is Free and Open SourceCall of Cthulhu is Paid and Proprietary
  10. Clive Barker's Jericho icon
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    Jericho's core gameplay consists of leading the game's seven-man team codenamed Jericho, allowing control of all team members by jumping to each character during certain points in the game, through various environments that have been warped by the Firstborn while...

    40 Clive Barker's Jericho alternatives
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    • Windows

    Clive Barker's Jericho Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Gore
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  11. Nightmare Creatures icon
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    Nightmare Creatures is a survival horror video game released for the PlayStation and PC in 1997, and Nintendo 64 in 1998 as a North America exclusive. It was developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Activision.

    36 Nightmare Creatures alternatives
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    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    • Windows

    Nightmare Creatures Features

    1.  Single player
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  12. Into The Dark icon
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    We got puzzles, as this is an adventure. But this is also a shooter. And it is an RPG (at least in some special moments). This is really unique - and crazy like hell. From the guys that have brought shame to the gaming world with "Anderson & the Legacy of...

    25 Into The Dark alternatives
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    • Windows

    Into The Dark Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  First person view
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