Call of Cthulhu Alternatives

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 and Linux. 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, Silent Hill and Penumbra.

Call of Cthulhu alternatives are mainly Horror Games but may also be First-Person Shooters or Adventure Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Call of Cthulhu.

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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a 2005 first-person survival horror video game developed by Headfirst...

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Resident Evil (Series)
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Windows
24 Resident Evil alternatives
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.
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Resident Evil Features
1. Single playerResident Evil has one or more single player game modes.
Coop storymode
Zombie Game
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
34 Amnesia: The Dark Descent alternatives
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person survival horror game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
- - Amnesia: The Dark Descent is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Call of Cthulhu.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent Features
1. Single playerAmnesia: The Dark Descent has one or more single player game modes.
2. Controller SupportAmnesia: The Dark Descent supports the use of a controller (XBOX, PlayStation, etc.).
3. ModdableAmnesia: The Dark Descent can be modified through the installation of external mods.
First person view
Walking simulator
Psychological horror
Lovecraftian
Slender: The Eight Pages
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Mac
Windows
28 Slender: The Eight Pages alternatives
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.
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1. Single playerSlender: The Eight Pages has one or more single player game modes.
Free to play
Psychological horror
First person view
Silent Hill (Series)
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Windows
27 Silent Hill alternatives
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...
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Silent Hill Features
1. Single playerSilent Hill has one or more single player game modes.
Psychological horror
Penumbra (Series)
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Mac
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Linux
24 Penumbra alternatives
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...
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1. Single playerPenumbra has one or more single player game modes.
First person view
Exploration
Alan Wake
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Paid • Proprietary
Horror Game
Windows
21 Alan Wake alternatives
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.
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Alan Wake Features
1. Single playerAlan Wake has one or more single player game modes.
Psychological horror
SCP: Containment Breach
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Free • Open Source
Windows
24 SCP: Containment Breach alternatives
SCP: Containment Breach is an indie survival horror video game based on the stories of the SCP Foundation website.
- - SCP: Containment Breach is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Call of Cthulhu.
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1. Single playerSCP: Containment Breach has one or more single player game modes.
First person view
Clive Barker's Undying
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First-Person Shooter
Action Game
Mac
Windows
36 Clive Barker's Undying alternatives
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...
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Clive Barker's Undying Features
1. Single playerClive Barker's Undying has one or more single player game modes.
Gore
Metro Exodus (Series)
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Horror Game
Adventure Game
Survival Game
Windows
9 Metro Exodus alternatives
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness.
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Metro Exodus Features
1. Single playerMetro Exodus has one or more single player game modes.
Gore
Exploration
Sci-fi
Psychological horror
First person view
Stealth
Atmospheric
Indigo Prophecy
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Paid • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Windows
4 Indigo Prophecy alternatives
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.
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Indigo Prophecy Features
1. Single playerIndigo Prophecy has one or more single player game modes.
Clive Barker's Jericho
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Horror Game
First-Person Shooter
Windows
36 Clive Barker's Jericho alternatives
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...
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1. Single playerClive Barker's Jericho has one or more single player game modes.
Gore
Nightmare Creatures
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Horror Game
Action Game
Windows
33 Nightmare Creatures alternatives
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.
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Nightmare Creatures Features
1. Single playerNightmare Creatures has one or more single player game modes.