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Games like The Miskatonic

  • 8 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked The Miskatonic also play

The closest matches to The Miskatonic: Mutiny!!, The Innsmouth Case, Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro, Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure, and Heart of the Woods. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same funny mood as The Miskatonic.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
    • 2017
  1. Rank 05

    Heart of the Woods

    Why this: Same whimsical mood as The Miskatonic.

    • $4.64 (Price checked Oct 17)
    • 2019
  2. Rank 06

    MechaNika

    • $3.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Miskatonic

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Mutiny!!

    Same funny mood as The Miskatonic.

    • 86% of 128 reviews
  2. 2
    The Innsmouth Case

    Same mysterious mood as The Miskatonic.

    • 62% of 87 reviews
  3. 3
    Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 76% of 119 reviews
  4. 4
    Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

    Same atmospheric mood as The Miskatonic.

    • 87% of 1,048 reviews
  5. 5
    Heart of the Woods

    Same whimsical mood as The Miskatonic.

    • 97% of 611 reviews
  6. 6
    MechaNika

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 86% of 192 reviews
  7. 7
    Daily Chthonicle: Editor's Edition

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 73% of 55 reviews
  8. 8
    How To Date A Magical Girl!

    Genres: Adventure, Simulation, Casual

    • 81% of 335 reviews
  9. 9
    Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 83% of 198 reviews
  10. 10
    Eldritch

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 1,204 reviews
  11. 11
    Max's Big Bust - A Captain Nekorai Tale

    Shares choice driven narrative with The Miskatonic.

    • 98% of 97 reviews
  12. 12
    Belladonna

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 71% of 305 reviews
  13. 13
    The Crown of Leaves

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 95% of 544 reviews
  14. 14
    SUNLESS SEA

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 84% of 5,627 reviews
  15. 15
    Magical Girl Witch Trials

    Also LGBTQ+ and Gore, like The Miskatonic.

    • 98% of 445 reviews
  16. 16
    Sucker for Love: First Date

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, RPG

    • 98% of 2,095 reviews
  17. 17
    They Bleed Pixels

    Also Lovecraftian and Gore, like The Miskatonic.

    • 84% of 1,372 reviews
  18. 18
    Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.1: Ovnifagos Don´t Eat Flamingos

    Also Lovecraftian and Dark Comedy, like The Miskatonic.

    • 68% of 84 reviews
  19. 19
    Highway Blossoms

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 95% of 952 reviews
  20. 20
    The Blind Prophet

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 82% of 164 reviews
  21. 21
    Decollate Decoration

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 95% of 78 reviews
  22. 22
    The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 2,695 reviews
  23. 23
    Magi Trials

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 80% of 82 reviews
  24. 24
    Sweet fantasy

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 76% of 149 reviews
The Miskatonic — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2018
  • Developer: Rapscallion
  • Price: $0.99checked Oct 17
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 76% of 330 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual, Nudity, Gore
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Blends horror with absurd humor
  • Lgbtq friendly narrative
  • Memory erasing magic system
  • Atmospheric
  • Funny
  • Mysterious

About The Miskatonic

The closest matches to The Miskatonic: Mutiny!!, The Innsmouth Case, Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro, Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure, and Heart of the Woods. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The Miskatonic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mutiny!!, The Innsmouth Case and Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, funny and mysterious, and single out its character interaction order and choice driven narrative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

About The Miskatonic: Explore the most prestigious occult school in North America, The Miskatonic University, in a hilarious dark comedy set after the Lovecraft canon, in which the greatest threat to mankind is its own ambitions.

Is The Miskatonic worth buying?

  • 76% of 330 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $0.99 (checked Oct 17).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Series fans of the Lovecraft books won't be too pleased with the game. The story is lighthearted for most of the duration before 180-ing without warning in the least pleasent way. If you can separate this from the books and accept it as a…”
3 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Mutiny!!, The Innsmouth Case, Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

How this verdict works →

Frequently asked about The Miskatonic

Can I run it?

Does The Miskatonic run on Steam Deck?

The Miskatonic is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does The Miskatonic cost?

The Miskatonic is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to The Miskatonic?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Miskatonic are Mutiny!!, The Innsmouth Case, Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro.

Who developed The Miskatonic?

The Miskatonic was developed by Rapscallion.