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Games like Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

If Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tormentum - Dark Sorrow, Anna's Quest and TSIOQUE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and mysterious. 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.

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Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is a 2019 point-and-click indie adventure from Stuck In Attic featuring hand-painted art and inventory-based puzzles. Players control three protagonists across multiple perspectives as they investigate ancient conspiracies in a Lovecraft-inspired world. The game supports context-menu interactions and runs playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers highlight the cosmic horror mixed with sardonic humor and the Lovecraftian universe with a Transylvanian twist. Players describe it as atmospheric, mysterious, and whimsical, noting the sarcastic talking cat as a standout character whose story intertwines with the other protagonists. The game currently holds an 87% positive rating from over 1000 Steam reviews.

About Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure: Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!

2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 74Windows · macOS · Linuxby Stuck In Attic
Gibbous -  A Cthulhu Adventure — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Top pick for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Anna's Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Second-strongest match for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

    2015IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TSIOQUE

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Third-strongest match for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Ranked #4 for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Inspired by the great ‘90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bear With Me - Episode One

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Ranked #5 for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear.

    2016IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. BLACK SOULS II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Ranked #6 for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".

    2025IndieAdventureRPG11.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Fran Bow

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and a whimsical mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Ranked #7 for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Slender Threads

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Ranked #8 for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Return to Monkey Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

    2022AdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and a funny mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. A Vampyre Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory based puzzles, point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Help Mona De Lafitte escape from Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer and return to Paris!

    2014Adventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mass Effect (2007)

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

    2008ActionRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Discover the source of dreadful evil!

    2015AdventureCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sam & Max Save the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Day of the Tentacle Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Reviewers of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.

    2016Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Anna's Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

    2015IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TSIOQUE

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fran Bow

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and a whimsical mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Slender Threads

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

    In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Does Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure run on Steam Deck?
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure 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 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure cost?
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure are Tormentum - Dark Sorrow, Anna's Quest, TSIOQUE.
Who developed Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure?
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure was developed by Stuck In Attic.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

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