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	*[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002) and its sequels, including Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002), and Eternal Darkness 2: Shadow of the Eternals (in development?)		*[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002) and its sequels, including Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002), and Eternal Darkness 2: Shadow of the Eternals (in development?)
	*[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)		*[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)
	*[[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006 video game)]] or [[[[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened]], combines Sherlock Holmes with elements of Lovecraftian horror		*[[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006 video game)]] or [[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened]], combines Sherlock Holmes with elements of Lovecraftian horror

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	*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving a period setting, tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror		*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving a period setting, tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror
	*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)		*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)
	*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous (but respectful) pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror from a game series that otherwise parodies conventions of the sword-and-sorcery, hack-and-slash, and dungeon-crawl fantasy genres; in this installment, our hero travels to the sinister haunted land of Mordavia to try to stop the return of the dead god Avoozl, with the help ~~and~~ interference of ghosts, vampires, reanimated monsters stitched together from corpses, hunch-backed gravediggers, and wise-cracking, ad-libbing actors portraying the local peasants....		*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous (but respectful) pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror from a game series that otherwise parodies conventions of the sword-and-sorcery, hack-and-slash, and dungeon-crawl fantasy genres; in this installment, our hero travels to the sinister haunted land of Mordavia to try to stop the return of the dead god Avoozl, with the help (or interference) of ghosts, vampires, reanimated monsters stitched together from corpses, a creepy kid, hunch-backed gravediggers, a handful of suspicious-looking characters from Eastern European folklore, and wise-cracking, hilariously ad-libbing voice actors portraying the local peasants....
	* ''[[The Dig (1995 video game)]]'', apparently a dark sci-fi/horror video game in which a team of distant future xenoarchaelogists explore a strange, seemingly abandoned alien world full of ancient but advanced alien technology and haunted by ghosts of extra-dimensional aliens obsessed in life with extending their lives and acquiring other supernatural powers using a sort of scientific/technological black magic....		* ''[[The Dig (1995 video game)]]'', apparently a dark sci-fi/horror video game in which a team of distant future xenoarchaelogists explore a strange, seemingly abandoned alien world full of ancient but advanced alien technology and haunted by ghosts of extra-dimensional aliens obsessed in life with extending their lives and acquiring other supernatural powers using a sort of scientific/technological black magic....

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	*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving a period setting, tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror		*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving a period setting, tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror
	*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)		*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)
	*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror		*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous (but respectful) pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror from a game series that otherwise parodies conventions of the sword-and-sorcery, hack-and-slash, and dungeon-crawl fantasy genres; in this installment, our hero travels to the sinister haunted land of Mordavia to try to stop the return of the dead god Avoozl, with the help and interference of ghosts, vampires, reanimated monsters stitched together from corpses, hunch-backed gravediggers, and wise-cracking, ad-libbing actors portraying the local peasants....
	* ''[[The Dig (1995 video game)]]'', apparently a dark sci-fi/horror video game in which a team of distant future xenoarchaelogists explore a strange, seemingly abandoned alien world full of ancient but advanced alien technology and haunted by ghosts of extra-dimensional aliens obsessed in life with extending their lives and acquiring other supernatural powers using a sort of scientific/technological black magic....		* ''[[The Dig (1995 video game)]]'', apparently a dark sci-fi/horror video game in which a team of distant future xenoarchaelogists explore a strange, seemingly abandoned alien world full of ancient but advanced alien technology and haunted by ghosts of extra-dimensional aliens obsessed in life with extending their lives and acquiring other supernatural powers using a sort of scientific/technological black magic....

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	*[[Phantasmagoria (1995 video game)]]		*[[Phantasmagoria (1995 video game)]]
	*[[Dark Seed (1992 video game]] and its sequel(s) including Dark Seed (1992) and Dark Seed II (1995), based on artwork from H.R. Giger's ''Necronomicon''		*[[Dark Seed (1992 video game]] and its sequel(s) including Dark Seed (1992) and Dark Seed II (1995), based on artwork from H.R. Giger's ''Necronomicon''
	*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror		*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving a period setting, tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror
	*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)		*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)
	*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror		*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror

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	==Non-Mythos Horror Computer Games of unknown content==		==Non-Mythos Horror Computer Games of unknown content==
	These games were tagged as "Lovecraftian" at IMDB, but do not seem to contain any overt Lovecraftian themes or content:		These games were tagged as "Lovecraftian" at IMDB, but do not seem to contain any overt Lovecraftian themes or content:
	*[[Clock Tower (1995 video game)]] video game series, including [[Clock Tower: The First Fear]] and its sequel [[Clock Tower]] (AKA Clock Tower 2)		*[[Clock Tower (1995 video game)]] video game series, including Clock Tower: The First Fear and its sequel Clock Tower (AKA Clock Tower 2)
	* [[Splatterhouse (1988 video game)]] and its sequels, Splatterhouse (1988), Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (1989), Splatterhouse 2 (1992), Splatterhouse 3 (1993), Splatterhouse (2010 remake/reboot)		* [[Splatterhouse (1988 video game)]] and its sequels, Splatterhouse (1988), Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (1989), Splatterhouse 2 (1992), Splatterhouse 3 (1993), Splatterhouse (2010 remake/reboot)

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	===Freeware Games and Fan Creations===		===Freeware Games and Fan Creations===
	*[[Anchorhead]]		*[[Anchorhead (1998 video game)]] or just [[Anchorhead]]
	*[[CthulhuHL]] for Half-Life		*[[CthulhuHL]] for Half-Life
	*[[Anchorhead (1998 video game)]]

	==Cthulhu Mythos Online Games==		==Cthulhu Mythos Online Games==

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	These games directly involve aspects of the Cthulhu Mythos.		These games directly involve aspects of the Cthulhu Mythos.

	[[Hound of Shadows]] (1989)~~<br>~~		*[[Hound of Shadows]] (1989)
	[[Daughter of Serpents]] (aka The Scroll) (1992)~~<br>~~		*[[Daughter of Serpents]] (aka The Scroll) (1992)
	[[Necronomicon - The Dawning of Darkness]] (2001)~~<br>~~		*[[Necronomicon - The Dawning of Darkness]] (2001)
	[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002)~~<br>~~		*[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002) and its sequels, including Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002), and Eternal Darkness 2: Shadow of the Eternals (in development?)
	[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)~~<br>~~		*[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)
			*[[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006 video game)]] or [[[[Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened]], combines Sherlock Holmes with elements of Lovecraftian horror


	===The Infogrames Trilogy===		===The Infogrames Trilogy===
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	*[[Anchorhead]]		*[[Anchorhead]]
	*[[CthulhuHL]] for Half-Life		*[[CthulhuHL]] for Half-Life
			*[[Anchorhead (1998 video game)]]

	==Cthulhu Mythos Online Games==		==Cthulhu Mythos Online Games==
	These games are only available online.		These games are only available online.

	[[Deanimator]]~~<br>~~		*[[Deanimator]]
	[[Arcane]]~~<br>~~		*[[Arcane]]

	==Non-Mythos Horror Computer Games==		==Non-Mythos Horror Computer Games==
	These games do not necessarily involve the Cthulhu Mythos, but are decidedly [[Lovecraftian]] in nature, and evoke the general theme.		These games do not necessarily involve the Cthulhu Mythos, but are decidedly [[Lovecraftian]] in nature, and evoke the general theme.

	[[DOOM]]		*[[DOOM]]
			*[[Quake]]
			*[[Silent Hill]]
			*[[Resident Evil]]
			*[[Phantasmagoria (1995 video game)]]
			*[[Dark Seed (1992 video game]] and its sequel(s) including Dark Seed (1992) and Dark Seed II (1995), based on artwork from H.R. Giger's ''Necronomicon''
			*[[Clive Barker's Undying (2001 video game)]], a quite Lovecraftian Gothic horror story involving tainted bloodlines, cultists, undying ghouls, travels into deadly Dreamlands and across time and space, a doomed protagonist wielding dark magic, and a race against time to prevent the summoning of an eldritch horror
			*[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 video game)]], a heavily atmospheric and vaguely Lovecraftian horror game with a fear/madness mechanic, and gameplay designed around avoiding and not even looking at the monsters rather than killing them (there are actually no effective weapons in the game, and the game penalizes your character with crippling fear and madness for even looking at the monsters long enough to try to do them any harm)
			*[[Quest for Glory IV (1993 video game)]] (AKA Heroquest IV), a humorous pastiche of Gothic and Lovecraftian horror
			* ''[[The Dig (1995 video game)]]'', apparently a dark sci-fi/horror video game in which a team of distant future xenoarchaelogists explore a strange, seemingly abandoned alien world full of ancient but advanced alien technology and haunted by ghosts of extra-dimensional aliens obsessed in life with extending their lives and acquiring other supernatural powers using a sort of scientific/technological black magic....


	[[~~Quake~~]]		==Non-Mythos Horror Computer Games of unknown content==
			These games were tagged as "Lovecraftian" at IMDB, but do not seem to contain any overt Lovecraftian themes or content:
			*[[Clock Tower (1995 video game)]] video game series, including [[Clock Tower: The First Fear]] and its sequel [[Clock Tower]] (AKA Clock Tower 2)
			* [[Splatterhouse (1988 video game)]] and its sequels, Splatterhouse (1988), Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (1989), Splatterhouse 2 (1992), Splatterhouse 3 (1993), Splatterhouse (2010 remake/reboot)

	~~[[Silent Hill]]~~

	~~[[Resident Evil]]~~

	===Further games in the AitD series===		===Further games in the AitD series===
			*[[Alone in the Dark (1992 video game)]]
	*[[Jack in the Dark]] (1993)		*[[Jack in the Dark]] (1993)
			*[[Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet (1993 video game)]] AKA [[Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet]]
			*[[Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (1995 video game)]] AKA [[Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice]]
	*[[Alone in the Dark II]] (1994)		*[[Alone in the Dark II]] (1994)
	*[[Alone in the Dark III]] (1995)		*[[Alone in the Dark III]] (1995)
			*[[Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001 video game)]]

	[[Category:Video Games]] [[Category: Games]]		[[Category:Video Games]] [[Category: Games]]

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The Infogrames Trilogy

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	===The Infogrames Trilogy===		===The Infogrames Trilogy===
	*[[Alone in the Dark]] (1992)		*[[Alone in the Dark]] (1992)
	*[[Shadow of the Comet]] (1993)		*[[Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet\|Shadow of the Comet]] (1993)
	*[[Prisoner of Ice]] (1995)		*[[Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice\|Prisoner of Ice]] (1995)
	More Infogrames Details: http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/Infogrames.html		More Infogrames Details: http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/Infogrames.html

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	*[[Alone in the Dark III]] (1995)		*[[Alone in the Dark III]] (1995)

	[[Category:Video Games]]		[[Category:Video Games]] [[Category: Games]]

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Cthulhu Mythos Computer Games

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	[[Necronomicon - The Dawning of Darkness]] (2001)<br>		[[Necronomicon - The Dawning of Darkness]] (2001)<br>
	[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002)<br>		[[Eternal Darkness]] (2002)<br>
	[[Call of Cthulhu - Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)<br>		[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]] (2005)<br>

	===The Infogrames Trilogy===		===The Infogrames Trilogy===