Horror PC Games | From Short Stories to Survival, Ranked
Horror is a genre of short games. Many titles finish in one or two hours and pile up reviews as they spread through streamers. Longer ones add exploration and resource management, and sustained tension replaces the scare. The other dividing line is whether something chases you: a game with a pursuer plays nothing like one that frightens through atmosphere and sound alone. The list shows steady ratings with few reviews first. Night Patrol Rules and Purrfect Apawcalypse, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
12,547 titles match. 2,853 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,387 support Japanese, and 1,804 are free.
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7,050 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Epimutation: A Post-Apocalyptic Interactive Fiction Mystery2/25Free96% positive 74interactive-fictionvisual-novelhorrorchoices-matterpoint-&-clickS
SSTWL - Sector Breach: Survive the Night in a Point & Click Horror7/25Free96% positive 74horrordark-comedyhand-drawnpoint-&-clickstrategyS
Mirror Layers: Cooperative Horror in a Distorted Reality10/30$9.9994% positive 142indieactionadventuregoreviolentS
Sharks and Minnows: Haunted Pool Survival Horror4/14$7.9992% positive 374indiehorrorexplorationunderwatersingleplayerS
Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter - Retro Anime Horror Card Battler4/23$14.9992% positive 371comedyanimevisual-noveldetectivecard-battlerS
Midnight Witch: Trapped in a College Nightmare5/31Free92% positive 368free-to-playvisual-novelpsychological-horroranimedating-simS
Locomotive 115: Survive the Widow's Run in First-Person Horror11/22$5.9994% positive 140actionadventurestrategy3daction-adventureS
Abyss Veil: Sci-Fi FPS Meets Visual Novel in Early Access11/12$6.9996% positive 73psychological-horrorfpsvisual-novelatmosphericsci-fiS
Mummy Sandbox: Dig, Puzzle, and Become the Undead10/8$2.9996% positive 73adventurehorrorpuzzleexperimentalfirst-personS
Demonfo: Ghostly Exorcisms and Awakened Powers in a Modern City6/19$3.9995% positive 98rpgvisual-novelpuzzlehorror2dS
Split Brain: Asymmetrical Co-op Puzzle Adventure12/5$5.9993% positive 207co-oponline-co-opescape-room3dpuzzle-platformerS
Perceptions of the Dead 2: Quirky Characters in a Haunted Visual Novel6/14$7.9996% positive 72adventureindievisual-novelhorrorfantasyS
Playing House: A Father's Twisted Holiday Mission9/25$6.9993% positive 206cutecollectathonanimehorrorpsychological-horrorS
Five Nights at Floppa 0: Survive Meme Cat Horrors in Office Survival7/1$3.9994% positive 135actionpoint-&-click3dsurvivalcatsS
Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death - A Detective Duo's Spooky Mystery7/18$4.99100% positive 30explorationside-scrollerhidden-objectinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
No Vacancy Tonight: Desert Motel Mystery Adventure9/19$8.99100% positive 30multiplayeradventurepuzzlehorrormysteryS
Flat 9: Investigate Anomalies in a Shifting Apartment3/18$3.99100% positive 30indiewalking-simulatorhorrorfirst-personsimulationS
Tilt Frog: A Cute Frog's Unforgiving Vertical Climb11/11$9.99100% positive 30psychological-horrorphysicsprecision-platformersingleplayeractionS
ALTER EGO: A Psychological Puzzle Adventure of Love and Loss4/24Free93% positive 204story-richpsychologicalpuzzlepoint-&-clickfemale-protagonistS
Ginkgo: East Asian Horror Adventure with Magic Needle Mechanics6/26Free92% positive 342horroradventurepuzzlesingleplayercinematicS
Hidden Shapes - Trick or Cats: A Halloween Puzzle Adventure10/20$1.9998% positive 44catspuzzlestylizedhand-drawnwholesomeS
Is Guilty: Night Shift Detective Horror at the Drive-Thru5/26$4.9998% positive 44horrorpsychological-horrorinvestigationmysteryfirst-personS
Empty Gauge: A Short, Unsettling VHS Horror Experience4/15$2.9996% positive 71psychological-horrorhorrorfirst-personatmosphericmultiple-endingsS
Perceptions of the Dead: A Free Horror Visual Novel Experience10/31Free92% positive 336free-to-playindievisual-noveladventurecasualS
UEBERNATURAL: The Video Game - Prologue: Monster Hunting Brothers Adventure10/13Free94% positive 133actionadventureaction-adventure2d-platformerpixel-graphicsS
Football Game: A Lynchian Point-and-Click Thriller in 1987 East Bend2/13$1.24-75%92% positive 332point-&-clickthrillerstory-richpsychologicalhorrorS
A Taste of Home: Nostalgic Horror Exploration in the Japanese Countryside12/5$2.9995% positive 94adventurehorroractionsimulationpsychological-horrorS
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.: Survive the Entity in the Throngs10/24$5.9992% positive 330horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorsupernaturalthrillerS
Mr. Pompy's Extravagant Quiz: A Narrative Horror Tech Demo10/28Free92% positive 328psychological-horrorpoint-&-clickhorrorindiesingleplayerS
REPOSE: Survive the Nightmare on Your First Day4/14$7.9993% positive 197horrorpixel-graphicssci-figrid-based-movementsingleplayerS
Haunted Property: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator2/19$2.9993% positive 196casualinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorimmersive-simhorrorS
怪話: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel3/25Free96% positive 70visual-noveladventurehorrorpsychological-horrormysteryS
Niconico-san: First-Person Horror Escape4/24$2.9996% positive 70explorationdogsimmersive-simhidden-objectwalking-simulatorS
Cursed Deal: Hunt Cultists in This Co-Op Vampire Horror3/30$7.9996% positive 70survival-horroronline-co-opmultiplayerthrillervampiresS
Dravo's Twisted Show — You and up to 4 players are victims of a horror show, havi9/18$9.9996% positive 70steamhorroronline-co-opmultiplayeractionS
Hellkind: Unravel Ancient Cult Mysteries in a Misty Galician Village6/30Free93% positive 195horrorexplorationtop-downatmosphericstylizedS
WHITE CHOCOLATE: Survive the Darkness with Sweet Energy1/3$3.9995% positive 92online-co-op3d-platformerplatformerphysicsdifficultS
DOCTOR VISCERA — Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solv10/29$7.9994% positive 128steamhorrormultiple-endingssurvival-horrorpuzzleS
Togainu no Chi: True Blood NITRO ARCHIVE - A Dark BL Visual Novel7/24$29.9996% positive 69adventurevisual-noveldating-simchoose-your-own-adventure2dS
Philophobia: The Fear of Love - A Difficult Journey Through Heartbreak2/10$11.9996% positive 69precision-platformerplatformerside-scroller2d-platformerpuzzle-platformerS
Surveillance Work -Taboo-: Uncover Facility Secrets in This Psychological Horror2/3$5.8098% positive 43horrorpuzzlepsychological-horrorhidden-objectmultiple-endingsS
The Fox Hare Disaster: Chapter One - Uncover the Mall's Dark Secret10/10$3.9998% positive 43horrorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrorinteractive-fiction3dS
EXIT 2: Free Multiplayer Horror Battle Royale12/7Free93% positive 188free-to-playhorrorbattle-royalefirst-personindieS
The Wheelchair Man: Survive a Deadly Apartment Complex6/7Free93% positive 188adventureactionwalking-simulatorexplorationhorrorS
TAKE CARE OF THE DOG: A Short Psychological Horror Exploration7/10Free93% positive 187psychological-horrorsatireexplorationhorrorinteractive-fictionS
Rooms of Realities: Challenging Puzzles for Solo and Co-op Play11/17$17.9996% positive 68co-opmultiplayersingleplayervrpuzzleS
The Case of the Starry Night Manor: A Free-to-Play Mystery4/19Free94% positive 125adventurevisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventurepixel-graphicsfirst-personS
Escape Line: Yandere Sirens, Sci-Fi Romance, and Psychological Horror6/9$2.0094% positive 125female-protagonistsci-fivisual-novelrpgpsychological-horrorS
Yoko no Hanashi: Survive College with a Yandere's Obsession1/26$3.9992% positive 301indiehorrorexplorationstory-richsingleplayerSShowing 451-500 of 7050 items
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