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.
12,737 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,467 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Mystery Trackers: Queen of Hearts Collector's Edition - A Detective's Hidden Object Adventure12/13$19.9958% positive 12hidden-objectcasualfemale-protagonistpoint-&-clickdetectiveS
Neurose Neurones: Survive a Descent into a Mad Factory5/17Free58% positive 12actionhorrorpsychological-horrormultiple-endingssurvival-horrorS
Opening Up: A Detective's Descent into Psychological Horror6/4$4.9958% positive 12horroradventurepsychological-horrorsingleplayernarrativeS
THE LORD OF THE NIGHT: Pombero Reborn - Uncover Your Origins8/7$12.9958% positive 12adventurecasualaction-adventurewalking-simulatorexplorationS
The Parcel Escape: Navigate Nightmares in a Chinese Dreamcore World11/24$3.9958% positive 12immersive-simretropsychological-horror1980s1990'sS
Days Under Custody: A Tense Horror Adventure with Unique Puzzles11/23$4.9939% positive 155indieadventurehorrorsurvival-horrorpuzzle-platformerS
Sad Satan: Enhanced Edition - A Terrifying Horror Mystery5/1$1.9940% positive 116indiepsychological-horrorfirst-person3d-platformerwalking-simulatorS
Nightwatch: A Mystery Walking Simulator with Dialogue Choices12/19$0.9950% positive 24adventureatmosphericwalking-simulatorhorrorstory-richS
The Mystery of Devils House: A Retro Horror Platformer Adventure5/11$4.9950% positive 24platformer2dhorroractionretroS
Unlock the Three: Co-op Horror Escape from a Monster-Infested Hospital8/14Free50% positive 24fpsactionaction-rpg3dfirst-personS
REC: Beyond The Lens — Uncover a Town's Dark Secret7/3$1.9947% positive 34adventurehorrorsingleplayerdemons3dS
Breath of Ghosts 2 — Breath of Ghosts is a first-person horror game made in rea7/25$4.9947% positive 34steamexplorationidlerhidden-objectpsychological-horrorS
Evil Spirits: Tropical Island Horror Adventure FPS8/24$0.9943% positive 61actionadventuresimulationhorrorviolentS
Hasfax: Unraveling Amnesia in a Blood-Soaked Basement2/13$1.9943% positive 60indiegoreviolenthorrorfirst-personS
Abduction: Defend Your Farm from Alien Invaders1/6$9.9960% positive 10early-accessalienspsychological-horrorsupernaturalhorrorS
You Are Liam: Shadow Memories - Confront Your Inner Demons5/24$5.9960% positive 10actionadventurepuzzlewalking-simulatorexplorationS
Azrael: Solve Crimes with Occult Detective Powers3/7$1.9960% positive 10detectiveactionhorrorpuzzleinvestigationS
Shelley's Haunted House: Uncover the Lady in Black's Dark Secrets5/5$3.9960% positive 10survival-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrordemonsadventureS
LUNA'S EYES – A First-Person Escape from an Otherworldly House7/19$2.9960% positive 10singleplayerhorrorescape-roompsychological-horroradventureS
Z Mutants: Survive the Zombie Outbreak7/27$1.9960% positive 10singleplayeractionadventureaction-adventurefpsS
YinYuan: Oriental Horror Adventure Puzzle Game6/13$6.9960% positive 10adventurehorrorthrillerpuzzleexplorationS
Den-Den: Tokyo Horror – A J-Horror RPG Where Every Choice Decides Who Survives the Night10/12$14.9960% positive 10horrorrpgopen-worldimmersive-simdifficultS
Echoes of Despair: Uncover Asylum Horrors in First-Person Puzzle Adventure5/20$7.9960% positive 10adventurepuzzleexplorationfirst-person3dS
Foglight: Survive the Night as a Lighthouse Keeper11/2$7.9960% positive 10survival-horroractionhorrorstealthmultiple-endingsS
Haunting Invitation: Survive a Doll's Nightmare in a Treacherous Mansion10/23Free60% positive 10thrillerstrategyhorrorsurvival-horrordarkS
Horror Drift: Haunted Touge Runs and Arcade Racing2/12$4.9960% positive 10racingdrivingautomobile-simarcade3dS
K.O.M.A: Unravel a Nightmare Hospital in VR Horror3/14$1.9960% positive 10adventureindievrhorrorpuzzleS
MUSEUM VOLUME I: Unravel the Royal Foyer Museum's Mysteries11/5$0.9960% positive 10adventureindiepuzzlehorrorS
Pestilence: A Father's Desperate Search in a Psychological Horror10/15$6.9960% positive 10psychological-horrorhorrorinvestigationmysteryatmosphericS
The Ninth Floor: A First-Person Psychological Horror Elevator Ride4/29Free60% positive 10actionadventure3d-platformerfirst-personpsychological-horrorS
Unnatural Investigations: Multiplayer Horror Shooter Against Demons3/23$1.9960% positive 10multiplayerhorrordetectiveinvestigationfirst-personS
Whisper Village: A Surreal FPS Exploration in Misty Turkey11/10$2.9960% positive 10explorationfpsaction-adventure3dfirst-personS
Your Canvas: A Text-Based Psychological Horror Adventure1/29Free60% positive 10horrorpsychological-horrorchoices-matterrpgtext-basedS
Zombi Efem: Survive the Undead Apocalypse from Your Scrap Train12/22$1.9960% positive 10actionsurvival-horrorzombiesfpsshooterS
School Grounds: Free-to-Play Survival Horror in an Abandoned School12/14Free41% positive 85free-to-playindiegorecasualhorrorS
Project Legion: Survive Demonic Nightmares Together10/24$0.9948% positive 29co-opmultiplayerexplorationshooteraction-adventureS
Backrooms: No Escape - Survive the Unsettling Labyrinth Together6/3$6.9948% positive 29horrormultiplayeronline-co-oppsychological-horrorco-opS
Isolation: Survive the Plague in this Free-to-Play Adventure1/30Free43% positive 58adventureindiehorrorS
Forgotten: Survive the Nightmare in This Indie Horror Adventure7/2$1.9953% positive 17co-opindieviolentgorehorrorS
Dixotomia – Sci-Fi FPS with Vampiric Powers on a Distant Colony1/22$19.9953% positive 17vrvampiresactionfpssci-fiS
Bloody Night Cult: Low-Poly VHS Horror Adventure3/20$3.9953% positive 17indiefirst-personretrohorrorsurvival-horrorS
At Night: The Nurse - A Psychological Horror Tale of Survival3/9$7.9953% positive 17adventureatmosphericcrimedarkepisodicS
Backrooms Bodycam 2: Survive the Endless Corridors6/18$2.9953% positive 17fpsrpghorrorrealisticsurvival-horrorS
Deadly Rain: Survive the Mutant Apocalypse in This FPS Horror10/6$5.9953% positive 17zombiesfpsshooterhorrorpost-apocalypticS
DENIAL: Psychological Horror Where Your Mind is the Maze5/4$10.9953% positive 17indiepsychological-horrorfirst-personhorrorpuzzleS
Ling House: Echoes Within – A Psychological Horror Where Reality Warps8/25$4.9953% positive 17psychological-horroradventurewalking-simulatorpuzzlehorrorS
MORTEM: A Simple, Short-Paced Hide-and-Seek Horror Game8/17$1.9953% positive 17indiesingleplayerpsychological-horrorjump-scaresurvival-horrorS
The Overnight Screening: A Cinematic Horror Adventure8/31$4.9953% positive 17simulationadventurewalking-simulator3d-platformerexplorationS
We Are Alive: Investigate a Haunted Psychiatric Hospital in Co-Op Horror11/29$8.9953% positive 17horroronline-co-opmultiplayerpsychological-horrorsupernaturalSShowing 6401-6450 of 7066 items
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