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.

12,738 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,468 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.

7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

Abrasion: Survive the Facility's Brutal Megastructure7/31$7.9996% positive 45singleplayerindiehorrorexplorationdarkS

Curse's Dirge: Tatsuya Narumi's Strange Record6/12$6.9996% positive 45adventurehorrorvisual-novelpoint-&-click2dS

Welcome to the Karoshi Club – A Black and White Horror Visual Novel12/27Free91% positive 173casualvisual-novelanimeexploration2dS

Christmas Story: A Cozy Horror Adventure Blurring Reality11/19$6.9991% positive 173puzzlegame-developmentwalking-simulatoraction-adventurefirst-personS

Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus – A Descent into Pixelated Horror8/25$19.9995% positive 55pixel-graphicspoint-&-clickhorroradventurepuzzleS

Zoo Protocol: Co-op Sci-Fi Horror Escape from Alien Facility7/24$5.9995% positive 55online-co-ophorrorsci-fiaction-adventure3dS

KEEP LOOKING: Survive the Darkness in a Claustrophobic Cave11/6Free91% positive 171horrorsingleplayersurvival-horrorundergroundfirst-personS

Xi: Unravel the Mysteries of a Haunted Chinese Mansion3/13$1.9990% positive 261rpgpuzzle2d-platformer2dpixel-graphicsS

Monsters of Little Haven: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel7/9$4.9989% positive 445horrorvisual-novelcasualinteractive-fictiontext-basedS

Meat Beating: No More Horny - Fast-Paced Arcade Reflex Challenge4/7$0.9993% positive 89actionsimulation3d-fighter3dfirst-personS

Fingernail Floss: A Dark Comedy Visual Novel Death Game7/28Free97% positive 37visual-novel2ddark-comedyhorrorcartoonyS

Metahorror Therapy Session: An Endless Psychological Horror Visual Novel6/24$6.9997% positive 37psychological-horrorvisual-novel2dlgbtq+point-&-clickS

Rat Catcher: Survive the Shadows in This Stealth Horror Roguelike7/24$0.9997% positive 37horrorstealthcreature-collectorpixel-graphicssurvival-horrorS

BEHEMOTH: Become the Ultimate Chicken!10/31$3.9989% positive 430side-scrollercasualbullet-hellarcadeactionS

Almost My Floor: Prologue - A Descent into Psychological Horror10/5Free91% positive 167horroradventurestory-richpoint-&-clickpsychological-horrorS

BIO Fault: Erase Your Mistakes in a Desperate Struggle4/1$5.99100% positive 23explorationpveaction-adventurefirst-person3dS

Nugatory: Time Loop Detective Horror on a Distant Planet4/22Free100% positive 23mysteryvisual-novelshortdetectivestory-richS

Ocean Planet: Extreme Precision Platforming in Hypnotic Depths12/2$4.99100% positive 23difficultpsychological-horrorindieactionadventureS

Operation Eventide: Sci-Fi Dark Fantasy Visual Novel9/17$14.99100% positive 23visual-novelfemale-protagonistanimesci-fidark-fantasyS

POP OFF 2: Soda Bottle Parkour & Cosmic Secrets10/4$4.99100% positive 233d-platformeractionadventureatmosphericdark-humorS

Something In The Well: A Short Horror Exploration Game9/28$1.99100% positive 23adventurehorrordemonswalking-simulatoratmosphericS

String Tyrant: Survival Horror with Card-Based Combat6/4$4.99100% positive 23indieadventurefemale-protagonistlgbtq+text-basedS

Taoist Priest Yan: Supernatural Souls-like Horror Adventure10/22$4.99100% positive 23horrorsupernaturaladventuresouls-likesurvival-horrorS

The Unplace: Face the Trials in an Otherworldly Horror Adventure1/9$4.99100% positive 23horroradventuresimulationarcadecollectathonS

Otome Legends: When a Dating Sim Wish Goes Terribly Wrong2/8$7.9992% positive 118visual-novelotomepsychological-horroranimehorrorS

The Final Prize is Soup: A Yuri Death Game Adventure8/27Free94% positive 68adventureinteractive-fictionvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventure2dS

Tangles: Uncover the Mystery of the Vanished Soldiers2/2Free90% positive 250mysteryhorrorlore-richtime-travelpuzzleS

Tree Simulator 2021: Embrace Existentialism as a Tree5/22$3.9992% positive 117casualindiesimulationactionadventureS

Tape 101: Liminal Descent - A Psychological Horror Exploration9/18$9.9994% positive 67horrorpsychological-horrorwalking-simulatoratmosphericrealisticS

Upstairs: Escape a Mysterious Building in a Retro Point-and-Click Adventure3/20$2.9994% positive 67adventurepoint-&-clickpixel-graphicspuzzledark-humorS

Step Lightly: A Free Horror Puzzle Platformer of Escape7/10Free92% positive 115horrorstealthpuzzle-platformerfemale-protagonistsingleplayerS

A Pet Shop After Dark: Survive the Night in a Spooky Point-and-Click8/30$9.9989% positive 405interactive-fictionhorrorpoint-&-clickpuzzledarkS

Super Lone Survivor: Remastered Survival Horror in a Diseased City10/31$14.9993% positive 86survival-horrorpixel-graphicsemotionalchoices-matteratmosphericS

Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch — Survive the Haunted House Surveillance9/1$5.9992% positive 114singleplayerhidden-objectatmosphericpsychological-horrorhorrorS

Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove: A World of Darkness Hunt1/16$11.9992% positive 114casualrpgadventurehorrorwerewolvesS

IMMURE – Unravel the Mansion's Dark Secrets5/9Free92% positive 114violentgoreindiepsychological-horrorhorrorS

Recall: Empty Wishes - Unravel Tommy Lin's Mysterious Disappearance2/13$14.9994% positive 66psychological-horrorstory-richadventurevisual-novelpixel-graphicsS

Kandinhale: Escape the Sweet Tyranny in this Short RPG5/8Free97% positive 36explorationrpgtime-managementhidden-objectpuzzleS

Carnival Massacre: Face Nightmarish Horrors in PS1-Style Survival Horror12/29$4.9990% positive 234survival-horrorhorrorretroactioninventory-managementS

Frog Legs — A short, single-player horror action game starring Carl, t5/19$2.9990% positive 234steamhorroractionindieretroS

迷鹿：Terreno di caccia: A Psychological Horror RPG Dating Sim2/14Free89% positive 384rpgpsychological-horrorvisual-noveldating-simcrimeS

Voltage High Society: First-Person Metroidvania Unleashed7/27$19.9990% positive 233metroidvaniaindieactionhorrorcyberpunkS

Fibrillation HD: A Short, Intense Psychological Horror Journey4/11$4.9989% positive 381walking-simulatorhorroratmosphericindiepsychological-horrorS

Void of Lilly: Cyberpunk RPG with Bullet Hell Battles - Free to Play3/18Free90% positive 231story-richpixel-graphicsrpg2dcyberpunkS

Bouncing Duck Simulator: Master the Art of the Bounce9/8$4.9990% positive 230casualsimulationindieactionpsychological-horrorS

Forgot: Psychological Horror Game of Looping Nightmares12/5$3.9992% positive 111choices-matterhidden-objectpsychological-horrorpuzzlewalking-simulatorS

RATUZ: A Cinematic Horror Platformer of Stealth and Survival4/22$5.9989% positive 376horrorindie2d-platformerpuzzle-platformerdifficultS

Chilli Con Valley: Race to the Pot as a Bean1/17Free91% positive 154free-to-playsingleplayeradventurestrategy3d-platformerS

Cyber Rats: Survive a Brutal AI Test Facility10/27$7.9991% positive 154actionprocedural-generationsingleplayergoreindieS

Pact of Joy: Prologue - Uncover Secrets on a Derelict Station5/26Free94% positive 65sci-fihorrorunderwaterexplorationrobotsS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.