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.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst - Uncover Secrets in a Haunted Manor4/21$9.9990% positive 189hidden-objectpuzzlepoint-&-clickdetectivehorrorS
Towards The Pantheon: Escaping Eternity - A Prequel Mystery Adventure10/25Free91% positive 131free-to-playadventurerpgindiecasualS
Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner - Survive the Night of the Bloody Moon10/28$6.9989% positive 288survival-horrorpsychedelicrealisticdemonssupernaturalS
Deadly Delivery: Co-op Horror for Goblins in Pitch-Black Mines12/4$9.9990% positive 186vrhorrorcomedyonline-co-opmultiplayerS
Gore In Crayon: A Short Pixel Survival Horror Adventure12/29$0.9993% positive 74horrorpixel-graphicsadventurepsychological-horrordark-humorS
Horror Globes: Unravel the Mystery of Unsettling Local Legends10/30$5.9992% positive 96horrorexplorationpuzzlemysteryatmosphericS
Mainbody: Uncover the Truth in a Psychological Horror Adventure11/6$0.9991% positive 129psychological-horroremotionalstory-richexplorationmultiple-endingsS
Born Into Fear: Uncover the Truth in a Suburban Nightmare3/21$5.9989% positive 281horrornonlinearexplorationadventuremultiple-endingsS
Dissolution of the Silent Union: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel7/28$2.9989% positive 281visual-novelmysteryfemale-protagonistpsychological-horroratmosphericS
7 Days To Think About It: A Homebound Dilemma Simulation7/16$4.9993% positive 73explorationhidden-objectwalking-simulatorsimulation3dS
The Murder Hotel – Blame the Human, Not the Demon9/17$19.9993% positive 73visual-novelmysterydetectivestory-richanimeS
MOTHER: A Descent into Madness Protecting Your Children8/27$2.9988% positive 470psychological-horrorhorrorfirst-personsingleplayerdarkS
Lights Off: Director's Cut - Face Your Fear of the Dark2/16Free90% positive 180horroradventurepsychological-horroratmosphericmultiple-endingsS
Zombie Bowl-o-Rama: Strike Down the Undead Horde10/15$9.9988% positive 469bowlingzombiescasualsportssingleplayerS
BROKEN TAPE: Uncover Anomalies in a Psychological Horror Simulation7/29$4.9997% positive 33psychological-horrorhidden-objectdarksimulationatmosphericS
DREGS: Co-op Horror Comedy About Recovering 'Priceless' Relics7/17$9.9997% positive 33horroractionadventureonline-co-opco-opS
Last Message: Survive the Zombie Apocalypse Through Your Computer6/24Free90% positive 178simulationcasualstory-richsingleplayeremotionalS
Barbotine: Explore a Distorting Apartment in This Surreal Horror Experience3/8$2.9990% positive 177psychologicalsurrealatmospheric1990'shorrorS
Five Nights at Stalin: Survive the Night in a Soviet Museum5/5$2.9990% positive 177actionpoint-&-clicktime-managementreal-time-tactics3dS
Sub Terra: Descend into a Psychological Horror Labyrinth8/15Free92% positive 93horrorcasualpsychological-horrorrealisticfirst-personS
Suhoshin: Unravel a Mysterious Village Tragedy in This Anime Visual Novel4/14$14.9990% positive 176visual-novelanimestory-richmysterypsychological-horrorS
Night Loops: A Psychological Horror Adventure in a Shifting Reality10/16$9.9990% positive 175psychological-horrorstory-richpixel-graphicsindiehorrorS
FLASH AND DIE: Capture Haunted Houses, Uncover Dark Secrets7/15$4.9991% positive 124horrorretromysteryindieatmosphericS
Stirring Abyss: Lovecraftian Tactical RPG of Deep Sea Horror10/29$24.9988% positive 446lovecraftianunderwaterrpgtactical-rpgpsychological-horrorS
SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly: Fall in Love with SCPs in This Visual Novel10/7$5.9992% positive 92psychological-horroranimecutedating-simstory-richS
House of Rules: Solve Mansion Mysteries in This Psychological Horror Puzzle Game12/17$7.9990% positive 172puzzlemultiple-endingsfemale-protagoniststory-richmysteryS
Mortisomem – A Retro Horror Mystery in 1917 Brazil1/12$3.9993% positive 71multiplayerindieadventurehorroractionS
I'm Truly a Good Guy!: Social Deduction in a Corporate Warehouse4/1$4.9993% positive 71social-deductioncasualdarkfirst-personhorrorS
Rubbings: Uncover a Village's Dark Secrets4/25$9.9989% positive 259explorationpuzzle-platformervisual-novelpuzzleword-gameS
The Anomalous Hour: A Short Horror Adventure in a Deserted Station4/21$2.9992% positive 91horrorexplorationmultiple-endingshidden-objectinteractive-fictionS
Exiled: Unravel the Mystery of the Great Library1/18$4.9989% positive 253singleplayerhorrorpuzzlesurvival-horrorpoint-&-clickS
Happy Bones: A Hellish Horror RPG Adventure4/16$3.99100% positive 21multiplayerrpgsurvivalhorrorjrpgS
Dark Watching Chapter 1: The Bunker - First-Person Horror Adventure10/27Free100% positive 21actionhorrorpsychological-horrorfree-to-playpuzzleS
Desolate City: Last Show - Retro Survival Horror RPG5/14$7.99100% positive 21actionsurvival-horrorrpgzombiesretroS
Mortal Meal: Retro Psychological Horror Adventure2/16$8.99100% positive 21adventurepsychological-horrorthrillerpuzzleexplorationS
holo8: Trapped in the Hololive Office2/13$3.9990% positive 168escape-roomwalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorcutehorrorS
Obsessed: Night Shift - A PSX Horror Game of Desperation8/20$2.9990% positive 168horrorpsychological-horroradventurethrillermultiple-endingsS
Schizo Dark: Detective in Nightmare Investigations2/20$39.9992% positive 90actionhidden-objectshooterhorrorcombatS
DEBUG DEADLINE: A Hilarious Horror Game Testing Nightmare12/16$4.9993% positive 70horrordark-comedymodernthrilleraction-adventureS
Dissolving: A Free Horror Visual Novel Exploring Cyberspace Cults6/14Free88% positive 414indievisual-novelhorrorfree-to-playdarkS
Spectator: Monitor CCTV for Paranormal Phenomena2/6$12.9990% positive 167singleplayerhorrorpoint-&-clickpsychological-horrordarkS
Aim Climb: Precision Platforming Meets Psychological Horror3/19$6.8089% positive 246psychological-horrorshootersingleplayercutepoint-&-clickS
Haunted House 2: The Girl with Braids on the Second Floor2/14$9.9989% positive 246horrorpsychological-horrorvisual-novelsupernaturalthrillerS
Stage Cleared – Survive the Intruder While Gaming1/16$4.9997% positive 32multiplayerhorrorpoint-&-clickpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorS
The Battle Never Ends: A Hero's Endless Struggle3/4$0.9997% positive 32singleplayerpuzzlepoint-&-clickparty-based-rpgjrpgS
Little Screamies: Uncover Lab Secrets in This Free Horror Adventure11/6Free97% positive 32horrorstylizedsingleplayerpsychological-horrorexplorationS
Room 713: Unravel a Murder Mystery in This Psychological Horror Walking Sim4/30$4.9997% positive 32psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorhidden-objectfirst-personS
The Infernal Abyss: A 2D Horror Adventure of Friendship and Fate10/4$2.9997% positive 32adventureaction2d-platformeridler2dSShowing 851-900 of 7066 items
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