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.
12,733 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)
Forecursed: Survive the Curse in a Wasteland Prison Break2/14$9.9992% positive 48multiplayerco-opearly-accesshorrorfunnyS
Killing Floor - Toy Master: Nightmare Toys Invade!10/16Free92% positive 48co-opfree-to-playhorrormultiplayerzombiesS
Water Delivery: A Chilling First-Person Horror Simulation9/18$5.9986% positive 226adventurehorrormysterypsychological-horroratmosphericS
GUTTED: Infested Crypts - Visceral FPS Horror Descends8/17$9.9988% positive 116horrorgorefpsdarksurvival-horrorS
Quiver Dick's Terrible Tale: A Foul-Mouthed Fairy's Journey10/26$0.9988% positive 116horrorchoose-your-own-adventurecrpgjrpgtradingS
The Way We All Go (2015) — A Tale of Returning Home and Facing the Past3/24$5.9987% positive 156visual-novelindiegoreviolentanimeS
Shift 87: A Psychological Horror Observation Game from Pixelsplit7/23$4.9986% positive 220psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhidden-objectfirst-person3dS
Antimatter Elevator: A Surreal Puzzle Challenge1/22Free93% positive 40puzzlehorrorsurrealminimalistpixel-graphicsS
Backrooms: Run For Your Life! - Survive the Endless Corridors5/23$1.9993% positive 40singleplayerfirst-personcasualhorrorwalking-simulatorS
The Moroccan Castle 3: Behind The Secrets — Uncover Ancient Mysteries in a Haunted FPS3/20$4.9993% positive 40actionadventureaction-adventurepuzzlefpsS
Emberfly: Survive a Korean School Nightmare3/11$3.9993% positive 40horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horroradventurepuzzleS
Junkyard Fury: Escape the Killer Cars in This First-Person Horror9/30$4.9993% positive 40actionexplorationfirst-personhorrorsingleplayerS
Horse Plinko: Drop Horses, Make Money, Embrace Chaos6/4$4.9991% positive 57strategyhorsesphysicscasualidlerS
Reaplaced: A Short Halloween Murder Mystery Visual Novel10/23Free91% positive 57darkhorrordetectivefemale-protagonistpsychological-horrorS
15th Prison: Navigate a Horrific Block Maze for Escape5/20$3.9994% positive 34actionsimulationaction-adventurepuzzlewalking-simulatorS
奇谭文字游戏 — A Unique Chinese Character Puzzle Adventure2/9Free94% positive 34casualinteractive-fictionword-gamevisual-noveltypingS
Scary Shadow Spot - All In: Psychological Roguelite Debt Crisis4/7$7.9994% positive 34psychological-horrorexplorationwalking-simulatormysterynoirS
Shieven: A First-Person Horror Exploration Game of Desperate Investigation2/7Free94% positive 34horrorthrillerpuzzlesingleplayerfirst-personS
The Mask Game: A Psychological Horror Adventure About Friendship and Demons3/1Free94% positive 34story-richlgbtq+female-protagonistpsychological-horroradventureS
YetiParty: Absurd Parody Horror in a Russian Village8/21$4.9986% positive 215parodyhorroratmosphericmemesdark-comedyS
The Run: FMV Horror Thriller Where Your Choices Dictate Survival2/5$9.9988% positive 112actionadventureinteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventurefmvS
Loathful: A Retro PS1 Psychological Horror Experience4/3$9.9990% positive 69psychological-horrorretrohorrorsurvival-horrorstylizedS
Bio Goddess: Doomsday Begins - Survive a School Biohazard11/2$23.9985% positive 319female-protagonistrpgzombiesthird-person-shooterhorrorS
My Peephole: Hotel Harborview - Uncover Dark Secrets from Your Desk10/23$5.9991% positive 56linearchoose-your-own-adventurevisual-novelinvestigationcomedyS
Anomaly Directive: First-Person Surveillance Horror4/16$3.99100% positive 16hidden-objectpuzzlehorrorpsychological-horroratmosphericS
Tether: Grab, Climb, and Swing Through a Chalk-Drawn World2/14$4.99100% positive 16platformerphysicsfunnydifficultactionS
The Last Human In The Universe: Survive the Cosmic Horror11/3$6.99100% positive 16singleplayerhorrorshootersurvival-horrorpuzzleS
The Stamp – A Lovecraftian Text-Based Horror Adventure2/26$4.99100% positive 16lovecraftiantext-basedhorrorsurrealchoices-matterS
Scarlet's Haunted Hotel: A 19th Century Mystery Adventure10/24$18.99100% positive 16adventurecasualstrategyaction-adventurepoint-&-clickS
Unblinking: A Mind-Bending Eldritch Horror Puzzle Game2/13$4.99100% positive 16puzzlesokobanlogicpuzzle-platformerstory-richS
Fear Is In The Mind – A Journey into the Psyche11/7$7.00100% positive 16psychological-horroradventurewalking-simulatornoiratmosphericS
Somnium Tenebris: Dive into Lovecraftian Ocean Horror7/1$4.99100% positive 16co-oponline-co-opunderwaterlovecraftianhorrorS
MAGEYE: Feed Your Son by Taking Sight12/13$7.99100% positive 16psychological-horrordystopianstory-richsurrealhorrorS
Operator Unknown — Atmospheric Pixelart Horror3/30$3.89100% positive 16singleplayerpsychological-horrorpixel-graphics2dfirst-personS
Beasts of Mystery: Cryptid Combat with Hand-Drawn Sprites3/10$9.99100% positive 16fighting2d-fighterhand-drawnpixel-graphicscartoonyS
BONEREADER: Survive Deadly Games of Chance in Purgatory8/6$4.99100% positive 16card-gamegamblingdeckbuildingpsychological-horrorstrategyS
Commutator: See Again in Arctic Horror Adventure7/14$12.99100% positive 16psychological-horrorhorroratmospherictext-basedinteractive-fictionS
Death in a Party - ACT I: Uncover 90s Theme Park's Dark Secrets10/31Free100% positive 16singleplayerpsychological-horrorpoint-&-clicktext-basedexplorationS
Fried Chicken Wings Cause Love Fires: A Dystopian Dating Sim8/6$7.99100% positive 16rpginteractive-fictiondating-simlgbtq+psychological-horrorS
Housekeeper: Anomaly - Survive the Soviet Megastructure's Fall8/31$5.99100% positive 16psychological-horrorsurvival-horrorstory-richpost-apocalypticexplorationS
Lap of the Gods: A Visual Novel - Unraveling a Strange, Object-Headed World4/21$7.99100% positive 16interactive-fictionvisual-novelpoint-&-clickfemale-protagonist2dS
OTHERS: A Looping Psychological Horror Visual Novel11/28$9.99100% positive 16visual-novelchoices-matterpsychological-horrorhorrorchoose-your-own-adventureS
Perilous Light: Lovecraftian Vampire Puzzler in a Deadly Mine10/30$1.99100% positive 16adventureindieplatformerpuzzlehorrorS
Push Pray Devote: Minimalist Horror with Multiple Endings3/5$2.99100% positive 16casualinteractive-fictionimmersive-simminimalisthorrorS
Retro Horror Story: Survive a Cursed 90s Pixelated Nightmare10/3$2.99100% positive 16survival-horrorhorrorretro1990'sviolentS
The Overseer: Monitor Anomalies in This Supernatural Horror Game7/12$4.99100% positive 16hidden-objecthorrorsingleplayerinvestigationsupernaturalS
Under The Warehouse: A Surreal Pixelated Puzzle Adventure3/23$5.99100% positive 16adventurepuzzlewalking-simulatorexploration3dS
Walls that Watch: Retro Stealth Horror with a Radar Mechanic6/13$4.99100% positive 16stealthhorrorretrosingleplayeratmosphericSShowing 1351-1400 of 7066 items
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