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, 3,468 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
LUNA: Uncover Dark Secrets in a Psychological Horror RPG11/20$0.9983% positive 323puzzlerpgfemale-protagonist2dtop-downS
Town of Dusk: Uncover a 1990s Japanese Mystery6/1Free88% positive 72mysterythrillerpuzzlemultiple-endingspsychological-horrorS
Day at the Office - Prologue: Escape the Malicious Call10/31Free90% positive 49horrorrealisticexplorationadventurechoices-matterS
Never Ending Nightmare: Unraveling Distorted Memories in a Psychological Horror8/29$1.9990% positive 49horrorpsychological-horrordarkatmosphericstory-richS
A Bad Christmas Story: A Short Horror Interactive Fiction1/22$4.99100% positive 14horrorchoices-matterinteractive-fictionstory-richcasualS
The Prince of Landis: A Coming-of-Age Adventure11/5$7.99100% positive 14explorationpuzzlevisual-novelpoint-&-clickaction-adventureS
The Manse on Soracca: Uncover a Missing Woman's Fate1/26$4.99100% positive 14adventurehorrorlovecraftianindiepixel-graphicsS
Death Again: Retro Horror Action in Early Access8/28$4.99100% positive 14singleplayerhorrorpuzzleshooterpveS
LIDAR Survival: Navigate the Darkness with Advanced Tech7/2$2.99100% positive 14singleplayerhorrorsurvival-horrorfirst-personstealthS
Gunz & Golf — Blast Your Way to the Top10/21$4.99100% positive 14precision-platformerrelaxingpsychological-horrorgolfplatformerS
Blinding Oversight: A Slow-Burn Horror Narrative11/28$5.99100% positive 14horroratmosphericfemale-protagonistwalking-simulatorfirst-personS
Charlie and Friends: Survive the Week in This Cartoon Horror Sim8/12Free100% positive 14horrorsingleplayercartoon2dhand-drawnS
Dying Flame: A Psychological Horror RPG Plunged in Darkness3/22$9.99100% positive 14explorationpuzzlerpg2dtop-downS
FunnyPizzaLand 2 — Uncover the truth behind the legend of PIZZALAND and save10/7$14.99100% positive 14steamhorroradventureindiepoint-&-clickS
Gaia's Melody II: Echoed Memories - A Dark Psychological JRPG Journey11/5$7.99100% positive 14emotionalrpgfunnypsychologicalpsychological-horrorS
Gronk Want Rock: A Cartoony Precision Platformer Adventure7/17$0.99100% positive 14casualplatformerprecision-platformer3dcartoonyS
Horror Cartridge Collection: PSX-Style Retro Horror Adventures4/23$6.99100% positive 14adventurehorrorpixel-graphicsretroimmersive-simS
Kindling: Burn Through Darkness in a Witch's Roguelite Nightmare4/4$6.99100% positive 14action-rogueliketop-down-shooterrogueliteperma-deathroguelikeS
My Exit: A Chilling 2D Train Journey of Anomalies3/19$1.99100% positive 14adventurewalking-simulatorpixel-graphicshorrormodernS
PUPILLARY: Survive the Night as a Surveillance Operator6/25$3.00100% positive 14hidden-objectatmospheric3dpsychological-horrorpoint-&-clickS
Rahasya: The Revelation - A Psychological Horror Set in an Indian Haveli7/10$8.99100% positive 14horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horroratmosphericpuzzleS
Ropeman: Swing to the Moon in a Vertical Horror Platformer5/25$5.99100% positive 14actiondifficultpsychological-horrorsingleplayerplatformerS
Still Space: Psychedelic Twin-Stick Shooter Survival12/11$2.99100% positive 14psychedelictwin-stick-shooterpsychological-horrortranshumanismspaceS
Wormhole: Fast-Paced Precision Platformer Across Space3/30$4.99100% positive 14psychological-horrorprecision-platformerdifficultindie2d-platformerS
Scorch: A Detective's Last Chance in a Narrative Mystery8/15Free83% positive 316free-to-playindiecasualhorrordetectiveS
The Boogie Man: A Detective's Descent into Horror2/12$2.9983% positive 309adventureindiehorrorcasualpixel-graphicsS
Jake's Halloween Night: A Slasher Homage11/30Free90% positive 48free-to-playrpghorrorsupernaturalpuzzleS
Dead Tapes: Fading Father - A Descent into Psychological Horror5/20$1.9990% positive 48adventurehorrorpsychological-horrorretrodarkS
The Smell of Death: A Tsugunohi Tale - A Side-Scrolling Horror Adventure11/17$5.9990% positive 48adventureactioncasualwalking-simulatorside-scrollerS
Five Nights at Roner's 2: Survive the Haunted House5/23Free86% positive 111free-to-playsingleplayerstrategypoint-&-clicktime-managementS
Crazy Ball Adventures: Master Balance in 3D Platforming Challenges7/20$0.9984% positive 202indiecasualadventureplatformer3d-platformerS
Wait - Extended: A Lovecraftian Mystery Horror of the Unknown10/29$7.9989% positive 57indieadventurehorrorlovecraftianmysteryS
Kitten Love Emulator: Embrace the Surreal with Glitchy Adventures11/22$1.9989% positive 57adventureindiecasualsimulationpsychological-horrorS
MUBOSAMA: Uncover Urban Legends in a Relaxed Walking Simulator11/12$4.9989% positive 57adventureexplorationhorrorcutecomedyS
Unusual Tales: After Bark - A Dog's Nightmare Journey8/14$6.9987% positive 86horroradventurepsychological-horrorlinearfirst-personS
The Elevator: A Short First-Person Horror Experience1/30$1.9986% positive 109explorationadventure3dhorrorindieS
Stargazing: Genesis – Unravel a Mysterious Escape Room Story3/29Free84% positive 198free-to-playpuzzlepoint-&-clickadventureatmosphericS
Anglerfish — The game only saves when you die11/10$9.9983% positive 290steamhorroraction-adventuredark-humorescape-roomS
TheTravelGame: A Quiz and Horror Adventure with Rita9/1$0.9993% positive 30horrormultiple-endingscutepoint-&-clickpsychological-horrorS
How I Learned to Skate: A Difficult Physics Platformer6/24$7.9993% positive 30psychological-horrordifficultprecision-platformerphysicsindieS
In a Bit of Tales: A Psychedelic Horror Anthology5/27$6.9993% positive 30shortstylizedabstracthorrorpsychedelicS
Noctambulant: Uncover a Grandmother's Dark Secrets in This Indie Horror8/22$4.9993% positive 30indiehorrorstealthsurvival-horrorpuzzleS
Obo: Shadow Show - A Psychological Horror Visual Novel12/8Free93% positive 30indievisual-novelpsychological-horrordetectiveatmosphericS
Life Gallery: Unravel a Dark Family Mystery1/12$2.9982% positive 451surrealpuzzlepsychological-horrorhand-drawndarkS
Stump Simulator: Embrace the Tranquil Life of a Forest Stump10/27$7.9986% positive 107actionpsychological-horrorsimulationcasualadventureS
Related: A Psychological Horror Adventure of Conjoined Twins5/14$0.9984% positive 193adventureindiegoreviolentpsychological-horrorS
The ER: Patient Typhon - Survive the Nightmarish Hospital4/20$7.9987% positive 84horrorstory-richatmosphericdarkpsychological-horrorS
Hello Puppets! VR: Escape Evil Hand Puppet Horrors10/22$19.9983% positive 280adventureexplorationvrhorrorwalking-simulatorS
Beyond The Darkness: Millie's Lamp Fights Childhood Nightmares11/14$9.9986% positive 106horroratmosphericpuzzle-platformeractionadventureSShowing 1651-1700 of 7066 items
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