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.
12,730 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,465 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Ghost Master: Resurrection — Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of3/20$19.9982% positive 435steamhorrorindiestrategy3dS
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn9/15$19.9982% positive 430steamhorroradventureexplorationmysteryS
Tomato Jones: A Physics-Based Puzzle Platformer Adventure7/11$4.9982% positive 429actionadventurecasualindiepuzzleS
GlitchPets – Debug a Pee-Damaged Retro Game Cartridge7/16$4.9989% positive 55co-opplatformerexperimentalsurrealhidden-objectS
Midnight Scenes: Among Graves - A Short, Dark Interactive Novel3/17$7.9989% positive 55supernaturalstory-richvisual-novelatmosphericdarkS
Never Forgotten: Survive a World Consumed by Flesh8/21$4.9989% positive 55survival-horroraction-adventurehorroratmosphericstory-richS
Sins of Sinister: The Viscera-Eater - Rural Horror Unfolds1/14$4.9989% positive 55adventuresingleplayerexploration1990'shorrorS
PAGAN PEAK VR: Survive the Krampus Killer's Mind Games10/30$7.9984% positive 186adventurevrhorrorescape-roomthrillerS
Unrooted: Precision Platformer Demands Patience and Skill8/2$15.9986% positive 104precision-platformercasual2d-platformerplatformerpsychological-horrorS
Reflection: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator of Amnesia5/1$3.9983% positive 266horrorpsychological-horrorwalking-simulatoratmosphericrealisticS
Driving Is Hard: A Bathtub's Emotional Journey1/31$6.9983% positive 265psychological-horrorprecision-platformerphysicsactionsingleplayerS
THE SOUL OF TOO BIRDS GAME: An Interactive Album Companion10/14Free88% positive 66adventurefirst-personexplorationwalking-simulatormusicS
Greed's Grub: Survive Five Days in a Hellish Diner4/29Free88% positive 66horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorsingleplayerfirst-personS
Stay With Me: A Short, Surreal Horror Drive4/21Free88% positive 66simulation3dfirst-personstylizedhorrorS
The Black Whale: A Dystopian Psychological Horror Adventure3/13Free86% positive 103psychological-horroradventurewalking-simulatorexplorationhidden-objectS
Fear The Unknown: Dave Story - Survive an Alien Encounter1/28Free83% positive 260adventuresimulationwalking-simulator3dfirst-personS
Backrooms: Found Footage - Survive the Endless Maze10/25Free82% positive 402adventureexploration3dfirst-personrealisticS
Insanity VR: Last Score - Dive into a Psychological Horror Nightmare8/15Free84% positive 180free-to-playadventurehorrorvrindieS
Elevator Zero: Spot the Anomaly in This Surreal Walking Simulator3/6$3.9989% positive 54casualwalking-simulator3dfirst-personhorrorS
Boogeyman 2: Survive the Night with Your Doll2/7$4.9982% positive 400indiestrategyhorrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorS
Viltnemda: A Retro Horror Walking Simulator6/23Free83% positive 257free-to-playmultiplayerhorrorexplorationadventureS
The Butler: Uncover Dark Family Secrets in This Atmospheric Horror Adventure4/17$11.9986% positive 101first-personadventurehorroratmosphericpuzzleS
An Abyss of Dreams: Cosmic Horror Point-and-Click Adventure2/15$13.9993% positive 29adventurepoint-&-clickpuzzlelovecraftianhorrorS
Appetite for Detestation: Unleash Your Inner Monster in a Victorian Rampage5/19Free93% positive 29actionbeat-'em-upaction-roguelikehack-and-slash3dS
Frozen Friday Night: The Eve - A Festive Horror RPG12/25$4.9993% positive 29multiplayerhorrorgorehack-and-slashviolentS
BioDive: Unravel the Mystery of a Remote Exoplanet Lab5/1Free93% positive 29puzzlestory-richsci-fi2dpixel-graphicsS
Find the Stalker: Psychological Horror Visual Novel with Point-and-Click Elements7/26$4.9993% positive 29visual-novelpoint-&-clickanimepsychological-horrorfemale-protagonistS
Saving Grace: A Father's Desperate Fight Against Hell1/2$1.9993% positive 29horrorfpshack-and-slashsurvival-horrorpveS
Spookie Dookie: Face Your Fears in a Terrifying Gas Station Restroom10/10$3.9993% positive 29strategy3dfirst-personrealisticfunnyS
Strange Brew — A cinematic 3D action platformer with intense chases that2/18$14.9993% positive 29steamhorroractionadventurecasualS
Sunray OS: Uncover a Digital Ghost in This Mystery Thriller2/28$5.9993% positive 29adventuresimulationpsychological-horrormysteryhorrorS
8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I - Classic Horror & Noir Point-and-Click10/31$7.9986% positive 100adventurepoint-&-clickhorrorclassicretroS
Carpathian Night: Bela Lugosi Returns as Dracula in Horror Platformer3/29$16.9986% positive 100vampiresaction-adventure2d-platformercharacter-action-gamesingleplayerS
Worlds — Explore Mysterious Parallel Worlds as an Interdimensional Agent in this Action-Adventure3/1$9.9987% positive 79action-adventurestealthimmersive-simthird-person-shooterviolentS
Backrooms: Wit's End - Survive Procedural Nightmares11/26$4.9988% positive 64procedural-generationpsychological-horrorco-ophorrornonlinearS
Sinister Entity: Survive an 80s Egyptian Horror Mystery12/19$5.9988% positive 64adventure3d1980sdemonshorrorS
Dear Brother: A Horror Adventure Inspired by Classic RPG Maker Games5/31Free89% positive 53indierpghorroradventure2dS
Now You See: A Grisly Hand-Painted Horror Adventure9/30$4.9984% positive 173adventureindiegoreviolentpoint-&-clickS
You Are Grounded: A Teen's Halloween Nightmare Unleashed10/16$4.9985% positive 128psychological-horrorhorrorsimulationthrillerpsychologicalS
Locked Up: A Kinetic Visual Novel of Isolation3/31$2.9986% positive 98singleplayervisual-novelidlerhorrorlinearS
Los Penguinos: Survive the Night as a Security Guard3/19$4.9986% positive 98horrorsimulationsouls-likememespuzzleS
Uncanny Tales: The Watcher - Psychological Horror in the Altai Wilderness8/5$6.9982% positive 370horrorviolentthrillergoreatmosphericS
精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss: A Mystery Adventure2/14$7.9983% positive 241adventurehorrorinteractive-fictionmysterydating-simS
Death In Abyss: High-Octane Deep-Sea Horror Shooter11/28$19.9984% positive 170difficultfast-pacedactionhorrorretroS
Haunting Record: Phantom Street - A Suspenseful Horror Walking Simulator4/2$6.9985% positive 126adventurewalking-simulatorthrillerexplorationhorrorS
Tomato Way 3: A Slasher Shooter's Darkly Humorous Finale9/15$14.9986% positive 97actionadventureshootercharacter-action-gamehorrorS
Night in Riverager: A Chilling Tale from My Beautiful Paper Smile2/2Free83% positive 236horrorcasualpoint-&-click2.5dthird-personS
Phantom Project: Unravel Supernatural Mysteries in Psychological Horror10/12$4.9983% positive 236third-personsupernaturalsingleplayerfemale-protagonisthorrorS
Lucid Dream Adventure: A Mother's Rescue in a Surreal Point-and-Click Journey10/9$5.9983% positive 235indiefemale-protagonistadventurepsychological-horrordarkSShowing 1701-1750 of 7066 items
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