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.
12,740 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,469 support Japanese, and 1,815 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
monoch room: Unraveling Memories in a Mysterious Space8/15$2.9988% positive 57puzzlepsychological-horrorfirst-personexplorationcuteS
Atama: Unravel a Family Curse in This Stealth Horror Adventure10/13$4.9988% positive 57horrorpuzzlestealthmysterypsychological-horrorS
Death Angel: A Hand-Drawn Survival Horror Puzzle8/10$0.9981% positive 443indienoirviolenthand-drawngoreS
Angel Wings: Endless Night - Survive a Haunted Mansion in this Visual Novel Thriller11/6Free87% positive 69visual-noveldark-comedysurvival-horrorparodylinearS
Let's BUG Dumplings: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel2/12$0.9987% positive 69rpgvisual-novelpsychological-horrorimmersive-simpsychologicalS
Babette: A 90s Virtual Pet Horror Game That Evolves10/25$3.9991% positive 35horrorsingleplayerpoint-&-clicksurvival-horrorlore-richS
Grimstone Valley: Eldritch Arm Action in a Twisted Wild West8/29Free91% positive 35westernexplorationaction-adventurefemale-protagonist3dS
Limerick: Cadence Mansion - A First-Person Horror Adventure on Nightsonnet Isle9/29$14.9991% positive 35horrorfirst-personsingleplayerpuzzledarkS
Terres: Survive Supernatural Trials in 4-Player Co-op Horror6/30$9.9991% positive 35co-oppuzzlesurvival-horrorsupernaturalearly-accessS
Up All Night: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel10/20$6.9991% positive 35visual-novelpsychological-horror2dstory-richhorrorS
CONCRETE BURIAL: A Short First-Person Horror Adventure9/17$3.9983% positive 193shortfirst-personhorroratmosphericfemale-protagonistS
Last Light: Survive the Darkness in a Haunted Hospital8/25$15.9983% positive 190adventurehorrorpsychological-horrorexplorationfemale-protagonistS
Paranormal Snap Shot: Investigate a Haunted Japanese School12/2$3.9995% positive 21horrorpsychological-horrorpsychologicalinvestigationhidden-objectS
BAROQUE ~ Become a Meta-Being ~ Revive: Master the Neuro Tower12/17$4.9995% positive 21casualplatformer3d-platformercollectathon3dS
Grandma's Cheese: A Humorous Survival Shooter4/21$0.9995% positive 21multiplayeraction3d-fightershooterarena-shooterS
Blade of Acrimony: A Descent into Psychological Horror RPG12/31Free95% positive 21rpgviolentgorepsychological-horrorhorrorS
Em-A-Zurvival: Survive the AI's Nightmare4/7$3.9995% positive 21zombiesmultiple-endingshorrorpuzzlethrillerS
Employee 925: A Psychological Horror Narrative Experiment9/25$4.9995% positive 21psychological-horrorpsychologicalsurrealnarrativestory-richS
Märchen Kanna: A Hand-Drawn RPG Adventure Through a Storybook World2/29Free95% positive 21rpgjrpgfantasycutestory-richS
Proyecto Huemul: First-Person Survival Horror in Patagonian Conspiracy9/4$4.9995% positive 21survival-horrorhorroractionfirst-personmultiple-endingsS
Spin to Survive: Roguelike Horror with Basketball Twists12/6$2.9995% positive 21horrorpsychological-horrortower-defensesurvival-horrorroguelikeS
Type Your Fate: Old School Text Adventure Horror8/21$0.9995% positive 21horrorpsychological-horrorinteractive-fictiontext-basedold-schoolS
The Dead Daughter: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel9/11$0.9987% positive 68visual-novelword-gamehorrorpsychological-horrorthrillerS
The Family Trip: Psychological Horror Unfolds in Isolation5/2$2.79-30%88% positive 56horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericnarrativeadventureS
The Luminist: Survive Bravst's Subterranean Horror7/26Free88% positive 56free-to-playindieactionhorrorthird-person-shooterS
Mercury Elopement Syndrome: A Psychedelic Visual Novel Escape4/1$1.9983% positive 187visual-novelpsychological-horroranimepsychedelicsurrealS
Giraffe Town: A Courageous Pursuit of Love10/2$7.9981% positive 418singleplayercontroller-supportindieactionadventureS
El 39: A Retro Horror Journey Through Buenos Aires Night11/10$3.9981% positive 418first-personretroadventurehorrorpsychological-horrorS
Bee: The Knight - Master the Law of Inertia6/11$3.9989% positive 47precision-platformeractiondifficultadventurehorrorS
NNNNNIGHT: A Relaxing Nighttime Adventure of Observation10/7$0.9989% positive 47relaxingcutenarrativeatmosphericexplorationS
Sinisomnia: Navigate Surreal Dreamscapes of Shifting Reality10/23$6.9989% positive 47strategyadventureindiesimulationhorrorS
The Beast In The Cave: Lovecraftian Psychological Horror Adventure2/7Free89% positive 47rpgpsychological-horrorpixel-graphicsmultiple-endingshidden-objectS
THIS IS KIKO: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator2/25$1.11-44%89% positive 47psychological-horrorcutelife-simrelaxingwalking-simulatorS
Dye The Bunny: An Easter Horror Adventure4/13$1.9990% positive 40horrorsurrealatmosphericabstractmysteryS
Survive Till Morning: A Dark Fantasy Horror Puzzle Adventure11/29$1.9990% positive 40indiedark-fantasypuzzleatmospherichorrorS
OVERDOSE: Survive a Dark Asylum's Ruthless Experiments4/4$3.9984% positive 137simulationhorrorpsychological-horrorimmersive-simatmosphericS
Chernobyl: Origins – Uncover the Nuclear Plant's Dark Secret in 19864/28$11.9986% positive 83multiplayerpsychological-horror1980ssurvivalatmosphericS
HORROR TALES: The Beggar - Sci-Fi Cataclysm Adventure6/17$11.9984% positive 136horrorcombatsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrortime-manipulationS
Curse of the Old Gods: Lovecraftian Mystery Adventure12/4Free87% positive 67adventurelovecraftianhorrorindieretroS
Absent: A College Horror Mystery Adventure8/31Free81% positive 406free-to-playadventurehorrorpoint-&-clickcomedyS
The Night Cleaner: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator2/15$2.9984% positive 134casualwalking-simulatorimmersive-sim3dfirst-personS
ATTA -Spot the Oddities in the Strange Hotel-: A Horror Walking Sim2/27$4.9985% positive 103hidden-objectwalking-simulatorhorroractionfantasyS
Birth ME Code: A Deadly Game of Trust and Deception4/22$14.9985% positive 103mysterypuzzlestory-richvisual-novelconspiracyS
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE - A Psychological Horror Narrative9/10$15.9984% positive 133female-protagonist3dactionfirst-personpsychological-horrorS
Satori: Unravel Japan's Mind-Reading Horror Mystery3/20$2.9991% positive 34adventureinteractive-fictionimmersive-simpsychedelicindieS
Junkyard Fury 3: Unleash Anomaly Vehicles in Strategic Experiments11/28$14.9991% positive 34multiplayeractionstrategy3dfirst-personS
Shadows of Duat: Ancient Egyptian Survival Horror Awakens10/12$14.9991% positive 34zombiesgoreactionsurvival-horrorhorrorS
BURIED BELOW: A First-Person Survival Horror Experience8/21$4.9991% positive 34survival-horrorhorrorsurvivalmultiple-endingsfirst-personS
Elevenses: The Flask - A Thrilling Visual Novel of Love, Obsession, and Madness11/28$2.9991% positive 34visual-novelromancethrillermysterystory-richSShowing 1851-1900 of 7066 items
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