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)
THREAT -SCREAM AND ESCAPE-: Scream Your Way to Freedom4/2$8.9983% positive 88actioncasualhorrorrealistic3dS
Anomalous Railroad Crossing: Escape a Looping Japanese Nightmare8/6$5.9986% positive 50adventurepsychological-horrorhorrorwalking-simulatorsimulationS
Buried: A Claustrophobic Descent into Psychological Horror10/30$1.9978% positive 419shortexplorationimmersive-simpuzzle3dS
Echoes Of The House: Unravel a Psychological Horror Mystery11/15$2.9980% positive 192horrorstory-richpsychological-horrorexplorationsingleplayerS
Cataplexy: A Visual Novel Blurring Comedy and Horror1/12$1.9985% positive 59visual-noveldark-comedyhorrorcomedypsychedelicS
Lobotomy: Uncover Dark Secrets in a 1990s Psychiatric Asylum6/12$6.9985% positive 59actionpuzzlefirst-personrealistic1990'sS
The Walsingham Files: Detective Sara Fitzgerald's New Case3/25Free85% positive 59horrorinvestigationcasualexplorationhidden-objectS
Waffle Cone Willie: Survive the Haunted Ice Cream Truck10/28$15.9985% positive 59horrorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrorsupernaturalsingleplayerS
Endless Escape: Navigate Deadly Mazes and Dodge Traps8/20$3.9983% positive 86adventurestrategypuzzleexplorationsurvival-horrorS
Red Valley: PS1-Era Horror Awaits5/9$1.9980% positive 186actionadventureindieviolentsurvival-horrorS
The Maid: A First-Person Psychological Horror Adventure3/11$5.9980% positive 186adventureactionwalking-simulatorexplorationfirst-personS
Observe and Report: Survive the Night by Spotting Anomalies5/31$4.9986% positive 49co-opmultiplayeronline-co-opsimulationpuzzleS
EMOTIONLESS: The Last Ticket - Unravel a Father's Mystery in a Surreal Amusement Park10/7$9.9981% positive 138horrorpsychological-horrorlovecraftiandarkwalking-simulatorS
Narcissus: Last Survivor on a Doomed Spaceship3/5$1.9994% positive 18score-attackhorrorarcadetop-down-shootersci-fiS
Me and My Eldritch Parasite: Survive the Eternal Residence4/29$2.9994% positive 18singleplayerroguelike2.5dthird-persondark-humorS
MAGNET EFFECT: A Robot's Journey Home12/26$1.9994% positive 18action2dsingleplayerpixel-graphicsindieS
Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection - A Twisted Visual Novel Adventure9/2$24.9994% positive 18adventurevisual-novelhorrorpsychological-horrormultiple-endingsS
Soul's Majesty Rise of Gilda: A Metroidvania Adventure9/1$0.9994% positive 18precision-platformermetroidvaniapixel-graphicspsychological-horroraction-rpgS
Deery Me: Retro Horror FPS - Hunt, Sacrifice, and Survive11/24Free94% positive 18horrorhuntingfpsadventuresupernaturalS
Die, A.I.: Survive a Vengeful Ship A.I. in this Sci-Fi Horror12/5$2.9994% positive 18action-adventurehorrorsurvivalsci-fidarkS
Don't Blink: Survive a Mad Scientist's Hallucinatory Asylum1/30$4.9994% positive 18psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorpuzzlefirst-personadventureS
Drak(c)ula: Type Your Way Through a Vampire's Tale10/23$7.9994% positive 18spellingtypingeducationvampireshorrorS
Evil Orbs: Destroy Alien Invaders with AntiOrbium10/27$4.9994% positive 18actioncasualindiepsychological-horrorS
Head To Hell: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator on a Cursed Train9/12$3.9994% positive 18psychological-horrorfunnywalking-simulatorexplorationcomedyS
I HATE MY LEGS: Jeff's Absurd Human-Legged Turtle Quest9/27$10.9994% positive 18precision-platformerpsychological-horrorphysicsparkourintentionally-awkward-controlsS
In Silent Walls: Subject 13 - Uncover a Sister's Disappearance12/12$5.9994% positive 18horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericexplorationpsychologicalS
Kuga's Musings: An Occult Investigation in First-Person Gore9/26$15.9994% positive 18adventuregorehorrorvisual-novelfirst-personS
Mr. Scientist: Escape the Madman's House in First-Person Horror4/12$2.9994% positive 18adventurestrategypuzzlefirst-personindieS
Mutual Harrow: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Toxic Devotion10/17$2.9994% positive 18visual-novelpsychological-horrorhorrorpsychologicalchoices-matterS
NO TOMORROW: Survive the Photorealistic Liminal Loop2/29$1.9994% positive 18psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorfirst-personhorroratmosphericS
Refund This Game: A Physics-Based Platformer Where You Race the Clock10/12$4.9994% positive 18psychological-horrorsingleplayercapitalismhorrorphysicsS
Simulation 9: Choose Your Reality in a Digital Trap7/6$4.19-70%94% positive 18adventurepuzzlesimulationcasualwalking-simulatorS
Submansion: Unravel the Mansion's Secrets in a Point & Click Visual Novel8/15$4.9994% positive 18visual-novelmultiple-endingsadventurepsychological2dS
The Jester and the Madman: A Lovecraftian Point-and-Click Adventure10/21$4.9994% positive 18adventurepoint-&-clicklovecraftian1990'sdetectiveS
Those Who Crawl VR: Claustrophobic Horror in Tight Tunnels1/31$3.9994% positive 18horrorvrexplorationsurvival-horror3d-platformerS
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef - Lovecraftian Co-op Action Roguelike8/14$9.9982% positive 106action-roguelikeco-oplovecraftianhorrortop-down-shooterS
PROZE: Prologue - Uncover Cold War Secrets in VR8/30Free82% positive 106adventureindiefree-to-playactionvrS
Mighty Fling: Master the Tower's Challenges7/20$2.9984% positive 69precision-platformerdifficultactionadventurepsychological-horrorS
One Room Nightmare: A Turn-Based Psychological Horror Strategy6/8Free82% positive 105horrorturn-based-tacticspoint-&-clickpsychological-horrorfree-to-playS
Back — A Live-Action Horror Experience7/30$6.9978% positive 379survival-horrorhorrorfmvthrillerimmersive-simS
The Test: Reimagined - Uncover Your Psyche in This Psychological Horror Sim2/9$9.9981% positive 134simulationchoices-matterpsychological-horrorvisual-novelmultiple-endingsS
Boogey Hunters: Strategic Deckbuilder Hunt Across Global Folklore6/7$6.9984% positive 68horrorroguelike-deckbuilderstrategydeckbuildingturn-based-strategyS
Frail Hearts: Unraveling Madness in a Dark JRPG Visual Novel8/16$9.9983% positive 82jrpgvisual-noveldarkturn-based-combatstory-richS
House of Velez Part 1: Uncover a Father's Disappearance10/24$3.9980% positive 173indiegoresurvival-horrorfemale-protagonistviolentS
DOM RUSALOK: A 90s Russian Horror Adventure of Missing Children1/6$9.9979% positive 239indieadventureatmosphericstory-richpsychological-horrorS
Unicycle Pizza Time! - Deliver Pizzas on One Wheel8/30$4.9980% positive 171multiplayeradventurepsychological-horrorintentionally-awkward-controlsprecision-platformerS
BrokenLore: FOLLOW - Psychological Horror of Self-Acceptance5/31$14.9980% positive 171psychological-horrorsurrealhorroratmosphericthrillerS
Who Are You!?: Sci-Fi Psychological Horror to Save Your Family3/27$7.9981% positive 129horroraliensfirst-personsingleplayerstory-richS
Eventide 2: The Sorcerer's Mirror - Slavic Legends Adventure10/13$14.9978% positive 348adventurecasualhidden-objectpoint-&-clickpuzzleSShowing 2351-2400 of 7066 items
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