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)
孵道: A First-Person Survival Horror Adventure8/14$2.9979% positive 175adventurepoint-&-clickfirst-personsurvival-horrordarkS
Subterranauts: Descend into the Dark for Scrap10/19$4.9978% positive 241multiplayerhorrorprocedural-generationonline-co-opteam-basedS
Walk Home: A 5-Minute Psychological Horror Walking Simulator7/31Free85% positive 48explorationwalking-simulatoradventurefirst-person3dS
I'm the Koala: A Permadeath Platformer Challenge11/6Free91% positive 22precision-platformer2d-platformerperma-deathdifficultplatformerS
Keep Up: A Minimalist Low-Poly Platformer Challenge12/14$0.9991% positive 22singleplayerrunner3dphysicssurvivalS
Seen Before: A Mind-Bending Psychological Thriller Loop3/12$4.9991% positive 22hidden-objectchoices-matterpsychological-horrorhorrorsupernaturalS
Divine Favor: A Short Journey Through the Afterlife8/10$0.9991% positive 22casualtext-basedpsychological-horrorlovecraftianexperimentalS
Empty Village (Part 1): A Psychological Horror RPG Unravels4/23$4.9991% positive 22horrorrpgpsychological-horrorfemale-protagonistpixel-graphicsS
Evil Snowmen 2: Uncover the Secrets of a Frozen Laboratory9/22$2.9991% positive 22snowfpshorrorexplorationfirst-personS
Inner Voice: Explore a Dreamlike World of Grief and Memory4/30$12.4991% positive 22adventurewalking-simulatorexplorationcinematicfirst-personS
Mindscorn: Uncover the Royal Veil Hotel's Dark Secrets10/28$4.9991% positive 22horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorfirst-personexplorationS
There's No Monsters: A Cute Hidden Object Adventure10/28$3.9991% positive 22casualpoint-&-clickhidden-objectcartoonycuteS
TransMemory: Escape the Basement from a Creepy Doll10/3$3.9991% positive 22walking-simulator3dhorrorpsychological-horroradventureS
Watch The Edge Honey!: Vertical Psychological Horror Adventure8/6$5.9991% positive 22psychological-horroranimehorroradventureparkourS
Welcome Teacher: Uncover a Countryside School's Dark Secret9/28$0.9991% positive 22singleplayerhorrorpixel-graphicspuzzleadventureS
Adam - Lost Memories: A Psychological Horror Journey7/4$9.9978% positive 235adventureindieactionhorrorpsychological-horrorS
Forest Asylum: Uncover Dark Secrets in a Psychological Horror Journey3/3$0.9984% positive 56horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericexplorationpuzzleS
Last Shift: Gas Station - Survive the Anomalous Night Shift4/7$3.9984% positive 56horrorsimulationsurvival-horrorinteractive-fictionshop-keeperS
Unveiling: A Mind-Bending Journey of Alien Abduction and Psychological Mystery1/8$3.9984% positive 56alienswalking-simulatormysterypsychological-horrorstory-richS
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy - A Psychological Horror Visual Novel9/18$2.9979% positive 170visual-novellgbtq+psychologicalhorrormysteryS
11 Trials of Raz: Psychological Horror Puzzle Exploration7/10$7.99100% positive 10puzzlewalking-simulatorhidden-objectexplorationpsychological-horrorS
A Distant Stabbing: Precision Platforming Meets Psychological Horror12/15$1.99100% positive 10difficultprecision-platformerpsychological-horroractionmedievalS
A Spooky Item Game: Uncover Haunted Objects in a Dystopian Future8/15$3.99100% positive 10horrorpoint-&-clickfirst-persondystopianpost-apocalypticS
Fallen Depths – Roguelike Horror Ascent to the Top12/14$4.99100% positive 10multiplayeraction-roguelikehorroractionexplorationS
Bite Nite — Survive and Thrive as a Vampire in This Thrilling Action Game1/3$4.99100% positive 10vampiresmassively-multiplayerpvpaction2dS
Stay Human — Hex-Based Zombie Survival Strategy1/26$4.99100% positive 10zombiesstrategyhex-gridturn-based-tacticsexplorationS
Just a Ball: Jumping in the Space - Ascend Through the Cosmos4/16$3.99100% positive 10action2d-platformercasualindiepsychological-horrorS
GIRL.EXE: First-Person Co-Op Horror in a Mysterious Mansion5/14$2.99100% positive 10co-opmultiplayerfunnyadventurepsychological-horrorS
SILENT BIBUS: Escape the Foggy, Zombie-Infested Village3/23$1.99100% positive 10horroradventurefirst-personcasualzombiesS
MAZEING: Survive the Dark Maze in this PvP Horror Thriller6/20$1.99100% positive 10multiplayerindiepvp2dcasualS
Your Computer Might Be At Risk: A Narrative Puzzle of Vanishing and Escape6/17$11.99100% positive 10puzzlefirst-personsingleplayerpoint-&-clickindieS
Demon Alive: Uncover Forest Secrets and Evade Cursed Demons10/28$2.79-80%100% positive 10singleplayeractionhorrorpsychological-horrorearly-accessS
Human Factory: Build, Breed, and Butcher for Cosmic Profit2/21$9.99100% positive 10simulationmanagementstrategybase-buildingearly-accessS
Broken Horror Anthology — A collection of four atmospheric horror games about broken11/12$4.50-10%100% positive 10steamsimulationactionindieatmosphericS
Escape from Umbra: Survival Horror Adventure in a Shadow-Ruled Village7/10$10.99100% positive 10singleplayeradventuresurvival-horrorexplorationaction-adventureS
Finding Sparky: A Desperate Noir Adventure of Loss and Mystery5/22$8.99100% positive 10side-scrollermysterypsychological-horrordark-fantasydarkS
Insectoid Descent: Top-Down Shooter Survival10/31$7.99100% positive 10shoot-'em-uptop-down-shootertwin-stick-shootersandboxshooterS
Jailbirds: A 6DoF Narrative Horror Adventure7/2$4.99100% positive 103d360-videofantasyhorrorstory-richS
Last Call: A First-Person Atmospheric Horror Adventure9/24$3.99100% positive 10adventureexplorationhidden-objectfirst-personrealisticS
Lighthouse of Madness: A Lovecraftian First-Person Puzzle Adventure10/21$13.99100% positive 10puzzlelovecraftianindiefirst-personpsychological-horrorS
Menticide: An Endless Runner Through a Mental Breakdown1/24Free100% positive 10actionarcade2dabstractpixel-graphicsS
Milestone: Explore Medieval Fantasy Anomalies in First-Person Horror4/28$3.99100% positive 10psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorfirst-personexplorationS
Our Little Friend: A Deceptively Cute Pixel Horror Adventure5/17$1.99100% positive 10casual3dfirst-personpixel-graphicshorrorS
Phantasma Hotel: A Pixel Horror Roguelike RPG of Cursed Loops10/29$6.99100% positive 10horrordarkturn-based-combatinvestigationchoices-matterS
Pilgrim of Darkness: A First-Person Psychological Horror Co-Op Experience3/6$14.99100% positive 10online-co-opsurvival-horrorhorrorco-opfirst-personS
Rattenwalzer: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel of Human Willpower9/12$6.99100% positive 10visual-novelpsychological-horrorsci-fianimefemale-protagonistS
Specimen 13: Survival Horror on a Mysterious Island7/29$8.99100% positive 10horrorsurvival-horrorexplorationpvppveS
Teach, She's Really Mad!: A Stealth Typing Comedy About Texting in Class10/27$2.99100% positive 10stealthtypingcomedyfirst-personfunnyS
The Echoes: Survive the Endless Loop in Co-Op Horror6/9$8.99100% positive 10indiehorroronline-co-opmultiplayerdrivingSShowing 2551-2600 of 7066 items
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