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.
12,728 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,465 support Japanese, and 1,812 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Leucanthemum Eyes: Escape the Haunted Sewers3/14Free87% positive 31adventurepoint-&-clickvisual-novelexploration2dS
DR3AMy: Psychological Horror Visual Novel Exploring Nightmares1/31Free87% positive 31casualvisual-novel2d-platformer2danimeS
IDeal: Survive the Anomalies of Jain High School12/7Free87% positive 31darkadventurehorrormysterysurvival-horrorS
It Sleeps Below the Haar: Explore Scotland's Coastal Horror5/31$7.9987% positive 31explorationinteractive-fictionwalking-simulator3dfirst-personS
MOM: Uncover a Mother's Disturbing Secrets in Pixel Horror10/28$3.9987% positive 31horrorindiepsychological-horrorpixel-graphicsadventureS
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro: Interactive FMV Mystery Adventure5/19$12.9975% positive 495choose-your-own-adventurefmvdetectiveinteractive-fictionmultiple-endingsS
The Guest: A First-Person Psychological Horror Experience10/24$4.9977% positive 219indiehorrorpsychological-horrordarkfirst-personS
Jumpscare Scare Jump: Find 50 Terrifying Surprises9/13$3.9986% positive 35jump-scarehidden-objectpsychological-horrorfunnyhorrorS
Uncle Z: Survive the Zombie Outbreak with Your Infected Uncle6/7$7.9986% positive 35co-oponline-co-opzombieshorrorsimulationS
Edelweiss: A Pixelated Descent into Orphanage Horror4/20$3.9986% positive 35horrorpixel-graphicsjrpg2dexplorationS
Poncik's Little Tragedy: Explore an Abandoned Theater's Fungal Horror8/26Free86% positive 35casualadventurehorrorpuzzleexplorationS
Radiance of Souls: Unravel a Brother's Descent into Darkness2/16$2.9986% positive 35horrordarkdemonspsychedelicexplorationS
Runway 66: Psychological Horror Investigation in a Glitching Simulation7/25$6.9986% positive 35horroradventuredetectivesci-ficyberpunkS
The Spectrum Retreat: Unravel Mysteries in a Stylish Art-Deco Hotel7/13$12.9976% positive 311puzzlefirst-personadventureindiestrategyS
DYING: Reborn - Unravel Hotel Mysteries in This First-Person Puzzle Horror1/10$12.9977% positive 216adventureindiepuzzlepsychological-horrorhorrorS
Alice's Lullaby: A First-Person Horror Adventure Through Time10/8$14.9985% positive 40story-richpsychological-horrorexplorationfpsfemale-protagonistS
Ghost Simulator: Haunt Your Former Home10/5$6.9985% positive 40singleplayeradventurerpggothichorrorS
Sunset Humanity: Monitor AI in a Surreal Horror Experience10/23$1.9985% positive 40surrealhorrorwalking-simulatorexploration3dS
Yclept: Survive the Night in a Dual-Realm Survival Game5/31$6.9985% positive 40darkdungeon-crawlerresource-managementboard-gamefirst-personS
MEAT RPG: Sci-Fi Horror Pixel Art Adventure2/14$6.9977% positive 213rpgpixel-graphicsaction-rpgexplorationdungeon-crawlerS
Deep Dark Dungeon of Anglaus: First-Person Horror Adventure4/12$1.9983% positive 54horrorpsychological-horroraction-roguelikedungeon-crawlerpuzzleS
Wonhon: The Beginning - A 1920s Korean Ghostly Revenge Adventure5/4Free80% positive 95survival-horroraction-adventurehorrorcharacter-customizationactionS
Wuxia Archive: Crisis Escape - A Text Adventure Puzzle9/26$8.9977% positive 210wuxiaindieadventureword-gamepuzzleS
Animals Memory: A Charming Card Game for All Ages12/20$4.9981% positive 77singleplayercasualcard-gameindiepuzzleS
Chorus of Carcosa: A Descent into Psychological Horror3/20$11.9977% positive 209psychological-horrorwalking-simulatoratmospherichorrordarkS
Anthology of Fear: Unravel Your Brother's Disappearance3/17$9.9976% positive 294horrorsurvival-horrorgorepsychological-horrorsurvivalS
Close Me: A Surreal Exploration of Perception and Secrets8/9$0.9979% positive 118indieadventurepsychological-horrorhorrorsurrealS
What Happened to Lily? – Unraveling the Miller Family's Disappearance7/14$3.9978% positive 153explorationhidden-objectcasualpuzzlewalking-simulatorS
Deadly Night: Survive a PS1-Style Slasher Nightmare9/2$9.9976% positive 293horrorfirst-personatmosphericgorepsychological-horrorS
The Initiate: A Mysterious Bedroom Escape Adventure8/1$9.9977% positive 204indieadventureactionpuzzleatmosphericS
NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain - Escape the Yokai's Grasp4/30$9.9979% positive 117co-opmultiplayerhorroronline-co-opaction-adventureS
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~: A Supernatural Mystery Visual Novel11/11$16.9983% positive 53visual-novelinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonisthorrorromanceS
Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me: Uncover a Vampire's Secrets11/7$4.9983% positive 53rpg2d-platformervisual-noveldetectiveromanceS
PROJECT: Halloween: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel10/21Free83% positive 53visual-novelcasualpsychological-horrorhorrorfemale-protagonistS
Senior Sunset: Uncover a High School Murder Conspiracy10/24Free83% positive 53survival-horrorexplorationactionpuzzlefemale-protagonistS
Perpetuo: Psychological Horror in a Shifting Apartment12/31$4.9985% positive 39adventurepsychological-horrorpuzzlefirst-personrealisticS
Full Quiet: Survive the Static in a Mysterious Open-World Adventure7/7$9.9985% positive 39adventuresurvival-horror1980ssouls-likeretroS
CODA – An Avant-Garde Exploration of Unique Worlds6/9$4.2987% positive 30explorationrpgwalking-simulatorhorrorsurrealS
BACKROOMS: DON'T LOOK AWAY – Survive the Mannequin Menace1/25$2.9987% positive 30horrormultiplayerpvpactionsurvival-horrorS
Chris Isn't Alone: Survive a Monster in Your Closet9/12Free87% positive 30choose-your-own-adventureactionvisual-novelhorrorcomedyS
DREAD IT: Uncover the Truth as Ex-Detective Peggy Caine11/1Free87% positive 30strategyexplorationfemale-protagonist2dtop-downS
Last Visit: Unravel a Family's Mysterious Disappearance8/19$9.9987% positive 30survival-horrorhorroratmosphericpsychological-horroradventureS
BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW - Social Media's Psychedelic Nightmare1/15$19.9976% positive 284psychedelichorrordarkpsychological-horroratmosphericS
At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition: A Lovecraftian Family Horror10/26$9.9984% positive 45psychological-horrorvisual-novelstory-richchoices-matterlovecraftianS
VGL: Imperative - Uncover Corporate Secrets in a Free-to-Play Horror Adventure8/23Free84% positive 45adventureaction-adventureoutbreak-simfirst-personsingleplayerS
Helltown: A Remade Psychological Horror Adventure9/27$9.9979% positive 115horroratmosphericpsychological-horrorindieretroS
A Fear Of Heights, And Other Things: A VR Experience of Vertigo10/17$0.9982% positive 62vrcasualhorrorpsychological-horroratmosphericS
Paradise's Secrets: Uncover the Dark Truth in This Psychological Horror Thriller12/13$7.9982% positive 62horrorthrillerdarkexplorationrealisticS
Dollhouse of Dead: Survive Rogue AI Toys in Co-Op Horror11/6$6.9977% positive 196online-co-ophorrorfunnycomedyatmosphericSShowing 2751-2800 of 7066 items
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