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.
12,729 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,465 support Japanese, and 1,813 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Spectator 2: Spot Unseen Horrors in Co-op Psychological Thriller5/25$12.9979% positive 72realisticsurrealco-opsimulationmultiplayerS
CURSED NIGHT - The House: A Terrifying VR Horror Adventure9/17$7.9982% positive 44vrhorrorpsychological-horrorrealisticadventureS
Office Elevator: Survive the Horror in a Pixelated Nightmare4/2$4.9982% positive 44survival-horrorpuzzlepixel-graphicsexplorationactionS
Eye of Saccharine: A Mind-Bending Visual Novel Journey5/17$2.9980% positive 60visual-novelfemale-protagonist2dcutefirst-personS
Operator8: Retro Survival Horror on Triton's Alien-Infested Moon11/12$6.9980% positive 60singleplayerretrosurvival-horroralienspsychologicalS
The Abyss Below: Deep-Sea Submarine Horror Exploration7/1$4.9980% positive 60explorationunderwatersubmarine3dsimulationS
Goosebumps: Dead of Night - Survive Slappy's Spooky Monster Nightmare6/19$14.9978% positive 87actionadventureindiesingleplayerpuzzle-platformerS
Edge of Sanity: Cthulhu-Inspired Survival Horror in Alaskan Wilderness9/13$19.9974% positive 246singleplayer2dhorrorsurvival-horrordifficultS
2番線 | Nibansen: Subway Escape with Mild Horror1/18$4.9979% positive 71adventurepsychological-horrorhorrorwalking-simulatorsimulationS
Burial: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator4/8$4.9975% positive 177psychological-horroratmospherichorrorwalking-simulatordemonsS
Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask - A Lovecraftian Horror Prologue6/18$0.9973% positive 352adventurepoint-&-clickmysteryhorroratmosphericS
Deadness: A VR Horror Experience Trapped in a Wheelchair2/22$19.9976% positive 134fpsshootervraction-adventurehorrorS
Into the Dangerous World I Leapt: A Surreal Puzzle Adventure10/5Free80% positive 59explorationsurrealpuzzleplatformerhorrorS
Incoming Evil: Unravel a Forest Mystery as an Experienced Detective10/5$0.89-55%80% positive 59indiefirst-personhorrorpsychological-horroradventureS
Trapped With the Dolls VR: A Psychological Thriller Adventure4/23Free80% positive 59free-to-playindieadventurevrhorrorS
BACKROOMS ANOMALY: A Psychological Horror Exploration Puzzle7/24$6.9979% positive 70explorationpuzzleimmersive-simhorrorwalking-simulatorS
HouseWarming: Psychological Thriller in a Mysterious Old House7/9$6.9979% positive 70horrorpsychological-horrorsimulationwalking-simulatoradventureS
Antihorror: Explore the Unknown in this Funny First-Person Horror7/27$0.99-50%74% positive 236actionindiehorrorcomedyfunnyS
Scary Maze Game: Survive the Labyrinth's Monsters9/28$0.9977% positive 104multiplayerco-opstrategyexplorationarcadeS
Garden Variety Body Horror: Hank's Existential Nightmare10/31$9.9989% positive 19adventureindieviolentsurvival-horrorhorrorS
Reel Run: Hack and Slash as Movie Archetypes4/26Free89% positive 19free-to-playcontroller-supportsingleplayeraction3d-fighterS
Abnormal Stairs: The Infinite Staircase Loop8/27$3.9989% positive 19adventurewalking-simulatorhidden-objectrealistic3dS
The Overdreamer: Survive a Child's Nightmare7/17$4.9989% positive 19adventureindiehorrorside-scroller2dS
Au-Delà: A Child's Nighttime Horror Adventure2/28$4.9989% positive 19horrorexplorationpuzzlecasualadventureS
Backrooms Santa: Escape the Festive Nightmare12/28$3.9989% positive 19actionaction-adventurewalking-simulator3dfirst-personS
DETUNED: A Surreal Rhythm Horror Game About Noise Sensitivity7/15$5.9989% positive 19roguelikerhythmhorrorprocedural-generationhidden-objectS
Fatal Falls: Uncover the Dark Secrets of The Grand Elysium Hotel11/13Free89% positive 19explorationpsychological-horrorpuzzlechoose-your-own-adventurehidden-objectS
Fishyphus: Sail, Fish, and Survive the Horror Roguelite10/2Free89% positive 19roguelitefishinghorrorperma-deatharcadeS
Heartless Dark: Survival Horror Meets Top-Down Roguelike Action10/14$11.9989% positive 19action-rogueliketop-down-shooterroguelikeimmersivesurvival-horrorS
Hell Apartment: Unravel a Japanese Horror Mystery8/28$2.4089% positive 19adventurehorrorpsychological-horrorpuzzlefirst-personS
Just Patrol: Psychological Horror Simulation in an Empty School3/4$2.9989% positive 19simulationlife-simhidden-object3dfirst-personS
KAYAKING: Master the Waves with a Guide Cat8/15$4.9989% positive 19adventuredifficultsportsactionphysicsS
Mutual Assured Destruction Simulator: Your First Day as a MAD Technician10/25Free89% positive 19interactive-fictiondark-comedychoose-your-own-adventurehorrorsurrealS
Safelight: Uncover a Vanishing Cruise Ship Mystery in First-Person Horror11/15$3.9989% positive 19adventurehorrorfirst-personsingleplayerthrillerS
The Circle Move: Explore, Solve, and Survive in a Mysterious Free-to-Play Horror Puzzle5/25Free89% positive 19explorationfpspuzzlehorrorfree-to-playS
The Last Sight: Monitor Cameras, Uncover Mysteries in This Hacking Horror Game8/6$7.9989% positive 19hackinghorrorpsychological-horrorpuzzlemysteryS
Vladimere's Lhore: A Diverse Collection of Atmospheric Horror and More10/22$17.9989% positive 19horroratmosphericmultiple-endingsexplorationstory-richS
Apparition: Confront the Supernatural in Green Creek Forest10/31$9.9977% positive 102horrorindiegoremysterydemonsS
Abducted: The Night Hunters - Survive Alien Terror in an Open World7/1$14.9987% positive 23singleplayerpost-apocalypticaliensopen-worldsurvival-horrorS
Fear The Void: Existential Horror on PS1 Retro Aesthetics11/17$8.9987% positive 23indiehorrorchoose-your-own-adventurepsychological-horroradventureS
City Legends: Trapped In Mirror Collector's Edition: A Dark Hidden Object Thriller8/30$7.9987% positive 23thrillerhidden-objectinvestigationpuzzledarkS
DreamNet: Explore the 2000s Internet in Frutiger Aero Horror8/21Free87% positive 23interactive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventurepsychological-horrorstory-richatmosphericS
Finish Report: Investigate a Silent Space Station in Sci-Fi Horror7/14$2.9987% positive 23explorationtypingtext-basedpsychological-horrorhorrorS
Forest Of Perdition: Unravel a Supernatural Mystery in a Haunted Forest3/18Free87% positive 233dmysterysingleplayersupernaturalfree-to-playS
Fraud Camp: Survival Escape – Stealth Extraction in a Hostile Compound11/13$4.9987% positive 23post-apocalypticlooter-shootersurvival-horrortop-downstealthS
Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth Collector's Edition - A Supernatural Detective Puzzle Adventure3/14$19.9987% positive 23hidden-objectpuzzlepoint-&-clickdetectivehorrorS
There Was Something in That Room: Lab Horror & Debugging Puzzles2/9Free87% positive 23strategyhorrorsingleplayerpuzzleadventureS
Umbra Halloween: A Surreal Descent into Grief and the Supernatural10/30$4.9987% positive 23surrealpsychological-horrorhorroratmosphericpuzzleS
Alkurai: Unravel Dark Fantasy Horror in Co-op Adventure3/8$6.9978% positive 82horrorco-opdark-fantasyfirst-personpuzzleSShowing 3101-3150 of 7066 items
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