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.
12,733 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,467 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
The Ramen Shop: Psychological Horror Meets Culinary Simulation5/14$4.9978% positive 82psychological-horrorhorrorsimulationcookingimmersive-simS
Lazaretto: The Surreal Island Quarantine5/19$6.9977% positive 101singleplayerindieactionadventurehorrorS
Haunting Record: Sins of Lust - Survive an Endless Corridor10/6$3.9978% positive 81explorationwalking-simulator3dfirst-personthrillerS
The Echo Paradox: Explore Multiverses in Psychological Horror7/1$8.9979% positive 67singleplayerpsychological-horroratmospherichorroraliensS
Magurele Mystery: First-Person Horror Puzzle Adventure12/3$3.9979% positive 67adventurecasualaction-adventurepuzzleindieS
AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film - Unravel a Rainforest Mystery10/22$5.9984% positive 32fmvchoose-your-own-adventurepoint-&-clicksurvival-horrorinteractive-fictionS
Ember Point: Survive Earth's Overheating in this Free-to-Play Shooter7/13Free84% positive 32actionviolentpost-apocalypticsingleplayerhorrorS
Haunting Memories: A Descent into Psychological Horror8/28Free84% positive 32psychological-horrorhorrorpuzzleatmosphericwalking-simulatorS
You’ve Got a Package: A Writer's Descent into Hellish Horror10/20$4.9974% positive 219horrorpsychological-horrordarkdemonsbikesS
Shutter: Uncover a Dark Past with RC Surveillance4/2$1.9974% positive 218adventureindiehorrorpuzzleatmosphericS
Paratopic: Overdub – Liminal Horror Classic Remastered9/16$7.4977% positive 99psychological-horrorsurrealretroadventurehorrorS
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me - A Descent into Psychological Horror10/18Free77% positive 99horrorfree-to-playatmosphericpsychological-horrorthrillerS
Blood Field: Uncover Dark Secrets in Rural Vietnam Horror6/29$6.9975% positive 161adventureindiehorrorsurvival-horrorsingleplayerS
LOCKED: Survive a Serial Killer's Lair12/14$1.9981% positive 48survival-horroradventureaction2dhorrorS
Grave of the Petrified: VR Horror Escape from Medusa's Temple3/12Free81% positive 48free-to-playadventureindiesimulationhorrorS
Trance, Trauma: Unravel a Suicide Mystery in Surreal Escape Rooms7/17$5.9981% positive 48escape-roomhidden-objectpoint-&-clickmysterysurrealS
Zombie Desperation: Shoot Hordes for High Scores3/23$0.9976% positive 124indieviolentgorecasualactionS
The HELL: Build Your Infernal City10/24$4.99-50%80% positive 56survivalreal-time-tacticscolony-simcity-buildertime-managementS
Benny Bash: Survive Cursed '80s Games in This Horror Puzzle Adventure7/11$7.9980% positive 56horrorpuzzleescape-roomold-schooladventureS
Rotten Flesh — Cosmic Horror Survival Game1/22$11.9975% positive 160dogsadventurehorrorfirst-personsurvival-horrorS
UNPUNISHED: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator12/9$2.9977% positive 98simulationpsychologicalhorrorpsychological-horroradventureS
The Last Stop: A Claustrophobic Subway Horror Journey3/28$3.9983% positive 36psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorpsychologicalrealisticS
Dark Zone Defense: Roguelite Arena Shooter in the Darkness10/30$1.9983% positive 36horrorarena-shooterroguelitecasualincrementalS
Mahasona: Team Up for Social Horror Treasure Hunt6/20$2.9983% positive 36early-accessthird-personmultiplayerpvpactionS
Sphenoid: Escape the Prison of a Condemned Warlock9/17$10.9983% positive 36horrorpsychological-horrorescape-roompuzzledarkS
TIC-TAC: Twelve o'clock - Survive Midnight Horrors at Bluebird High8/19$6.99-30%83% positive 36horroractionsingleplayerfirst-person3dS
Hunter: The Reckoning - A Time of Monsters: Defy Vampire Rule11/13$14.9979% positive 66casualrpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventure2dS
The Ice Cream Shop: Cozy Simulation Meets Psychological Horror2/11$4.9979% positive 66horrorpsychological-horrorsimulationcozyjob-simulatorS
Cursed Shorts: Swipe Away Abnormal Videos Before Time Runs Out8/15$0.9976% positive 122casualsimulationpuzzleincremental2dS
108 Silly Ways to Die: A Surreal FMV Horror Adventure2/11$10.9974% positive 210choose-your-own-adventurepsychological-horrorfmvsurrealzombiesS
Wounded - The Beginning: A Father's Search for His Daughter2/28$9.9973% positive 296actionadventureindiehorrorviolentS
ШП - ShP: The Erratic Puzzle Challenge10/31$1.9974% positive 209multiplayerindiesimulationpuzzledifficultS
Headache: Archive Edition - Uncover a Museum's Dark Secrets11/20Free74% positive 209horrorimmersive-simfirst-personhidden-object3dS
The Creepy Syndrome: Retro Horror Adventure with Interconnected Stories4/27$4.9980% positive 55choices-matterstory-richretromultiple-endingspuzzleS
Good Soup: A Deliciously Terrifying Indie Horror8/8$1.9981% positive 47casualsimulationwalking-simulator3dcartoonS
Empty Soul - S&S Edition: A Scientist's Descent into Nightmares6/30$6.9981% positive 47rpgactionindieadventurestory-richS
The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline - A Soul-Mirroring Horror Adventure9/10$19.9981% positive 47adventurestory-richatmosphericpuzzlelovecraftianS
Get a Midnight Snack Without Mom Knowing: A Stealth Horror Sim4/4$2.9978% positive 78psychological-horrorimmersive-simhorrorpsychologicalstealthS
Exorcism of the Legion (Last Rites): A VR Horror Adventure11/22$4.9973% positive 289horrorvradventurecasualsimulationS
GORE: A Lovecraftian Found Footage Horror Experience10/30$1.9975% positive 152singleplayerexplorationlovecraftianwalking-simulatoratmosphericS
Death Motel: Investigate the Crimson Motel's Dark Secrets2/22$2.9978% positive 77adventurehorrorwalking-simulatorfirst-personpsychological-horrorS
Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole - Explore Nostalgic Liminal Spaces4/24$4.19-30%72% positive 422explorationwalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorfirst-person3dS
Siren Head: The Horror Experience - Into the Dark Woods11/23Free72% positive 419horroradventurepuzzleexplorationfree-to-playS
Lost Alone Ep.3 - Nonnina: George's Final Journey into Adolescence6/17$5.9984% positive 31singleplayerhorroradventurepsychological-horrordarkS
Dead Apples Dare: Uncover a VHS Mystery on a Lonely Farm Road9/22$2.9984% positive 31horrorwalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorexplorationnatureS
Dead Night: Survive the Monster Onslaught in this Hardcore Indie Shooter5/1$0.9984% positive 31adventureactionsimulationwarsurvivalS
Overslept: A Hand-Drawn Survival Horror Journey11/22$1.9984% positive 31indiesurvival-horrorstealthpuzzlehand-drawnS
Pogo Pogo: A Punishing 2D Platformer That Tests Your Patience2/22Free84% positive 31adventureplatformer2d-platformer2dcolorfulSShowing 3151-3200 of 7066 items
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