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.
12,740 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,469 support Japanese, and 1,815 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Stifled: Hear Your Fear in This Echolocation Horror Mystery7/10$19.9976% positive 109indieadventurehorroractionvrS
Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story - Explore a 1930s Japanese Horror Mystery1/31$12.9978% positive 72explorationsurvival-horrorhorror3dfemale-protagonistS
The 7th Circle - Endless Nightmare: 90s Dungeon Crawler Reimagined9/10$9.9978% positive 72rpgdungeon-crawlerviolentgorehorrorS
Raptor Valley: Survive a Night of Dinosaur Horror in VR9/9$3.9980% positive 51adventureindieactionsimulationvrS
The Darkest Woods: A Story-Driven Indie Horror Adventure6/28$2.9980% positive 51adventureindiehorrorpoint-&-clickS
Beasts of Burden: A Familiar Childhood Game Twisted into Psychological Horror4/6Free76% positive 107rpg2dpsychological-horrorhorrordarkS
Presence: A Mother's Descent into a Disturbing Boarding School3/24$1.9976% positive 107gorehorroratmosphericdarkcrimeS
Intruders: Hide and Seek - A Child's Terror in VR9/26$19.9972% positive 351adventureactionindiehorrorpsychological-horrorS
Shadows Peak: Atmospheric Open-World Horror Adventure3/13$9.9972% positive 349mysteryhorrorsurvival-horroractionindieS
Whispers of Fear: Psychological Horror in a Secluded Cabin11/15Free82% positive 38singleplayerhorrorpsychologicalsurvival-horroralternate-historyS
The Anomaly Experiment: Uncover the Truth Behind Memory Loss Trials4/28$6.9982% positive 38horrorpsychological-horrorhidden-objectconspiracyatmosphericS
Angels Cove: A First-Person Psychological Horror Investigation10/8$2.9976% positive 106explorationmystery-dungeonhidden-objectinteractive-fiction3dS
Death Horizon: Reloaded - Survive the Zombie Outbreak in VR5/18$19.9976% positive 106vrshooteractionhorrorzombiesS
Prime Horror II: 4v1 Co-Op Horror Comedy with a Twist11/4Free75% positive 134casualmultiplayerfirst-personhorrorcomedyS
Dead End Exit 8: Escape the Infinite Hospital Loop2/17$3.9975% positive 133explorationpsychological-horrorimmersive-simhorrorvrS
Dark Notes: Unravel a Suspenseful Mystery Across Time and Space5/24$7.9975% positive 132puzzlehorrorword-gameincrementalcasualS
Dead Stop - No Vacancy: Retro Horror Anthology's First Episode8/13$6.9980% positive 50horrorpsychological-horrorretro1990'satmosphericS
The Backrooms: Escape - Uncover Mysteries in Liminal Spaces11/1$6.9980% positive 50explorationwalking-simulatorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrorrealisticS
Veins of DARKNESS: First-Person Horror with Psychedelic Demons3/21$2.9980% positive 50story-richdarkhorrorfirst-persondemonsS
UNCHAINED: A Digital World Horror Puzzle Adventure10/31Free81% positive 43multiplayerhorrorpsychological-horrorpuzzleartificial-intelligenceS
Holy Shift: A Succubus's Purgatory Pact10/17$1.9981% positive 43interactive-fictionvisual-novelfemale-protagonistpsychological-horrorchoices-matterS
Anomaly Living: Uncover a Sister's Fate in Volcanic Danger3/10$3.49-50%85% positive 26actionco-op-campaignco-ophorroradventureS
Sybil is Haunted: Interactive Horror with Multiple Endings5/30Free85% positive 26horrorpixel-graphicscasualmultiple-endingsinteractive-fictionS
Don't Play With Dolls: Escape the Haunted House7/21$0.9985% positive 26multiplayeractionadventureindiehorrorS
derealization: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Shattered Consciousness3/31$0.9985% positive 26visual-novelinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonist2dpsychological-horrorS
Fear The Unknown: Jamie Story - Survive an Alien Encounter8/27$3.9985% positive 26adventurewalking-simulator3daliensatmosphericS
Feast Your Eyes: A Surreal Journey Through Doubt and Horror8/11$3.9985% positive 26adventureindiegoreviolentsurrealS
Ovine Replica: A City's Fate Hinges on a Desperate Bargain9/22Free85% positive 26visual-novelstory-richmultiple-endingschoices-matterchoose-your-own-adventureS
Shanubis: Survive an Egyptian God's Wrath in This Free Horror Adventure10/31Free85% positive 26actionhorrorsurvival-horrorfirst-personadventureS
Hide and Seek: The Thrilling Darkness Survival Game11/13$2.9975% positive 130multiplayerco-opindieadventurehorrorS
Voice of Chernobyl: Multiplayer FPS Survival in a Post-Apocalyptic Europe9/18Free72% positive 327shootersurvivalfps3dpsychological-horrorS
Monkey Mischief: Race, Climb, and Survive in a VR Adventure10/21Free78% positive 69multiplayervrfree-to-playadventurecasualS
Ghost's Blockade (Story Edition): Unravel the Mystery of the Lost Forest1/5$5.9973% positive 227adventurerpgactionpuzzleaction-adventureS
When the Light Dies: Survive the Endless Night of Horror10/28$4.9976% positive 102bullet-heavenlovecraftiantop-down-shootertwin-stick-shooterhorrorS
Night Grove: Psychological Horror in an Abandoned Hostel4/9$3.9974% positive 167psychological-horrorhorroratmosphericadventure3dS
Hide Alone – Survive the 3 AM Supernatural Hide-and-Seek8/12$4.9973% positive 223horrorindiedarkpsychological-horrorrealisticS
HopBound: A Surreal 16-Bit Psychological Horror Platformer6/9$2.9980% positive 49indieplatformerhorrorpixel-graphicsanimeS
Willie's Nightfall: First-Person Horror Adventure1/13$4.9978% positive 68singleplayerhorrorsurvival-horroractiondarkS
Phylakterion: Co-op Psychological Horror Investigation10/31$9.9978% positive 68horrormultiplayerinvestigationmysterypsychological-horrorS
Worse Than Death: High School Reunion Horror Adventure10/8$9.9978% positive 68adventureindieactiongoreviolentS
Silent Nights: A Short, Atmospheric Psychological Horror Experience3/10$3.9973% positive 222horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorwalking-simulatoratmosphericS
Joyville 2: Uncover Dark Secrets at a Haunted Children's Camp12/13$12.9973% positive 221horroradventurepuzzleindietime-travelS
Fright Light: Survive the Night with Your Flashlight8/26$0.9979% positive 57indiestrategyactionsimulationhorrorS
Death in the Water: Survive Great White Shark Attacks10/10$2.9972% positive 310underwateractionindiesimulationgoreS
15th Floor: Navigate Anomalies in a Psychological Horror Simulation4/5$3.9981% positive 42actionadventurepsychological-horrorwalking-simulatorsimulationS
Hermitage: Strange Case Files — Unravel Supernatural Mysteries10/26$19.9981% positive 42lovecraftianmysteryhorrorvisual-novelfantasyS
The Eerie Inn: Uncover the Dark Secrets of a Forest Guest House4/19$4.9981% positive 42adventureindiehorrorpuzzlepsychological-horrorS
The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival - 2D Arcade Beat 'em Up9/18$19.9981% positive 42action2d-fighterarcadebeat-'em-upside-scrollerS
Coffin Mall: Retro Survival Horror as a Night Shift Security Guard10/21$6.9977% positive 81atmosphericstylizedhorrorindieretroSShowing 3251-3300 of 7066 items
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