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.
12,724 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,464 support Japanese, and 1,812 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
War Remains: Dan Carlin's VR Journey into WWI Hell5/21$4.9974% positive 113casualgoreviolentworld-war-ivrS
Mirror Forge: A Descent into Psychological Survival Horror12/6$12.9972% positive 186psychological-horrorhorrorsurvival-horrorsurvivaldarkS
Colortone: Solve Mind-Bending Puzzles to Escape10/29$6.9970% positive 371adventureindiepuzzlefirst-personminimalistS
Blue Maiden: A Slow-Burn Psychological Horror Mystery12/1$5.9976% positive 74simulationpsychological-horrorexplorationpuzzlehorrorS
Snotty's Sewer: A Roguelike Horror Escape6/22Free77% positive 62horrorroguelikedifficultstealthcomedyS
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence - Atmospheric Horror Adventure11/28$19.9973% positive 141horroratmosphericadventuresingleplayerpuzzle-platformerS
Stairs: Descend into Madness9/28$12.9970% positive 364indieadventurehorroractionpsychological-horrorS
Milo: Survive Endless Cultist Waves in a Gore-Filled Co-op Shooter10/29$19.9974% positive 110fpspveonline-co-ophorrorco-opS
Inferno - Beyond the 7th Circle: Old-School Survival RPG in a Demon-Ruled World4/30$16.9974% positive 109rpgdungeon-crawlergrid-based-movementgoresingleplayerS
TheNightfall: Survive a Terrifying First Night Alone1/12$24.9973% positive 138adventureindiegoreactionhorrorS
Transient: Extended Edition - Lovecraftian Cyberpunk Psychological Horror10/28$19.9970% positive 352lovecraftiancyberpunkadventurepsychological-horrorstory-richS
Hell's Underground: Survive the Trapped Metro Tunnels6/11$0.9992% positive 12multiplayerhorrorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horroractionS
SPAGHET 2: Al Dente Chapter - Survive the Kitchen's Fury1/1$3.9992% positive 12actionsurvivalhorrorsurvival-horror3dS
Bear Haven Nights 2: Survive the Woods Motel Nightmare3/22$7.9992% positive 12horrorsingleplayersurvival-horrorpsychological-horrordifficultS
Camp Wombo: Survival Horror Co-Op in the Haunted Woods7/13$1.9992% positive 12pveonline-co-ophorrorcomedyfpsS
Cave of Illusions: Twistyland - A Surreal Horror Board Game Adventure1/30$2.9992% positive 12horrorpuzzleboard-gamecard-gamewalking-simulatorS
Childmare: Survive the 1980s Underground Lab Horror7/13$4.9992% positive 12actionadventurefirst-person3d1980sS
Dream Of The Hikikomori: Trapped as the Waifu2/4$6.9992% positive 12simulationdating-simanimeatmosphericdark-comedyS
Effigy: The Descent - A Lovecraftian Survival Horror Descent5/12$4.9992% positive 12singleplayerlovecraftianatmosphericsurvival-horroractionS
ERLIK: The Ninth Branch - Anatolian Horror Unearths Dark Lineage3/11$4.9992% positive 12mythologyhorrortutorialpuzzleadventureS
Falling Into Dreams: Face Childhood Nightmares in a Free-to-Play Horror Platformer6/3Free92% positive 12horrorsurvival-horrorplatformerprecision-platformer2d-platformerS
Fear 2: The Disappeared 207 - Survive the Undead Apocalypse6/28$1.9992% positive 12adventurehorrorzombiestop-downrpgS
Funtime with Buffy: A Cartoonish Nightmare in First-Person11/30$4.9992% positive 12horrorsurvival-horrorsingleplayeractionstealthS
Get In Timelessness: Psychological Horror of Hidden Nightmares8/1$4.9992% positive 12horrordark2dstory-richalternate-historyS
Goat Stand and Turtle Guy: A First-Person Horror-Comedy Adventure7/19$1.9992% positive 12horrorindieactionthrilleradventureS
If I Still Had Tomorrow: A Pixelated Journey of Second Chances1/14$19.9992% positive 12indiepuzzlepixel-graphicsrpghorrorS
Monologin: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Solitude6/19$2.9992% positive 12visual-novelchoose-your-own-adventurepsychological-horrorinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickS
Mr HappyFunFace: Survive 60 Seconds of First-Person Horror10/23$2.9992% positive 12explorationtime-managementrunnerdifficultaction-adventureS
Paranormal Inc.: Investigate Disturbing Real-Life Footage5/19$2.9992% positive 12horrorsurvival-horrorpuzzlethrillerrealisticS
Project CCTV: Monitor Surveillance Feeds in This Psychological Horror Investigation10/31$2.9992% positive 12time-managementhidden-objectinvestigationpoint-&-click3dS
Run Tekila Run!: A Hilarious Zombie-Slaying Co-Op Adventure1/12$5.9992% positive 12action-adventurefunnyzombieslocal-co-opisometricS
The Long Awakening: Unravel Your Identity in a Surreal Hotel7/23$1.0092% positive 12interactive-fictionvisual-novelpsychological-horrorphilosophicalindieS
The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen: A Horror Visual Novel Where Choices Decide Fate7/21$3.9992% positive 12visual-novelhorrorchoices-mattermultiple-endingsstory-richS
The Observatory: A Cosmic Horror Walking Simulator10/27$0.9992% positive 12psychological-horrorhorrorwalking-simulatorshortatmosphericS
Waking Dreams: Survive a Descent into Psychological Horror7/15$4.9992% positive 12survival-horroractionpsychological-horrorhorroradventureS
Where Time Ends: Build a Time Machine to Reclaim Lost Moments2/20$1.9992% positive 12mysterypuzzlehidden-objectmultiple-endings3dS
Maple Ridge: A Suburban Nightmare of Grief and Psychological Horror6/23$2.4974% positive 108horroradventurepsychological-horroratmosphericwalking-simulatorS
Joyville — A Chilling Horror-Puzzle Adventure8/23$9.9970% positive 350adventurehorror1980ssurvival-horrorpuzzleS
BEAST: False Prophet - Unleash Your Inner Demon in Tactical RPG10/25$24.9971% positive 243gothichistoricalperma-deathcinematichorrorS
Zafehouse Diaries 2: Survive the Zombie Apocalypse in a Unique Roguelike6/17$6.9973% positive 136zombiesturn-based-strategysurvivalhorrorturn-basedS
Don't Remember: Unraveling a Schizophrenic Alchemist's Past12/20Free76% positive 72psychological-horrorhorroradventuresingleplayeratmosphericS
Heart of the Forest: Interactive Survival Horror Adventure2/12$12.9971% positive 240fmvchoose-your-own-adventuresurvival-horrorhorroradventureS
EBOLA 3: Dive into a Gripping Survival Horror Mystery9/19$19.9970% positive 344survival-horrorhorrorfirst-personsingleplayeratmosphericS
Liminal Exit: Escape the Endless Loop in This Unsettling Puzzle FPS8/7$4.9973% positive 135fpsimmersive-simpuzzleperma-deathwalking-simulatorS
Mirrored Phantoms: Psychological Horror in a Decaying Mannequin Factory2/24Free71% positive 238horrorpsychological-horrorfirst-personsingleplayeratmosphericS
Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait - Interactive Horror Narrative6/23Free77% positive 60explorationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelpsychological-horrorstory-richS
A Hole In My Room: A Free-to-Play Psychological Horror Puzzle8/12Free78% positive 51horrorsingleplayerfree-to-playpuzzlefirst-personS
Ramona: A 1970s Psychological Horror Journey10/31$9.9978% positive 51psychological-horrorhorrorfirst-personstrategyrealisticS
Unforgotten: A Non-Linear Visual Novel of Mysticism and Winter Forests12/17$4.9978% positive 51casualindieadventurevisual-novelatmosphericSShowing 3501-3550 of 7066 items
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