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)
Phantasma VR Director's Cut: A Mind-Bending VR Puzzle Adventure6/12$9.9979% positive 39vradventureindiepuzzlehorrorS
Gigant: A Terrifying Point & Click Horror Adventure8/12$3.9979% positive 39point-&-clickadventure2dhorrorcasualS
Inky Blinky Bob: Pilot a Weaponized Balloon in Action Horror3/20$9.9979% positive 39survival-horrorhorroropen-worldfirst-personpsychological-horrorS
Railbreak — Power through hordes of zombies, '90s arcade style, in thi12/22$19.9979% positive 39steamhorroractionadventurecasualS
Withered Haven: Psychological Horror of Loss and Apparitions3/12$4.9979% positive 39horrorpsychological-horrordarkatmosphericrealisticS
Temple of Shadows: Uncover Ancient Mysteries as an Explorer11/26Free75% positive 72adventureactionaction-adventureatmosphericrealisticS
Curse: The Eye of Isis - Survival Horror Adventure8/22$2.9971% positive 175adventurehorrorsurvival-horroractionclassicS
Zombie Solitaire: Card Puzzles Against the Undead Horde7/3$8.9971% positive 175solitairecasualcard-gamezombiesadventureS
Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher[VR] - Unravel Ancient Mysteries in VR Horror3/19$12.9973% positive 106actionadventurevrhorrorfirst-personS
The Rake Sees You: Survive the Forest's Dark Secrets5/20$3.9974% positive 86horrordarkadventurewalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorS
Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue – Escape a Cult's Claustrophobic Ship8/9Free69% positive 329horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericdarkstory-richS
Apartment No 129: Uncover the Terrifying Truth Behind a Real Event8/3$7.9972% positive 132psychological-horrorhorrorcinematicrealisticmysteryS
I Hate This Place: Isometric Survival Horror Crafting Game1/29$29.9972% positive 132survival-horrorcomic-bookisometriccraftingsurvivalS
Abyss of Neptune: Dive into Underwater Survival Horror4/26Free70% positive 230survival-horrorhorrorunderwatermetroidvaniaactionS
Dreadline: Net Quota - Survive the Open Sea Together12/16$5.9970% positive 230adventurefishinghorror3dfirst-personS
Fallen Flowers — Strange atmosphere, strange things, but the performance is11/5$0.9983% positive 24steamcasualrpgword-gamejrpgS
Basement of Hellish: Survive the Zombie Infestation12/2$0.9983% positive 24horrordarkpost-apocalypticpsychological-horrorfpsS
Desert of Vice: A Text-Based Horror Adventure of Amnesia and Murder4/13$2.9983% positive 24adventureindiehorrorlovecraftianS
Mudoba: Survive a Dying Parallel Dimension1/5$3.9983% positive 24adventurewalking-simulatorexplorationfpsfirst-personS
Throw Anything VR: Unleash Chaos on the Undead7/26$16.9983% positive 24vrphysicszombieshorrorsurvival-horrorS
Evil Awaits™: Survive the Horror at Archdale Castle10/22$16.9976% positive 59actioncinematicrealisticthird-person-shooterhorrorS
The Order of the Snake Scale: Lovecraftian Dystopian Survival Horror3/13$8.9979% positive 38dystopianlovecraftiansurvival-horrordetectivesci-fiS
The Paperman: A Free VR Psychological Horror Experience12/20Free69% positive 316free-to-playindiehorrorpsychological-horrorvrS
Octave: A Twisted Point & Click Horror Adventure in a Dark Forest10/18$3.9971% positive 166indieadventuregoreviolenthorrorS
The Lies We Tell Ourselves: An Episodic Psychological Horror Adventure1/15$7.9972% positive 127psychological-horrorpuzzleatmosphericstory-richwalking-simulatorS
Depression The Game: A Short, Intense Interactive Simulation7/7$1.9969% positive 307atmosphericlife-siminteractive-fictionpsychologicalpsychological-horrorS
MOGGED: Looksmaxx or Die — Friendslop survival extraction horror game about desperate10/1$6.9969% positive 303steamhorrorco-opcomedymultiplayerS
Changgwi: Survive Joseon's Darkest Night in This Co-Op Horror8/28Free73% positive 100horrormultiplayerfirst-personsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrorS
Deadcam: First-Person Psychological Horror with a Live Facecam Mechanic11/5$7.9975% positive 68actionfirst-personhorrorstealthsurvivalS
Skinwalkers Valley: A Descent into Wilderness Horror11/29$3.9975% positive 68linearadventurerpghorrorwalking-simulatorS
The Last Man Survivor: Dark Fantasy Action Roguelike Survival4/17$4.9969% positive 300action-roguelikedark-fantasyhand-drawn2dsurvival-horrorS
Misery Mansion: Survive the Psychological Horror Within1/19$17.9973% positive 99horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorstealthpsychologicalS
Project Threshold: Confront Your Deepest Fears in This Psychological Horror Adventure6/25$1.79-40%73% positive 99adventurewalking-simulator3dcinematicfirst-personS
Horror Family - Flight: A 20-Minute Loop of Psychological Terror5/9Free72% positive 123free-to-playhorrorpsychological-horrorwalking-simulatorfpsS
Acre Crisis: PS1-Inspired Survival Horror Shooter in the Amazon7/17$4.9975% positive 67actionadventurecasualsurvival-horrordinosaursS
Alter Ego: Unravel a Supernatural Mystery in a Town Gripped by Fear8/3$9.9969% positive 288adventurepoint-&-clickmysterydetectiveatmosphericS
The 111th Soul: A Mysterious Inheritance and a House of Secrets12/5Free70% positive 206indiecasualactionadventuresimulationS
ArcticBoy: The Interactive Story - A Snowy Adventure to Deliver Rolls4/30$0.9972% positive 120adventurecinematichorrorsurvivalvisual-novelS
Cabin of Shadows - Dueling Impostors: Survive the Night7/27$3.9977% positive 48strategyboard-gamereal-time-tactics3dsurvival-horrorS
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Survival Horror in a Burning City4/2$4.9973% positive 95survival-horrorthird-person-shooterexplorationpvedifficultS
A Demon's Game - Episode 1: A Descent into Hell for Love2/9$5.9972% positive 118actionadventurehorrorpsychological-horrorpuzzleS
CONCRETE: Explore an Abandoned World of Ominous Statues10/31$1.9983% positive 23explorationatmosphericwalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorfirst-personS
Homeostasis: Drive Across Icy Wastes in This Atmospheric Horror Sim8/10$8.9983% positive 23drivingpsychological-horrorsnowatmosphericsimulationS
Isolation Simulator: Survive Your Own Mind in a Stark Chamber4/21$4.9983% positive 23simulationwalking-simulatorsurvival-horrorimmersive-simpsychedelicS
Snuggle Nightmare: Investigate a Closed Theme Park's Dark Secrets9/15$2.9983% positive 23horrorsandboxstealthadventurepuzzleS
Those Who Dwell: A Folk Horror Descent into Cursed Excavations11/21$4.9983% positive 23horrorpsychological-horrorfirst-personwalking-simulatorexplorationS
UMBRA: Survive the Drifting Spaceship in this Sci-Fi Horror Adventure3/10Free83% positive 23sci-fihorroradventuresingleplayer3dS
Unreal Hospital 8: Survive the Asylum with Limited Ammo3/29$2.9983% positive 23horrorfemale-protagonistsurvival-horroraction-adventurehidden-objectSShowing 3651-3700 of 7066 items
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