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)
Snooze: A Choice - A Psychological Horror Routine8/19$2.9991% positive 11psychological-horrordarkhorrorinteractive-fictionnarrativeS
The Abyssal Maze: Survive a Demonic Apocalypse in this Challenging Horror Puzzle3/17$2.0091% positive 11horrorindiezombiespuzzleatmosphericS
The Ampoule: Survive a Lab Gone Wrong in This First-Person Horror Adventure11/20Free91% positive 11roguelike3dfirst-personhorrorpsychological-horrorS
The Escape to the Afterlife: A Retro Horror Journey Through Japanese Folklore6/17$5.9991% positive 11horroractionaction-adventuresurvival-horrorfirst-personS
The Exorcist: Face Demonic Possession in Medieval Horror Simulation2/3$7.9991% positive 11horrorsimulationmedievalrealisticdemonsS
The Trivial Dead: Trivia Meets Zombie Survival3/17$5.9991% positive 11casualtriviazombiespost-apocalyptictop-downS
VeilWood: Farm, Fight, and Unravel the Blue Fog's Mystery3/20$9.9991% positive 11farmingrtspvetime-managementretroS
Yellow History: Survive the Descent into Darkness3/30$8.9991% positive 11survivalpsychological-horrorhorrorsingleplayersurvival-horrorS
Japan Stigmatized Property 2: Surveillance Horror Case Files12/18$7.9969% positive 205adventurehorrorcasualhidden-objectpoint-&-clickS
Good Morning World: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel5/4Free69% positive 204free-to-playindieadventureviolentvisual-novelS
EBOLA 2: Survive the Secret Lab Disaster1/6$14.9968% positive 282survival-horrorhorrorfirst-personsingleplayeratmosphericS
Prison Loop: Unravel Temporal Anomalies in a Psychological Horror Puzzle5/20$1.9974% positive 66psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorfirst-personexplorationpuzzleS
Writer: Chapter 1 - A Psychological Horror Exploration Game1/6$4.9974% positive 66explorationpuzzledetectivewalking-simulatorfirst-personS
16 Murders Mystery: A Detective RPG Adventure7/10$1.9975% positive 56detectivevisual-novelinteractive-fictionpsychological-horrorfantasyS
Crying Pony: Escape the Nightmare's Grasp4/19$8.9975% positive 56adventurehorrorsurvival-horrorthrillerpsychologicalS
Silent Still 2: Experience the Terror of Sleep Paralysis7/24$4.9967% positive 408simulationwalking-simulatorfirst-person3dhorrorS
Peregrino: Survive a Cursed Land in Isometric Dark Fantasy RPG3/6$16.9969% positive 200rpgdark-fantasyisometricsurvival-horrorstrategyS
Panic In The Woods: Co-op Horror Survival with Boy Scouts9/13$5.9970% positive 151actionhorrorco-opcasualexplorationS
Summon: Joint Escape - Co-op Horror Survival with Post-Soviet Vibes10/3$0.9967% positive 399actionadventureco-opmemesonline-co-opS
DEEP FOG: A Lovecraftian Pixel Horror Adventure4/29$14.9970% positive 149lovecraftianaction-adventureaction-rpgcinematicpixel-graphicsS
Last of Ass: Survive the Cannibal Fog12/5$4.9974% positive 65rpgadventurehorrorsurvivalfirst-personS
Outliver: Tribulation - African Mythology Meets Souls-like Survival Horror7/18$7.9974% positive 65third-person-shootersouls-likepuzzleshooteraction-adventureS
Aberration Analyst: Uncover Supernatural Threats in This Dark Detective Sim6/5$4.9984% positive 19perma-deathdarkdetectivevampireshorrorS
RadioWave – Survive the Killer Robotics of RadioWorld3/10$13.9984% positive 19multiplayersurvival-horroradventurefirst-personcasualS
Sublimity: Psychological Horror in an Abandoned Complex8/1$3.9984% positive 19realisticpsychologicalpsychological-horrorstealthparkourSEngine Eternal: Survive the Rails to Paradise7/18$9.9984% positive 19online-co-ophorrorco-opmultiplayerprocedural-generationS
Insider Threat: Survive a Nightmare in a Lost Scientific Complex2/22$4.9984% positive 19indieadventurehorrorpsychological-horrordarkS
Into Death and Beyond: Sci-Fi Survival Horror on Hostile Planet XB32-ENT3/7$9.9984% positive 19horrorsurvival-horrorsci-fifpsactionS
Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny - Unveil the Foretold Nemesis9/25$12.9984% positive 19animehorrorsupernaturalmysterychoices-matterS
Korpus: Buried Over the Black Soil - Eastern European Horror Unveiled2/14$9.9984% positive 19actionadventureindiehorrorstory-richS
Murder Diaries 3: Santa's Trail of Blood - A Chilling Christmas Mystery12/17$9.9984% positive 19third-personthrillerexplorationdetectivehorrorS
PLACE: A Deadly Button-Pressing Puzzle in a Concrete Prison8/28$5.9984% positive 19horrorpuzzlephysicsmysterychoices-matterS
Revenants: Spirit & Mind - Investigate Demonic Crimes in VR10/27$12.9984% positive 19actionvrhorrorinvestigationdarkS
STIGMA: The Salem Legacy - Uncover Dark Family Secrets in Atmospheric Horror4/25$2.9984% positive 19psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorstory-richchoices-mattermultiple-endingsS
The Ancient Labyrinth: Unravel a Amnesiac's Nightmare9/24$1.9984% positive 19indieactionadventurehorrorstealthS
TheLostWoods: Navigate a Mysterious Forest in This Walking Simulator1/22$3.9984% positive 19simulationwalking-simulatorcasualpsychological-horrorfantasyS
Traurig Secrets: Prologue – Unraveling an Amnesiac's Dark Past8/28$1.9984% positive 19casualvisual-novelanimehorrorpsychological-horrorS
Find or Be Found: Asymmetric Co-op Horror Heist6/24$7.9970% positive 148co-ophorrordialogue-heavytime-managementmanagementS
DogDogDog: A Cute Walking Sim with a Dark, Canine Twist4/19$3.9975% positive 55dogscutewalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorhorrorS
Santa Claws: A Christmas Horror Walking Simulator12/13$0.9971% positive 116explorationwalking-simulatorfirst-personhorrormultiple-endingsS
Orphan of the Petal: A Free-to-Play Anime Horror Puzzle Adventure2/4Free73% positive 77free-to-playrpgadventureindiecasualS
Oxide Room 104: Escape the Motel's Body Horror Nightmare6/16$24.9968% positive 265horrorgorefirst-personsurvival-horroratmosphericS
Amigdala: Unravel the Philadelphia Experiment's Dark Secrets3/28Free70% positive 147indieadventureactionvrhorrorS
Don't Look Back: Uncover House Secrets in This Psychological Horror6/26$0.9978% positive 36horrorpsychological-horrorpuzzlewalking-simulatoractionS
Other Side Of Mist And Mountain: A Horror Mystery Adventure3/28$10.9972% positive 93simulationadventurehorrorpuzzleanimeS
Small Town Terrors: Livingston - A Zombie Apocalypse Puzzle Adventure1/18$4.9972% positive 93adventurecasualhidden-objectpoint-&-clickpuzzleS
Crawlspace Multiplayer: Survive the Killer Dolls3/24$5.9971% positive 114co-oponline-co-opsurvival-horrorfirst-personhorrorS
SCP: Nemesi - Alpha Testing: Multiplayer Survival Horror10/2Free72% positive 92multiplayersurvival-horrorstealthexplorationpuzzleSShowing 3851-3900 of 7066 items
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