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.
12,728 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,465 support Japanese, and 1,812 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
[ANOMALY TAPES]: Beyond Reality - Uncover 90s Surreal Horror10/28Free79% positive 24horroratmospheric1990'ssurrealpixel-graphicsS
Hotel Overloop: Escape the Repeating Corridor5/23$4.9979% positive 24singleplayerpsychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorfirst-personS
Unforgotten: Ordinance - Uncover Siberian Occult Secrets2/10$9.9979% positive 24horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericmultiple-endingsadventureS
Whisper Forest – Japanese Horror in the Woods7/18$1.9979% positive 24multiplayerhorrorsimulationpsychological-horrorhidden-objectS
ATNRPG: Create Your World, Fight Deities in This Free RPG5/25Free79% positive 24psychological-horrorindiemultiple-endingsrpgfree-to-playS
DOGMAN: Survive the Michigan Legend in First-Person Horror11/6$2.9979% positive 24horrorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horrorfirst-personexplorationS
H.P. Supernatural Event Archives: Uncover Lovecraftian Mysteries8/7$8.9979% positive 24rpgroguelikevisual-novelpuzzle2dS
Satori | 悟り: A First-Person Psychological Horror Journey6/20Free79% positive 24psychological-horrorsingleplayerwalking-simulatorfirst-personlinearS
The Puppet's Casket: Unravel Victorian Horror at Marionette Manor6/22$5.9979% positive 24puzzlepoint-&-clickindieadventurepsychological-horrorS
Whalefall: PSX-Style Underwater Survival Horror7/22Free79% positive 24survival-horrorunderwaterfemale-protagoniststealthdystopianS
Dread Meridian: VR Survival Horror in Frozen Wastelands1/22$19.9971% positive 68horrorvractionadventureshooterS
Absinth: Psychological Horror Thriller in the Redwoods10/23$1.9969% positive 99indiepuzzlehorrorpsychological-horroraction-adventureS
Nystagmus: Survive a Mysterious Island in First-Person Horror5/18Free74% positive 43indieadventuregorehorrorS
FORGOTTEN: The Game - A Haunting Journey Through Dementia2/13Free67% positive 156psychological-horrorstory-richsingleplayeradventure3dS
Revengeful Ghost — A Horror Adventure Unfolding on Smartphones7/2$7.9972% positive 57adventure3dpsychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorS
HappyFunland – Uncover the Grisly Secrets of an Abandoned Theme Park3/22$17.4973% positive 49vrsingleplayeratmospherichorrorexplorationS
Shadows Are Alive – Survive the Shifting Mansion in Co-op Horror10/28$6.9976% positive 33multiplayerco-opaction-adventuresurvival-horroradventureS
Welcome to Levy – A Grim Post-Apocalyptic Visual Novel3/2Free76% positive 33visual-noveldarkhorrorlovecraftianpost-apocalypticS
Damn Dolls: Survive the 80s Horror in an Abandoned House4/22$1.9976% positive 33indiehorrorfirst-personmystery1980sS
Haunted Hell House: A Pixelated Horror Adventure Awaits10/29Free76% positive 33adventuregoreviolentactionpixel-graphicsS
Who Knocks: Survive a Night of Psychological Horror12/26$6.9970% positive 80horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorpsychologicalthrillerS
Outbreak: The New Nightmare - Survive the Zombie Apocalypse in Co-Op1/5$12.9965% positive 278survival-horroronline-co-opmultiplayerhorrorzombiesS
Into the Pit — A fast-paced retro-FPS roguelite10/19$14.9965% positive 273steamhorroractionindieaction-roguelikeS
Samosbor: Survive the Infinite Khrushchevka2/6$0.79-20%65% positive 271indieactionadventuregoreviolentS
All We Need: A Supernatural Horror Walking Simulator11/22Free74% positive 42explorationpuzzlevisual-novelwalking-simulator3dS
Cactus Simulator 2: Embrace the Desert Life10/6$7.9974% positive 42actionpsychological-horrorsimulationcasualadventureS
CONCLUSE 2: The Drifting Prefecture - A Twisted Descent into Hell7/28$9.9974% positive 42adventureactionindiehorrorpsychological-horrorS
The Unwelcomed: Escape Your Uncle's Mansion in VR1/30$2.9974% positive 42indiecasualsimulationvrpuzzleS
Eyes of Hellfire: Gothic Horror Co-op Card Strategy8/27$9.9965% positive 269strategystory-richco-opmultiplayerhorrorS
Whispering Death: Amnesia Horror with Procedural Items11/28Free73% positive 48singleplayerhorrorstory-richatmosphericmultiple-endingsS
MISTERY: Survive the Containment Breach and Unmask the Betrayers1/21$11.9964% positive 382co-opmultiplayeractionsurvivalsocial-deductionS
Syndrome: Survive the Nightmare Aboard a Derelict Sci-Fi Ship10/6$19.9964% positive 377survival-horrorhorrorstealthpsychological-horrorfirst-personS
SCP: ReEnter: Asymmetrical Multiplayer Horror FPS - Early Access8/7Free67% positive 146multiplayerhorrorshooterfpsfirst-personS
Sparky Marky: Episode 1 - Uncover Camp Secrets4/14Free65% positive 260free-to-playsingleplayerhorrorsurvival-horrorcartoonyS
SHADOW MANSION: Unravel a Family's Dark Secrets in This Psychological Horror8/6$5.9968% positive 115horrordetectivepuzzleexplorationsurvival-horrorS
INFERNIUM: A Non-Linear Psychological Horror Survival Game4/3$29.9966% positive 190horrorindiefirst-personatmosphericsurvival-horrorS
Unstoppable Hamster: A Hardcore 2D Platformer Survival Challenge1/24$1.9967% positive 145casualadventureindiesimulationplatformerS
Euclidean: A Descent into Geometric Lovecraftian Horror9/26$4.9965% positive 254indieactionlovecraftianatmosphericfirst-personS
Monster Maze VR: Survive Spooky Mazes and Shoot Monsters10/19$0.9975% positive 36vradventureindiecasualhorrorS
Hang Up: Uncover Dark Secrets via Vintage Telephone VR10/16Free75% positive 36casualsimulationindievrmysteryS
Haunted Elevator: Uncover Dark Corporate Secrets8/2$3.9975% positive 36horrorindiepsychological-horrorwalking-simulatordarkS
The Dinner: A Descent into Psychological Horror11/21$7.9975% positive 36psychological-horrorhorroratmosphericwalking-simulatorfirst-personS
Horror Story: Hallowseed - Psychological Terror in a Reactive World10/28$19.9964% positive 356horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericthrillerindieS
Haus Of Irndrous: Escape the Collapsing Mansion8/19$1.9972% positive 54horroraction-adventuresingleplayerpuzzlethrillerS
Untold Memories: Potter's Field - Confronting Guilt in a Psychological Horror Journey3/11$3.9972% positive 54explorationfirst-person3dhorrorpsychological-horrorS
Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed - Survive the Haunted Asylum7/7$5.9971% positive 63indiesingleplayerhorrorpoint-&-clickpsychological-horrorS
[Southern Fjords] Newspaper Day: Uncover a Neighbor's Secret11/11$3.9969% positive 90horrorpsychological-horrornarrativestory-richexplorationS
EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS — Survival Horror Exploration7/20$5.9966% positive 181co-opwalking-simulatormultiplayerexplorationhorrorSShowing 4201-4250 of 7066 items
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