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.
12,737 titles match. 2,863 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 3,468 support Japanese, and 1,814 are free.
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7,066 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Psychomachia: Descent into a Psychiatric Hospital's Psychological Horror8/26$3.9981% positive 16psychological-horrorhorrorpsychologicalwalking-simulatorpsychedelicS
SCP The Beginning: Survive a Facility Collapse as a D-Class Subject8/26$4.9981% positive 16horrorfpssurvival-horroratmosphericsci-fiS
Static Voice: Survive a Toxic Soviet Apartment Block1/14$1.49-50%81% positive 16adventurecasualpuzzlewalking-simulatorexplorationS
The Organ Woman: Cooperative Horror in a Japanese Abandoned Hospital7/30$4.9981% positive 16actionhorroronline-co-opmultiplayerpsychological-horrorS
They Linger: A Claustrophobic Horror Walk Through Darkness8/8Free81% positive 16simulationpuzzlewalking-simulatormystery-dungeon3dS
Walking In: A Solo-Developed Exploration Experience7/8$3.9981% positive 16casualwalking-simulatorexplorationdungeon-crawler3dS
Hope Harrison: Survive Nightmarish Monsters and Permadeath4/17Free79% positive 19free-to-playsingleplayeraction-roguelikeexplorationresource-managementS
The Immemorial Order II Sisters of Darkness: Uncover the Mystery2/11$5.9979% positive 19comedystory-richpsychological-horrorhorrormysteryS
The Haunted House of Doom: A Spooky Point-and-Click Mystery10/13$3.9979% positive 19adventurehorror2dmysteryexplorationS
Dead on Arrival: Remastered - A Haunting Train Crash Escape11/18Free79% positive 19horrorpsychological-horrorexplorationhidden-objectpuzzleS
DEATHWATCH - PRELUDE: Investigate and Survive Supernatural Threats10/20Free79% positive 19horrorsurvival-horrorsupernaturalpsychological-horrorpsychologicalS
Hedera: Unravel a Family Curse in Psychological Horror5/21$2.9979% positive 19horrorchoices-matterfemale-protagonistmultiple-endingspuzzleS
Hey, Anybody There? - Director's Cut: A Short Japanese Horror Experience2/13$0.9979% positive 19horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericwalking-simulatormultiple-endingsS
Home Snatch: Unravel a Town's Dark Mystery in First-Person Horror8/15$3.9979% positive 19adventurepuzzlehorrormystery3dS
Investigating Alien Cats: A Pixelated Horror Puzzle Adventure1/22$0.9979% positive 19psychological-horrorhorrorabstractpixel-graphicsboomer-shooterS
No Hope: Survive the Supernatural Darkness in Montenegro7/23$3.9979% positive 19zombiessurvival-horrordarkhorrordark-fantasyS
Phobic Nightmares: Uncover Your Sister's Fate in Psychological Horror10/31$11.9979% positive 19horrorpsychological-horrorsupernaturalactiondarkS
Pyrami Head: Survive a Disturbing Mystery in First-Person Horror11/28$2.9979% positive 19horrorpsychological-horrorsurvival-horrorexplorationfirst-personS
Queen Anne's Lace: A Psychological Horror Teaser1/27Free79% positive 19psychological-horrorhorrorpuzzlesurrealhidden-objectS
Two Doors: The Psychological Horror of Shifting Reality6/15$4.9979% positive 19horrorpsychological-horrorrealisticdemonsmysteryS
Yōkaimaki: Horror Fishing and Cooking Sim in 19th Century Japan12/13Free79% positive 19simulationcasualfishingmythologycookingS
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored - Sci-Fi FPS Puzzle Horror4/26$12.4968% positive 74psychological-horrorhorrorsurvival-horrorstory-richadventureS
Backrooms Doors: Survive the Endless Corridors8/10$0.9967% positive 89horror3dsurvival-horrorfirst-personactionS
Amber Alert: Survive the Night in a Brutal FPS Horror7/4$4.9963% positive 238difficultperma-deathrealisticimmersivefpsS
CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~: A Horror Visual Novel Mystery1/29$6.9964% positive 177visual-novelindieadventurecasualotomeS
Dead of Night: Supermarket - Survive the Eerie Night Shift3/6$3.9969% positive 62horrorpsychological-horroradventurewalking-simulatorpsychologicalS
The Guise: Embrace the Monster in a Dark Metroidvania10/20$4.9969% positive 62metroidvaniasouls-likehorroratmosphericsingleplayerS
Slendrina Remake: Survive the Sinister Cellar3/15$1.9967% positive 88horrorfirst-personatmospherichidden-objectactionS
Mannequin The Passing — A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator3/4$3.9975% positive 28horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericwalking-simulatorsingleplayerS
MY DAUGHTER IS A CULTIST! SE: A Terrifying Descent into Parenthood's Worst Fears10/26$1.9975% positive 28horrorexplorationinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorcomic-bookS
Escape From Warehouse: A Journalist's Descent into Retail Horror8/20$4.9975% positive 28actionpsychological-horroropen-worldfirst-personhorrorS
Last Dive: Echo Trench - Survive the Deep's Unseen Horrors6/23$5.9975% positive 28horroradventurepsychological-horrorunderwateratmosphericS
SEAPORT MAN: A Short Retro Horror Journey Across the Ocean3/27$1.9975% positive 28horrorretropsychological-horrorwalking-simulatormultiple-endingsS
The Shape On The Ground: A Short, Psychedelic Horror Experience6/15$3.9975% positive 28adventureexploration3dfirst-personpsychedelicS
V696: Return to the Vanished Village in Psychological Horror1/11$3.9965% positive 135first-personpsychological-horrorthrillerhidden-objectexplorationS
Martha's Dolls: Uncover the Cursed Village Secrets1/9$4.9968% positive 73actionadventureaction-adventure3dfpsS
Pineview Drive - Homeless: A Psychological Horror Adventure4/5$17.9966% positive 107actionadventurehorrorSTrucker Horror: Lost on a Road of Fear3/18$2.9967% positive 87horrorrealisticfirst-persondarkpsychological-horrorS
Star Trek: Infection - Survive a Vulcan Nightmare in VR3/31$29.9967% positive 87vrhorrorsurvival-horrorsci-fisurvivalS
Ball of Wonder: Arkanoid-Style Circus Puzzle Action10/28$4.9964% positive 1712d-platformerpuzzleplatformerarcade2dS
Enola: A Psychological Horror Adventure into a Tortured Mind9/18$14.9964% positive 171adventureindiefemale-protagonistcasualhorrorS
After Friday: A Psychological Horror Journey4/11$1.9976% positive 25visual-novel3ddark-humorhorrorpsychological-horrorS
Inner – Explore Your Subconscious in a Psychological Anthology8/15Free76% positive 25free-to-playindiepuzzlehorroratmosphericS
Campfire Stories: The Giant of Green Peaks - Survival Horror Against a Cryptid10/27$0.9976% positive 25indiehorrorsurvival-horrorsurvivalthrillerS
EVIL: A Priest's Battle Against a Forest's Dark Possession2/13$5.9976% positive 25psychological-horrordarkatmosphericphilosophicallovecraftianS
Face Your Demons: A Short, Atmospheric VR Horror Experience8/10Free76% positive 25indieviolenthorroratmosphericsingleplayerS
Mannequin House: Steal Paintings, Evade Mannequins in Horror Survival3/29$2.9976% positive 25horrorsurvival-horrorpsychological-horroractioncasualS
The Week With Grugles: Night Guard Survival Horror5/23$0.9976% positive 25robotssimulationsurvivalpoint-&-clickfirst-personSShowing 4451-4500 of 7066 items
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