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)
Devil's Toy: A First-Person Horror Experience in the Cornfield11/6$0.9969% positive 61adventureindiecasualhorroratmosphericS
Found Horror Game 101.exe: Uncover Disturbing Mysteries8/16$10.1069% positive 61indieadventurehorrorgoreviolentS
Kuchisake Onna: Psychological Horror Adventure in a Mysterious Amnesia10/9$2.9969% positive 61adventureindiehorrorpsychological-horrorS
The Subject: A Sci-Fi Horror Adventure in a Dystopian Future11/30$4.9969% positive 61sci-fipuzzlehorrorwalking-simulatoradventureS
Ars Notoria – Explore a Dangerous Open World in This Survival Crafting Adventure11/27$19.9962% positive 318co-opadventuremagicopen-world-survival-craftdark-fantasyS
Alchemy of the Earth: Open-World Survival with Herbalism and Alchemy8/13$7.9974% positive 31rpgaction-rpghorrorindieadventureS
Echoes in the Storm: Investigate Arctic Noir Horror10/23$4.9974% positive 31walking-simulatorpsychological-horrorinvestigationstory-richgoreS
Gate to Site 8: Uncover Childhood Trauma in a Dark Psychological Horror9/9$3.9974% positive 31story-richpsychologicaldarkhorrorpsychological-horrorS
Scholar's Mate: Atmospheric First-Person Horror Escape Room5/30$12.9968% positive 72escape-roomhorrorpuzzlesingleplayerdarkS
Purrfect Date: Unravel a Feline Mystery on Cat Island12/15$9.9961% positive 471dating-simcasualindievisual-noveladventureS
Nextbots In The Backrooms: Survive Endless Mazes of Memes6/2$0.9967% positive 86horrorsurvival-horrormemesfunnyadventureS
Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate - Survive the Asylum Horror6/5$8.9966% positive 105simulationhorrorfirst-personmysteryatmosphericS
Demon Of The Dark: Survive a Monstrous Hospital Escape8/3Free65% positive 130horrorexplorationpuzzleinvestigationfirst-personS
Wordle 5: Advanced Vocabulary Puzzles & New Challenges10/10$30.6262% positive 308casualsimulationpuzzleword-game2dS
The Winter Mind: A Short Visual Novel of Inner Struggle9/7$0.9967% positive 85pixel-graphicsvisual-novelpsychological-horrorminimalistinteractive-fictionS
LeftWay — A Creepy Mystery Horror Adventure11/3$12.9972% positive 39adventureindieatmosphericdarkhorrorS
Creepy Fishing: Peaceful Trip Turns Nightmare9/26$1.9972% positive 39idlerrpghorrorpsychological-horrordarkS
Grit Shot: Precision Basketball Roguelite in a Cursed Basement8/13$6.9972% positive 39action-roguelikedeckbuildingstrategyroguelikeretroS
MOLOCH (Zero): Your Interview Simulation Awaits10/26Free72% positive 39indiesimulationstrategyfree-to-playhorrorS
Crime Detective: Red Flags – Uncover 1980s Suburban Secrets10/21$6.9962% positive 305singleplayerpsychological-horrorhorrordetectiveadventureS
The Circus: A Dark RPG Horror Experience5/19Free65% positive 128singleplayerhorrorrpgdarkmultiple-endingsS
Ranger Danger: The Missing Camper Horror11/14Free69% positive 59horroratmosphericsingleplayersupernaturalexplorationS
The Closing Shift: A Thrilling Restaurant Simulation1/29Free65% positive 126simulationactionaction-adventureinteractive-fictionexplorationS
Deadnaut: Tactical Squad Survival in Derelict Spaceships12/9$9.9964% positive 159action-roguelikespaceexplorationimmersive-simsurvival-horrorS
Alone Girl: Survive the Alien Virus Outbreak in this Top-Down Shooter5/29$1.8877% positive 22adventurepost-apocalypticsurvival-horrortop-down-shooteractionS
WATCHER – Escape the Nightmare's Relentless Pursuit12/25Free77% positive 22singleplayerhorroradventuremultiple-endingsimmersive-simS
Frio3 - Parting and Meeting — Atmospheric Survival Horror Adventure2/3Free77% positive 22adventureindiestrategygorehorrorS
The Contact: A Cryptic Message Leads to a Chilling Encounter3/3$2.9977% positive 22walking-simulatorpsychological-horrorhidden-objecthorror3d-platformerS
RED: Lucid Nightmare - Unraveling Mysterious Nightmares10/9$1.9977% positive 22vrindiepsychological-horroradventureatmosphericS
Goat's Tale Adventure: Precision Platformer with New Heroine1/31$1.9977% positive 22singleplayerdifficultpsychological-horrorprecision-platformer2d-platformerS
The Nameless: Uncover the Mystery of the Ghost Ship10/31$1.9977% positive 22adventureaction-adventurefpsfirst-personhorrorS
One Hunt: Survive the Blighted Wilderness7/25$4.9977% positive 22survivalexplorationaction-adventurehuntinghorrorS
Final Outcry: V/H/S Horror in an Abandoned Prison10/28$1.9977% positive 22horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericdarkrealisticS
Extinction / Zombie Invasion 1: Survive the Zombie Epidemic12/8Free77% positive 22actionfpsadventurerealistic3dS
HeadLight: Survive the Alien Dark in this Stealth Horror Strategy11/9Free77% positive 22survival-horrorstealthstrategypixel-graphicssci-fiS
Rescue Lucy 2: A Retro Horror Adventure to Find Your Lost Dog8/1$4.9977% positive 22indiehorroradventureretrocuteS
Revenant: In Memory Of The Day - A Mother's Descent into Psychological Horror3/19$4.9977% positive 22immersive-simwalking-simulatoradventurefirst-personhorrorS
The Miserable Crimson Hooded Girl: A Dark Fairy Tale Reimagined12/31$1.9977% positive 22horrorexplorationwalking-simulatorexperimentalvisual-novelS
The Shadelight: Louisiana Horror Adventure in First-Person9/23$0.9977% positive 22action-adventureactionfemale-protagonist3dfirst-personS
Vendigo Corporation: Uncover Dark Experiments in First-Person Horror10/28$1.9977% positive 22horrorpsychological-horroratmosphericrealisticcinematicS
We're Here, Papa: VR Survival Horror in the Sewers12/17$4.9977% positive 22horrorvrsurvival-horrorpsychological-horroractionS
A Day Without Me: Survive a Deserted City in This Surreal Horror Adventure6/27$5.9967% positive 82horrorwalking-simulatoraction-adventure2.5dcuteS
I Am Here, I Won't Disappear: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel1/24$0.9967% positive 82psychological-horrorcasualvisual-novelabstracthorrorS
QuietMansion2: Survive the Pursuer in This Indie FPS Horror6/22$3.9970% positive 50actionadventureindieviolenthorrorS
Hunt: The Unknown Quarry - Deception and Deduction in a Haunted Mansion1/30Free69% positive 58horrorinvestigationpvplogicturn-basedS
Egghead Gumpty: Survive the Monstrous Egg in a Procedural Juvie9/4$4.9968% positive 68horrorsingleplayerfirst-personcartoonysurvival-horrorS
Final Word Royale: A Deadly Typing Battle Royale2/3$4.9968% positive 68spellingmassively-multiplayerbattle-royaletyping1980sS
Death Swap: End As One - Cooperative Horror Survival1/25Free63% positive 204horrorsurvival-horrormultiplayeronline-co-opgoreS
Meat Saw: Survive the Chainsaw Maniac in 80s Slasher Horror3/12Free64% positive 155horror3dpsychological-horrorfirst-person1980sSShowing 4501-4550 of 7066 items
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