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)
JongRo 3_Street: Survive the Epsilon Virus Outbreak in Seoul2/13$6.9968% positive 40zombiessurvival-horrorsurvivalaction-adventurehorrorS
My Bloody Weekend: Survive an 80s Slasher Nightmare10/12$1.9971% positive 28horrorsurvival-horroradventure1980scinematicS
City of Nightmares: Unravel a Viral Outbreak's Dark Secrets2/4$1.9971% positive 28psychological-horrordetectivewalking-simulatorexplorationhidden-objectS
CoinPit: Gamble Your Escape in a Psychological Horror Coin Pusher6/10$6.9971% positive 28roguelitesimulationpsychological-horrorstrategymultiple-endingsS
Cryptic Route: Survive the Rainy Night's Mystery6/28$12.9971% positive 28horroradventuresurvival-horroratmosphericthrillerS
The Intruder: A Free-to-Play Horror Adventure11/18Free71% positive 28singleplayerfree-to-playadventureaction-adventurefpsS
OSIRIS: Journey to Heaven in this Early Access Action Title4/23$3.9982% positive 11indieearly-accessactiongoreviolentS
Camouflet: A Tense First-Person Mining Thriller10/30$5.9982% positive 11explorationaction-adventurefirst-personhistoricalhorrorS
Forlorn: The Mysteries of Highshadowland – A Sarcastic Survival Horror3/27$9.9982% positive 11multiplayerhorrorpsychological-horrorsupernaturalsurvival-horrorS
Tales From The Cache: Explore and Discover in an Open-World Adventure3/6$1.9982% positive 11adventurepuzzlefemale-protagonistexplorationfirst-personS
Bee Careful! A Challenging Swarm Puzzle Adventure7/1Free82% positive 11casualpuzzle3d-platformerpuzzle-platformernatureS
Dark Mine: Survive the Black Labyrinth with Night Vision6/24$2.9982% positive 11adventurepsychological-horroractiondungeon-crawlersurvivalS
Delivering Letters: A Chilling Walk Through a Horror Postal Route11/30$0.9982% positive 11walking-simulatoractionfirst-personhorror3dS
Die by Anything: Survive Absurd Everyday Deaths1/9$7.9982% positive 11casualsimulationvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventureanimeS
Grave Desecrator: Survive the Night with a Headless Partner3/4$3.6782% positive 11psychological-horrorromancedark-humorcasualsimulationS
Labyrinthine Dread: Survive a Victorian Lab Gone Wrong5/2Free82% positive 11collectathonfemale-protagonist2dadventuretop-downS
Ladder it Up!: A Precision Platformer's Towering Challenge7/1$5.0082% positive 11precision-platformerdifficult3d-platformercasualsingleplayerS
Midnight Massacre: Stylized First-Person Horror Adventure6/5$4.9982% positive 11actionhorrorstylized3dfirst-personS
Mom's Collapse: A Japanese Horror Puzzle Adventure7/27$0.9982% positive 11horrorstory-richadventurewalking-simulatorchoose-your-own-adventureS
Office4649: Survive the Anomalies in a Terrifying Japanese Office5/19$4.9982% positive 11indiehorrorpsychological-horrorexplorationtime-managementS
PigUP (重走西游路): Pig Bajie's Rebellion in a Twisted Journey to the West8/19$3.9982% positive 11actionrpgsingleplayerwalking-simulatorpsychological-horrorS
Sanity Break: First-Person Psychological Horror Dungeon Crawler11/11$4.9982% positive 11rpgexplorationdungeon-crawlerroguelikecharacter-customizationS
The Bunnyman: Uncover a Dark Mystery in Clifton Forest10/31$3.9982% positive 11horrorpuzzledemonsdarksurvival-horrorS
Veil: Mirages - A Cinematic Psychological Thriller Exploring Inner Turmoil7/1$3.9982% positive 11adventureinteractive-fictionstory-richpsychological-horrorcinematicS
Vorago: Survive the Cosmic Horror in This Space Puzzle Adventure7/1$4.9982% positive 11adventurepuzzlehorrorexplorationstory-richS
PARANECRO — A Psychological Action Game of Overcoming Past Tragedies7/20$1.9972% positive 25actionfpsrealisticturn-based-tacticscinematicS
Escape from DuFo: Unravel a Dungeon's Mystery in 15 Minutes8/14Free72% positive 25horrorfirst-personatmosphericpuzzleadventureS
Owl Lights: Survive a Surreal Night of Cult Terror9/27$4.9972% positive 25horrorfirst-person3dpsychological-horroradventureS
Shrouded Depths: A 20-Minute Psychological Horror Journey10/27Free72% positive 25singleplayeratmospherichorroractionpsychological-horrorS
The Meaning: A Psychological Horror Journey into Ethen Daniels' Life10/22$4.9972% positive 25horrorpsychological-horror1990'swalking-simulatoratmosphericS
Yurei Hunt: Supernatural Prop Hunt with Proximity Voice Chat3/25Free72% positive 25horrormultiplayersurvival-horroractiononline-co-opS
Outbreak: Survive the Horde in Co-op Survival Horror1/17$9.9961% positive 130survival-horrorthird-person-shooterdungeon-crawleroutbreak-simpveS
Five Nights: No Escape - Co-op VR Horror Survival10/27$9.9967% positive 45puzzlesurvival-horrorstory-richhorrorpsychological-horrorS
Post Mortem: A Parisian Detective Thriller8/26$7.9957% positive 450singleplayeradventurepoint-&-clickmysterydetectiveS
Liminal Universe: Explore Eerie, Empty Spaces in First-Person11/12$4.8060% positive 165explorationwalking-simulatorpsychological-horror3dfirst-personS
LONGEYED PROJ. — Uncover Deception in a Suspenseful Image Analysis Adventure12/14$4.9962% positive 103horror2dcreature-collectorlogicexplorationS
What Happened: A Descent into a Troubled Teenage Mind7/30$24.9962% positive 103adventureindiecasualgorepsychologicalS
Ian's Eyes: A Blind Boy's Perilous Journey Through a Haunted School9/1Free61% positive 128indieadventurepuzzlesingleplayercontrollerS
The Ritual on Weylyn Island: Uncover a Sinister Cult's Secrets12/5$11.9964% positive 70adventureindieactionhorrorfemale-protagonistS
Brutalism22: Escape an Eastern European City Under Siege4/12$3.9964% positive 70explorationwalking-simulatoraction-adventurefirst-personstory-richS
Night of the Wererat: Exterminate Pests, Face Horror10/8$0.9976% positive 17explorationactionwalking-simulatoradventure3dS
Mezmeratu: Extreme Platforming Adventure10/29$7.9976% positive 17indieactionadventurerogueliteplatformerS
Edge: A Psychological Horror Walking Simulator of Distorted Reality10/27$3.9976% positive 17psychological-horrorsimulationthrilleradventureidlerS
experiment: one - A Night Shift Helpline Simulation3/28$2.9976% positive 17simulationhorrorstory-richmultiple-endingsrealisticS
HE ESCAPED: Survive the Museum's Evolving Horror10/20$4.9976% positive 17action-adventurehorrorexplorationfirst-personsingleplayerS
HEPH: Survive a Terrifying Truth in Third-Person Survival Horror1/24$2.9976% positive 17indieactionadventuresurvival-horrorsurvivalS
It's John's House: Psychological Horror and Unseen Anomalies10/3$6.9976% positive 17hidden-objectinvestigationpsychological-horroratmosphericmysteryS
Mystery Case Files: Incident at Pendle Tower Collector's Edition - A Detective's Chilling Investigation12/8$19.9976% positive 17hidden-objectpuzzlefemale-protagonistdetectivehorrorS
Sea Blindness: Dive into a Deep-Sea Psychological Horror RPG4/16Free76% positive 17casualthird-personsingleplayer2dpixel-graphicsSShowing 4901-4950 of 7066 items
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