Top Horror Games
60+ horror games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Survival Horror, First-Person, Action, Atmospheric.
Recommended Horror Games

Dead by Daylight
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

Phasmophobia
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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- #1 Dead by Daylight98% matchMostly Positive79% of 908,889 reviews2016Developer: Behaviour Interactive Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 34.9hMean: 362.3h≥1hr: 95%
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
- #2 Phasmophobia97% matchVery Positive94% of 832,223 reviews2020Developer: Kinetic GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 17.1hMean: 51.2h≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
- #3 Serena86% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,577 reviews2014Developer: SenscapePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6mMean: 13.2h≥1hr: 21%
How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.
- #4 Layers of Fear (2016)86% matchVery Positive88% of 27,527 reviews2016Developer: Bloober Team SAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 8.4h≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
- #5 Outlast84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 136,412 reviews2013Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.6hMean: 19.0h≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
- #6 The Forest81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 674,499 reviews2018Developer: Endnight Games LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 92%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- #7 Lethal Company81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 509,102 reviews2023Developer: ZeekerssPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.2hMean: 29.1h≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
- #8 R.E.P.O.79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 403,635 reviews2025Developer: semiworkPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 24.0h≥1hr: 95%
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
- #9 DEVOUR79% matchVery Positive91% of 87,560 reviews2021Developer: Straight Back GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.4hMean: 13.5h≥1hr: 90%
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
- #10 Kholat80% matchMixed66% of 6,883 reviews2015Developer: IMGN.PROPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 84%
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
- #11 Escape the Backrooms75% matchVery Positive90% of 148,533 reviews2025Developer: Fancy GamesPublisher: Secret ModePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.9hMean: 12.7h≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
- #12 Poppy Playtime75% matchVery Positive88% of 139,299 reviews2021Developer: Mob EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 8.9h≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
- #13 Cry of Fear73% matchVery Positive89% of 84,992 reviews2013Developer: Team PsykskallarPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
- #14 SCP: Secret Laboratory73% matchVery Positive91% of 231,372 reviews2017Developer: Northwood StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 46.3h≥1hr: 65%
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
- #15 Resident Evil 471% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 259,428 reviews2023Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 26.9hMean: 50.5h≥1hr: 95%
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
- #16 Subnautica71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 373,268 reviews2018Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.3hMean: 39.6h≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
- #17 Left 4 Dead 271% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,039,212 reviews2009Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 13.0hMean: 98.9h≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
- #18 Dying Light69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 488,921 reviews2015Developer: TechlandPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.6hMean: 61.1h≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
- #19 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 122,574 reviews2017Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 10.7hMean: 27.8h≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
- #20 Resident Evil 268% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 214,916 reviews2019Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 14.5hMean: 32.0h≥1hr: 95%
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
- #21 Little Nightmares68% matchVery Positive95% of 116,071 reviews2017Developer: Tarsier StudiosPublisher: BANDAI NAMCO EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 10.3h≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
- #22 Pacify68% matchVery Positive86% of 42,589 reviews2019Developer: Shawn HitchcockPublisher: Hitchcock GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.1hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 73%
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
- #23 The Outlast Trials67% matchVery Positive93% of 105,010 reviews2024Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 33.8h≥1hr: 95%
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
- #24 Resident Evil Requiem66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 176,129 reviews2026Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 21.3hMean: 28.7h≥1hr: 98%
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
- #25 Five Nights at Freddy's67% matchVery Positive94% of 58,489 reviews2014Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 10.8h≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
- #26 Outlast 267% matchVery Positive91% of 63,441 reviews2017Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 17.2h≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
- #27 Sons Of The Forest66% matchVery Positive88% of 309,677 reviews2024Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: NewnightPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 15.0hMean: 32.3h≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
- #28 Amnesia: The Dark Descent66% matchVery Positive95% of 35,454 reviews2010Developer: Frictional GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 10.4h≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
- #29 Content Warning65% matchVery Positive94% of 160,439 reviews2024Developer: ZorroPublisher: Evil Landfall?Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 8.1h≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
- #30 Ready or Not65% matchMostly Positive78% of 333,837 reviews2023Developer: VOID InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 34.4h≥1hr: 95%
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
- #31 Firework65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,088 reviews2021Developer: Shiying StudioPublisher: Gamirror GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
- #32 Resident Evil Village65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 149,416 reviews2021Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 15.7hMean: 32.9h≥1hr: 94%
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
- #33 Alien: Isolation65% matchVery Positive93% of 65,732 reviews2014Developer: Creative AssemblyPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.8hMean: 17.0h≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
- #34 Doki Doki Literature Club!65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 222,822 reviews2017Developer: Team SalvatoPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.0hMean: 38.5h≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
- #35 Little Nightmares II64% matchVery Positive93% of 57,552 reviews2021Developer: Tarsier StudiosPublisher: BANDAI NAMCO EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 8.5h≥1hr: 89%
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
- #36 Subnautica 263% matchVery Positive91% of 118,544 reviews2026Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.3hMean: 12.5h≥1hr: 93%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
- #37 Inscryption63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 145,832 reviews2021Developer: Daniel Mullins GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 10.1hMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
- #38 Inside the Backrooms63% matchVery Positive80% of 46,225 reviews2022Developer: MrFatcatPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 15.0h≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
- #39 Metro 2033 Redux63% matchVery Positive92% of 135,936 reviews2014Developer: 4A GamesPublisher: Deep SilverPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.2hMean: 14.4h≥1hr: 83%
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
- #40 MiSide62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 139,117 reviews2024Developer: AIHASTOPublisher: IndieArkPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 22.8h≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
- #41 Buckshot Roulette62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 120,532 reviews2024Developer: Mike KlubnikaPublisher: CRITICAL REFLEXPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.6hMean: 8.1h≥1hr: 80%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
- #42 Resident Evil 362% matchVery Positive83% of 121,796 reviews2020Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 7.8hMean: 19.8h≥1hr: 93%
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
- #43 Ultimate Custom Night62% matchVery Positive95% of 62,390 reviews2018Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 9.1h≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
- #44 The Evil Within62% matchVery Positive85% of 32,994 reviews2014Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 19.2h≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
- #45 港詭實錄ParanormalHK62% matchVery Positive89% of 20,237 reviews2020Developer: Ghostpie StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 75%
Paranormal HK is a first person horror game about Urban legends of Hong Kong, China. The story is about a crew of online supernatural channel“Beyond the Invisible” went to Kowloon Walled City to film a short movie for their latest episode and encountered something out of their expectations.
- #46 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach62% matchVery Positive86% of 69,088 reviews2021Developer: Steel Wool StudiosPublisher: ScottGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.4hMean: 30.0h≥1hr: 91%
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
- #47 Dead Space61% matchVery Positive91% of 66,077 reviews2023Developer: MotivePublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 16.9h≥1hr: 86%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
- #48 Resident Evil 4 (2005)62% matchVery Positive94% of 96,164 reviews2014Developer: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.2hMean: 30.0h≥1hr: 86%
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
- #49 Alan Wake62% matchVery Positive90% of 58,106 reviews2012Developer: Remedy EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 13.4h≥1hr: 87%
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
- #50 Dead Space (2008)62% matchVery Positive92% of 28,891 reviews2009Developer: EA Redwood ShoresPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 10.5h≥1hr: 79%
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
- #51 F.E.A.R.61% matchVery Positive94% of 19,151 reviews2010Developer: Monolith Productions, Inc.Publisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
- #52 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition61% matchMostly Positive79% of 215,075 reviews2022Developer: TechlandPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 31.2hMean: 62.5h≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
- #53 Hunt: Showdown 189661% matchMostly Positive74% of 274,168 reviews2019Developer: CrytekPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.3hMean: 180.2h≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
- #54 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition61% matchVery Positive89% of 8,210 reviews2014Developer: Krillbite StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 4.0h≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
- #55 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator60% matchVery Positive94% of 32,968 reviews2017Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
- #56 SILENT HILL 260% matchVery Positive95% of 61,761 reviews2024Developer: Bloober Team SAPublisher: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.8hMean: 27.0h≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
- #57 Dark Deception60% matchVery Positive89% of 23,693 reviews2018Developer: Glowstick EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 13.0h≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
- #58 Bendy and the Ink Machine60% matchVery Positive89% of 35,388 reviews2017Developer: Joey Drew StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.8hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
- #59 Slender: The Arrival61% matchVery Positive88% of 9,279 reviews2013Developer: Blue Isle StudiosPublisher: Blue Isle PublishingPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 77%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
