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Top Thriller Games

60+ thriller games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Atmospheric, Story Rich, Adventure.

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  1. #1 MiSide
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 136,956 reviews2024
    Developer: AIHASTOPublisher: IndieArk
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.8hMean: 21.1h≥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?

  2. #2 Alan Wake
    98% matchVery Positive90% of 56,400 reviews2012
    Developer: Remedy Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 13.2h≥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.

  3. #3 Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
    98% matchVery Positive85% of 4,786 reviews2019
    Developer: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 66%

    Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years

  4. #4 HomeWork Is Crazy / 作业疯了
    98% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,243 reviews2019
    Developer: 三脚猫Publisher: Gamirror Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 73%

    《Homework Is Crazy》is a game that simulates Chinese primary school students doing their homework. Here you will become a new generation primary school student, and face the mountain of tons of homework. This may be the biggest challenge you have ever encountered!

  5. #5 Superliminal
    98% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
    Developer: Pillow Castle
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.0hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 85%

    Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

  6. #6 港詭實錄ParanormalHK
    97% matchVery Positive90% of 20,031 reviews2020
    Developer: Ghostpie Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 76%

    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.

  7. #7 Heavy Rain
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 27,203 reviews2020
    Developer: Quantic Dream
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.4hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 84%

    Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

  8. #8 Alan Wake's American Nightmare
    94% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,231 reviews2012
    Developer: Remedy Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.8hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 65%

    A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

  9. #9 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,245 reviews2016
    Developer: Frogwares
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.5hMean: 8.8h≥1hr: 86%

    Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

  10. #10 The Operator
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 8,099 reviews2024
    Developer: Bureau 81
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.6hMean: 3.9h≥1hr: 88%

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

  11. #11 1000xRESIST
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 6,166 reviews2024
    Developer: sunset visitor 斜陽過客Publisher: Fellow Traveller
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.8hMean: 12.6h≥1hr: 66%

    1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

  12. #12 The Case of the Golden Idol
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
    Developer: Color Gray GamesPublisher: Playstack
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 7.0hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 90%

    A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

  13. #13 Summer of '58
    88% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
    Developer: EMIKA_GAMES
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.7hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 79%

    In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

  14. #14 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,734 reviews2023
    Developer: Rayll Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.2hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 86%

    Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

  15. #15 INMOST
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 7,185 reviews2020
    Developer: Hidden Layer GamesPublisher: Chucklefish
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.3hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 77%

    Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

  16. #16 The Quarry
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 22,220 reviews2022
    Developer: Supermassive GamesPublisher: 2K Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.1hMean: 20.3h≥1hr: 82%

    When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

  17. #17 The Suicide of Rachel Foster
    87% matchMixed68% of 6,754 reviews2020
    Developer: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPublisher: Daedalic Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 74%

    Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

  18. #18 Nobody Wants to Die
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 6,506 reviews2024
    Developer: Critical Hit GamesPublisher: PLAION
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.0hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 80%

    Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

  19. #19 The Drifter
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,092 reviews2025
    Developer: Powerhoof
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 7.7hMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 86%

    A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

  20. #20 Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,051 reviews2022
    Developer: Rayll
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.3hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 72%

    Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.

  21. #21 Fort Solis
    81% matchMixed67% of 3,927 reviews2023
    Developer: Fallen LeafPublisher: Dear Villagers
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.6hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 85%

    Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.

  22. #22 Riichi City × Date A LiveⅤ
    82% matchMixed48% of 4,423 reviews2022
    Developer: Formirai Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.3hMean: 36.5h≥1hr: 72%

    Riichi City is a competitive urban-style Anime mahjong game, featuring beginner-friendly mahjong tutorials, Ranked Matches and tournaments crowded with masters! Spice up the experience with our ACG characters voiced by famous CVs, and attractive items and decorations! Set off for Riichi City now!

  23. #23 s.p.l.i.t
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 3,199 reviews2025
    Developer: Mike Klubnika
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 54mMean: 1.6h≥1hr: 46%

    A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

  24. #24 Missing Hiker
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 3,592 reviews2023
    Developer: Gemezl
    Platforms: Windows

    Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.

  25. #25 Hidden Deep
    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,937 reviews2022
    Developer: Cogwheel SoftwarePublisher: Daedalic Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.6hMean: 5.2h≥1hr: 77%

    Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

  26. #26 The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,974 reviews2024
    Developer: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENTPublisher: PQube
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.4hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 89%

    Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

  27. #27 OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,044 reviews2023
    Developer: Night School StudioPublisher: Netflix
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 5.9hMean: 11.4h≥1hr: 72%

    Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

  28. #28 Mysterious School
    79% matchMostly Negative37% of 1,791 reviews2023
    Developer: DuoDuoDog
    Platforms: Windows

    "Mysterious School" is a horror game that supports multi player online and single player. Why do girls often cry on campus at midnight? What happened to the once famous No.1 middle school? Take your partner, find out the truth that the young girl has become a zombie, and help the girl reincarnate.

  29. #29 Martha Is Dead
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
    Developer: LKAPublisher: Wired Productions
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.6hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 88%

    Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

  30. #30 Folie Fatale
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
    Developer: Kanmidoko (神海処)Publisher: 346lab Localization
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.0hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 87%

    All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

  31. #31 A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
    77% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,305 reviews2024
    Developer: Stormind GamesPublisher: Saber Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.8hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 89%

    A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.

  32. #32 Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 998 reviews2021
    Developer: Pendulo StudiosPublisher: Microids
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.5hMean: 9.7h≥1hr: 71%

    Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.

  33. #33 April 24th
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 914 reviews2024
    Developer: NOBODYPublisher: EMIKA_GAMES
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 54mMean: 1.3h≥1hr: 41%

    The main character is an experienced journalist who always strives to uncover the truth. He manages to gain access to the house, which is guarded by the police.

  34. #34 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,292 reviews2015
    Developer: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPublisher: DigitalEZ
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.5hMean: 161.9h≥1hr: 92%

    This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?

  35. #35 The Renovator: Origins
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
    Developer: Peace_Studio
    Platforms: Windows

    You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.

  36. #36 Paper Bride
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
    Developer: HeartBeat Plus
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 84%

    Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...

  37. #37 BURIED STARS
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
    Developer: LINE Games Corporation
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.5hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 87%

    A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

  38. #38 Black Sheep
    75% matchMixed53% of 784 reviews2022
    Developer: 完蛋了的国王Publisher: Gamirror Games
    Platforms: Windows

    Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.

  39. #39 Blood Money: Lethal Eden
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,367 reviews2026
    Developer: 碧火互娱Publisher: Jade Flame
    Platforms: Windows

    Lured by an online lover, you're trapped in a scam compound—a true hell where compassion kills and greed consumes. Will you burn this abyss down or be its guiding light? Rule with beauty or betray for life? Your choices decide all: between life and death, heaven and hell.

  40. #40 Father's Day
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,089 reviews2022
    Developer: EMIKA_GAMES
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.8hMean: 6.9h≥1hr: 84%

    "Father's Day" - a psychological thriller that is a spin-off and prequel to the game "Find Yourself". The dream of living happily ever after was destroyed after Phil lost his wife and son. Obsessed with the desire to return them, he develops a plan.

  41. #41 QUIET DAN
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,320 reviews2025
    Developer: ВСЖ
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 72%

    His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.

  42. #42 [REC] Paroxysm
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 326 reviews2024
    Developer: Perspektik
    Platforms: Windows

    You're a horror content creator, venturing into frightening locations to captivate your audience. You're attempting to attract more viewers by recording paranormal events. However, these horror-filled adventures will one day come back to haunt you, at a high cost.

  43. #43 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,621 reviews2023
    Developer: Chilla's Art
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 2.2h≥1hr: 89%

    Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

  44. #44 Zoochosis
    72% matchMixed60% of 2,285 reviews2024
    Developer: Clapperheads
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 88%

    Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

  45. #45 SILENT BREATH
    72% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
    Developer: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 1.8h≥1hr: 51%

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

  46. #46 GET EVEN
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,778 reviews2017
    Developer: The Farm 51Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 79%

    Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.

  47. #47 Dread Flats
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
    Developer: Ghostcase
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.5hMean: 2.1h≥1hr: 74%

    This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

  48. #48 Gray Dawn
    72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
    Developer: Interactive Stone
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 88%

    Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.

  49. #49 CORPSE FACTORY
    72% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
    Developer: RIVER CROW STUDIO
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.3hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 94%

    Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.

  50. #50 Minds Eyes
    72% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
    Developer: Stanislaw TruchowskiPublisher: TurnVex
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 36mMean: 2.6h≥1hr: 22%

    You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

  51. #51 [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 537 reviews2023
    Developer: Chilla's Art
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 93%

    The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

  52. #52 Coffin of Ashes
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
    Developer: LadomuPublisher: DigitalEZ
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.5hMean: 12.4h≥1hr: 95%

    Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?

  53. #53 Adios
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,304 reviews2021
    Developer: Mischief
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 83%

    A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.

  54. #54 Suite 776
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 741 reviews2019
    Developer: Stanislaw TruchowskiPublisher: TurnVex
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.1hMean: 1.6h≥1hr: 55%

    A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.

  55. #55 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,098 reviews2022
    Developer: HeartBeat Plus
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.2hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 89%

    This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.

  56. #56 노베나 디아볼로스
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,571 reviews2020
    Developer: H5DEV Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.

  57. #57 Mimic Search
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 966 reviews2024
    Developer: Gemezl
    Platforms: Windows

    Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

  58. #58 Pumpkin Eater
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 555 reviews2021
    Developer: thugzilladev
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 30mMean: 1.1h≥1hr: 15%

    Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.

  59. #59 Hospital 666
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,342 reviews2024
    Developer: Lokin
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 87%

    Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.

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