Best Horror Game

Telltale’s The Walking Dead is an interactive drama horror game released in 2012. Players navigate a zombie apocalypse through branching narratives shaped by their decisions. This title gained recognition for its strong storytelling and impactful character development, appealing to fans of narrative...

P.T., developed by Konami, is a short, first-person psychological horror experience released in 2014. It gained significant attention as an interactive demo created to showcase ideas for the cancelled Silent Hills game directed by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro. The game’s unsettling atmosphere...

The Dead Space Remake is a reimagining of the 2008 survival horror game, developed by EA Motive. It offers a fully rebuilt experience within the derelict USG Ishimura spaceship. The remake distinguishes itself with its continuous, uninterrupted single-take camera perspective eliminating loading scre...

A 2024 remake by Bloober Team of Konami's 2001 psychological horror classic, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 with an over-the-shoulder third-person view.

Released in 2018 by David Szymanski, Dusk is a retro-style first-person shooter horror game notable for critically revitalizing the classic 1990s fast-paced shooter subgenre.

A 2017 free visual novel by Team Salvato that disguises itself as a lighthearted dating sim before delivering a meta-horror narrative about the medium itself.

The Forgotten City is a 2021 time-loop mystery game by Modern Storyteller, notable for its historical narrative and origins as an award-winning mod for the video game Skyrim.

GTFO is a 2021 cooperative first-person shooter survival horror game developed by 10 Chambers, focusing heavily on teamwork, stealth, and punishingly difficult gameplay.

A 2000 Capcom survival horror for Dreamcast and PS2, it was the first mainline Resident Evil to use fully real-time 3D environments throughout.

A 2012 standalone psychological horror by Team Psykskallar, originally a Half-Life mod and later released free, set in a Scandinavian city at night.

A 2023 crowdfunded remake by Nightdive Studios of the 1994 Looking Glass Studios immersive first-person sci-fi horror, years in development via Kickstarter.

Observer: System Redux is a 2020 next-generation upgrade of Bloober Team's cyberpunk horror game, featuring enhanced visuals, new story content, and improved gameplay mechanics.

A 2024 first-person horror by The Chinese Room set on a North Sea oil rig in 1975, rooted in Scottish working-class culture as a creature overruns the platform.

A 1992 French survival horror by Infogrames, developed by Frédérick Raynal, widely credited as a foundational work of the genre that influenced Resident Evil.

The Witch's House MV is a 2018 enhanced remake of Fummy's 2012 horror game, featuring updated graphics and translated into multiple languages by Dangen Entertainment.

A 2019 Spanish episodic survival horror by Protocol Games featuring multiple playable characters who can permanently die, with an adaptive AI-driven antagonist.

Originally a 1996 PC RPG Maker game by Makoto Kedouin, later remade for PSP in 2010 by Team GrisGris, set in a supernatural haunted elementary school.

The Witch's House is a 2012 Japanese freeware puzzle-horror RPG game created by Fummy, where a young girl must escape a deadly mansion filled with lethal traps.

A 1995 Super Famicom point-and-click horror by Human Entertainment, notable for its persistent stalker villain the Scissorman and its escape-focused gameplay.

A 2022 indie horror simulation by darkStone Digital casting players as a mortuary worker who embalms bodies while identifying signs of demonic possession.

A 2003 Japanese survival horror by SCE Japan Studio directed by Keiichiro Toyama, creator of Silent Hill, set in a village with sightjacking mechanics.

The Blackout Club is a 2019 first-person cooperative horror game by Question LLC, focusing on a group of teenagers investigating a terrifying secret in their neighborhood.

A 2021 survival horror by Abstract Digital Works that deliberately evokes the fixed-camera style of 1990s classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill.

Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel is a 2022 survival horror game developed by Brazilian studio Pulsatrix Studios, focusing on combat and exploration in a decaying, supernatural hotel.

Tormented Souls 2 is an upcoming survival horror game by Dual Effects, notable for continuing the story of Caroline Walker and its dedication to classic genre puzzle mechanics.

Fears to Fathom is an ongoing anthology series of independent psychological horror games created by Rayll, renowned for its highly realistic, found-footage style presentation.

No More Room in Hell is a 2011 cooperative first-person survival horror game originally released as a Half-Life 2 mod, emphasizing slow-paced and gritty zombie survival.

Imscared is a 2012 psychological horror game created by Ivan Zanotti, notable for breaking the fourth wall by creating fake files on the player's computer to scare them.

A 2024 remaster of the 1995 Super Famicom Clock Tower developed by WayForward, marking the first official English localization of the original Japanese game.