Horror Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated horror games.

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Boiling Steel "Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

Price -94% 0.87€
Rating 7.7
Release 05 Mar 2020
Heaven Dust When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.

Price -91% 0.65€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Feb 2020
Rhome Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Feb 2020
The Watchers The Watchers is a haunting co-op stealth game in which 2 players take control of a brother and sister trying to uncover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Explore the sinister compound of a local cult and work together to evade brutal enemies. But be careful. You’re being watched.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Feb 2020
The Blind Prophet A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.

Price -98% 0.56€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Feb 2020
Wire Lips Leta’s life changed in one moment. She and her friend Lina found an old music box in the mountains... and soon Lina disappeared, leaving behind only a photograph and the ominous music box. Uncover the secrets in atmospheric third-person horror game.

Price -94% 0.67€
Rating 8.2
Release 17 Jan 2020
Knock Harder: Useless The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Jan 2020
My Friend is a Raven You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 04 Jan 2020
My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Dec 2019
DEMON'S TILT TURBO CHARGED PINBALL RETURNS! Now with bigger sprites, more baddies, more secrets & MORE BULLETS! Demon's Tilt pushes the limits of the Video Pinball genre with SHMUP & Hack N' Slash elements.

Price -50% 8.39€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Dec 2019
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.

Price -98% 0.65€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Dec 2019
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek follows the tragic story of the Neighbor’s family in this dramatic prequel to Hello Neighbor. Experience playing a game of hide-and-seek with your brother as you both deal with the loss of a family member.

Price -92% 2.57€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Dec 2019
Suite 776 A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.

Price -65% 1.39€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Dec 2019
Escape the Ayurok Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!

Price -50% 5.39€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Nov 2019
[Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Nov 2019
Fractured Minds Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Embark on a journey through the human psyche to experience the everyday challenges associated with these conditions.

Price -80% 0.40€
Rating 7.4
Release 14 Nov 2019
Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon Walled City is a sequel to the Mr. Pumpkin franchise. Our protagonist, an insignificant guy with a pumpkin head, will explore the Kowloon Walled City of Hong Kong, and witness the stories happening within these walls.

Price -77% 1.35€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Nov 2019
Discolored Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.

Price -94% 0.39€
Rating 7.5
Release 11 Nov 2019
The Story of Henry Bishop The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Price -50% 2.94€
Rating 7.8
Release 07 Nov 2019
Spooky Station Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Oct 2019
Deep Sleep Trilogy You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.

Price -85% 0.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Oct 2019
Demons Never Lie Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Oct 2019
Lakeview Valley Murder rpg set in the small town of Lakeview Valley. Become the most popular home-owner or succumb to your dark desires. The choice is yours.

Price -90% 1.49€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Oct 2019
Sea Salt Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.

Price -95% 0.89€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Oct 2019
Haunted Gas Station After a vehicle accident, a man is forced to check a nearby gas station for help, unaware of its ghastly resident.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 16 Oct 2019
Corpse Party: Blood Drive Set two months after Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the definitive conclusion to the long-running Heavenly Host story arc. Featuring dynamic lighting, 3D sound, detailed environments, and new gameplay systems, this is a Japanese horror experience not to be missed!

Price -60% 7.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Oct 2019
PAGUI打鬼 Major update coming July 29, 2022"Ten national languages。PAGUI is based on a true story from Taiwan's history. One day, by chance, an orphan raised at a temple learned of his family background. From then, he decided to set out on a journey to uncover the secrets of his family and identity...

Price -40% 11.70€
Rating 8.0
Release 08 Oct 2019
Zelle Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home.

Price -50% 4.78€
Rating 8.7
Release 04 Oct 2019
3rd eye A 2D exploration/horror game starring the Touhou Project's Koishi Komeiji. Use her Third Eye to explore a mental world entirely unlike reality.

Price -70% 3.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Sep 2019
Nobodies: Murder Cleaner Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.

Price -92% 0.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Sep 2019
Home Sweet Home EP2 Terror and mystery meet in Home Sweet Home Sweet Home Episode 2, the sequel to last year’s cult-hit first-person horror game, Home Sweet Home. Immerse yourself in a world where evil hides behind every corner, in a world inspired by Thai folklore and mythology.

Price -49% 10.37€
Rating 7.0
Release 24 Sep 2019
Palmyra Orphanage Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Price -21% 3.94€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2019
[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2019
Great Toilet Simulator Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Aug 2019
Westworld Awakening “Westworld Awakening” is a narrative-driven experience played from the perspective of Kate – a host who has attained self-awareness. To survive a dangerous underworld where no one and nothing is what it seems, you must overcome an entire world designed to destroy and enslave you.

Price -90% 2.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Aug 2019
The Great Perhaps The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.

Price -96% 0.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 14 Aug 2019

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