Best Horror Games 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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Love Alone Death Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 31 Oct 2023
[Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Oct 2023
You Will Die Here Tonight Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.

Price -69% 6.09€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Oct 2023
Buried You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Oct 2023
Lunacid Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.

Price -94% 0.96€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Oct 2023
The Devourer: Hunted Souls Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

Price -25% 7.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Oct 2023
The Unliving Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.

Price -95% 1.01€
Rating 6.2
Release 26 Oct 2023
GINKA "Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.

Price -35% 15.92€
Rating 8.7
Release 25 Oct 2023
D'LIRIUM An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics. Non-linear levels, search for the keys, violence and a lot of other things. Including the colourful ponies.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Oct 2023
Scene Investigators Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 Oct 2023
Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Oct 2023
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Price 17.49€
Rating 9.5
Release 23 Oct 2023
Lethal Company A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.6
Release 23 Oct 2023
Dead Signal Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe.

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 20 Oct 2023
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout 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.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 20 Oct 2023
The 7th Guest VR The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.

Price -91% 2.91€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Oct 2023
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition This is an asymmetrical game of hide and seek. In true form to IllFonic’s past titles, this title is a 4v1 setup where players will either play as part of a team of new Ghostbusters or a singular Ghost.

Price -95% 1.11€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Oct 2023
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.

Price -77% 2.50€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Oct 2023
TELEFORUM TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 19 Oct 2023
Lakeview Cabin 2 The ultimate 2D horror is back! Dive deep into the diverse world of horror movies! Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

Price 13.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Oct 2023
WORLD OF HORROR Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Oct 2023
Kona II: Brume Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Price -81% 5.89€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Oct 2023
EMPTY SHELL EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Price -97% 0.40€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Oct 2023
Romance Club - Stories I Play Immerse yourself in romantic visual stories where you control what happens!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 13 Oct 2023
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.

Price 11.79€
Rating 9.4
Release 13 Oct 2023
Summon I wonder who's knocking there?

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 12 Oct 2023
The Fabulous Fear Machine The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 04 Oct 2023
Tatari: The Arrival Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 03 Oct 2023
The Windows Are Gone Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Oct 2023
Noch Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world

Price -36% 7.62€
Rating 7.3
Release 01 Oct 2023
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.

Price -93% 1.70€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Sep 2023
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts. Use essential paranormal tools to help your community alleviate their concerns and put their minds at ease.

Price -91% 0.89€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Sep 2023
Underground Blossom Underground Blossom is a new adventure game by Rusty Lake. Fulfil various tasks at every station to find the metro that will take you through each important event from Laura Vanderboom's life.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Sep 2023
El Paso, Elsewhere STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.

Price -30% 13.65€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Sep 2023
Demonologist Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Sep 2023
The Bunny Graveyard Skye and her Handy Pals are looking for a new pal to help them out on her lovely lil' garden! Think you're up for the job, partner?

Price -69% 2.14€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Sep 2023

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