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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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.

Price 18.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 18 Sep 2020
The Grounding If she catches you, she kills you. Smoke 6 times without getting killed.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Sep 2020
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York Your old life is dead and buried. You have no afterlife to look forward to, and your vampiric unlife is about to fall apart unless you solve an unsolvable crime. Welcome to New York City... and welcome to the Lasombra clan, where failure is not an option.

Price -97% 0.40€
Rating 7.3
Release 10 Sep 2020
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 05 Sep 2020
High Entropy: Challenges Use computers (via GUIs or the command line), unlock doors, crawl through vents, fight enemies head on or find other ways to neutralize or avoid them...

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 01 Sep 2020
Metel - Horror Escape Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 31 Aug 2020
MOTHER MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Aug 2020
CONTROL Ultimate Edition Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Price -94% 2.40€
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Aug 2020
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Price 1.49€
Rating 9.5
Release 26 Aug 2020
Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.

Price -90% 1.75€
Rating 7.5
Release 25 Aug 2020
The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Aug 2020
Dread X Collection 2 Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.

Price -87% 1.09€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Aug 2020
INMOST 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.

Price -85% 2.03€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2020
Eternal Hope Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.

Price -93% 0.76€
Rating 7.8
Release 20 Aug 2020
Death end re;Quest 2 In collaboration with Corpse Party scenario writer Makoto Kedouin, this horror RPG follows Mai Toyama’s search for her sister in a quiet lakeside town. She’ll unravel clues to the town’s past by day, and battle Shadow Matter by night. Can you uncover the truth before reality is consumed by darkness?

Price -97% 1.18€
Rating 6.6
Release 18 Aug 2020
Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend.

Price -95% 0.82€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Aug 2020
Kill It With Fire Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.

Price -92% 1.14€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Aug 2020
The Infected The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Price -82% 2.98€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Aug 2020
Scrutinized Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Aug 2020
Flicker of Hope Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Aug 2020
Handy Harry's Haunted House Services Team up with up to 8 friends online to explore the haunted, randomly generated depths of these dusty attics. Find and repair the objectives, flip the master switch and escape before the ghastly ghoul that lurks in the darkness catches up to you. Play through the career mode or explore free play!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 31 Jul 2020
Hellpoint Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.

Price -98% 0.82€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Jul 2020
Venge Get ready to explore a movie studio that vanished into thin air, only to find yourself trapped in a twisted, alternate dimension where creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensure you never see the light of day again...

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jul 2020
Maid of Sker Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

Price -98% 0.51€
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Jul 2020
Othercide As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

Price -98% 0.68€
Rating 8.0
Release 27 Jul 2020
THE IMPOSSIBLE THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

Price 5.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 24 Jul 2020
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5 Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jul 2020
[Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Jul 2020
CARRION CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Price -88% 2.36€
Rating 9.3
Release 23 Jul 2020
It Steals AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 22 Jul 2020
Vertigo Remastered An immersive story-driven shooter incorporating the cutting edge of VR gameplay, Vertigo Remastered is a complete overhaul and occasional reimagining of the 2016 original.

Price -70% 4.53€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Jul 2020
Into the Radius VR Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Price -67% 9.63€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Jul 2020
Kill It With Fire: HEATWAVE Kill It With Fire: Heatwave is a free chapter of a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage. The full game is OUT NOW!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Jul 2020
Death Come True Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!

Price 13.29€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Jul 2020
The Call of Karen The Call of Karen is a PC simulation comedy game about a 1950s suburban housewife whose home is being invaded by Cthulhu. Keep up appearances in the face of an unhappy marriage, ungrateful child, and eldritch madness!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 16 Jul 2020
Devolverland Expo Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Jul 2020

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