Best Horror Games on Steam

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Curious Cases For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.

Price 6.89€
Rating 6.7
Release 04 Apr 2019
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...

Price -83% 7.15€
Rating 7.7
Release 04 Apr 2019
I'm on Observation Duty As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 03 Apr 2019
Lovers of Aether Are you tired of fighting? Lovers of Aether is the game for you! This is a wholesome animal dating simulator set in the world of Rivals of Aether.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Apr 2019
Unheard - Voices of Crime What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Price -60% 2.32€
Rating 9.4
Release 28 Mar 2019
Blood Trail You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.

Price 20.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 27 Mar 2019
Generation Zero® Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Price -96% 1.20€
Rating 7.1
Release 26 Mar 2019
Newfound Courage You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault?

Price -66% 3.01€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Mar 2019
7'scarlet The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.

Price -97% 1.14€
Rating 7.2
Release 12 Mar 2019
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Price -95% 0.85€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Mar 2019
Shadow Corridor Now on Steam, revamped with brand new content! Immerse yourself in the latest chapter of the popular, Japanese indie horror title, Kageroh: Shadow Corridor. Survive against the onslaught of horrors that lie in wait in eerie, traditional Japanese locales that change with every playthrough.

Price 6.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Mar 2019
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Mar 2019
TAMASHII An ancient entity seeking help, a Witch, an unnamed soul and a Twisted Temple. A dark tale about inner discoveries set in a distorted and perverted world.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 05 Mar 2019
7th Sector Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 05 Mar 2019
When the Darkness comes When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 01 Mar 2019
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 28 Feb 2019
The Cursed Forest Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

Price -78% 2.64€
Rating 8.4
Release 26 Feb 2019
Pacify There is reportedly an evil inside that house. Something about an old funeral parlor offering a last chance to talk to their dead loved ones. Plus something about lights, laughter, a girl, missing people, etc... You know the same stuff everyone claims. Take a team, and check the place out.

Price -80% 1.00€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Feb 2019
It Moves It Moves is a horror game that will try to scare you without too many of the typical "screamers", instead relying on atmosphere and suspense. You'll be solving puzzles along the way, and encountering all manner of not-so-friendly creatures.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Feb 2019
SCP022 This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 02 Feb 2019
Rogue Reaper Rogue Reaper is an action-adventure game, taking place at the end of the Dark Ages during the rise of the plague. Trying to relieve her father from his work of managing the massive influx of souls, the daughter of the Grim Reaper sets out on an adventure to find and destroy the cause of the plague.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 01 Feb 2019
How To Date A Magical Girl! You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?

Price -67% 2.45€
Rating 7.6
Release 31 Jan 2019
Lovecraft's Untold Stories Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.

Price -95% 0.78€
Rating 7.1
Release 31 Jan 2019
Resident Evil 2 A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

Price 39.99€
Rating 9.6
Release 24 Jan 2019
CHAOS;CHILD From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.

Price -80% 4.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Jan 2019
Notes of Soul The gleaning club is an immersive game experience hall, where you can participate in the script arranged according to the story by role playing. Or learn folk knowledge and taste strange culture, or realize the sad but warm past of the protagonist of the story.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 17 Jan 2019
DESOLATE DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Price -97% 0.46€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Jan 2019
Onimusha: Warlords Capcom’s riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus improved controls, widescreen display, a new soundtrack, and more. Experience this enhanced version of the best-selling action-adventure classic!

Price -76% 4.86€
Rating 9.0
Release 15 Jan 2019
Catherine Classic Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.

Price -79% 4.23€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jan 2019
Zeliria Sanctuary Sense of reality has not yet returned after a teleportation experiment. Purple hamsters, girls with tails, medieval knights - a fantastic world of an alien planet, where you will lead special forces soldier Maxx.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Jan 2019
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.

Price -64% 5.36€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Jan 2019
03.04 04/03/2017How much does this date tell you? For the main character, it became very significant, because this is the day of his death. The protagonist was precisely in the train that arrived at the metro station "Technological Institute" with the bodies of innocent, already dead, people ...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 01 Jan 2019
Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 27 Dec 2018
Heartbound Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.2
Release 24 Dec 2018
Beasts of Bermuda Play as a dinosaur and become part of a player-created ecosystem! Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer game where players endure catastrophic storms and fearsome foes while growing to monstrous sizes. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Bermuda Triangle?

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 21 Dec 2018
Rebel Forces Are you ready to be the ultimate soldier and fight until you defeat all of your enemies?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Dec 2018

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