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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SOMA From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Price -72% 8.15€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 Sep 2015
BloodLust Shadowhunter Bloodlust is a dungeon crawling / action RPG experience that will allow players to explore the dark underworld of a forgotten society of Vampires and their disciplines, all while trying to battle for hierarchy among the clans in search of their sire.

Price -50% 4.09€
Rating 7.5
Release 21 Sep 2015
Dinosaur Hunt Dinosaur Hunt is an intense action shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the world’s most horrifying animals!

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2015
Undertale UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Price -59% 4.15€
Rating 9.6
Release 15 Sep 2015
Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you.

Price -73% 6.63€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Sep 2015
Simply Chess The classic board game comes to Steam with asynchronous online play and 100 levels of AI. If you are a chess enthusiast or someone who just likes to play a game now and again, this is what you've been looking for. This is Simply Chess.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 11 Sep 2015
Queen's Quest: Tower of Darkness Defeat the sorcerer and save your daughter!

Price -94% 0.89€
Rating 6.2
Release 10 Sep 2015
Absent Absent is the first freeware release from FNGames. Originally released in 2013, the game makes its' Steam debut this year.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 31 Aug 2015
STASIS STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Price -83% 1.43€
Rating 7.9
Release 31 Aug 2015
Close Your Eyes [Old Version] A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 31 Aug 2015
Stray Cat Crossing Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Aug 2015
Port of Call Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 28 Aug 2015
Fran Bow Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Price -12% 13.30€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Aug 2015
The Black Watchmen Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Aug 2015
Amnesia™: Memories You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

Price -89% 1.10€
Rating 8.8
Release 25 Aug 2015
Party Hard It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Price -93% 0.71€
Rating 8.8
Release 25 Aug 2015
ZOMBI London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 18 Aug 2015
Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1 Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Aug 2015
the static speaks my name A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Aug 2015
Putrefaction Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 07 Aug 2015
Fingerbones Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Aug 2015
Gynophobia Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 31 Jul 2015
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Jul 2015
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 23 Jul 2015
9 Clues 2: The Ward Solve the mystery of Mnemosyne Asylum!

Price -96% 0.60€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Jul 2015
Rake Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 13 Jul 2015
Anna's Quest With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

Price -98% 0.53€
Rating 8.4
Release 02 Jul 2015
Batman™: Arkham Knight Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 23 Jun 2015
Kholat The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

Price -94% 1.16€
Rating 6.6
Release 09 Jun 2015
Monument Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay action. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Horror. Fun. Each level is unique and not similar to the previous. You need to survive in this dangerous world and become the best evil shooter.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 05 Jun 2015
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One- This is the story of a man with a very strange fate. His name is David Young. Two years ago, his wife was murdered by an unknown assailant, and Young suffered a blow to the head that cost him his memory. His wife's final words: “Look for D.”

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 05 Jun 2015
Spooky Cats Oh no! This cute little kitty cat is alone and lost in a haunted house! Only by collecting pennies and defeating monsters can she find the way out! Use your fast fingers to defeat this adorably dark and funny platform game.

Price -72% 0.86€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Jun 2015
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Jun 2015
Soccer Rage Soccer Rage is a sport/action game that features: a hybrid engine of soccer and fighting. This game has a dynamic and fast paced soccer gameplay. There are no red cards, no off-sides, no outside balls, no substitutions, brutal fouls are allowed along with fighting.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 02 Jun 2015
Hatred Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Price -88% 0.63€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Jun 2015
Homesick Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 May 2015

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