Best Horror Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy 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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CINERIS SOMNIA "I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 Oct 2018
Giraffe Town A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Oct 2018
In Death Created exclusively for VR, In Death is a Roguelite Shooter set in the godless afterlife. Battle through procedurally generated levels and dungeons in intense ranged combat, coupled with a unique locomotion system perfectly attuned to your fighting style.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Oct 2018
Chinese Parents In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 28 Sep 2018
Dark Deception Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Sep 2018
The Dark Occult The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Price 13.35€
Rating 6.6
Release 25 Sep 2018
Cube Escape: Paradox The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 20 Sep 2018
Transference™ Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Price 24.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 18 Sep 2018
Distance Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Price -88% 2.59€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Sep 2018
Virtual Virtual Reality A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Sep 2018
Paratopic Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Price -93% 0.40€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Sep 2018
The Goatman The Goatman is an Online CO-OP hunting game. It all began on February 23, 2019 with a call for help from the Greenfield village. It was alleged that a mysterious creature like a half goat and half demon attacked people and animals. Upon this call, a military research team set out.

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 03 Sep 2018
Witch Hunt Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Sep 2018
MOMO.EXE Horror game where you need to do different tasks from horror creature received by your phone. And remember: Don't chat with MOMO!

Price -52% 0.97€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Aug 2018
Lake of Voices A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 28 Aug 2018
Strange Brigade Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Price -99% 0.65€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Aug 2018
Greetings Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Aug 2018
Bean Battles A unique take on the popular genre of battle royales. Multiple fast pace rounds that rewards kills just as much as being the last alive. Team up, take revenge, and be the last bean standing.

Price 0.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 22 Aug 2018
Lucah: Born of a Dream FOR THE POWER AND GLORY; NOW AND FOREVER

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2018
ShadowSide ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 17 Aug 2018
Scorch It's been 30 years since a terrible arson attack erased an entire family. Until today the culprit has been on the loose. You are sent to investigate a similar incident in this narrative exploration game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Aug 2018
Mist Survival MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 14 Aug 2018
The Walking Dead: The Final Season A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.

Price -87% 2.68€
Rating 9.3
Release 13 Aug 2018
We Happy Few From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Price -75% 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Aug 2018

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