Survival Horror Hidden Gems on Steam

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Oakwood Welcome to Oakwood, a long abandoned campground nestled in the forests of British Columbia. Explore the woods, caves, and a dilapidated lodge in search of your friends, while surviving the prehistoric horrors that now haunt the grounds.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 04 Dec 2018
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...

Price -50% 7.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Oct 2018
Viviette Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!

Price -65% 3.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Oct 2018
Giraffe Town A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...

Price -15% 6.62€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Oct 2018
Wild Animal Sports Day All your favourite Wild Animals are competing for the title of Wild Animal Champion of Champions! Tennis, Hurdles, Darts, Diving, Skiing, Pole-Vault, Trampolining and for the first time in a game Rhythmic Gymnastics! But watch out for King Croc! Wild Animal Sports Day (WASD) is out now!

Price -33% 3.34€
Rating 8.4
Release 31 Aug 2018
FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Jul 2018
CONCLUSE Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 29 Jun 2018
Mother Simulator It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.

Price -21% 1.57€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 May 2018
Ria's Hook Ria's journey to the strange storm...

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Apr 2018
Rise of Insanity In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Price -89% 1.16€
Rating 7.6
Release 01 Mar 2018
Emily Wants to Play Too No one believed the pizza guy. They kept the dolls. A sandwich delivery guy is on his way to Central Evidence. He is not ready for what he finds. Emily and the dolls are back with new friends, scares and more. Use stealth and strategy to survive their unique games in this survival horror.

Price -80% 1.55€
Rating 7.7
Release 13 Dec 2017
Organ Quarter Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

Price -50% 12.25€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Oct 2017
Eternity Warriors VR Packed with classical action game essences, high-definition visual, and real-time multiplayer features.

Price -40% 8.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Sep 2017
The Land of Pain The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.

Price -80% 2.39€
Rating 7.2
Release 13 Sep 2017
Don't Knock Twice Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

Price -90% 2.19€
Rating 6.9
Release 05 Sep 2017
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.

Price -85% 2.92€
Rating 6.8
Release 15 Aug 2017
Lawnmower Game Drive and cut grass first time in simulator game, with amazing lanwmower in big open world

Price -89% 0.75€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 Jul 2017
Perception An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.

Price -70% 5.03€
Rating 6.9
Release 30 May 2017
Dreadhalls You are trapped deep inside a massive dungeon. Explore it, survive it and find a way to escape. Your only weapons will be stealth, your own courage, and a faint light. Dreadhalls is an intense and scary experience, not for the faint of heart. You have been warned!

Price -51% 4.96€
Rating 8.6
Release 09 Mar 2017
Boogeyman 2 Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Feb 2017
ARAYA ARAYA is a first person horror game. Players will get a new thrilling experience inside a Thai hospital. The story will be told from the perspectives of 3 different characters. Players will explore different areas of the hospital in order to piece together the mysterious murder case of Araya.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Nov 2016
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

Price -75% 2.19€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Oct 2016
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Aug 2016
Near Death Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.

Price -75% 1.94€
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Aug 2016
Potato Thriller Known for deep frying his victims, Potato Man is the most notorious serial killer out there...

Price -15% 4.24€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Jun 2016
SWARMRIDERS SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 15 Jun 2016
Left Alone Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Price -80% 1.37€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Apr 2016
March of the Living Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

Price -97% 0.52€
Rating 6.8
Release 20 Apr 2016
Soda Drinker Pro The world's most advanced soda drinking simulator.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Apr 2016
Sophie's Curse You got a job, which is to take care of an old man during the night in a recently purchased house; this house does not have electricity and you have to rely on some kind of hand crank generators to light the place up, but there is something in the darkness draining their power, don’t let it happen!

Price -55% 2.29€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Mar 2016
Wick Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

Price -88% 0.76€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Dec 2015
The Consuming Shadow The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Nov 2015
The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeça de Cuia Escape through maze forest searching for a shelter, because the cursed beast is after you ... And if there was a chance to reverse the curse, would you run away or would you try to find answers? It is better think fast, because the monster is in a hurry, the beast is starved.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Nov 2015
White Night The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Price -97% 0.44€
Rating 7.0
Release 03 Mar 2015
Silence of the Sleep You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Price -95% 0.27€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Oct 2014
Miasmata Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.

Price -87% 1.98€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Nov 2012

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