Best Thriller 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 thriller games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Thriller games on Steam.

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Ghost in the pool A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.

Price -26% 2.96€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Jan 2021
Hello Guest: Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha Hello Guest, beloved Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha, a stealth horror thriller with an advanced, self-learning AI. You take the night shift as a security guard at an abandoned Golden Apple Amusement Park where a creature is hiding in the shadows. What can go wrong?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 22 Dec 2020
Hand Simulator: Horror Fear clouds the mind. Fear paralyzes the body. If your hands are shaking with fear, you will remain in this hell forever.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 22 Dec 2020
Don't Be Afraid Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Price -96% 0.46€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Dec 2020
Superliminal Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Price -85% 3.08€
Rating 9.3
Release 05 Nov 2020
Siren Head: Awakening Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 30 Oct 2020
Iwaihime From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

Price -86% 3.70€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Oct 2020
The Signifier Director's Cut This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Price -39% 12.24€
Rating 7.5
Release 15 Oct 2020
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Price -54% 3.80€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Oct 2020
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Oct 2020
Liquidators Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 30 Sep 2020
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Sep 2020
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 19.50€
Rating 9.5
Release 18 Sep 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
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 -73% 2.29€
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 -91% 1.18€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2020
A Night In Berlin A Night in Berlin is a narrative-driven third-person shooter featuring brutal fast-paced gameplay in a dark and atmospheric world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Aug 2020
Synergia Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.

Price -96% 0.48€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Jul 2020
Beyond a Steel Sky From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Price -99% 0.53€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Jul 2020
Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰 Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled.

Price -70% 5.03€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Jul 2020
Heavy Rain Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Price -95% 1.12€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Jun 2020
The Swine Say goodbye to southern hospitality in the backwoods of rural America. The Swine is a short horror experience that explores isolation, witchcraft, and unforeseen consequences in your rural homestead.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Jun 2020
Beyond: Two Souls A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

Price -95% 1.07€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Jun 2020
Dead Space™ 3 Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 Jun 2020