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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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 -54% 2.30€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Feb 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 -50% 10.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Jan 2019
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.

Price -70% 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Nov 2018
Umfend The glass sphere burst in the night of 1996. The world of distortion opened its gates and took away from you someone very important. However, in 2005, the past emerges again to hunt you once more. An atmospheric horror about love and time.

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 30 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 -87% 1.34€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Oct 2018
Gray Dawn Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.

Price -90% 1.67€
Rating 8.0
Release 07 Jun 2018
Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 31 May 2018
STAY Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

Price -90% 1.19€
Rating 6.6
Release 16 May 2018
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo The higher you climb, the bigger the fall.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 28 Mar 2018
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Price -96% 0.33€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Nov 2017
SIMULACRA An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Price -87% 0.60€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Oct 2017
Hide and Shriek Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 19 Oct 2017
The Painscreek Killings Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Price -72% 5.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Sep 2017
GET EVEN Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.

Price -96% 1.20€
Rating 7.3
Release 20 Jun 2017
Confess My Love The story takes place after school, when Willie decides to confess his love to the girl of his dreams, Liza. Afraid of being refused, he hesitated for a while. Should he summon up his courage and confess his love to her?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 27 May 2017
The Fidelio Incident The Fidelio Incident is a single-player, first-person thriller set off the coast of Iceland. Inspired by Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. After a violent plane crash, Stanley must search a desolate frozen island in search of his wife Leonore while covering up any traces of their bloody Irish past.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 23 May 2017
Late Shift Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Price -91% 1.37€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Apr 2017
Shadows Peak Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

Price -75% 2.43€
Rating 6.8
Release 13 Mar 2017
Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition Haunted by strange curses from her orphanage days, Mary never knew the story of her dark past until that day. Enter the enchanted 'Netherworld' where your destiny was written in blood and which whispers of true love. A multi-award winner epic adventure game! Rated by many as their all time favorite!

Price -48% 4.27€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Mar 2017
Stories Untold Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Price -95% 0.57€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Feb 2017
Detention Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Price -75% 2.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Jan 2017
Coffin of Ashes Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?

Price -50% 3.44€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Dec 2016
Tomato Way FPS/Slasher/Horror for people with strong nerves. Tomato Way it`s like your favorite video game, but better.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Dec 2016
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