Horror 2016 — top best games in the Horror genre

7 Days to Die - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Mac, Linux → 1 July 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Doom

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 12 May 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Doom is another installment in the famous series, where the player, as a space marine, will traverse a long path through the corridors of an abandoned space base on...

Dead by Daylight

Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Stadia → 14 June 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action-horror game with a third-person view, which tells the story of four teenagers and a maniac who wants to shred everyone and...

Resident Evil 6

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 8 September 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of Daniel, who wakes up in a deserted...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, iPad, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

Resident Evil 5

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2009

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Fran Bow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS → 27 August 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Fran Bow is an atmospheric point and click adventure with horror elements. A very interesting story awaits you of a girl who is not at all crazy. But still, the...

Killing Floor 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 November 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Killing Floor 2 is a cooperative zombie shooter with a first-person view. The action takes place in Europe after the appearance of zombie-like creatures. Up to six...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Dead Island: Definitive Collection

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 31 May 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dead Island: Definitive Collection is a re-release of the action-horror game with a first-person view in the world of zombies for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The...

Dead Rising 4

Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 6 December 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Dead Rising 4 is a continuation of the zombie apocalyptic action game with a third-person view. The famous photographer named Frank West, known for his...

Dying Light - Enhanced Edition

Action, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Dying Light — Enhanced Edition — a collection that will include the original Dying Light and The Following add-on. Players have access to a large and...

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC, Nintendo Switch 2 → 11 October 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is a special edition of the original game in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the series for PlayStation 4. The...

Dying Light: The Following

Action, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The expansion opens a new chapter in Kyle Crane's story and takes the action beyond Harran. A vast map with villages, fields, and abandoned corners becomes a...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PS Vita, PC, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

How to Survive 2

Simulation, Action, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 8 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

How to Survive 2 is an isometric survival simulator with elements of horror and action in a post-apocalyptic setting. The world is filled with the living dead. You...

Alien Shooter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 13 October 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Alien Shooter is a dynamic shooter with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. Endless darkness and gloomy, long passages of a military complex that became...

Layers of Fear (2016)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 15 February 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Layers of Fear is a first-person psychological horror about a mad artist around whom horrific things unfold. Players will get into a huge mansion with beautiful...

Dead Rising 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2010

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Dead Rising 2 is an adventure zombie action game with horror elements and a third-person perspective. It expands on the ideas and universe established in Dead...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PSP, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS → 12 August 2010

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Corpse Party is a top-down adventure with horror, anime/manga and visual novel elements from the masters at Team GrisGris. The game is published by Marvelous USA...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

Near Death

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors of a research...

Through the Woods

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 October 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Through the Woods is a third-person action-horror game based on Norse myths and legends. You have to get used to the role of a young mother who one day comes to a...

DISTRAINT

Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 30 November 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Xbox One → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

UNLOVED

Shooter, First-person view, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 29 September 2016

Players: 5.5/10

The action takes place in ominous labyrinths filled with mutants and demonic creatures, where players try to survive while exploring dark and deadly locations...

Syndrome

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Syndrome is a classic action-horror game with a first-person view. The main character wakes up from cryosleep on a spaceship, but cannot find his crew members...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2006

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Kholat

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Kholat is an adventure horror game with a first-person view, based on the events of the Dyatlov Pass. In 1959, a group of 9 students went on a hike in the Ural...

Dead Secret

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Android, PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Dead Secret is a mystical thriller for virtual reality headsets. Bullard, a reclusive man with a mysterious past, is found dead in his office. Even the police don't...

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view,

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 4 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow is a fantasy adventure puzzle with horror elements. The game's protagonist is deprived of his memory and is imprisoned against his will in a...

Dead Age

Role-playing game, Horror, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 4 November 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Dead Age is an action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will go to a world where you will forever have to...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Android, iOS, PC → 3 January 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. The next part delves even deeper into...

Subterrain

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 21 January 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Subterrain is an action-horror adventure with RPG elements and a top-down view. In the game you will play as one Doctor West, apparently the only survivor of an...

Dead Effect 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 28 October 2015

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, iOS → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2016 (Game released)