Horror 2017 — top best games in the Horror genre

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 the latest installment of the famous series, where the player takes on the role of a space marine and embarks on a long journey through the corridors of an...

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...

The Evil Within 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 12 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the action-horror with a third-person view. You are Detective Sebastian Castellanos, and you are at rock bottom. But when you get the chance to save...

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game, Adult game

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 6 October 2017

Metacritic: 78/100

A visual novel that starts as a carefree story about a school literature club but gradually turns into something much more unsettling. Upon joining the club, the...

Observer

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Observer is an adventure with horror elements and a first-person view in a cyberpunk style from the creators of Layers of Fear. The game takes place in 2084 in a...

Friday the 13th: The Game

Online, Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Friday the 13th: The Game is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The game will provide an opportunity to try on several roles. The first...

SOMA

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Xbox One → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a continuation of the cooperative action horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. This time you will play...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 28 April 2017

The game takes place in the world of the Grisaia franchise, but with a new storyline and characters. The heroes go on dangerous missions for the good of the state...

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...

What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 25 April 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 89/100

What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...

Little Nightmares

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, iOS, Android → 27 April 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 May 2000

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...

Last Day on Earth: Survival

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Android, iOS → 25 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Last Day on Earth: Survival is an isometric online shooter with survival and horror elements. In this game you will find yourself on a land that has turned into an...

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition

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

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 12 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

An extended edition of the horror Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which includes not only the original game, but also all additional content. Along with Ethan Winters...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

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...

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 5 December 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection is a game collection that brings together all nineteen episodes of Telltale's Walking Dead series with enhanced...

Dead Space 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 27 April 2017

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Dead Space 2 is a continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, which takes place on a space station infected with...

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...

We Were Here

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 3 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

An atmospheric co-op adventure where two strangers find themselves separated by the walls of an ancient castle amidst the Antarctic ice. One is trapped in a...

LEGO Worlds

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

LEGO Worlds is a fun adventure game with a third-person view, where you will go to conquer procedurally generated worlds made from the familiar LEGO construction...

Black Mirror

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux → 28 November 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Black Mirror (2017) — point and click horror adventure with puzzle elements. Since childhood, our hero, David, has been tormented by nightmares and visions...

Into the Dead 2

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

Game released: iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Into the Dead 2 — continuation of the zombie shooter with a first-person view and horror elements for mobile platforms. The sequel focuses on telling the...

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...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic adventure with horror elements and a first-person perspective. Visually, the game is made in the style of the first...

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...

Resident Evil: Revelations

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Conarium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 6 June 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Conarium is a first-person psychological horror game based on the works of Lovecraft. You play as Frank Gilman, who finds himself in a room filled with strange...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux → 12 November 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Doom VFR

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 30 November 2017

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Doom VFR is a special version of the furious first-person shooter Doom for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. The virtual reality version of the...

Resident Evil 7: Banned Footage Vol. 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9/10

Resident Evil 7: Banned Footage Vol. 2 is an add-on for the first-person action-horror Resident Evil 7. You will find two new cassettes that will help you relive...

Escape From The Dark

Survival horror, Action, Third-person view, Horror, Adventure

Game released: Android, iOS → 4 August 2017

Players: 8/10

John Cowans returns home to a small village. Along the way, he discovers that a cliff has formed on the central road and the hero decides to get there along a path...

Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. The game follows a 35-year-old woman named Rosemary Reed who arrives at the...

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...

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...

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 27 October 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition is a complete edition of the adventure puzzle game with horror elements. The edition contains the full game, as well as...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2017 (Game released)