Horror 2018 — top best games in the Horror genre

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2018

Players: 7.9/10

The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...

Call of Cthulhu

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...

CASE: Animatronics

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 3 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

CASE: Animatronics is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. The main character, detective...

State of Decay 2

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

Game released: Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S → 18 May 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Decay 2 is the continuation of a remarkable zombie action game with a third-person perspective and survival elements. Together with friends or in proud...

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...

Outlast

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, Ouya, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Agony

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 39/100

Agony is a survival action game with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in Hell, where you will go on an afterlife journey as a tormented...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 14 December 2018

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

We Happy Few

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

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

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Horror, Action, Shooter

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 22 January 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Alien Shooter 2 — The Legend is a dynamic isometric action game with role-playing elements, which is a large-scale continuation of all games in the Alien...

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...

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...

Prey: Mooncrash

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 10 June 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Prey: Mooncrash is an add-on for the futuristic first-person shooter. Shortly after the disaster at the Talos-1 station, the Transstar corporation lost contact with...

Lust for Darkness

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 50/100

Lust for Darkness is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Jonathan Moon receives a letter from his wife, who disappeared a year ago. Following the...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS Vita, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Paratopic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 6 September 2018

Atmospheric first-person horror with a surreal story and intentionally low-polygon graphics. The plot connects the fates of three strangers, whose stories gradually...

Dark Deception

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Arcade, Free game

Game released: PC → 27 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Dark Deception is a shareware arcade horror runner with survival elements and a first-person view. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish labyrinths and...

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...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 12 June 2019

Players: 6.5/10

Delivery from the Pain: Survival is an action-adventure role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

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...

Lazaretto

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS → 19 May 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Lazaretto is a unique and exciting horror adventure with survival elements and a first-person perspective. The game tells the story of an urban explorer whose...

Party Hard 2

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Party Hard 2 is a top-down tactical stealth arcade game. The game will delight you with a new engine with new three-dimensional locations. As in the first part, you...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A retro shooter filled with three atmospheric campaign episodes, designed in the spirit of the 90s. The main character fights against mystical creatures. The game...

Deathgarden: BLOODHARVEST

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

Game released: PC → 14 August 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Deathgarden: BLOODHARVEST is a multiplayer shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Dead By Daylight. One...

Project Warlock

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Project Warlock is an old-school first-person shooter in a fantasy setting, inspired by such famous games as Doom 2, Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D. You will find 5 unique...

Amnesia: Collection

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, Mac → 22 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Amnesia: Collection is a collection of first-person horror adventures that includes Amnesia: The Dark Descent, an indirect sequel to Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs...

P.T. Remake

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 3 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

P.T. Remake is an elaborate remake of P.T.'s original teaser, taking you on a tour of the famous dark...

Agony UNRATED

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 31 October 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Agony Unrated - a special version of the sensational horror agony uncensored. The events of the game take place in hell, where you have to go on a afterlife trip...

The Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a...

Outlast: Whistleblower

Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon Park, who worked...

Overkill's The Walking Dead

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Overkill's The Walking Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter for four players, featuring survival, stealth, and RPG elements. It is based on the comics by...

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...

Back in 1995

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Back in 1995 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, stylized as games from the 1990s. You will find poor controls, character models and...

The Bunker

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Bunker is an interactive psychological thriller with horror elements. The game is a reincarnation of video quests that were popular back in the 90s. You will play...

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...

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...

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek is the continuation of the original first-person stealth horror Hello Neighbor. The game tells the story of the neighbor's children...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2018 (Game released)