Horror for Linux — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Kvark

Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Horror

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 9.2/10

The game takes place in a fictional version of the Czech Republic in the 1980s. The main character finds himself in an underground structure, which falls apart as...

Negative Atmosphere

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

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.4/10

Negative Atmosphere is a third-person action-horror game in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the cult horror series Dead Space. The game takes place in the future at...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2020

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

White Noise 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

White Noise 2 is a multiplayer horror adventure with a third-person view. The game takes place on an eerie night in an abandoned area. A group of four survivors try...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Kidnapped

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

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2015

Kidnapped is a first-person action game with elements of adventure, horror and indie game from the developers of the Deceptive Games studio. The game is published...

Mina the Hollower

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school

Game in development: Linux → 29 May 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and fearless Mina, who is...

Grave

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

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Grave is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The surreal world of the game will give you a huge space to explore with mystical, strange...

Don't Starve: Hamlet

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Don't Starve: Hamlet is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It begins when Wilson opens a portal in the place where the Pigmen come from...

Dead Maze

Action, Horror, MMO, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Dead Maze is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. Players must team up to...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

EPONYMOUS

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

EPONYMOUS is an action-adventure game with a first-person view in which you have to make your way through various rooms, find a way out and open doors. At the same...

Vomitoreum

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...

Sunshine Manor

Isometric, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2021

Sunshine Manor is a mystical horror adventure with action elements and an isometric view. Daring to spend the night at the haunted Sunshine Manor, little Ada...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2018

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Estranged: The Departure

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Estranged: The Departure is the continuation of the first-person adventure action game with horror elements Estranged: Act I. The game's events tell the story of...

Caffeine

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

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Caffeine is a first-person sci-fi horror adventure. The game takes place on a spaceship. The main character, who has just returned from a long sleep to real life...

Inversed

Visual novel, Horror

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

A short interactive novel set in the mid-19th century. The main character is a poetess, whom the gamer helps to write the most important work in her life. You need...

Near Death

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

Game released: 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...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Padre

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Padre is a survival-horror adventure that combines deep, evocative storytelling, monster-slaying, and puzzle-solving in a dark, Lovecraftian setting. You are a...

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a side-view horror adventure in cyberpunk style. The game takes place in 2083 in Neo-Hong Kong. The main character is a young girl...

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Match-3 (Three in a row), Logic

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells is a Halloween-themed arcade match-3 puzzle game. You have to help the aspiring sorceress Victoria master the art of magic and...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Linux → октябрь 2026

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

Chasing Dead

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

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2016

Chasing Dead is a first-person sci-fi action game with horror elements and the ability to control futuristic technology. The game begins with a strange phenomenon...

Layers of Fear (2016)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2016

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Detention

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Outbreak: Epidemic

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Outbreak: Epidemic — a cooperative shooter with a classic survival theme among insane hordes of zombies, as seen in Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead. Four...

Yuppie Psycho

Indie, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Yuppie Psycho is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in a dystopian world from the 90s, where in the role of...

Black Mirror

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: 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...

Penumbra: Black Plague

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2008

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Patrick's Parabox

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Arcade, Horror

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Patrick's Parabox is a logic puzzle game with arcade and horror elements. This is a game that explores a unique recursive system with boxes within boxes within...

Infinity Runner

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

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Infinity Runner is an adventure shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, supporting virtual reality devices. The events of the game...

The Old Prison

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2021

The Old Prison is a first-person horror adventure with survival elements. The game tells the story of a character who decides to go on a trip this weekend. So he...

Sui Generis

Role-playing game, Horror, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game canceled: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.4/10

Sui Generis is an action RPG with an isometric camera view set in an open fantasy world. In a treacherous world with a tormented history, the meager remnants of...

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Lovecraftian horror, inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The story unfolds around private detective Lown...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Linux