Horror for Linux — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 4

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

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 55/100

DreadOut is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The events of the game will tell the story of young Linda and her friends, who find...

Don't Starve: Hamlet

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1

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

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This first-person adventure horror game takes place in unsettling environments that the player explores while uncovering their secrets. Physics-based interactions...

Dead Inside

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

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2020

Players: 10/10

Dead Inside is a third-person action-horror game developed by one person. Seventeen years have passed since that damned spaceship disappeared into outer space...

Tartarus

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

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Tartarus is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The game takes place in the year 2230 on the research and mining ship Tartarus, which is undergoing...

Slayaway Camp

Arcade, Strategy, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Slayaway Camp is an exciting strategy game with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. You have to get used to the role of a maniac killer, calling himself...

Dead Age 2

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

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2021; Early Access: Linux → 16 July 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Dead Age 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. 10 years after the first...

Omen Exitio: Plague

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2018

Steam: 85/100

Omen Exitio: Plague is an interactive text adventure with horror elements inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. In the game you will try on the role of a...

Paragnosia

Horror, First-person view, Logic, Hidden Objects, Stealth, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2024

Steam: 91/100

The player is in the observation room and controls a camera mounted on a rail system that runs through all the rooms of the apartment. The main task is to survive...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Penumbra Collection

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

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2009

Penumbra Collection is a first-person action game with a mixture of adventure, horror, stealth and puzzle game from Frictional Games. The game's publishers are...

Last Door

Arcade, Adventure, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Last Door — In the point anfd click adventure, the player controls a character, moves him through various locations, collects and uses items to advance the...

The Hex

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

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The Hex is an indie adventure platformer with horror RPG elements. In this game you have to find a killer in a tavern. The peculiarity of the game is that there is...

Enemy Remains

Arcade, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2022

Steam: 66/100

Enemy Remains is a dynamic shooter with horror elements and an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel, Survival, Horror

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

The events of the game take place in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The main character is a scientist from a secret laboratory located in the depths of...

Storm the Swan

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2024

Steam: 98/100

A game made in the spirit of retro Gameboy adventures. The main character moves to a cute village inhabited by animal characters. You can explore locations and...

Paratopic

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

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2018

Steam: 78/100

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

Postal Plus

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

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2001

Players: 7/10

Postal Plus is a third-person action game with shooter and horror elements from the studio RWS, Inc.. The game is published by Softek, Akella is responsible for...

Conarium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a continuation of the horror adventure with survival elements. The game tells the story of a young girl, Mine Park, who, under...

Cannibal Abduction

Third-person view, Horror, Old school, Adventure, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2023

Players: 3/10

Steam: 95/100

The game is inspired by classic 80s slasher films and retro horror with survival elements for PSX. Henry borrows his father's car and goes on a weekend trip...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

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

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Perfect Vermin

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

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Perfect Vermin is an indie first-person action adventure with puzzle elements. Your task is simple: exterminate all the vermin. The sledgehammer provided to you is...

The House (2021)

Adventure, Action, First-person view, Horror, Survival horror, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2021

Steam: 100/100

The House (2021) is a first-person horror game set in a mansion where dozens of people have disappeared. The main character must get to the bottom of the truth and...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2022

Steam: 86/100

Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...

Mirrored Phantoms

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

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2025

Steam: 70/100

The game takes place at the Nightmare Factory of mannequins. It is necessary to explore the gloomy locations, to collect the secret of the broken fragments of the...

Amnesia: Justine

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2011

Players: 5.1/10

Amnesia: Justine — expansion for Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It was originally released only for the Steam version of The Dark Descent, but was later included...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Penumbra: Black Plague

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

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2008

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This first-person adventure horror follows explorer Philip, who is trapped in an underground complex and searches for the truth behind his father's disappearance...

Doorways: Prelude

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

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Doorways: Prelude is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. You will play the role of Thomas Foster, a special agent who must hunt down four...

Lucah: Born of a Dream

Role-playing game, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Lucah: Born of a Dream is a surreal side-scrolling action RPG with horror elements. You have to go to a dark world where bloodthirsty monsters live, which will give...

Sunshine Manor

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

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...

EPONYMOUS

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Steam: 69/100

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...

What Lives Below

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Combat robots, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

What Lives Below is a first-person action-adventure game about sea monster hunters. In the game, a lone fisherman will have to face giant underwater monsters and...

Penumbra: Requiem

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

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 67/100

An expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague, in which Philip faces puzzles and encounters characters from his past. The story follows the previous installments and...

The Nothing

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Horror

Game canceled: Linux → 2020

Steam: 83/100

The Nothing is an action-adventure action RPG with a first-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 2108 and tells the story of...

The Agony

Indie, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

Steam: 58/100

The Agony — adventure indie horror with a first-person view. Do you often wonder what lies beneath our cities? Sewers, bomb shelters, scientific facilities...

The Children of Clay

Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

A short archaeological game in which you need to study the ancient artifact in order to reveal its dark secret. There are different tools, for example, a magnifier...

Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, Horror

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2024

Steam: 88/100

A visual novel set in a school. Behind its facade, there are many secrets to uncover. You can interact with students and build relationships. Each decision opens...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Linux