Horror 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Horror genre

Alien: Isolation - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Unturned

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

Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014; Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Outlast: Whistleblower

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

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Among the Sleep

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

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

Forgotten Ones

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

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

This first-person horror game with action and adventure elements follows Grobuskna Vladinov, a detective whose parents were killed during the Holocaust. A doctor...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

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

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is a continuation of the hardcore and bloody third-person shooter, which is a re-release of the original Painkiller, released in 2004...

DreadOut

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...

Monochroma

Arcade, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

Only If

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

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Steam: 61/100

Only If is a surreal first-person adventure puzzle game about Anthony Clyde, who wakes up in an unfamiliar bed after a night of partying with no memory of what...

Infinity Runner

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

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Arcade, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2014

Steam: 61/100

This puzzle game with strategy and horror elements follows Henry B. Knight, a ghost trying to drive the tenants out of his mansion. He earned the house through hard...

Last Door

Arcade, Adventure, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Steam: 95/100

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...

Blinding Dark

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2014

Steam: 40/100

Blinding Dark is a first-person adventure horror game in which the protagonist wakes in what appears to be a mansion, with no memory of who they are or how they got...

Always Sometimes Monsters

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2014

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Always Sometimes Monsters is an adventure RPG visual novel with horror elements and a top-down view. The events of the game will tell the story of the main...

BloodNet

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2014

Steam: 63/100

This cyberpunk role-playing game with horror elements is set in Manhattan in 2094, where freelance operative Ransom Stark becomes a vampire and searches for a cure...

The Last Door: Collector's Edition

Adventure, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Set in Victorian England, this point-and-click horror adventure follows Jeremiah Devitt, who receives a cryptic letter from his former schoolmate, Anthony...

Doorways: The Underworld

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2014

Steam: 65/100

Doorways: The Underworld is a first-person action-horror adventure game that is the third chapter in the Doorways series. You play as Thomas Foster, a special agent...

Serena

Horror

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2014

Steam: 77/100

Serena is a horror point-and-click adventure about a man waiting for his wife in a remote cabin. Objects around him stir memories, gradually leading him to a...

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Best Games in the Horror genre of 2014 for Linux