Horror 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Horror genre

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

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Observer

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

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Choice of Zombies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Steam: 50/100

Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world overrun by...

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...

Black Mirror

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 47/100

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...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

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

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Horror

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is an unusual side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will play as a naked man in a cauldron, moving around the world...

2Dark

Arcade, Action, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

2Dark is an arcade action-horror game with survival elements and a top-down view. The main character discovers his beloved dead, and his two children are kidnapped...

Detention

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

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

White Noise 2

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

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Conarium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

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 Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2017

Steam: 86/100

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

The Coma: Recut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Coma: Recut is an improved edition of adventure horror with survival elements. The main character will be a Korean student who fell asleep while taking an exam...

Emily Wants to Play Too

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

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2017

Steam: 82/100

Emily Wants to Play Too is a sequel to the first-person indie horror game where you have to survive in a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs...

Cayne

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 80/100

Cayne is a shareware adventure horror game with an isometric camera view. The game's events revolve around a pregnant woman named Hadley, who is about to give...

World of One

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

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 66/100

World of One is a dark side-scrolling puzzle platformer in which the main character runs away from nightmarish monsters in a dark world of fears. Only you can find...

Vaccine

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

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Vaccine is a third-person horror adventure with survival elements. Find a vaccine for your infected friend before time runs out, but know that your friend will...

Press X to Not Die

Adventure, Interactive movie, Horror, Action, First-person view, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Press X to Not Die is a fun interactive action game, much like a trash zombie movie, that makes fun of all the classic tropes and stereotypes. The game plays in the...

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...

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...

Alien Rampage

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017

Steam: 90/100

Alien Rampage is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, horror, platformer, puzzle and fantasy game from developers from the studio Inner...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2017 for Linux