Horror for Linux — top best games in the Horror genre

Active Matter - a game in the Horror genre

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 79/100

The game takes you to a world where death is not the end, but only a return to the beginning. An operative stuck in a time loop is sent again and again to...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Dying Light

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

Mina the Hollower

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

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 91/100

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...

Left 4 Dead 2

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

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This cooperative first-person horror shooter is set during a zombie apocalypse in the southern United States. Across five campaigns, four survivors travel from...

Alien: Isolation

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...

System Shock Remake

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A remake of the legendary role-playing shooter System Shock. The game takes place in the year 2072, where all resources on Earth have been practically depleted...

DOOM (1993)

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Old school, Demons

Game released: Linux → 1994

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Metro 2033 Redux

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow’s residents, whose city was destroyed by a nuclear strike in 2013. The only refuge was the metro, which had originally...

KLETKA

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

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Cooperative action-horror from the creators of Kuzhlevka. Players try to survive in the Gigakhryushchevka, riding a living and voracious elevator...

Metro: Last Light

Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This first-person shooter with horror elements takes place amid the desolate ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow. Metro: Last Light combines combat, exploration, and...

Darkwood

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...

Metro: Last Light Redux

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metro: Last Light Redux is an improved version of the post-apocalyptic shooter with a first-person view. The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow residents...

Outlast

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

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Fran Bow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Fran Bow is an atmospheric point and click adventure with horror elements. A very interesting story awaits you of a girl who is not at all crazy. But still, the...

Dead Island

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dead Island is an action role-playing game with elements of horror, shooter and first-person view. The heroes of the Game are tourists who had to deal with the...

SOMA

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

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

Entity: The Black Day

Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Survival horror, Horror, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2026

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 80/100

The action unfolds in a dark underground bio-laboratory complex. The player takes on the role of Adam, a former special forces operative sent on a secret mission to...

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is an isometric horror RPG with turn-based combat that will take you to eerie worlds based on the stories of writer Howard Phillips...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

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...

Inscryption

Card game, Horror, Roguelike, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Inscryption is a first-person card puzzle horror game from the creator of Pony Island. In the game, you will find yourself in the cabin of Leshy, from which you...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Unturned

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

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...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Sunless Sea

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Exploration, Survival

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sunless Sea is a dark, H.P. Lovecraft-inspired role-playing adventure set in the universe of London Has Fallen. You have to take the helm of a Victorian steamship...

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...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A mixture of horror and dating simulator about a princess imprisoned in a basement. Usually such stories end with the girl being saved, but this time it’s the other...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Layers of Fear (2016)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school after performing a...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2002

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...

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...

Tannenberg

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Horror

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Tannenberg is a standalone add-on for the multiplayer third-person shooter about the First World War Verdun. The game will focus on the events of the Eastern Front...

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...

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a continuation of the first-person horror adventure Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The game completely inherits the ideas of the original...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for Linux (Game released)