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

Doki Doki Literature Club! - a game in the Horror genre

Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 6 October 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A visual novel that starts as a carefree story about a school literature club but gradually turns into something much more unsettling. Upon joining the club, the...

Darkwood

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

Game released: Mac → 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: Mac → 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: Mac → 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

Game released: Mac → 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: Mac → 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...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Mac → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

BioShock 2 Remastered

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

Game released: Mac → 22 August 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 71/100

BioShock 2 Remastered is an improved version of the adventure first-person shooter BioShock 2. The streets of the city of Rapture once again echo with the echoes of...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

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

Game released: Mac → 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: Mac → 7 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: Mac → 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: Mac → 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...

We Were Here

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 3 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

An atmospheric co-op adventure where two strangers find themselves separated by the walls of an ancient castle amidst the Antarctic ice. One is trapped in a...

White Noise 2

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

Game released: Mac → 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: Mac → 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: Mac → 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: Mac → 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...

Simulacra

Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 26 October 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra is an unusual detective puzzle game for mobile platforms. You have found a phone belonging to a missing girl named Anna. In it you see a video of Anna...

Narcosis

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Mac → 28 March 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Narcosis is a first-person horror adventure game that supports HTC Vive, OSVR and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. The game takes place deep under the Pacific...

This Strange Realm Of Mine

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

Game released: Mac → 19 July 2017

Steam: 83/100

This Strange Realm Of Mine is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and elements of mystical horror. In this game you have to explore the afterlife. In your...

Initiate

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

Game released: Mac → 2 August 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Initiate is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person view. As you open your eyes, you see a modern bedroom. Everything is quiet. Faint memories flash in...

Bad Dream: Coma

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

Game released: Mac → 9 March 2017

Steam: 91/100

A dark quest with elements of a psychological thriller. The main character travels through a surreal and disturbing dream world, whose appearance adapts to the...

Scanner Sombre

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 26 April 2017

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Scanner Sombre is a first-person horror adventure about exploring a dark cave. After waking in a stone chamber beside a fire, the protagonist finds a LIDAR scanner...

Emily Wants to Play Too

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Lydia

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Horror

Game released: Mac → 2 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Lydia is a point and click adventure with a side view and an atmospheric plot. The game will tell the story of a little girl in the world of adults. What is hidden...

Cayne

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Free game

Game released: Mac → 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: Mac → 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: Mac → 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...

Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 3: Above the Law

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac → 28 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Walking Dead: A New Frontier — Episode 3: Above the Law is the third episode of Telltale Games' adventure game set in the Walking Dead universe. The episode...

Press X to Not Die

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 4: Thicker Than Water

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Walking Dead: A New Frontier — Episode 4: Thicker Than Water — the fourth episode of Telltale Games' adventure game set in the Walking Dead universe. As...

Lazaretto

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

Game released: Mac → 19 May 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Lazaretto is a unique and exciting horror adventure with survival elements and a first-person perspective. The game tells the story of an urban explorer whose...

Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 5: From the Gallows

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac → 30 May 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Walking Dead: A New Frontier — Episode 5: From the Gallows — the final episode of the adventure game Telltale Games, in the Walking Dead universe. Richmond is on...

The Shrouded Isle

Strategy, Horror, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Mac → 4 August 2017

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Shrouded Isle is a management turn-based strategy with horror elements and a top-down view, in which you will control a small gloomy port town, satisfying the...

EPONYMOUS

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Baobabs Mausoleum: Omnifagos Don't Eat Flamingos

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 6 July 2017

Steam: 73/100

Baobabs Mausoleum: Omnifagos Don't Eat Flamingos is an amazing top-down point and click adventure with horror elements. The events of the game take place in the...

Alien Rampage

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

Game released: Mac → 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 Mac (Game released)