Horror for PC — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 7

Dead Space 3 - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A third-person science-fiction horror game about Isaac Clarke and Sergeant John Carver travelling to the icy planet Tau Volantis to find the source of the...

Painkiller: Overdose

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 10 February 2008

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person shooter with horror elements continues the story of Painkiller, introducing a new character who faces the consequences of Daniel’s victory over...

Observer

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 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...

Terrible Lizards

Adventure, Horror, Platformer, First-person view, Stunts, Parkour, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 29 October 2026

A first-person horror game with parkour elements, set in the abandoned amusement park "Dalton's Dinosaurs" on Route 66 in New Mexico. The year is 1992, the entire...

Well Dweller

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 22 September 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A dark fairy tale metroidvania from the creators of Crypt Custodian. Deep in the forest lies a well, at the bottom of which lives Blik — a tiny bird armed with a...

Friday the 13th: The Game

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

Game released: PC → 25 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Friday the 13th: The Game is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The game will provide an opportunity to try on several roles. The first...

Secret Neighbor

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 24 October 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...

Voices of the Void

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Science fiction

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A scientific simulator with elements of mysticism, where events unfold in a secluded research laboratory among the Swiss mountains. As a scientist, you will receive...

Black Mirror (2003)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 28 May 2004

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person adventure horror game follows Samuel Gordon, who returns to his family estate after a long absence and investigates the death of his ancestor...

Pathologic 2

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PC → 28 May 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...

GONE Fishing

Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 16 June 2025; Game released: PC → 20 October 2026

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 92/100

A cooperative horror game where survival depends on fishing. Several players find themselves at a lake hiding an ancient monster and must work together to catch...

YAPYAP

First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Comedy, Exploration, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Survival horror, Online, Horror

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Cooperative survival horror where you can test your magical abilities with friends. In the story, the player and their allies are wizards summoned by a powerful...

Curse of Resthaven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Roguelike, Side view, Detective, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 29 October 2026

An adventure roguelike with settlement management, set on the cursed island of Resthaven. The protagonist takes charge of the colony after their niece mysteriously...

MADNESS: Project Nexus

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a whirlwind action slasher with an isometric camera view and horror elements. There are two modes available to you in the game: story...

Zombie Army Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PC → 6 March 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 , includes a...

GTFO

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

Early Access: PC → 9 December 2019; Game released: PC → 10 December 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative first-person action horror game for up to four players. The gameplay is based on first-person cooperative battles for up to four...

Evil Dead: The Game

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 13 May 2022

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A cooperative shooter based on the works of The Evil Dead. During the game you will be able to see Ash played by the iconic Bruce Campbell, as well as a number of...

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two

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

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods — Part Two — the second standalone expansion Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One. This time, events will take place not only...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Horror, Survival, Zombies

Game released: PC → 12 June 2019

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Delivery from the Pain: Survival is an action-adventure role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A...

Alan Wake

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 16 February 2012

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Alan Wake is a horror action game with a third-person view. Strange events are happening everywhere, and our hero, writer Alan Wake, who is looking for his missing...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective, Survival

Game released: PC → 23 April 2009

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...

Tannenberg

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 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...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

PAPERHEAD

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

A dynamic shooter set in an unusual world where everything is made of paper. The character can not only kill enemies with firearms, but also kick them like in...

Crisol: Theater of Idols

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

Game released: PC → 10 February 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in the sinister world of Hispania, a nightmarish interpretation of Spain. The protagonist is Gabriel, a soldier with an unusual gift to turn...

Uncanny Tales: The Watcher

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Steam: 81/100

The main character Ilya becomes the new keeper of the reserve and heads to the remote taiga in hopes of a quiet job and solitude. However, the picturesque...

What Remains of Edith Finch

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...

Dead Effect 2

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This first-person sci-fi shooter with RPG elements takes place aboard the colony ship ESS Meridian, where the heroes face zombies and other enemies. Dead Effect 2...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

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...

Convrgence

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival

Early Access: PC → 22 April 2024; Game released: PC → 17 September 2026

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 88/100

The main character, together with his dog, explores the post-apocalyptic exclusion zone in search of valuable artifacts. On his way, the character encounters...

September 7th

First-person view, Horror, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 7 January 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

On September 7th, a senior student named Dima and his family move to a new apartment. A few weeks later, the boy receives a Christmas elf doll as a gift, after...

Joker Show — Horror Escape

Horror, Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 25 November 2023

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Free action-horror from the creators of METEL HORROR ESCAPE. Gamers take on the role of a teenager who first summons a strange creature and then tries to escape...

DEATH BURGER

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2025

Steam: 98/100

An absurd horror about an evil burger that once almost became dinner, and now it hunts everyone. The main goal is survival in liminal spaces filled with strangeness...

4:AM

Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game in development: PC → 10 December 2026

A cinematic stealth adventure in a dark world of the near future, where the usual laws of reality no longer apply. At exactly 04:00, Ayla wakes up among the ruins...

Nowhere

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Detective

Game in development: PC → November 2026

Atmospheric first-person horror inspired by Norse mythology. The main character is a private detective who sets out into a snow-covered forest to search for a...

RealEscape

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 18 December 2024

Steam: 92/100

An atmospheric escape-room horror game that you can play alone or with friends. It takes place in the abandoned Leta asylum, where cruel experiments were carried...

Resident Evil HD Remaster

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

Game released: PC → 20 January 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Resident Evil HD Remaster is an improved edition of the legendary action-horror game with a third-person view for modern platforms. The game will delight you with...

We Happy Few

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for PC