Horror 2012 for PC — top best games in the Horror genre

Walking Dead: Season 1 - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

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...

Doom 3: BFG Edition

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

Game released: PC → 19 October 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition is a special edition of the first-person shooter Doom 3 with enhanced graphics and a number of other innovations. In addition to the game...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, which is a sequel to the game Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Events take place 1500...

Darkness 2

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

Game released: PC → 6 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkness 2 is a continuation of the fantastic first-person shooter in the Darkness universe. You will once again play the role of Jackie Estacado - the head of the...

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person cooperative action-horror game set in the Resident Evil universe. The plot of the game takes place in 1998...

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

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

Game released: PC → 8 October 2012

Steam: 69/100

This first-person adventure horror game follows detective Howard Loreid, who is tormented by paranormal events and discovers that his dark past is tied to an...

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

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

Game released: PC → 29 February 2012

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 40/100

This first-person shooter is set in a dark version of Hell and continues Bill Sherman’s story. The hero must escape a prison deep in the underworld and fight for...

Deadlight

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: PC → 25 October 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

7th Guest

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

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

7th Guest is a classic "point and click" adventure with horror elements and a first-person view. Henry Stauffe, a rich man with a sinister past, invited six guests...

Miasmata

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 May 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a game about Alan Wake, which continues the plot of the original Alan Wake and sends the hero to the American outback. The game...

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 December 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition is a third-person action game with elements of shooter, horror and indie game from Intoxicate Studios. The game is published by...

Slender

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → июнь 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 6.7/10

Cat Lady

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological horror game follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year-old woman on the verge of suicide. With no family, friends or hope for a better future, she...

Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS

Horror, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 18 February 2012

Steam: 95/100

This horror adventure unfolds in an isolated town where a series of murders stirs forgotten memories and forces people to question the boundary between illusion and...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Secret World Legends

Role-playing game, Online, Horror, MMO, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 31 July 2017

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Secret World Legends is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a modern world, similar...

Infestation: Survivor Stories

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival, MMO

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 31/100

Metacritic: 20/100

Infestation: Survivor Stories is an action role-playing game for several people. One of the most iconic games in survival history returns, bringing classic gameplay...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 August 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

inSANE

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game canceled: PC → август 2012

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

inSANE — 3 modes — championship, quick race and practice. 5 vehicle classes — Sports, 4x4, trucks, pickups and extreme. More than 30 cars to...

The Dream Machine

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Dream Machine is a plasticine point and click adventure with horror elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a certain Victor Neff, who one day...

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

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

Game released: PC → 1 August 2013

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...

Lucius

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 February 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lucius is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of an unusual boy who was born on June 6, 1966. As you might...

Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 29 May 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

This point-and-click horror adventure follows an investigation into vampire-like murders in the small European town of Antibes. The protagonist receives a strange...

Anna

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

Game released: PC → 11 July 2012

Players: 2/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Anna is a first-person horror adventure with puzzles, set in an abandoned sawmill in the Italian mountains. The protagonist explores its rooms and uncovers...

SCP-087

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 31/100

SCP-087 is a first-person adventure with horror...

Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 2 July 2015

Steam: 71/100

Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting is a dark, atmospheric horror game with a first-person view, where the sheriff has to face terrible secrets. You have to find out...

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 15 May 2011

Steam: 75/100

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials is a first-person, horror-puzzle adventure from the masters at MumboJumbo, LLC. The game is published by MumboJumbo...

Sleepless Night

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 31 March 2012

Sleepless Night is a first-person adventure with a mix of horror and visual...

Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 20 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This hidden-object puzzle adventure with horror elements follows reporter Sam Wilde as he investigates the disappearances of young people. When a maniac kidnaps...

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Best Games in the Horror genre of 2012 for PC