Horror 2018 for PC — top best games in the Horror genre

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 30 April 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018; Early Access: PC → 14 December 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...

Call of Cthulhu

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

Game released: PC → 29 October 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...

State of Decay 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Decay 2 is the continuation of a remarkable zombie action game with a third-person perspective and survival elements. Together with friends or in proud...

Dark Deception

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Arcade, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 27 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Dark Deception is a shareware arcade horror runner with survival elements and a first-person view. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish labyrinths and...

Visage

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

Early Access: PC → 2 October 2018; Game released: PC → 29 October 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Visage is a first-person horror adventure inspired by the work of Hideo Kojima — P.T. The main actions of the game take place in the 80s of the last century...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school

Game released: PC → 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...

Agony

Action, Horror, First-person view, Demons

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 39/100

Agony is a survival action game with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in Hell, where you will go on an afterlife journey as a tormented...

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PC → 10 December 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek is the continuation of the original first-person stealth horror Hello Neighbor. The game tells the story of the neighbor's children...

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...

Lust for Darkness

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 June 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Lust for Darkness is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Jonathan Moon receives a letter from his wife, who disappeared a year ago. Following the...

Prey: Mooncrash

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

Game released: PC → 10 June 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Prey: Mooncrash is an add-on for the futuristic first-person shooter. Shortly after the disaster at the Talos-1 station, the Transstar corporation lost contact with...

Dead Frontier 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Online, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 5 September 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 70/100

Dead Frontier 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter with a third-person view and survival elements. You will have to work closely with other survivors, uniting...

Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Action

Game released: PC → 31 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. The game follows a 35-year-old woman named Rosemary Reed who arrives at the...

Little Nightmares - The Residence

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Little Nightmares — The Residence is an add-on for the side-view horror adventure Little Nightmares. The main character has to find out who is hiding behind...

Dying Light: Bad Blood

Online, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Dying Light: Bad Blood is a free-to-play standalone multiplayer add-on for the zombie post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Dying Light. The add-on will offer you...

Project Warlock

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Old school

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Project Warlock is an old-school first-person shooter in a fantasy setting, inspired by such famous games as Doom 2, Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D. You will find 5 unique...

Cineris Somnia

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Walking Simulator, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Cineris Somnia is an adventure walking simulator with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a strange and wonderful world, which is the...

Agony UNRATED

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 31 October 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 62/100

Agony Unrated - a special version of the sensational horror agony uncensored. The events of the game take place in hell, where you have to go on a afterlife trip...

We Were Here Too

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 2 February 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The sequel to We Were Here takes you into the heart of an ancient castle, lost in darkness. Every room holds a mystery, and the walls seem to whisper of those who...

Lobotomy Corporation

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Horror, Side view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, In real time, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 April 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Lobotomy Corporation is a side-view business simulator in the indie horror genre with elements of fantasy and tactics. This game was inspired by monsters from games...

Killer7

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PC → 15 November 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Killer7 is a dynamic first-person shooter. The game tells the story of a 60-year-old killer and schizophrenic named Harman Smith. Smith has the power of the "God...

P.T. Remake

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 3 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

P.T. Remake is an elaborate remake of P.T.'s original teaser, taking you on a tour of the famous dark...

Deathgarden: BLOODHARVEST

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: PC → 14 August 2018; Game canceled: PC → 31 December 2019

Players: 6.4/10

Deathgarden: BLOODHARVEST is a multiplayer shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Dead By Daylight. One...

Rise of Insanity

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

Game released: PC → 1 March 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Rise of Insanity is a first-person horror adventure game that supports HTC Vive, OSVR and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. Act as a doctor of psychology and...

Dream Alone

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Horror, Arcade

Game released: PC → 28 June 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 51/100

Dream Alone is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. A terrible disease has struck the inhabitants of a small town. All the people, one...

Them and Us

Action, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 7 September 2018; Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Them and Us is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and horror elements. The events of the game take place in 1978, when after a bus accident, a young...

Kursk

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Simulation

Game released: PC → 7 November 2018

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 42/100

Kursk is an action-adventure game with horror elements and a first-person view. The game will tell about the tragedy of the K-141 Kursk submarine, which sank on...

Fear & Hunger

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 21 January 2019; Early Access: PC → 11 December 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

The game's action takes place in the gloomy and hopeless dungeons of an ancient fortress. Four unfortunate adventurers delve deeper into the darkness, uncovering...

Don't Starve: Hamlet

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Don't Starve: Hamlet is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It begins when Wilson opens a portal in the place where the Pigmen come from...

The Dark Occult

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

Game released: PC → 25 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

The Dark Occult is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. The game takes place in an abandoned manor bound by demonic entities and occult rituals...

Just Survive

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Early Access: PC → 15 January 2015; The project is closed: PC → 24 October 2018

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 47/100

Just Survive is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. You will go to conquer a...

Lost in Vivo

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 5 November 2018

Steam: 91/100

Old-school horror about the fear of confined spaces, survival, and the attempt to maintain sanity in conditions where every step brings you closer to the unknown...

DISTRAINT 2

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 November 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

DISTRAINT 2 is a continuation of the horror adventure with a side view. You have to plunge into the role of an employee of a successful company that decides the...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: PC → 13 April 2018

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is a horror puzzle game with an isometric view. Controlling the well-known movie maniac Jason Voorhees, you have to get to your...

Seven Mysteries

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 6 February 2018

Steam: 60/100

Seven Mysteries is an indie horror adventure game with an isometric view. That night, at the only school in a small town, a group of students inadvertently...

Beware

Racing, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 25 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Beware is a unique racing simulator with horror elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to explore an open world and at the same time constantly run...

Paratopic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 September 2018

Steam: 78/100

Atmospheric first-person horror with a surreal story and intentionally low-polygon graphics. The plot connects the fates of three strangers, whose stories gradually...

Crying is not Enough

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

Game released: PC → 19 June 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Crying is not Enough is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, in which you have to fight monsters using firearms and improvised means. The game...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2018 for PC