Horror 2021 for PC — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil Village - a game in the Horror genre

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

Game released: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

First-person horror game with survival and shooter elements Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard, but moves the action to Eastern Europe...

Days Gone

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

Game released: PC → 18 May 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Single-player adventure action game Days Gone in the genres of survival, stealth, and action, with a third-person view, in an open world was released in April 2019...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

GTFO

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

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

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Horror, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is an atmospheric adventure survival game with a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. This time you...

FOREWARNED

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

Early Access: PC → 10 September 2021; Game released: PC → 25 April 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Asymmetrical action-horror survival game for 1-4 players with first-person view and support for virtual reality helmets. With friends or alone, players set out to...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...

Succubus

Action, Horror, First-person view, Adult game

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Demonic action game from the creators of Agony. This time, the main character is a succubus — a demon of lust and debauchery. After Hell lost its rightful ruler...

Devour

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

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Devour is a first-person cooperative action-horror game with survival elements for 1-4 players. Together with other players, you will have to work together against...

Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Alan Wake Remastered

Adventure, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alan Wake Remastered — a remaster of the atmospheric third-person action-adventure game. The game features updated graphics and all expansions, as well as developer...

Aliens: Fireteam Elite

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third-person cooperative shooter set in the sci-fi Alien universe. The game follows a team of three as they fight hordes of xenomorphs...

Zombie Army 4: Dead War

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 27 August 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Zombie Army 4: Dead War is a continuation of the series of first-person shooters with horror elements. According to the plot of the game, the war with the dead did...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 27 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

Inscryption

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

Game released: PC → 19 October 2021

Players: 9.6/10

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...

TOXICANT

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Early Access: PC → 24 July 2020; Game released: PC → 5 March 2021

Players: 7.2/10

TOXICANT is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The game offers a unique horror and survival experience that features procedural level...

Tiny Bunny

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Early Access: PC → 16 April 2021; Game released: PC → 5 December 2025

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.9/10

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is an improved version of the shooter Metro Exodus with more advanced graphics. The game features a new lighting implementation...

In Sound Mind

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

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You wake up in the corridors of a strange building, where the environment takes on a life of...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

The Medium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

In the center of events is a girl medium named Marianne, who goes to investigate the mysterious murder of a boy. The mystical gift allows the heroine to look into...

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes

Interactive movie, Third-person view, Horror, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 October 2021

Players: 7.2/10

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes is the third game in The Dark Pictures series. The game will take place in the Middle East, and the heroes will be American...

HellSign

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric

Game released: PC → 24 February 2021

Players: 7.8/10

HellSign is an action-adventure RPG with horror elements and an isometric camera view. You are an Evil Hunter. You protect the human world from evil creatures...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Earthblood is a dark and cruel game based on the cult universe of everyone's favorite Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines...

Them and Us

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

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

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Dread Templar

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Early Access: PC → 14 August 2021; Game released: PC → 26 January 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dread Templar is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view and horror elements. You will take on the role of a deadly Templar who seeks revenge deep in...

Dead Age 2

Role-playing game, Horror, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 12 March 2021; Early Access: PC → 16 July 2020

Players: 8/10

Dead Age 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. 10 years after the first...

Death Trash

Role-playing game, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 5 August 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 10/10

Death Trash is a post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game with horror elements in a futuristic setting. You'll be sent into a world filled with large creatures...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 19 October 2021; Game released: PC → 7 December 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

Arcade, Side view, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Platformer, Horror, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites — remaster of the dynamic side-scrolling slasher BloodRayne Betrayal, where the main character, the seductive half-breed Rayne...

GRAVEN

Action, First-person view, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 26 May 2021; Game released: PC → 23 January 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 65/100

The main action takes place in a medieval fantasy setting. The main character travels through three vast open regions, where he will have to deal with evil in all...

Source of Madness

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2021; Game released: PC → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Source of Madness is an action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Claylands, the crazy world...

Lust from Beyond

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Lust from Beyond is a continuation of the first-person adventure horror Lust for Darkness. The main character is Victor Holloway, an antique dealer who begins to...

Cosmodread

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Cosmodread is an action-adventure game with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality...

Forgive Me Father

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Early Access: PC → 26 October 2021; Game released: PC → 7 April 2022

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Forgive Me Father is a hardcore first-person shooter with comic book-style horror elements, inspired by the novels of H. P. Lovecraft. The plot tells the story of a...

Project Warlock

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 6.3/10

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...

MADNESS: Project Nexus

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

One Shell Straight to Hell

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 9 February 2021

One Shell Straight to Hell is an adventure action-roguelike with an isometric camera view, which is a spin-off of the game Padre. In the game, you will take on...

Chasing Static

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 2021

Chasing Static is a first-person action-horror adventure in which you will uncover the mystery of an abandoned village and find out what happened to its...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2021 for PC