The Best Horror Games - Page 3

Update : Boo! Are you scared? The Chests Game added at rank #1.
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Alan Wake 2 (2023)

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83
Review score
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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Alan Wake 2 is a highly anticipated sequel that delivers a rip-roaring horror experience with innovative gameplay and storytelling.


What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay
  • Impressive graphics
  • Unique dual protagonists
  • Palpable atmosphere
  • Seamless transitions
What could be improved:
  • No objective markers

  • horror
  • thriller
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • narrative
  • story
  • supernatural
  • combat
  • cult
  • mystery
  • action
  • episodic
  • detective
  • fiction
  • shooter

22

Slay the Princess (2023)

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96
Review score
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.


  • horror
  • choices
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • lore
  • souls
  • comic
  • walking-simulator
  • humor
  • fiction
  • romance
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • interactive

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World of Horror (2023)

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82
Review score
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Mac OS l PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5

In WORLD OF HORROR you play as one of five unique characters on a mission to save the town of Shiokawa, Japan from Old Gods and monstrosities. The game draws inspiration from horror legends Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft, and with over 10 randomized mysteries and turn-based combat, this cosmic horror RPG will put your bravery to the ultimate test.


What we like:
  • Interactive Junji-Ito inspired mystery stories
  • Great aesthetic and music
  • Fun and replayable with multiple endings per investigation
  • Plenty of investigations
  • Meshes various nostalgic and pop culture elements into a text-based RPG
What could be improved:
  • Lack of depth and character in the writing
  • Occasional terrible sound design
  • Can become a tedious chore after a while

  • horror
  • rogue-like
  • turn-based
  • mystery
  • rpg

24

Fear the Spotlight (2023)

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85
Review score
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Linux j Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Fear The Spotlight is a third-person survival horror adventure with a PS1 inspired visual style. After a séance goes wrong, you have to solve puzzles, hide from monsters, and search an empty school for your missing friend.

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • puzzle
  • stealth
  • story
  • psychological

25

Terminal 81 (2023)

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90
Review score
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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

Thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, Lorena migrated to Terminal 81 to work, but what seemed like a simple Latin American neighborhood, it was a dangerous region dominated by a mysterious criminal organization that carries out murders, kidnappings and human trafficking.

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  • horror
  • job
  • psychological
  • retro
  • mystery
  • noir
  • crime
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • open-world
  • capitalism
  • choices
  • immersive
  • emotional

26

Cube Escape (2023)

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95
Review score
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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A horror game inspired by the liminal space aesthetic. Explore a huge unknown facility deep underground and solve puzzles while trying to figure out who you are, and why you are here.


  • underground
  • horror
  • editor
  • dystopian
  • level
  • sokoban
  • linear
  • psychological
  • puzzle
  • 3d
  • solitaire
  • single-player
  • exploration
  • stealth
  • first-person

27

STASIS: BONE TOTEM (2023)

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85
Review score
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Playstation 4 j PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Navigate through a massive underwater base, complete intricate puzzles, and solve an ancient secret concealed at the bottom of the ocean. Stunning visuals, a music score by Mark Morgan, a screenplay written by a Hollywood ace, voice acting by veteran actors, and a gripping storyline will keep you on the edge of your seat.


  • horror
  • isometric
  • point-and-click
  • sci-fi
  • submarine
  • fmv
  • spine-tingling
  • adventure
  • 2.5d
  • puzzle
  • conversation
  • investigation
  • story
  • open-minded
  • cinematic

28

Bramble: The Mountain King (2023)

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80
Review score
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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.


  • horror
  • platform
  • dark
  • exploration
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • cinematic
  • adventure
  • mythology
  • action-adventure
  • fantasy
  • story
  • emotional
  • lore

29

Rewind or Die (2023)

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92
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Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • thriller
  • retro
  • multiple-endings
  • stealth
  • old-school
  • dark
  • survival
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • exploration

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MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME (2023)

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88
Review score
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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.

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  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • psychedelic
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • narrative
  • dark
  • first-person
  • fiction
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk

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