The Best Scare Games for PC Windows

Update : PIT OF GOBLIN added at rank #14.
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Place of Decay (2024)

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PC Windows

Explore a corrupted game project in this horror-puzzle adventure. Uncover the mystery behind its collapse and the developer's abandonment. Use the Code Cannon to break through the digital barriers and navigate the chaotic realm to uncover the truth behind its downfall.

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  • scare
  • jump
  • horror
  • lore
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • realistic

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Fear of Fear (2024)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Arachnophobia, Trypophobia, and Thalassophobia are just some of the horrors that await you. Choose your phobia and conquer your fear.

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  • scare
  • jump
  • thriller
  • survival
  • fiction
  • survival-horror
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • psychological
  • dark
  • adventure
  • casual
  • interactive
  • old-school
  • action

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Fork Road (2024)

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Fork Road is a first-person immersive atmospheric game with new gameplay , Be prepared to face fears you've never faced before

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  • scare
  • jump
  • walking-simulator
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • immersive
  • psychological
  • first-person
  • zombies
  • atmospheric

4

At Tony's (2024)

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PC Windows

At Tony's is a first-person horror experience taking place in a haunted pizzeria. The last night shift worker vanished mysteriously, it's your turn to step in to help the family's business.

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  • scare
  • jump
  • horror
  • immersive
  • psychological
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • survival-horror
  • fiction
  • linear
  • first-person
  • interactive

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Sinister Mansion (2024)

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Prepare to face your deepest fears in Sinister Mansion, a bone-chilling horror experience that will haunt your every step.

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  • scare
  • jump
  • horror
  • psychological
  • post-apocalyptic
  • dark
  • survival-horror
  • immersive
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • puzzle

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Don't Scream (2023)

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early access PC Windows

If you scream, you restart. An Unreal Engine 5 short horror experience made by two indie devs. The challenge: explore the forest for 18 minutes without screaming. The catch? Time only ticks when you move. It’s the perfect game to scare the pants off your friends and family. MICROPHONE REQUIRED!

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  • voice
  • scare
  • control
  • jump
  • horror
  • short
  • 1990s
  • supernatural
  • psychological
  • immersive
  • surreal
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • realistic

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Veranoia: Nightmare of Case 37 (2023)

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Help Vera Herdman, a Gifted Detective who can get into victim's nightmares to reveal their mysterious death secrets, to escape the nightmare or reside there forever.

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  • action-adventure
  • scare
  • jump
  • hair-raising
  • horror
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • casual
  • realistic
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • story
  • detective

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From The Rain (2022)

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PC Windows

From The Rain is a single player survival horror game. Reboot the generator, lock all entrances, and defend yourself from the entities that lurk in the rain. Survive each hour and wait for help to arrive!

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  • scare
  • jump
  • survival-horror
  • choices
  • time-management
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • demons
  • narration

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Intruders (2023)

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PC Windows

Intruders is a survival horror / strategy game where you get kidnapped and in order to save your life you will need to survive five nights. Use camera system and environment to defend yourself against different intruders.

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  • scare
  • jump
  • thriller
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • time-management
  • psychological
  • resource-management
  • perma-death
  • dark
  • surreal

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Vacant's Mine (2024)

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PC Windows

So you’ve been arrested? No Problem! In Vacant’s Mine you can regain your freedom in just 7 Days! With a Mine Railway and a Plunger you’ll navigate through an abandoned mine to steal eggs. But beware of the Greebs, they have terrifying big mouths and razor sharp teeth!

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  • horror
  • scare
  • jump
  • lore
  • survival-horror
  • dark
  • psychological
  • trains
  • resource-management
  • atmospheric
  • thriller
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • single-player

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