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The best Horror games on Steam

Games built to make your heart race. The best-rated horror games on Steam, with today's prices.

What are horror games?

Horror games range from jump scares and chases to slow psychological dread. In some you fight back, in others you can only run and hide. The notes under each game below help you find the kind of scary you enjoy.

24 games3 on salePrices in USD, checked at 19:46 UTC
  1. Resident Evil 4 cover art #1

    Resident Evil 4

    Overwhelmingly loved: 97% of 193,325 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for survival horrorthird-person shooterzombies

  2. Firework cover art #2

    Firework

    Overwhelmingly loved: 97% of 41,317 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for puzzle2Dmystery

  3. Ib cover art #3 -30%

    Ib

    Overwhelmingly loved: 98% of 4,972 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for pixel graphicsstory rich2D

    Solo2022
    $12.99$9.09
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  4. R.E.P.O. cover art #4 -35%

    R.E.P.O.

    Overwhelmingly loved: 96% of 348,213 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for comedyphysicsfirst-person

    Solo · Co-op · Versus2025
    $9.99$6.49
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  5. Outlast cover art #5

    Outlast

    Overwhelmingly loved: 96% of 105,829 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for first-personsurvival horrorpsychological horror

  6. Mad Father cover art #6 -50%

    Mad Father

    Overwhelmingly loved: 97% of 6,338 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for psychological horroranimepixel graphics

    Solo2016
    $9.99$4.99
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  7. White Knuckle cover art #7

    White Knuckle

    Overwhelmingly loved: 98% of 14,679 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for parkourfirst-personrogue-like

    Solo2025
  8. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard cover art #8

    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 89,518 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for survival horrorfirst-personVR

  9. The Test: Hypothesis Rising cover art #9

    The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    Overwhelmingly loved: 97% of 5,836 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for simulationmultiple endingschoices matter

    Solo2020
  10. SOMA cover art #10

    SOMA

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 47,325 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for psychological horrorstory richsci-fi

  11. Baldi's Basics Plus cover art #11

    Baldi's Basics Plus

    Overwhelmingly loved: 97% of 11,102 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for rogue-likestealthprocedural generation

    Solo2020
  12. Homicipher cover art #12

    Homicipher

    Overwhelmingly loved: 96% of 7,906 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for otomevisual novelmultiple endings

    Solo2024
  13. Amnesia: The Dark Descent cover art #13

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 20,534 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for psychological horrorsurvival horrorpuzzle

    Solo2010
  14. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED cover art #14

    FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 12,320 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for VRrobotssurvival horror

    Solo2019
  15. Detention cover art #15

    Detention

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 10,427 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for psychological horrorpuzzlestory rich

    Solo2017
  16. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit cover art #16

    Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 10,230 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for pixel graphics2Dexploration

    Solo2024
  17. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation cover art #17

    Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

    Overwhelmingly loved: 96% of 3,770 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for first-personcutepsychological horror

    Solo2017
  18. Phasmophobia cover art #18

    Phasmophobia

    Very well reviewed: 94% of 686,619 players recommend it.

    Known for psychological horrorVRsupernatural

    Solo · Co-op · Versus2020
  19. Five Nights at Freddy's cover art #19

    Five Nights at Freddy's

    Very well reviewed: 94% of 54,008 players recommend it.

    Known for survival horrorrobotspsychological horror

  20. Little Nightmares cover art #20

    Little Nightmares

    Very well reviewed: 94% of 52,412 players recommend it.

    Known for puzzle-platformerdarkpuzzle

  21. Resident Evil Village cover art #21

    Resident Evil Village

    Overwhelmingly loved: 95% of 108,197 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for survival horrorfirst-personzombies

  22. Dead Space™ 2 cover art #22

    Dead Space™ 2

    Very well reviewed: 94% of 26,357 players recommend it.

    Known for survival horrorthird-person shootershooter

    Solo · Versus2011
  23. Darkwood cover art #23

    Darkwood

    Very well reviewed: 94% of 22,540 players recommend it.

    Known for survival horrorpsychological horrordark

    Solo2017
  24. Sucker for Love: First Date cover art #24

    Sucker for Love: First Date

    Overwhelmingly loved: 98% of 2,716 Steam reviews are positive.

    Known for animeromancestory rich

    Solo2022

Questions about horror games

What is the best horror game on Steam?

Based on player reviews, Resident Evil 4 is the top pick, with 97% positive reviews from 193,325 players. Firework and Ib come next.

Which horror games are on sale right now?

3 of the 24 games on this list are discounted today. The biggest deals are Mad Father (50% off), R.E.P.O. (35% off) and Ib (30% off). Prices are checked live on Steam, so this changes as sales start and end.

Which horror games can I play with friends?

2 of the games on this list have co-op, including R.E.P.O. and Phasmophobia.

How we rank these games

Games are ordered by Steam player reviews, weighted by how strongly Steam players tag them as horror. Prices come straight from the Steam store and are refreshed every few minutes, so sales show up here as soon as they start.

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