Tis the season. Well, near enough. I present here a range of horror games, from the truly terrifying to the merely horror themed. Including big budget premium games, indie shorts, and some freebies. Have a spookiful time.
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The 5th Door (2025)
“You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There’s ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
7 Days to Die (2024)
“7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, and console stores.
Athanasy (2022)
“Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam.
ASYLUM (2025)
“An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.”
macOS • Windows
Available from GOG, and Steam.
Banebush (2024)
“Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality?”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam.
Birth (2023)
“You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
Blasphemous (2019)
“Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS • iPadOS
macOS version available from Steam.
Other versions also from GOG, Epic, console and mobile stores.
Bloody Service (2020)
“The conjoined twins were bullied and humiliated… Now justice will be served! BLOODY SERVICE is a dark, gory and violent coming-of-age slasher FMV Visual Novel with gruesome deaths and clever one-liners related to tennis. Game, set, machete!”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam.
CARRION (2020)
“CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS • iPadOS • visionOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, console and mobile stores.
Closer To Home (2022)
“Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters (2020)
“The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm’s dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
macOS version available from GOG, and Steam.
Other versions also from Epic, and console stores.
Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance (2023)
“As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021)
“Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes – America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS • iPadOS • visionOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, Game Jolt, console and mobile stores.
Dead Island 2 (2024)
“A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who – or what – you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.”
macOS • Windows • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, Epic, App Store, and console stores.
Dead Reset (2025)
“Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • iOS • iPadOS • visionOS
macOS version available from Steam.
Other versions also from Epic, console and mobile stores.
DEMON’S TILT (2019)
“TURBO CHARGED PINBALL RETURNS! Now with bigger sprites, more baddies, more secrets & MORE BULLETS! Demon’s Tilt pushes the limits of the Video Pinball genre with SHMUP & Hack N’ Slash elements.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, Epic, and console stores.
DEVOUR (2021)
“DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don’t get caught.”
macOS • Windows
macOS version available from Steam.
Other versions also from Epic.
DREDGE (2023)
“DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS • iPadOS • visionOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, App Store, console and mobile stores.
Dusk (2018)
“Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the ’90s legends.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation
Available from GOG, Steam, and console stores.
Endoparasitic (2022)
“Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam, and Itch.
Endoparasitic 2 (2024)
“Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam, and Itch.
The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (2022)
“The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob’s Barrow. The answers lie in the soil…”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from GOG, and Steam.
The Fabulous Fear Machine (2023)
“The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine’s new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.”
macOS • Windows
macOS version available from Steam.
Other versions also from GOG, and Epic.
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