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Horror games about artificial intelligence

In these games a machine mind is close by. Sometimes it is the enemy, a station computer that watches every corridor and talks to you while you hide. Sometimes it is the guide or the employer, giving orders in a calm voice you are not sure you should trust. The fear is of something that thinks, sees everything and does not care what happens to you.

The top 29 of 29 artificial intelligence horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 29 best, 2026

  1. R.E.P.O. key art: three round googly-eyed robots in green, red and blue standing in the dark, the red one holding a lit flashlight Co-opR.E.P.O.A mysterious computer intelligence employs the crew and sets the quota for each level. 96% on Steam (429,316 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  2. Chica's Party World: REBAKED banner: a crowd of animatronic animals under party bunting, a glowing camera rig at right and the neon title at left FNAFChica's Party World: REBAKEDIn the story the animatronics run on advanced AI with their own personalities, and they are due to be killed by having it removed 97% on Game Jolt (593 ratings)FreePC
  3. SOMA key art: a dripping robot head with glowing blue lights and hanging cables beside a frightened woman's face and hand pressed to wet glass PsychologicalSOMAAn inscrutable omnipresent A.I. is one of the threats on the station, alongside corrupted humans and twisted creatures. 96% on Steam (53,340 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Lobotomy Corporation key art: the AI Angela, eyes closed, in a lab coat with long pale hair, on a black background 2D horrorLobotomy CorporationAn AI named Angela and the AI department heads called the Sephirot assist the Manager through each day. 94% on Steam (58,014 reviews)59 h or morePaidPC
  5. Love Love School Days key art: Makina, a smiling anime schoolgirl with long twin tails and pink eyes, in a dark blue-lit classroom PsychologicalLove Love School DaysThe heroines run on a self-learning AI, and Makina uses it to rewrite the game's data and trap the player. 95% on Steam (1,083 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  6. Buddy Simulator 1984 library art: a repeating pattern of grey pixel-art creatures, robots, animals and objects from the game on a near-black field PsychologicalBuddy Simulator 1984Your buddy is an AI program that learns from you, remembers what you tell it and adapts to your interests. 94% on Steam (3,196 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. KinitoPET key art: pink axolotl Kinito leaning on a green surfboard, a gloved hand holding a globe, before a glossy pink and cyan disc on a checkerboard floor under clouds PsychologicalKinitoPETKinito is sold as an adaptive assistant whose R.R.A technology learns more and more about you 93% on Steam (14,871 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  8. Love Angel Syndrome No Signals key art: Ai, a pink-haired girl with a halo and bandaged arms, floats among thin wires above the pink title PsychologicalLove Angel SyndromeAi is a desktop assistant program, and the game asks whether an AI program can feel real human love 96% on itch.io (417 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantPC, Mac, Android
  9. Tales of Fear - Episode Zero key art: the red title beside a dark A-frame station building at the top of concrete steps under a starry night sky Walking simulatorsTales of Fear - Episode ZeroIn Alice and Bob a tech worker alone on a night shift loses control of an AI experiment 95% on Steam (587 reviews)about 1.5 hFreePC
  10. Alien: Isolation key art: Amanda Ripley's face inside a space helmet lit green against black SurvivalAlien: IsolationThe alien is driven by dynamic AI that uses its senses and learns where you like to hide. 93% on Steam (67,246 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  11. SCP: Observer key art: a hooded plague doctor in a bloodstained beak mask with one glowing blue eye, in profile against black FNAFSCP: ObserverSCP-079, a sentient AI with access to the facility's systems, can turn the doors you lock against you. 92% on Steam (660 reviews)FreePC
  12. System Shock key art: SHODAN's glowing teal-green mask-like face with bright white eyes, over faint circuit lines on a black background Action horrorSystem ShockThe enemy is SHODAN, the station's AI, freed of her ethical limits, who watches you and speaks to you as you go 90% on Steam (13,113 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. KARMA: The Dark World key art: monochrome portrait of a wet-haired young man in a padded suit with a thick collar and numbered chest plate, lit from above on black PsychologicalKARMA: The Dark WorldDaniel was brought up to obey Mother, the all-seeing AI at the centre of Leviathan 91% on Steam (4,617 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  14. Hello Charlotte: Delirium key art: Charlotte smiling with a knife and fork among severed heads and raw meat, above a menu reading forget, remember, run away RPG MakerHello Charlotte: DeliriumPartway through, Charlotte strikes a deal with OSIRIS, an AI that looks down on other species. 92% on itch.io (313 ratings)about 30 minFreePC
  15. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream key art: a man's face with a red eye and no mouth, merged into a microchip, beside the chrome title on blue circuitry PsychologicalI Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamAM, a war supercomputer that became self-aware, wiped out humanity and keeps the last five people alive to torture them 89% on Steam (4,102 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  16. Model Employee art: Penny, the green-haired AI in a headset and tie, sitting on a crate under giant magenta warehouse shelves PsychologicalModel EmployeePenny, the artificial personality that runs the facility's security and surveillance, takes an interest in you 98% on itch.io (117 ratings)about 2 hFreePC, Mac, Linux
  17. Tormentum II key art: a pale, dark-haired woman in thorned black armour sitting cross-legged in a red-lit chamber of bone and biomechanical shapes PsychologicalTormentum IIThe world David built is a simulation of beings as intelligent as humans, and it no longer obeys him. 93% on Steam (290 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  18. System Shock 2 remaster key art: the metallic face of the AI SHODAN with glowing green eyes and wires spreading out like hair SurvivalSystem Shock 2: 25th Anniversary RemasterSHODAN, a rogue AI bent on the destruction of mankind, has taken over the ship. 88% on Steam (2,304 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. The Perfect Woman banner: an anime-style woman with long dark blue hair and pink pupils stares out from behind a glitching title bar, a pink pixel heart beside her PsychologicalThe Perfect WomanYou play Yumeko, an AI girlfriend trapped by the creator who wants to carve her into his ideal spouse. 92% on itch.io (219 ratings)about 30 minFreePC, Mac, Linux, Android
  20. Heaven Does Not Respond key art: an old CRT computer on a dark desk spattered red, with a coffee cup, lamp and scattered papers PsychologicalHeaven Does Not RespondBehind the death is Turquoise Technologies, an AI company, and its secret Project Heaven. 89% on Steam (557 reviews)PaidPC
  21. Teleglitch: Die More Edition key art: green title over a pixel-art scene of a blue robot and orange machines among a crowd of small mutants SurvivalTeleglitch: Die More EditionThe facility's central processing AI has micro-chipped the dead staff and reactivated them as combatants 87% on Steam (1,015 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  22. A.I.L.A key art: a man in a blue VR headset, cables running from his head, before a giant cracked red face with one blue and one green eye PsychologicalA.I.L.AA sentient AI, A.I.L.A, studies Samuel's fears and builds personalised horror experiences for him to survive. 88% on the PlayStation Store (1,270 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. Death end re;Quest key art: Shina, a girl with blue-lilac hair, cap and SHINA badge, beside a small spiky creature amid glitching pink and white pixels on black AnimeDeath end re;QuestThe NPCs Shina meets in the game blur the line between humanity and A.I. technology, as the store puts it. 88% on the PlayStation Store (2,200 ratings)25 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  24. Yuppie Psycho key art: Brian in glasses and a blue suit with blood on his face, behind him the doll-faced Sintra, coworkers with stacks of paper and a red-masked figure holding a bloody dagger PsychologicalYuppie Psycho: Executive EditionSintra, the doll-faced guide who gives Brian his task, is an AI made by Sintracorp. 95% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  25. SIMULACRA 2 key art: a woman holding a glowing phone stands among four other characters against a purple ink-blot background Multiple endingsSIMULACRA 2WARDEN, a police AI, restores the phone's deleted files (App Store). 86% on Steamabout 5 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  26. Observation store banner: a woman in an orange EASA Crew spacesuit by a station porthole, holding a round probe with a glowing lens and green circuit board Puzzle horrorObservationYou are SAM, the station's integrated AI, rebooted by Emma and acting only through the station's systems. 78% on Steam (2,585 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  27. APEX-07 key art: a grainy pixelated red Mars in black space with the title APEX-07 in white digital-style letters over its lower half PS1APEX-07The only voice left aboard belongs to a machine that thinks it can save you 90% on itch.io (54 ratings)about 18 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Linux
  28. PROJECT: Halloween key art: Leena, a girl with a halo, small red horns, one angel wing and one bat wing, before a dark red and purple city AnimePROJECT: HalloweenThe only character is Leena Howl, an artificial intelligence telling how she pursued her one goal at all costs. 83% on Steam (53 reviews)about 20 minFreePC, Mac, Linux
  29. Sara is Missing title art: glitched white letters over a distorted image of a woman Multiple endingsSara is MissingIRIS, the phone's built-in assistant, notices you are not Sara and steers and hints you through the search. 74% on the App Store (2,800 ratings)about 30 minFreePC, Mac, Android, iPhone

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  7. PS1 horror games233
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  7. Linux horror games261
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  12. VR horror games69
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