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Castle horror games

In these games the castle is the place you cannot leave: cold stone halls, candlelit corridors, locked towers and cellars that go deeper than they should. You search rooms for keys and notes, solve the puzzles the owners left behind and listen for whatever walks the floor above. The fear comes from the size of the place and from knowing it belongs to someone else.

The top 26 of 26 castle horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 26 best, 2026

  1. Resident Evil 4 key art: a close-up of Leon Kennedy's face beside a dark foggy forest with a figure standing by wooden crosses SurvivalResident Evil 4After the village, the journey continues through a castle, which the remake rebuilds with modern lighting. 97% on Steam (283,806 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mac, iPhone, VR
  2. Resident Evil Village art: a bearded man's face in falling snow, half of it turned to dark wolf fur with a glowing yellow eye and a fang SurvivalResident Evil VillageA whole chapter takes place in a gothic castle with candlelit halls and a grand staircase. 96% on Steam (155,822 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, VR
  3. HROT key art: a horse in a gas mask stands in a dim industrial room beside the rusty HROT logo plate Action horrorHROTThe second episode takes you to Kašperk Castle and its flooded cellars 96% on Steam (6,573 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC
  4. Zelle key art: a dark silhouette with glowing white eyes stands before a huge grey full moon AnimeZelleYou explore the inside and outside of an old castle, where Emerada has been confined to his room by a Reaper. 96% on Google Play (1,450 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent art: a pale green stone hall in Brennenburg Castle with a carved fountain at its centre PsychologicalAmnesia: The Dark DescentSet inside Brennenburg Castle in Prussia, which Daniel explores from its halls down to the Inner Sanctum 95% on Steam (35,840 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  6. It gets so lonely here key art: a girl in a school uniform with a red ribbon covers her face with her hands among dark trees, in a grey hand-drawn style PsychologicalIt gets so lonely hereAt the crossroads one of the three paths is 'Go to the castle' 96% on Steam (1,168 reviews)about 1 hFreePC, Mac, Linux, Android
  7. Resident Evil 4 VR key art: Leon Kennedy's face over a dark village beside the Resident Evil 4 logo, with The Mercenaries characters on the right SurvivalResident Evil 4 (VR)The store key art shows a castle behind a crowd of villagers carrying torches. 94% on the Meta Quest store (13,138 ratings)16 h or morePaidVR
  8. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? key art: a grinning fanged figure in a wide-brimmed hat with round glowing yellow goggles above a dark pine forest EscapeIs this Game Trying to Kill Me?The game on the computer is a top-down pixel dungeon of a castle full of traps and puzzles. 95% on Steam (1,722 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Tormentum key art: a pale skeletal figure with outstretched arms bound by cords before a huge skull in a wall of dark biomechanical flesh PsychologicalTormentum - Dark SorrowThe airship lowers towards a huge, gloomy castle, the prison where the journey begins. 92% on Google Play (4,110 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  10. The Count Lucanor key art: Hans holding a candle beside a fanged blue jester-like kobold, with a castle silhouette against a purple night sky PsychologicalThe Count LucanorHans is trapped in Tenebre Castle and must explore its rooms, halls and throne room to learn the kobold's name. 93% on Steam (3,012 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red woman with raised arms looms over blue suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALMaya wanders a castle built of bitter memories, the god's realm called Shelter. 95% on Steam (480 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Skinwalker Hunt key art: the black silhouette of a long-armed, antlered creature on a hill among pines against a blood-red sky, with the title below Action horrorSkinwalker HuntThe third map, Hurlant Castle in rural France, has ruined walls and a broken tower to hunt around 91% on Steam (876 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  13. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within key art: the title over a blurred, snarling wolf-like head with bared teeth Puzzle horrorGabriel Knight 2: The Beast WithinGabriel lives in his family's castle at Rittersberg, and Grace's trail leads to King Ludwig II's castles of Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee. 92% on Steam (317 reviews)15 h or morePaidPC
  14. 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 ScreamOne of the psychodramas AM builds is a medieval castle occupied by witches 89% on Steam (4,102 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  15. Black Mirror II key art: a shattered-glass collage with a man seen from behind in fog facing a gothic castle, and small game scenes in the broken shards Puzzle horrorBlack Mirror IIDarren's search takes him to the reigning evil of Black Mirror Castle in Willow Creek, England. 90% on Steam (725 reviews)18 h or morePaidPC
  16. Black Mirror III key art: a smirking young man in a jacket above a burning gothic manor, a church, a graveyard and a heap of skulls Puzzle horrorBlack Mirror IIIYou return to face the dark forces that haunt Black Mirror Castle and what waits in its crypt. 90% on Steam (556 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  17. The Designer's Curse key art: a bald, doll-like figure with a bloodied, nail-studded torso in a dark brick corridor, beside the white title Puzzle horrorThe Designer's CurseThe store has you finding your way through the castle of Shaw Well Manor, with stone halls and stained glass 88% on Steam (817 reviews)about 33 minFreePC, Mac
  18. Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi key art: the white scrawled title over a red pentagram and red smoke on black Action horrorNosferatu: The Wrath of MalachiSet in castle Malachi, a massive gothic castle with a courtyard hub and three wings of rooms 87% on Steam (3,245 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  19. Dread X Collection 3 key art: a castle on a red autumn hillside under a grinning jack-o'-lantern moon PS1Dread X Collection 3The hub is a lone castle perched above the clouds, where Leo and Prometheus are locked in. 92% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC
  20. The Black Mirror key art: a gothic castle silhouette with a lit round window and an orange occult seal against a blood-red stormy sky Puzzle horrorThe Black MirrorSamuel returns to Black Mirror Castle, the family seat whose grim mysteries the whole game circles 84% on Steam (1,509 reviews)15 h or morePaidPC
  21. Resident Evil 4 (2005) art: Leon Kennedy holds a handgun in a misty forest as infected villagers close in on both sides SurvivalResident Evil 4 (2005)After the village the game moves into a castle owned by Ramon Salazar, with cultists and armoured enemies. 94% on Steam16 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  22. D: The Game key art: a large ragged red letter D frames a pale face with long black hair, between dark staircases Multiple endingsD: The GameOnce inside the hospital, Laura finds it has become a gothic castle she has to search room by room. 89% on Steam (159 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  23. Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire key art: a pale crowned vampire sleeps upright in an open coffin, wrapped in glowing red bands covered in runes Puzzle horrorSilent Slayer: Vault of the VampireThe coffins wait in a dark stone castle, with candlelit walls and a cellar full of barrels. 86% on the Meta Quest store (202 ratings)about 3 hPaidVR, PC
  24. Realms of the Haunting key art: the jagged yellow title over faded, red-toned faces of three characters, one in round glasses, on a grungy backdrop of occult marks Puzzle horrorRealms of the HauntingBeyond the house lie medieval realms of stone halls and corridors hung with shields and swords 78% on Steam (534 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  25. Forest Escape: Last Train key art: three masked prisoners in orange jumpsuits with pickaxes stand before a steam locomotive in a foggy pine forest Co-opForest Escape: Last TrainYou survive a block-built castle packed with deadly traps. 80% on Steam (636 reviews)PaidPC
  26. Scorn key art: a rust-red face of cracked, veined flesh with one empty eye socket, framed by tube-like growths SurvivalScornA vast grey bone-like palace with spires and statues rises out of purple-grey fog under a pink sky. 77% on Steam (20,129 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Xbox, PlayStation

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More kinds of horror

  1. Short horror games621
  2. Psychological horror games530
  3. Horror games with multiple endings417
  4. Horror puzzle games341
  5. Survival horror games259
  6. 2D horror games254
  7. PS1 horror games233
  8. Stealth horror games180
  9. Horror escape games164
  10. Surreal horror games145
  11. Horror visual novels137
  12. Anime horror games132
  13. Haunted house games131
  14. Mystery and detective horror games127
Every genre

Where you play

  1. Steam horror games1009
  2. Epic horror games97
  3. GOG horror games270
  4. itch.io horror games592
  5. PC horror games1337
  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
  8. PlayStation horror games404
  9. Xbox horror games367
  10. Switch horror games317
  11. Mobile horror games188
  12. VR horror games69
  13. Browser horror games236
  1. Scary games1456
  2. Free horror games561
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