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Computer horror games

In these games the fear sits behind a screen. You type into an old terminal, read mail on a 1990s office PC, dig through the folders of a stranger's computer or answer a chat window that should be empty. The desktop looks ordinary, which is the point: a file that should not be there, a program that answers back or a window that will not close.

The top 30 of 86 computer horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Next Week at Freddy's key art: a furry, realistic Freddy Fazbear peering with one bright blue eye through a gap in red stage curtains FNAFNext Week at Freddy'sThe office computer holds the cameras, files on the restaurant's past and Comcat, a cartoon cat who can block your screen 99% on Game Jolt (876 ratings)FreePC
  2. MOLE cover: the title in amber pixel letters on a red navigation grid splashed with blood, framed by a riveted porthole PsychologicalMOLEThe cockpit is run through amber CRT terminals that show orders, depth and atmosphere, with cartridges used as keys and data. 97% on Steam (4,098 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  3. Unsorted Horror key art: the title in large white letters over a sepia CD-R disc on a black background PsychologicalUnsorted HorrorMuch of the play happens at beige computers with green screens, reading charts and mail to run the machines 97% on Steam (3,768 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  4. last seen online key art: a girl in a leopard-print hat sits beside old computer windows showing three children lit by a monitor, with the title in glowing pixel type Psychologicallast seen onlineYou bought an old PC at a garage sale and search its files, folders and programs for what its owner left behind 96% on itch.io (4,233 ratings)about 1 hFreeBrowser, PC, Mac
  5. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus art: Sayori waving, Yuri with a book, Natsuki with folded arms and Monika with a sheet of paper on a pink background PsychologicalDoki Doki Literature Club!In the Plus edition the main menu is laid out like a computer desktop, with Side Stories, Files, Mail and Pictures. 96% on Steam (229,279 reviews)about 4 hFreePC, Mac, iPhone, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox
  6. Online Obsession cover: a white-haired anime-style figure half in shadow with a glowing red eye, a glitching red heart and the title over pink halftone, cut by a black, blood-spattered band PsychologicalOnline ObsessionYou poke around your own pink computer desktop, with the Star Blitz game and a recycle bin on it 96% on itch.io (3,849 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  7. Forbidden Solitaire key art: a screaming bearded man and a tower with glowing windows in purple light, with a red gem in an eye shape under the title Multiple endingsForbidden SolitaireYou play a 1995 CD-ROM game on a 2019 desktop, where messages, news clips and crime scene photos pop up over it 96% on Steam (2,258 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  8. JOLLY 3: Chapter 2 key art: close-ups of a bear animatronic and a decayed one with glowing eyes in red light, either side of a white octagon with a numeral II FNAFJOLLY 3: Chapter 2After each night you decrypt ten locked data files on a home computer while rusty animatronics try the doors 96% on Game Jolt (1,678 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Android
  9. lily's world XD key art: glitchy pastel early-2000s desktop windows with pixel icons around a pixelated photo of a dark-haired girl with a black bar over her eyes Psychologicallily's world XDThe whole game is played on Lily's old laptop: its email, browser, messenger, gallery and files. 97% on Steam (1,612 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  10. missed messages. key art: May, a smiling freckled girl with pink hair in a white sweater, reaches toward you from a doorway under the game's title Psychologicalmissed messages.Much of the story plays out on your laptop screen, where the airdrop request pops up beside your notes and music. 95% on Steam (11,230 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, Mac, Linux
  11. Pony Island key art: the yellow Pony Island logo over a glitched pixel devil face and two clawed hands PsychologicalPony IslandYou hack the machine's code, read chat windows on its desktop and search its files to find a way out. 95% on Steam (19,341 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  12. SYNTAXIA title card: a cozy horror game about bending reality, with a small orange-haired character among pixel furniture over a text box where words are typed 2D horrorSYNTAXIAA laptop's SyntaxOS is your main tool: whatever is written in it becomes reality, and its windows hold your skills, inventory and timeline. 95% (10,007 ratings)about 27 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  13. IMSCARED art: a dark figure with long hair, outlined in white, standing in front of a huge faint pixelated face on black PsychologicalIMSCAREDIt fakes crashes and writes notes and pictures into a folder on your desktop that you must read to go on. 95% on Steam (4,028 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Android
  14. D3V0UR key art: the yellow pixel title with an eyeball for the O, over a purple-tinted figure in a zipped hoodie holding a hammer on black PsychologicalD3V0UROne screenshot is an old computer desktop with Web, Game, Messages and Notes icons at 1:27 AM. 98% on itch.io (426 ratings)FreePC, Mac
  15. DEAD LETTER DEPT. key art: the white title over a red background with a barcode strip and a torn, burnt letter postmarked San Francisco PsychologicalDEAD LETTER DEPT.Almost all of the play happens at an old CRT terminal, typing what is highlighted on scanned mail. 95% on Steam (1,885 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Linux
  16. The Bunny Graveyard key art: a purple cemetery gate and a rabbit-eared statue seen through a dark frame, with a Find Her bunny poster at top right PsychologicalThe Bunny GraveyardIt opens at an old computer whose screen cracks and pulls you in, and you play the rest as a cursor inside it. 95% on Steam (1,593 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Switch
  17. One Night at Flumpty's 2 key art: Flumpty's smiling pink face on a black vinyl record label, with the title in white and a big faded 2 FNAFOne Night at Flumpty's 2Your main tool is a laptop running on an old battery that has to be rebooted when its charge runs out. 96% on Game Jolt (3,200 ratings)about 9 minFreePC, iPhone, Android
  18. 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 DaysGetting caught opens a Player Uninstaller window that deletes your player data piece by piece. 95% on Steam (1,083 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  19. Penumbra: Black Plague key art: a lone figure with a red backpack stands in a snowstorm between two snow-covered roofs, beside a frozen post hung with charms PsychologicalPenumbra: Black PlagueYou work the base's computers and security systems, finding passwords and reading emails and videos on its machines. 94% on Steam (3,007 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  20. DEATH IN UNISON key art: a pixelated pale face with one blue eye and a jagged grin leans out of the dark beside a field of blue static FNAFDEATH IN UNISONAn old CRT computer holds the prisoner database, and emails between days reveal the prison's secrets. 95% on Steam (790 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  21. 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 1984It poses as software for the fictional Anekom computer, played through a typed command prompt on a CRT screen. 94% on Steam (3,196 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  22. EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE key art: glitchy title lettering beside an ink-splatter figure in a gas mask, in black and white SurvivalEMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUEOld terminals and a portable computer hold the logs, emails and antenna puzzles of the facility 94% on Steam (1,412 reviews)about 3 hFreePC
  23. 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?An old CRT computer in the cabin runs Castle Serpentshtain, the game you play for your freedom. 95% on Steam (1,722 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. Pleh! key art: the hand-drawn white title PLEH! on a black starry sky with pixel-art green, teal and red planets PsychologicalPleh!It may show your Steam name, computer username and Discord information on screen, with a streamer mode to hide your computer name. 94% on Steam (1,368 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  25. Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator cover: a pixel-art Freddy Fazbear and a big pixel pizza under the game's title FNAFFreddy Fazbear's Pizzeria SimulatorEach night you finish tasks on the office computer, printing flyers and ordering supplies, while its noise draws the animatronics. 94% on Steam (33,429 reviews)about 3 hFreePC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  26. 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 PsychologicalKinitoPETPlayed on a recreated early 2000s computer, from its login screen to a desktop with e-mail, a browser and games 93% on Steam (14,871 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  27. 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 SyndromeYuuna downloads Ai onto her computer, and much of the story happens at her desk in front of the glowing monitor 96% on itch.io (417 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantPC, Mac, Android
  28. Winion Virus key art: a purple horned pixel-art creature with sleepy pink eyes beside the multicolour game title on black PsychologicalWinion VirusSet inside a virtual operating system that looks like Windows, where you run an illegal program and fix errors in the computer 94% on Steam (987 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac
  29. Lacey's Flash Games cover: cartoon mascot Lacey with blue pigtails flashing a peace sign over a glitched pink website, with the game's logo at lower left PsychologicalLacey's Flash GamesScreenshots show the site open on an old XP-style desktop, with a grace.cam webcam window beside it 96% on itch.io (407 ratings)FreePC
  30. Morris❤️ key art: a smiling boy glowing on a green CRT screen beside the title and a pixel heart, with a More Secrets Update banner Visual novelsMorris❤️Everything plays out on the green monochrome screen of an Apple II-era computer, keyboard and disk drives drawn around it 96% on itch.io (403 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux, Android

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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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