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Dystopian horror games

Horror games set in societies gone wrong: sunken utopias, quarantine zones under curfew, corporate cities and regimes that rule through cameras and propaganda. You move through places built to control the people in them, read the posters and orders they left behind, and learn what the order cost while something worse waits in the halls.

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

The 29 best, 2026

  1. Hello Charlotte EP2 key art: a black-and-white drawing of a crying girl holding a small dripping figure, at the right edge of a black speckled background PsychologicalHello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam DeoThe launch announcement calls it a sci-fi dystopian horror, and a ruined, empty city street is one of its scenes. 97% on Steam (2,479 reviews)about 4 hFreePC
  2. Unsorted Horror key art: the title in large white letters over a sepia CD-R disc on a black background PsychologicalUnsorted HorrorFive short games set among detailed machinery in a dark dystopian setting, as the store page puts it 97% on Steam (3,768 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  3. Extreme close-up of Elster's shadowed face with glowing red eyes against a deep red background, drawn in a pixel anime style PsychologicalSIGNALISHumanity has colonised the solar system under the totalitarian regime of Eusan, which rules through surveillance and propaganda. 97% on Steam (35,155 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. INSIDE key art: the boy hides behind a pillar in a dark factory while a machine sweeps the room with a searchlight PsychologicalINSIDELines of grey, will-less people trudge in step through a city watched by security cameras. 97% on Steam (76,338 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  5. Athanasy key art: a giant mass of fused human bodies and arms with a screaming mouth, bone spikes and green runes, beside the game's title Body horrorAthanasyThe City is a closed, sunless society; a reviewer calls it a 1984-inspired dystopia where loneliness and failure come whatever you choose. 97% on Steam (491 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch
  6. Lobotomy Corporation key art: the AI Angela, eyes closed, in a lab coat with long pale hair, on a black background 2D horrorLobotomy CorporationIt is set in the City, a dystopia ruled by 26 mega-corporations, where L Corp harvests energy from Abnormalities. 94% on Steam (58,014 reviews)59 h or morePaidPC
  7. BioShock key art: a rusty Big Daddy with a drill arm and a Little Sister holding a syringe in a dim, flooded art deco hall Multiple endingsBioShockRapture is a failed underwater utopia whose posters still urge you to 'Pick your Plasmid and evolve!' 94% on Steam (32,277 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Xbox
  8. Lumina Veil key art: a silhouetted figure with a baseball bat in a dark, foggy tiled corridor with a wheelchair and a ceiling strip light PsychologicalLumina VeilIn the streamer's real life a facade of normality masks a society grappling with isolation and control. 97% on Steam (334 reviews)about 3.5 hFreePC
  9. The Last of Us Part I key art: Ellie with a backpack looks down over a ruined town in orange haze, a small figure of Joel with a pistol walking within her silhouette SurvivalThe Last of Us Part IThe Boston quarantine zone is fenced off, with curfew signs and a ration distribution centre run under military control. 98% on the PlayStation Store (146,000 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  10. s.p.l.i.t key art: a hooded figure seen from behind at a desk of glowing CRT monitors, with cables overhead and a server rack, in a dark cramped room Psychologicals.p.l.i.tEngadget places it in a dystopian near-future, and the target is a superstructure of unethical electronics. 92% on Steam (2,952 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, Linux
  11. Living Cell key art: a hooded figure in a gas mask with a cracked goggle lens, seen through dark cables in a purple haze SurvivalLiving CellAn endless apartment block whose people trade light bulbs for food concentrate and have never seen outside. 96% on Steam (266 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  12. Smile More key art: a pale blue-lit face with a thin forced smile and long black hair in darkness, beside the scrawled white title PsychologicalSmile MoreThe Ministry of Happiness and Peace demands every citizen be fixed and made to smile, and rebellion symbols must be thrown away. 94% on Steam (363 reviews)about 15 minFreePC, Mac
  13. Descending key art: the title in pink letters above a metal lift shaft with a cage car, running down into a dark red void PsychologicalDescendingThe makers tag it dystopian, and your quarters carry a bomb poster reading Our vengeance will rise from below. 94% on itch.io (309 ratings)about 45 minPay what you wantPC
  14. HR: Human Remains key art: a giant red tentacled demon with a fanged maw looms over stacks of paper in a dark office, with the title in red below Multiple endingsHR: Human RemainsThe remaining humans live and work on the Reservation under a demonic military occupation, kept alive by survival tickets. 99% on Steam (124 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  15. Costume Quest 2 art: four cartoon children in Halloween costumes, a candy corn with big glasses, a caped hero in goggles, a bearded wizard and a dinosaur, on a glowing clock circle HalloweenCostume Quest 2The future is a dental dystopia where Halloween is outlawed and Brush propaganda posters cover the walls 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,633 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. BioShock 2 key art: a Big Daddy in a brass diving suit holds a drill, with a glowing-eyed Little Sister on its shoulder, in a dark, rainy Rapture hall Multiple endingsBioShock 2Rapture is a failed undersea utopia that tore itself apart in a civil war. 89% on Steam (15,009 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, Xbox
  17. 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 WorldThe Leviathan Corporation rules an alternate 1984 East Germany through mass surveillance, class rules and mind-altering drugs 91% on Steam (4,617 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  18. Cronos: The New Dawn art: the Traveler's dented dome helmet marked ND-3576, with a shoulder lamp, before a ruined clock tower and a red rift under a red sky SurvivalCronos: The New DawnThe future is a ravaged wasteland of brutalist blocks run by the enigmatic Collective that sends the Traveler out. 88% on Steam (12,214 reviews)18 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Happy's Humble Burger Farm key art: the smiling cow mascot holds up a tray of glowing burgers before a red-lit restaurant, with monstrous mascot faces in the mist Mascot horrorHappy's Humble Burger FarmDestructoid calls it a satire of corporate dominance, where workers are worth only their efficiency inside a simulation 87% on Steam (3,056 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. 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 EditionSet in a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, on a lonely planet at the edge of habitable space 87% on Steam (1,015 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  21. THRESHOLD key art: the title in rough cream letters on a dark red wooden wall, beside a pale low-poly face in a cap PsychologicalTHRESHOLDYou are a government employee rationed air canisters for good work, told not to speak, not to run and not to look in the train 85% on Steam (1,381 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  22. Hollowbody key art: Mica holds a red glowing lantern and a pistol as pale, long-haired figures reach for her through grey smoke beside her crashed hover SurvivalHollowbodySet in a dystopian near future where a black-market shipper flies into a sealed-off zone, as the store page describes. 85% on Steam (1,625 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. 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 EditionSet in a dystopian society of the 1990s where Brian is a low-class citizen from the suburbs. 95% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  24. Märchen Line banner art: a dark green military starship with a gold eagle on its bow beside the orange title and the words Starborn Academia AnimeMärchen LineIts makers call it a dystopian far-future military dating sim, where a state religion and its Runes shape every Soldier. 98% on itch.io (55 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  25. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxSet in 2084, after a digital plague and a war, in a world where corporations rule what is left. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  26. My Beautiful Paper Smile key art: a red scribbled monster face with wide white eyes and jagged teeth in the dark, with the title in hand-drawn letters PsychologicalMy Beautiful Paper SmileA mad king rules a kingdom where the Authorities keep children in an 'education' facility and punish any feeling but joy. 82% on Steam (354 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  27. Angel Engine key art: the title beside a pale skull-like face and a bloodied figure strapped into a metal frame under robotic syringe arms Night shiftAngel EngineA far-flung dystopian future where the Angel Engine Initiative is humanity's last hope. 79% on Steam (309 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  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 store calls it dystopian: her plan ends in a world government, told over backgrounds of ruined industrial towers. 83% on Steam (53 reviews)about 20 minFreePC, Mac, Linux
  29. SLEEP AWAKE key art: a blonde woman's wide eye held open as a dropper hovers over it, a veined arm reaching in, in neon pink on dark blue PsychologicalSLEEP AWAKESet in a brutal police state in the last known city on Earth, its walls plastered with totalitarian posters. 80% on the PlayStation Store (181 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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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
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  1. Steam horror games1009
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  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
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