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Horror games about children on GOG

In these horror games a child is at the centre. Most often you play one: small, unarmed and alone at night in a house, a gallery or a town that grown-ups have left. Others send you looking for a missing child, or set children loose as the thing that hunts you. The fear is being too small to fight back, so you hide, run and solve your way out.

The top 29 of 29 horror games about children on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 29 best on GOG

  1. Underground Blossom key art: a gold pocket watch with white petals drifting around it in front of a dim brown train carriage PsychologicalUnderground BlossomThe line starts in Laura's childhood, with stops named Crib Station and Child Lane and a pram on the first platform 98% on Google Play (13,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  2. Fran Bow key art: Fran, blood running from one eye, holds her black cat before a red-eyed creature, with a skeleton in a top hat and masked figures on the left PsychologicalFran BowYou play Fran, a ten-year-old girl in 1944 who has found her parents murdered 97% on Steam (23,250 reviews)about 7.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android
  3. MOLE cover: the title in amber pixel letters on a red navigation grid splashed with blood, framed by a riveted porthole PsychologicalMOLEFlashbacks return to the death of the Navigator's son, and the grief over it drives the story. 97% on Steam (4,098 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  4. The Witch's House MV key art: blonde Viola on the left, the purple-haired witch with glowing mismatched eyes looming in the sky, and a stone house with a black cat in its window 2D horrorThe Witch's House MVYou play Viola, a 13-year-old girl lost alone in the witch's house 95% on Steam (4,204 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Baby Blues Nightmares key art: the crayon-style title over black ink splatter in a dim child's bedroom with blue cloud-painted walls and a wooden wardrobe SurvivalBaby Blues NightmaresYou play a toddler who can't reach door handles and has to drag chairs over to open them. 98% on itch.io (584 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC
  6. Murder House key art in the style of a VHS box: the killer in a bunny mask raises a hooked blade over the title, with the line Don't put your eggs in this basket SurvivalMurder HouseThe Easter Ripper kidnapped, tortured and killed children before he was caught and executed. 95% on Steam (2,354 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. F.E.A.R. key art: the F.E.A.R. logo beside Alma, a pale dark-haired girl, on an orange background Action horrorF.E.A.R.Alma, a mysterious little girl dressed in red, haunts the compound. 94% on Steam (19,718 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  8. Three figures in a small rowing boat on a pale, misty river among bare branches: one poles at the stern while a girl holds a small child SurvivalA Plague Tale: InnocenceYou play Amicia, protecting her five-year-old brother Hugo, and travel with other children on the run. 93% on Steam (73,516 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Midnight Scenes: The Nanny key art: a shadowy figure with tangled pale hair, glowing red eyes and bared teeth at the right of a dark banner 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The NannyYou see the night through the eyes of Oliver, an eight-year-old boy, alongside his older sister Tina. 97% on Steam (235 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC
  10. Little Misfortune key art: a little girl in a red beret and green coat looks back over a golden autumn hillside, with a fox holding a crackling staff and a Missing poster on a tree PsychologicalLittle MisfortuneMisfortune is eight, and posters for missing children hang around her town. 92% on Steam (14,397 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  11. Pathologic 2 key art: two thin dark figures with stitched torsos and blank white masks with small black eyes stand against a blood-red background PsychologicalPathologic 2A gang of local children, the Soul-And-A-Halves, plays by its own rules and keeps secrets you need to learn. 92% on Steam (12,269 reviews)28 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. 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 LucanorYou play Hans, a ten-year-old boy who runs away from home on his birthday. 93% on Steam (3,012 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red woman with raised arms looms over blue suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALYou play Maya, a child stolen from her family on the whim of a lonely god. 95% on Steam (480 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. Tormented Souls key art: a twisted figure stands in a red-lit corridor lined with suits of armour, glowing light behind it SurvivalTormented SoulsCaroline comes to Winterlake looking into the disappearance of twin girls. 90% on Steam (8,283 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  15. Corpse Party (2021) key art: a crying, bruised student in front of a broken window, with a bloodied blade in the foreground 2D horrorCorpse Party (2021)The ghosts are the spirits of murdered elementary school children. 90% on Steam (1,554 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  16. Sanitarium key art: a single bloodshot green eye staring out between strips of rough bandage PsychologicalSanitariumOne world is a town inhabited only by malformed children, and the hero's guilt over his sister's death runs through the story 84% on Google Play (1,710 ratings)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android
  17. Children of Silentown key art: a girl and child silhouettes with glowing white eyes before a pale moon, between red foliage and teal village houses 2D horrorChildren of SilentownYou play Lucy, a young girl, and much of the game is spent with the other children of the village and their games. 87% on Steam (1,597 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Little Nightmares II key art: Mono with a paper bag on his head and Six in her yellow raincoat stand among leaning houses while a huge shadowy man in a long coat looms before the glowing Signal Tower PsychologicalLittle Nightmares IIYou play Mono, a small boy with a paper bag on his head, travelling with the girl Six. 93% on Steamabout 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows key art: two schoolgirls in blue sailor uniforms, one staring out worried, the other with her head tilted back and eyes closed, before dark red bars PsychologicalCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsThe store warns of the mutilation, torture and murder of children, whose ghosts are the threat 85% on Steam (485 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  20. The Evil Within 2 key art: a pale, monochrome Sebastian Castellanos with eyes closed and a pistol under his chin, ghostly hands on his shoulders and faces in white liquid among black tendrils PsychologicalThe Evil Within 2The whole story is a search for Sebastian's young daughter Lily, the Core of STEM. 92% on Steam14 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  21. GYLT key art: Sally, a girl in a red coat with a backpack, holds a younger child as a huge dark toothed monster reaches for them with clawed hands PsychologicalGYLTYou play Sally, a young girl, against monsters far bigger than her 95% on Steamabout 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  22. Lucius key art: a pale boy in a black vest and tie with glowing red eyes looks down from a dim stone hall ringed with candles Puzzle horrorLuciusYou play Lucius, a six-year-old boy who kills the adults around him while no one suspects him. 81% on Steam (10,946 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  23. Hello Neighbor key art: the moustached neighbour holding a shovel among autumn trees, with crows watching Puzzle horrorHello NeighborA poster for missing children hangs on a tree on your street. 80% on Google Play (550,000 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  24. Blair Witch key art: the silhouette of a man and his dog walking into a forest washed in red, a stick-figure shape formed by the branches above, a wrecked truck and a tent nearby PsychologicalBlair WitchEllis joins the search party for a missing nine-year-old boy, Peter Shannon 79% on Steam (8,315 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  25. REANIMAL key art: two children row a small lit boat across dark floodwater past wrecked ships and telephone poles, under a giant sheep-headed creature looming out of the stormy sky PsychologicalREANIMALBoth playable characters are children, a brother in a sack mask and a sister in a white nightgown. 75% on Steam (26,213 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  26. The Medium key art: Marianne, white-haired, raises a glowing hand, standing between a grey abandoned building on the left and an orange spirit world of crosses and twisted trees on the right PsychologicalThe MediumA spirit girl called Sadness appears through the resort, and screenshots show a ghostly child on a swing. 89% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  27. Corpse Party: Blood Drive key art: a frightened schoolgirl in a sailor uniform held by red flesh creatures in front of the decaying wooden Heavenly Host school PsychologicalCorpse Party: Blood DriveThe store's content warning names the mutilation, torture and murder of children, in a haunted elementary school 73% on Steam (365 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Switch
  28. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs key art: a painted Victorian engine room of brass pipes, gauges and a ladder beside a red armchair, with a round hatch smeared with blood PsychologicalAmnesia: A Machine for PigsMandus searches for his children, who are in grave peril somewhere in the house and the machine. 70% on Steamabout 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  29. The Park art: an amusement park in silhouette, a large Ferris wheel and rollercoaster track against a dark teal stormy sky PsychologicalThe ParkA lost teddy bear and a missing child open the story; you follow a young boy's voice from ride to ride 70% on Steam (3,204 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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  1. Psychological horror games121
  2. Horror puzzle games109
  3. Survival horror games82
  4. Horror games with multiple endings71
  5. 2D horror games58
  6. PS1 horror games45
  7. Stealth horror games45
  8. Cosmic and Lovecraftian horror games42
  9. Mystery and detective horror games38
  10. Surreal horror games31
  11. Short horror games27
  12. Horror shooters and action horror games23
  13. Sci-fi and space horror games23
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Other places to play

  1. Steam horror games1009
  2. Epic horror games97
  3. itch.io horror games592
  4. PC horror games1337
  5. Mac horror games391
  6. Linux horror games261
  7. PlayStation horror games404
  8. Xbox horror games367
  9. Switch horror games317
  10. Mobile horror games188
  11. VR horror games69
  12. Browser horror games236
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  2. Free horror games6
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