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Computer horror games on GOG

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 14 of 14 computer horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 14 best on GOG

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.tYou sit at a 1990s-style computer terminal in a shack, and the whole game is typed into its command prompt and chat. 92% on Steam (2,952 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, Linux
  7. 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 ShockYou play a hacker and jack into cyberspace to hack the station's systems and open other routes 90% on Steam (13,113 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Duskers art: a beam of light picks out a red A1 hatch on the dark, ribbed hull of a derelict spaceship drifting among wreckage SurvivalDuskersEverything is done at your ship's terminal: you type commands such as navigate 1 r6 into a command line to move drones and open doors. 90% on Steam (2,824 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  9. 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 ScreamThe five prisoners are trapped in the bowels of the insane master computer AM, buried deep in the earth 89% on Steam (4,102 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  10. Stories Untold key art: a glowing red orb among old CRT monitors, a camcorder, a keypad panel and framed photos, with GET OUT on one screen PsychologicalStories UntoldThe first story is a text adventure typed on a 1980s home computer in a dim bedroom, and what happens in the game starts to reach the room. 87% on Steam (5,561 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. 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;QuestArata, a game programmer, digs back into the lines of code of his abandoned project to reach Shina. 88% on the PlayStation Store (2,200 ratings)25 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  12. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxHacking into minds, neural implants and screens of code run through every case you investigate. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. No Players Online key art: an old CRT monitor floating in dark clouds shows a courtyard map with a red flag, a pistol beside it MysteryNo Players OnlineYou explore a faux-90s desktop on an old computer, read the previous owner's files and fuse games with a program called Soul Transfer. 83% on Steam (698 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  14. STASIS key art: a bald man in a dark segmented suit sits hunched with a hand on his head, cables trailing from his back, in a dim industrial room lit by a purple glow 2D horrorSTASISTerminals and PDAs hold door codes, crew logs and the story of what went on aboard. 79% on Steam (1,716 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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More kinds of horror

  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
  14. Haunted house games22
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  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
  1. Scary games270
  2. Free horror games6
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