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Horror games about family on GOG

In these games the horror lives at home. You are hunted through a farmhouse by the family that owns it, answer a letter from a mother long dead, sit with relatives who insist a sick son is fine, or follow a father who will not stop digging. What frightens is closeness: the people who should keep you safe, and the house you cannot simply leave.

The top 30 of 45 horror games about family on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best on GOG

  1. Firework key art: orange silhouetted figures, one with an umbrella, stand on a dark ember-lit ridge under a grey misty sky, above the title FIREWORK PsychologicalFireworkThe murdered Tian family's past comes out piece by piece as you search their house 98% on Steam (44,554 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  2. Underground Blossom key art: a gold pocket watch with white petals drifting around it in front of a dim brown train carriage PsychologicalUnderground BlossomIt follows Laura Vanderboom, of the family at the heart of the Rusty Lake series, and its secrets 98% on Google Play (13,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  3. Servant of the Lake key art: the silhouettes of a horse-drawn carriage and a servant holding a covered tray before a tall house, against green patterned wallpaper PsychologicalServant of the LakeYou serve the Vanderboom family, Aldous, William and their relatives, gathered for their yearly feast 98% on Google Play (9,490 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  4. Scarlet Hollow key art: a frightened blonde young woman in front of a decaying mansion as a veiled figure with glowing eyes reaches toward her PsychologicalScarlet HollowYou come for your aunt's funeral and to support your cousin, head of the Scarlet family. 98% on Steam (5,391 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. Rusty Lake: Roots key art: a painted valley with a lake, mountains, a white palace on an island, a chapel and a windmill PsychologicalRusty Lake: RootsYou follow the Vanderboom family across about three generations, unlocking each member's portrait on a family tree 96% on Google Play (16,100 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  6. The Past Within key art: the game's title beside a hexagon badge with a dark figure with white eyes, over a blurred dim room PsychologicalThe Past WithinYou help Rose set her dead father Albert Vanderboom's plan in motion, a story of the Vanderboom family 96% on Google Play (49,400 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, iPhone, Android
  7. Rusty Lake Paradise art: a man in a mosquito mask with insect wings hovers in a bare grey forest above a white rabbit beside a hole PsychologicalRusty Lake ParadiseYou play Jakob, eldest son of the Eilander family, home for his mother's funeral among his relatives 96% on Google Play (10,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  8. Umineko When They Cry Answer Arcs key art: red-haired Battler in a black cape beside the title, in a dark mansion room PsychologicalUmineko When They Cry - Answer ArcsThe Ushiromiya children fight over their dying father's fortune and his hidden ten tons of gold 96% on Steam (1,608 reviews)58 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  9. Umineko When They Cry key art: Battler in a white suit and the witch Beatrice beside the title, in front of a portrait in a dark mansion hall PsychologicalUmineko When They Cry - Question ArcsThe Ushiromiya children, their spouses and children fight over a dying father's inheritance before the killings begin. 95% on Steam (2,909 reviews)63 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  10. STASIS: BONE TOTEM key art: a frightened woman in a diving helmet underwater, a toothed orange-lit tentacle coiled around her in the green dark EscapeSTASIS: BONE TOTEMA husband and wife, grieving their recently dead daughter, are the heroes; the story tests a family's resilience. 93% on Steam (2,689 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Darkest Dungeon key art: a masked swordsman, a plague doctor and a highwayman with pistol and dagger stand before walls of skulls in a red-lit crypt 2D horrorDarkest DungeonThe eldritch horrors erupt across your family's ancestral estate, woken by your own Ancestor's digging. 92% on Steam (163,343 reviews)56 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  12. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 key art: title beside a pale cracked-mask figure holding a finger to its lips, in a dark hole in cracked blue ice PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2Holly digs into her own family: whether her mother was mad, whether she took her life, and whether there really was another sister. 92% on Google Play (42,600 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  13. 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 MisfortuneHer home is an unhappy one, with abusive parents. 92% on Steam (14,397 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  14. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 key art: a pale woman behind a cracked oval mirror, a clawed grey hand raised to hush, in a wall of roots and gold frames PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3Holly follows the last threads of her family's past, her mother and her sisters, through letters, photographs and reports. 93% on Steam (661 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone, Android, Xbox
  15. Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note key art: a frightened eye behind the visor of a hazmat suit as a slimy green clawed hand grips it 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The Goodbye NoteIt opens at home, with Griffin and a girl at the kitchen table before he leaves on his trip. 92% on itch.io (378 ratings)about 30 minPaidPC
  16. A Plague Tale: Requiem key art: Amicia with blood on her face and her little brother Hugo resting his head on her shoulder StealthA Plague Tale: RequiemA brother and sister on the run: Amicia fights to save her little brother Hugo 91% on the PlayStation Store (29,000 ratings)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red woman with raised arms looms over blue suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALAlong the way Maya meets bizarre versions of her own life and family members. 95% on Steam (480 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place key art: a cracked wind-up snow globe holding a snowy two-storey house and pine trees, on a dark background PsychologicalMidnight Scenes: A Safe PlaceHis mother leaves trays of food outside his door, his short-tempered father runs out of patience, and he talks to his sister Piper only through the wall 95% on Steam (245 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC
  19. 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 store names family, love, loss and control as its themes, and a family crisis plays out inside one memory 91% on Steam (4,617 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  20. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 Enhanced Edition key art: a pale woman with long black hair over her face holding a finger to her lips, beside the scratched title PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1The story uncovers the secret of the sisters' past and their mother's death. 88% on Google Play (130,000 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox, Android
  21. Clive Barker's Undying key art: a man in glasses sits in an ornate carved chair, flanked by four pale, grim figures in old-fashioned dress against a murky green wall Action horrorClive Barker's UndyingThe Covenant siblings, a family undone by a ritual they read as children, are the cursed enemies you face 90% on GOG (425 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC
  22. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter key art: a boy seen from behind on an autumn forest path, the scene torn open by a burning rift into a grey, skull-strewn world PsychologicalThe Vanishing of Ethan CarterThe deaths are those of Ethan's own family, and uncovering what happened to them is the heart of the story. 88% on the PlayStation Store (8,399 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. 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 opening text adventure begins with you pulling up at a neglected family holiday home, with family photos on the desk beside you. 87% on Steam (5,561 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. 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 MalachiYour whole family, the Pattersons, is locked in the castle and you must find and free each relative 87% on Steam (3,245 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  25. CONSCRIPT key art: a soldier in a gas mask and helmet with red lenses raises a spiked club amid explosions in a trench SurvivalCONSCRIPTThe whole journey is a search for your lost younger brother, to keep a home from being broken 90% on Steam (2,628 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  26. Visage key art: a figure under a pale sheet in front of rain-streaked glass, next to the Visage logo PsychologicalVisageThe house's past residents include families murdered by their own members. 84% on Steam (11,033 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  27. DISTRAINT 2 key art: Price in a white shirt and loose red tie between a hooded old man with a huge pack and a grinning man in a suit, a horned shadow behind them PsychologicalDISTRAINT 2A Steam screenshot shows a family of three at a dining table under floral wallpaper, one saying: Don't be silly, honey. 95% on Steamabout 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. 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 digs into his own family's secrets after his grandfather William's death is written off as suicide 84% on Steam (1,509 reviews)15 h or morePaidPC
  29. The Beast Inside key art: a top-hatted figure made of tangled roots and blood holding a man PsychologicalThe Beast InsideNicolas Hyde tries to uncover tragic events from his childhood and his family's dark heritage. 83% on Steam (12,203 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  30. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxDaniel Lazarski comes to the tenement after a call from his estranged son Adam. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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