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Ghost horror games on GOG

In these games the dead have not left. You walk haunted houses, schools and roads where a pale figure waits at the end of a hall or appears behind you, and most of the time you cannot fight back. Some have you hunt spirits with cameras and EMF readers, others have you hide, hold your breath and slip past them, and a few keep their ghosts cute.

The top 30 of 31 ghost horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best on GOG

  1. 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 HollowHaunted houses and vengeful spirits are among the town's mysteries, per the store page. 98% on Steam (5,391 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  2. Sally Face store header: Sal with blue pigtails and his white prosthetic face, between a long-haired teen and a figure in bloody bandages PsychologicalSally FaceSal's Gear Boy handheld lets him speak with the dead and learn their stories. 97% on Steam (30,172 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  3. 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 ghostly girl in the Japanese horror tradition of eerie female ghosts, appears and vanishes between fights. 94% on Steam (19,718 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  4. Key art of a flooded basement corridor in green and red light, with a lift on floor B2 glowing red and a girl's silhouette in its doorway SurvivalThe Bridge Curse 2: The ExtricationYou hide from and evade ghosts such as the Mad Ballerina, who hunt you through the halls by sound. 94% on Steam (3,375 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Oxenfree key art: a glowing triangular rift hanging in a dark green cave, with two small figures standing below it PsychologicalOxenfreeA ghostly gate from the island's past lets spectres reach the teenagers. 91% on Steam (12,133 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  6. 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 vengeful spirits of murdered elementary school children haunt its corridors. 90% on Steam (1,554 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Alone in the Dark title art: the name in gold art-deco capitals with blue and red outlines on black SurvivalAlone in the Dark 1You banish, slay or elude ghosts and monsters to get through the house 92% on Steam (378 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac
  8. Silent Hill 4: The Room key art: a grimy apartment door wrapped in heavy chains and padlocks, with the title in white distressed letters PsychologicalSilent Hill 4: The RoomThe store promises new monsters, including ghosts that defy physical reality 90% on GOG (1,342 ratings)about 9 hPaidPC
  9. Shivers key art: the blue gothic title beside a glowing orange ring that frames a staring eye, on a dark purple background Puzzle horrorShiversThe Ixupi, evil spirits once sealed in ceramic vessels, hide in the museum and drain the life essence of anyone they strike. 94% on GOG (208 ratings)about 9.5 hPaidPC
  10. Killing Time: Resurrected key art: a fanged zombie in a bloodied apron swinging a spine, a zombie chef with cleavers and a red-eyed clown holding a pie, before orange and red rings Action horrorKilling Time: ResurrectedOver 50 live-action video scenes show the estate's vanished guests as glowing ghosts acting out what happened. 92% on Steam (386 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. 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 CarterProspero can communicate with the dead, and glowing blue spectral figures replay the moments of each death. 88% on the PlayStation Store (8,399 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Visage key art: a figure under a pale sheet in front of rain-streaked glass, next to the Visage logo PsychologicalVisageGhosts follow you through the house and kill you if they catch you. 84% on Steam (11,033 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin box art: Alma's pale face above the logo and a soldier with a rifle in a burning city, under an Xbox 360 banner Action horrorF.E.A.R. 2: Project OriginAlma Wade, the ghost girl of the first game, haunts Becket with visions as her power surges. 85% on Steam (9,559 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Xbox
  14. The Coma 3: Bloodlines art: a wide-eyed girl in close-up beside a wall of organic growths, with black spiky shapes between them, in dark blue SurvivalThe Coma 3: BloodlinesWraiths of the past cross the ages into the Coma, opposed by the Ghost Vigilantes 86% on Steam (369 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  15. Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil key art: the derelict Harwood House with boarded windows and a rusty fire escape under a bright moon Multiple endingsDark Fall: Ghost VigilThe Oxford Paranormal Group believes Harwood House is haunted by several ghosts, not a single entity. 91% on Steam (187 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC
  16. Dread X Collection 3 key art: a castle on a red autumn hillside under a grinning jack-o'-lantern moon PS1Dread X Collection 3A misty castle graveyard holds a smiling ghost statue, and a ghost shares your head in the hub. 92% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC
  17. The Beast Inside key art: a top-hatted figure made of tangled roots and blood holding a man PsychologicalThe Beast InsideReviewers note the game is filled with ghosts and other strange creatures. 83% on Steam (12,203 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Withering Rooms key art: a girl in a white dress holding a cleaver and a lantern faces a hunched creature draped in a bloodstained sheet in a candlelit Victorian room under a chandelier SurvivalWithering RoomsInvisible ghosts roam the halls and can only be seen by their effects. 96% on Steam17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  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 murdered children of Heavenly Host haunt its halls as glowing blue ghosts, one bloodied with an eyepatch 85% on Steam (485 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  20. Whispering Willows key art: Elena's face split between a glowing cyan spirit and her hooded human half, before a dark mansion at night 2D horrorWhispering WillowsHer amulet lets her spirit leave her body and talk with the ghosts of the mansion's past residents. 84% on Google Play (1,390 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  21. The Lost Crown key art: a pale, white-eyed girl beside a clawed, bloodied window with a shadowy hatted figure behind it, crows in dead trees, and the title PsychologicalThe Lost CrownYou hunt the ghosts of Saxton with an EMF meter, an EVP recorder and a night-vision camcorder, and the dead guard the crown. 83% on Steam (527 reviews)30 h or morePaidPC
  22. The Occultist key art: a bearded man in a jacket dangles a skull pendulum before a glowing teal occult circle of runes Puzzle horrorThe OccultistFriendly ghosts point you on, while hostile ones hunt you and you can only hide or run 84% on the PlayStation Store (403 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. 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 MediumMarianne is a medium who talks to lost spirits and walks in the spirit world alongside the real one. 89% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. Dark Fall: The Journal library art: a dark blue hotel corridor lit by pink glass wall lamps, with a framed portrait of a woman and a window shadow at the far end PsychologicalDark Fall: The JournalAn invisible ghost presence follows you: strange calls, footsteps and voices from nowhere, and you hear the dead with ghost-hunting gadgets. 79% on Steam (312 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  25. Neverending Nightmares key art: a frightened man holds a red candle while a pale woman with bleeding red eyes reaches for him, in black and white ink PsychologicalNeverending NightmaresA pale woman with bleeding red eyes reaches for Thomas from behind a door, one of the apparitions he must hide from. 76% on Steam (3,051 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone
  26. The Last Crown: Midnight Horror key art: ghost-hunters Nigel and Lucy in black and white with green ghostly smoke and photographs of a sheeted ghost Puzzle horrorThe Last Crown: Midnight HorrorYou hunt a ghost haunting the guest rooms above The Bear, caught on camera as a sheeted figure 80% on Steam (129 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC
  27. Dark Fall 2: Lights Out key art: a stone lighthouse on a rock in a teal storm, a big wave breaking at its base under dark clouds PsychologicalDark Fall 2: Lights OutFetch is the old English word for ghost, and you talk with the dead to solve puzzles. 72% on GOG (263 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC
  28. 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 maker says those who died in Heavenly Host stay there forever reliving their deaths; a screenshot shows a ghost girl in a mirror 73% on Steam (365 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Switch
  29. F.E.A.R. 3 key art: the title beside the pale ghostly girl Alma, a scarred man lit in red and a soldier with a rifle, on black Co-opF.E.A.R. 3Your co-op partner is the undead spirit of Paxton Fettel, and blood-soaked apparitions of Alma appear between fights 71% on Steam (13,739 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  30. The Suicide of Rachel Foster key art: a painted red dental retainer with blue wire clasps lying in white snow PsychologicalThe Suicide of Rachel FosterThe maker calls it a ghost tale, and a warning call says Rachel is still in the hotel. 61% on Steam (2,732 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, 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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