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Island horror games on GOG

In these games you are stranded, shipwrecked or called back to an island, and the sea is what keeps you there. Some are small private islands cut off by a storm, others are cursed towns, ruins or whole archipelagos you cross by boat. What frightens is the isolation: no help is coming, the locals keep their secrets, and whatever lives on the island knows it better than you do.

The top 23 of 23 island horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 23 best on GOG

  1. 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 ParadiseSet on Paradise Island, a small fenced island with a tower in the middle of a lake, cursed since the mother's death 96% on Google Play (10,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  2. 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 ArcsSet on Rokkenjima, the Ushiromiya family's island, cut off with eighteen people and perhaps a 19th 96% on Steam (1,608 reviews)58 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  3. Dagon key art: an engraved medallion of an island under the moon, ringed by tentacles, sea creatures and a great eye, on a starry black field PsychologicalDagon: by H. P. LovecraftThe story's land risen from the deep is a slimy island of mud, with a stranded ship hull and an old monolith. 95% on Steam (12,410 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. 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 ArcsSet on Rokkenjima, the private island the Ushiromiya family owns, cut off with eighteen people on it. 95% on Steam (2,909 reviews)63 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. Dino Crisis key art: a scaly raptor foot with a raised curved sickle claw on a blood-smeared floor, lit against darkness SurvivalDino CrisisThe mission takes Regina's team to Ibis, an isolated island in the Republic of Borginia where a military facility stands. 94% on the PlayStation Store (8,128 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation
  6. The Last Door: Season 2 screenshot: a man in a dark coat stands by a glowing gas lamp on a night street before an old brick house PsychologicalThe Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's EditionThe third episode takes place on a small Irish island of fog-shrouded villages, statues and masked people 94% on Steam (992 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone
  7. 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: RequiemThe siblings put their hopes in a prophesied island that may hold the key to saving Hugo 91% on the PlayStation Store (29,000 ratings)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Oxenfree key art: a glowing triangular rift hanging in a dark green cave, with two small figures standing below it PsychologicalOxenfreeSet over one night on Edwards Island, a former military island off the coast. 91% on Steam (12,133 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  9. Static Dread: The Lighthouse key art: a lighthouse at night behind a tentacled creature with glowing green eyes, under the game's logo PsychologicalStatic Dread: The LighthouseThe keeper is sent to a forsaken island with a fishing village on it. 90% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
  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: ResurrectedThe whole game is one large, non-linear map of Matinicus Island, with indoor and outdoor areas and no loading between them. 92% on Steam (386 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. EMPTY SHELL key art: a figure in a gas mask dissolving into black ink splatters on a white, glitched background SurvivalEMPTY SHELLThe secret facility stands on a Japanese island in the middle of nowhere, abandoned for decades before the volunteers are sent in 88% on Steam (723 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Total Chaos key art: a skull-like face with glowing orange eyes inside a swirling storm wave above the cracked title PsychologicalTotal ChaosShipwrecked by a sudden storm on the abandoned island of Fort Oasis, a town on coastal cliffs. 86% on Steam (1,671 reviews)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. Sunless Sea key art: a lone lit buoy with a bell leans out of a flat dark sea under a green-black sky 2D horrorSunless SeaThe zee is dotted with islands and ports such as the Chapel of Lights and Lorkins Port, each with its own stories 83% on Steam (9,582 reviews)22 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  14. Phantasmagoria store art: the title in dark gothic capitals with a pale outline, over a soft blue-white glow on a black background Fixed cameraPhantasmagoriaThe mansion stands off the coast of a small New England island, cut off from the town. 82% on GOG (1,364 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
  15. DREDGE key art: a small fishing boat with two glowing lamps on a rough green sea beside a red and white lighthouse under a brown stormy sky, with tentacles and a spiny fish under the water PsychologicalDREDGEYou sail between the islands of a remote archipelago, The Marrows and four more around it. 96% on Steamabout 9.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  16. 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 PsychologicalREANIMALA brother and sister return to the flooded island they once called home to rescue their missing friends. 75% on Steam (26,213 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. The Occultist key art: a bearded man in a jacket dangles a skull pendulum before a glowing teal occult circle of runes Puzzle horrorThe OccultistSet on Godstone, an abandoned British island no one has set foot on since 1950 84% on the PlayStation Store (403 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  18. The Chant key art: three retreat members in red mist, one raising a red flare, with a glowing cyan creature and red tentacles under a starry forest sky SurvivalThe ChantSet on a remote island spiritual retreat whose weird history you piece together 77% on the PlayStation Store (1,300 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  19. Maid of Sker key art: a frightened woman covers her mouth while a man runs through ivy-covered iron gates beside the hotel wall SurvivalMaid of SkerThe hotel stands on Sker Island, a fictional island off the Welsh coast. 79% on Steamabout 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  20. Them and Us key art: Alicia holding a pump shotgun in a misty blue graveyard with torches, a gallows and a gothic church tower SurvivalThem and UsAfter the bus crash she comes to in a mansion on a mysterious island, as Prima Games describes the opening 75% on Steam (1,224 reviews)PaidPC
  21. Call of Cthulhu key art: a lone man in a coat stands before lit iron gates under twisted bare trees at night PsychologicalCall of CthulhuSet on Darkwater, an isolated island where the Hawkins family died. 79% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  22. 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 OutThe lighthouse stands on Fetch Rock, an island off the Cornish coast you cross to alone. 72% on GOG (263 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC
  23. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare key art: Edward Carnby scowling with a raised revolver, Aline Cedrac behind him with a flashlight glow, in dark green light SurvivalAlone in the Dark: The New NightmareCarnby and Aline parachute onto Shadow Island, a remote island off the New England coast, after their plane is attacked 71% on Steam (576 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC

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