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Japanese horror games on GOG

These games are set in Japan: mountain villages of shrines and stone lanterns, small 1980s towns, Tokyo districts and a station underpass. Their fear comes from Japanese ghost stories and urban legends, from vengeful spirits and curses tied to old rites, and from walking quiet streets and old wooden houses where something follows the rules of a local legend.

The top 8 of 8 Japanese horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 8 best on GOG

PsychologicalHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 OnikakushiRural Japan in June of Showa 58, that is 1983. 96% on Steam (6,917 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC, Mac, Linux
PsychologicalCHAOS;CHILDSet in Shibuya, Tokyo, in October 2015, among Japanese high school students and their newspaper club 93% on Steam (4,166 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
SurvivalLabyrinth Of The Demon KingSet in a mythical feudal Japan where war, disease and famine have spread and demons walk the earth 92% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
2D horrorCorpse Party (2021)The students are from Kisaragi Academy, a Japanese high school, and the game is fully voiced in Japanese. 90% on Steam (1,554 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
SurvivalEMPTY SHELLSet in a secret facility on a Japanese island, with 1950s logs and emails written by its Japanese staff 88% on Steam (723 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
PsychologicalCHAOS;HEAD NOAHTakumi lives in Tokyo's Shibuya and attends Suimei Academy, with Japanese street signs in the scenes 88% on Steam (1,211 reviews)29 h or morePaidPC, Switch
PsychologicalCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsThe students come from Japanese schools such as Kisaragi Academy, voiced throughout in Japanese 85% on Steam (485 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
PsychologicalCorpse Party: Blood DriveStudents of Kisaragi Academy in sailor uniforms, in a school with tatami rooms and sliding paper doors 73% on Steam (365 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Switch

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Scores are those players and critics give on the stores and sites named; each game's page says where.