Missing person horror games on GOG
In these horror games someone has disappeared: a friend, a cousin, a brother, a child, a stranger who lived in your apartment before you. You follow what they left behind, from posters and phone messages to a trail across a frozen pass, into the place that took them. The fear is in not knowing what you will find at the end of the search, and whether it is waiting for you too.
The top 30 of 33 missing person horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores
The 30 best on GOG
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PsychologicalHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 OnikakushiEvery year on the same day in June, one person dies and another goes missing.
96% on Steam (6,917 reviews) · 10 h or more · Free · PC, Mac, Linux
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2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The NannyThe whole episode is the two siblings' search for their nanny after she disappears during the night.
97% on Steam (235 reviews) · about 30 min · Paid · PC
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PsychologicalThe Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's EditionDr. Wakefield sets out in search of his client Jeremiah Devitt, who has mysteriously vanished
94% on Steam (992 reviews) · about 8 h · Paid · PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone
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Multiple endingsSIMULACRAAnna has vanished, her friends have no idea where she is, and you retrace her final steps through her phone.
90% on Steam (4,711 reviews) · about 4 h · Paid · PC, Mac, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The HighwayA MISSING poster of a smiling child is pinned to a wooden gate by the road.
92% on itch.io (675 ratings) · about 30 min · Paid · PC, Mac
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PsychologicalHarvesterSteve's fiancee goes missing and a bloody skull and spinal cord are left across her bed.
91% on Steam (1,759 reviews) · about 7 h · Paid · PC, Linux
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Puzzle horrorShiversThe museum founder vanished before it was finished, and two students who broke in years ago were never seen again.
94% on GOG (208 ratings) · about 9.5 h · Paid · PC
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PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1Playing as Holly Stonehouse, you must find your missing sister Heather.
88% on Google Play (130,000 ratings) · about 4 h · Paid · PC, Mac, Switch, iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox, Android
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Puzzle horrorBlack Mirror IIWhen Angelina suddenly disappears, Darren sets out to find out what happened to her.
90% on Steam (725 reviews) · 18 h or more · Paid · PC
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PsychologicalThe Vanishing of Ethan CarterEthan Carter has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, and finding out his fate drives the investigation.
88% on the PlayStation Store (8,399 ratings) · about 4 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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2D horrorChildren of SilentownPeople disappearing is nothing unusual in Silentown, and Lucy sets out to investigate the latest disappearance herself.
87% on Steam (1,597 reviews) · about 6.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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SurvivalCONSCRIPTYour younger brother has vanished in the chaos of Verdun, and you set out to find him
90% on Steam (2,628 reviews) · 12 h or more · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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EscapePuppet HouseField Town has been reporting mysterious disappearances, and every clue leads to the ventriloquist's house.
86% on the PlayStation Store (650 ratings) · about 2.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox
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AnimeDeath end re;QuestIt opens with an email from Shina Ninomiya, a colleague who went missing nearly a year earlier.
88% on the PlayStation Store (2,200 ratings) · 25 h or more · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Switch
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2D horrorWhispering WillowsThe story starts when Elena's father goes missing and she sets out to find him.
84% on Google Play (1,390 ratings) · about 2.5 h · Paid · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
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Puzzle horrorObservationEmma cannot reach Houston or the five other crew, and the story is about finding out what happened to them.
78% on Steam (2,585 reviews) · about 7 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox
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PsychologicalGYLTSally has been hanging posters of her missing cousin Emily, and the search for her drives the story
95% on Steam · about 5.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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Puzzle horrorHello Neighbor 2The ESRB describes a reporter trying to solve the mystery of a missing kid, and missing-person flyers lie at the crime scene
81% on Steam (6,089 reviews) · about 4 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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MysterySherlock Holmes The AwakenedThe case begins with a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US, starting with a servant missing from a captain's estate.
81% on Steam (1,156 reviews) · about 9 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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2D horrorSTASISJohn wakes in pain to find his wife and daughter missing somewhere on the ship.
79% on Steam (1,716 reviews) · about 7 h · Paid · PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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Puzzle horrorBarrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient CircleYou follow in the footsteps of the archaeologist Conrad Morse and find out what has happened to him
85% on Steam (185 reviews) · about 4.5 h · Paid · PC
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Puzzle horrorThe OccultistAlan comes to the island to find out why his father suddenly disappeared
84% on the PlayStation Store (403 ratings) · about 6.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox
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PS1Dread X Collection 5Rotten Stigma sends a retired policeman to investigate twelve children who disappeared at a sports center in 2006
81% on Steam (311 reviews) · 10 h or more · Paid · PC
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2D horrorBye Sweet CaroleLana goes looking for her friend Carole Simmons, who has disappeared from Bunny Hall.
72% on Steam (1,080 reviews) · about 7.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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PsychologicalDark Fall: The JournalYour brother goes missing after his frightened call, and six people vanished from the hotel decades before.
79% on Steam (312 reviews) · about 5 h · Paid · PC
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Puzzle horrorClose To The SunJournalist Rose Archer boards the ship to search for her missing sister Ada
74% on Steam (1,359 reviews) · about 5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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PsychologicalSaint KotarBenedek and Nikolay come to Sveti Kotar to find Benedek's sister Viktoria, who has mysteriously disappeared
70% on Steam (204 reviews) · about 8 h · Paid · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
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PsychologicalDark Fall 2: Lights OutThree lighthouse keepers have disappeared, and you are sent to find out what became of them.
72% on GOG (263 ratings) · about 4.5 h · Paid · PC
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PsychologicalThrough the WoodsKaren goes into the woods for the sole purpose of finding her missing son Espen.
71% on Steam (1,686 reviews) · about 2.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox
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PsychologicalThe ParkLorraine's son Callum runs into the park as it closes, and you search the whole park for him
70% on Steam (3,204 reviews) · about 1.5 h · Paid · PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Every game of the kind
- Psychological horror games on GOG
- Mystery and detective horror games on GOG
- Survival horror games on GOG
- Horror walking simulators on GOG
More picks
- Horror games with fog
- Demon horror games
- Basement horror games
- School horror games
- Doll horror games
- Horror games about family
- Witch horror games
- Train horror games
- Suburban horror games
- Cult horror games
- Amusement park horror games
- Horror games with masks
- Church horror games
- Monster horror games
- Ghost horror games
- Cemetery horror games
- Asylum horror games
- CCTV horror games
- Snow horror games
- Soldier horror games
- Apocalypse horror games
- Horror games about human experiments
- Dream horror games
- Forest horror games
- Small town horror games
- Maze horror games
- Mansion horror games
- Hotel horror games
- Farm horror games
- City horror games
- Horror games with traps
- Ritual horror games
- Camera horror games
- Skeleton horror games
- Phone horror games
- Computer horror games
- Hiding horror games
- Boat and ship horror games
- Flashlight horror games
- Hospital horror games
- Amnesia horror games
- Spider horror games
- Stalker horror games
- Horror games about children
- Village horror games
- Alien horror games
- Horror games set in ruins
- Horror games with a radio
- Folklore horror games
- Apartment horror games
- Horror games with dogs
- Horror games set in a storm
- Cave horror games
- Mutant horror games
- Horror games set at night
- Ocean horror games
- Japanese horror games
- Murder mystery horror games
- Horror games set in mines
- Parasite horror games
- Island horror games
- Toy horror games
- Prison horror games
- Tentacle horror games
- Lantern horror games
- Curse horror games
- Internet horror games
- Detective horror games
- Castle horror games
- Painting horror games
- Horror games with cats
- Dystopian horror games
- Lake horror games
- Laboratory horror games
- Horror games about depression
- Lighthouse horror games
- Horror games about madness
- Cabin horror games
- Victorian horror games
- Horror games about the dark
- Horror games about artificial intelligence
- Quarantine horror games
- Kidnapping horror games
- Mannequin horror games
- Plague horror games
- Horror games set in England
- Mountain horror games
- Time travel horror games
Scores are those players and critics give on the stores and sites named; each game's page says where.
More kinds of horror
- Psychological horror games121
- Horror puzzle games109
- Survival horror games82
- Horror games with multiple endings71
- 2D horror games58
- PS1 horror games45
- Stealth horror games45
- Cosmic and Lovecraftian horror games42
- Mystery and detective horror games38
- Surreal horror games31
- Short horror games27
- Horror shooters and action horror games23
- Sci-fi and space horror games23
- Haunted house games22