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Horror games set at night on GOG

In these games the night is the danger. Some give you the day to gather supplies and then send the worst things out after sundown, so every trip has to end before dark. Others put you inside one long night, in a school, a village or a house, where you see only what your light reaches and dawn is the only way out.

The top 19 of 19 horror games set at night on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 19 best on GOG

  1. Dying Light key art: a grey, rotting zombie face beside infected walking through a sunlit, dusty street Co-opDying LightSteam's page says you change from hunter to hunted at sundown, when the most dangerous infected come out. 95% on Steam (497,680 reviews)18 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. 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 2The danger is real as the asylum comes alive at night, and Holly has to escape the night to find the answers. 92% on Google Play (42,600 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  3. Homebody key art: a killer in a stitched mask and a gloved hand with a knife loom over a blood-spattered Emily and her friends, a house with a lit attic window under a huge moon PsychologicalHomebodyEverything happens on one night of the Perseid meteor shower, with an on-screen clock running toward midnight. 94% on Steam (747 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Pathologic 2 key art: two thin dark figures with stitched torsos and blank white masks with small black eyes stand against a blood-red background PsychologicalPathologic 2At night shops close and bandits roam the streets, so every errand has to be planned around the dark. 92% on Steam (12,269 reviews)28 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. 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 NoteThe airfield scenes and the flight itself take place at night. 92% on itch.io (378 ratings)about 30 minPaidPC
  6. Without a Dawn key art: a dim sun setting over dark water, drawn in tiny brown and orange text characters PsychologicalWithout a DawnIt all takes place in the dark stillness of one night, as she lies awake and the silence takes form 92% on Steam (947 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Blood West key art: a cowboy with a rifle hides by a wooden shack as a fanged undead creature with an open ribcage stalks a night-time frontier town Action horrorBlood WestThe screenshots show forts, forests and settlements explored in the dark, where stealth works best. 90% on Steam (6,789 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  8. Midnight Scenes: The Highway key art: a lone driver in an old car on a dark night highway between telegraph poles, in black and white pixel art 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The HighwayThe whole tale plays out on a dark road at night under a starry sky. 92% on itch.io (675 ratings)about 30 minPaidPC, Mac
  9. Shivers key art: the blue gothic title beside a glowing orange ring that frames a staring eye, on a dark purple background Puzzle horrorShiversYour friends dare you to spend one night inside the museum, and the game ends as dawn breaks. 94% on GOG (208 ratings)about 9.5 hPaidPC
  10. a pet shop after dark key art: a pale cartoon girl with a white bob, a curl on top and big black eyes stands behind a dark counter in a dim grey and rose shop with a hanging lamp and shelves Psychologicala pet shop after darkThe job is to stay the night in the shop, and the trouble starts after dark. 89% on Steam (412 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  11. Happy's Humble Burger Farm key art: the smiling cow mascot holds up a tray of glowing burgers before a red-lit restaurant, with monstrous mascot faces in the mist Mascot horrorHappy's Humble Burger FarmYou are hired to work the night shift alone at a quiet restaurant on the edge of town 87% on Steam (3,056 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Knock-knock key art: the red-haired Lodger in a scarf holds up a glowing candle while a huge shadowy skull-faced figure looms among dark branches PsychologicalKnock-knockEach night you must stay awake and sane until dawn, counting the minutes till morning 87% on Steam (2,087 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  13. Mothmen 1966 key art: a pulp book cover of four people before a giant red-eyed winged creature, on a table with playing cards and a cup of coffee Visual novelsMothmen 1966It is set over one November night in 1966, during the Leonid meteor shower 91% on Steam (304 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. 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 VigilAn all-night vigil where things become unexplainable after midnight. 91% on Steam (187 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC
  15. Dark Fracture key art: a hooded figure seen from behind faces a fleshy, ribbed cave lit in sickly green, beside the jagged title PsychologicalDark Fracture: PrologueThe prologue follows Edward through one dreaded midnight shift as strange events pile up. 83% on Steam (1,382 reviews)about 45 minFreePC
  16. Barrow Hill key art: a black crow flies before a full moon as lightning hits standing stones, with bare trees and a radio mast in silhouette under a stormy sky Puzzle horrorBarrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient CircleYou arrive on the autumn equinox and have one night to unravel what is happening at the barrow 85% on Steam (185 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC
  17. Alan Wake's American Nightmare key art: Alan Wake in a plaid shirt rests a red nail gun on his shoulder under a dark, smoky sky glowing orange Action horrorAlan Wake's American NightmareEvery place, from the oil field to the observatory and the drive-in, is fought through at night, and Arcade Mode asks you to survive until dawn. 75% on Steam (10,973 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  18. Through the Woods key art: a man with an axe and a small child walk a misty path through dead trees, watched by shapes with glowing eyes PsychologicalThrough the WoodsMost of the story takes place under the night sky in the woods, lit by a flashlight or a torch. 71% on Steam (1,686 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  19. The Park art: an amusement park in silhouette, a large Ferris wheel and rollercoaster track against a dark teal stormy sky PsychologicalThe ParkThe sun sets as you enter, and the park is walked through in the dark under its still-working lights 70% on Steam (3,204 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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