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Plague horror games on GOG

Horror games set during an outbreak: a medieval plague, a fever emptying an island, a contagion moving through a town street by street, or an infection that turns people into something else. You walk through quarantined districts, ration medicine, check the sick and watch the spread. The fear is slow and close: anyone could be next, and there is never enough time or cure for everyone.

The top 9 of 9 plague horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 9 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 ParadiseThe island is struck by the ten plagues of Egypt, one per chapter: blood, frogs, boils, locusts, darkness and more 96% on Google Play (10,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  2. Three figures in a small rowing boat on a pale, misty river among bare branches: one poles at the stern while a girl holds a small child SurvivalA Plague Tale: InnocenceSet in 1348 as the plague ravages the Kingdom of France, through villages devastated by the disease. 93% on Steam (73,516 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. 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 2The Sand Pest spreads through the town district by district, and fighting it with too little medicine is the heart of the game. 92% on Steam (12,269 reviews)28 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  4. 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: RequiemSet during the black plague, with rats spreading it across 14th-century southern France 91% on the PlayStation Store (29,000 ratings)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Pathologic Classic HD key art: tattered scarecrows on wooden poles under a pale sky, red leaves falling around the red title on a black ink splatter PsychologicalPathologic Classic HDAn unknown, always lethal disease spreads through the town, and you must find a cure or an explanation within twelve days 88% on Steam (4,651 reviews)29 h or morePaidPC
  6. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxThe world of 2084 is still marked by the Nanophage, a digital plague that came before the war. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Bad Dream: Fever key art: the hand-drawn title on stained paper beside a skull-labelled bottle of pills and a syringe, edged with dark blue ink blots PsychologicalBad Dream: FeverAn unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest and covered the world in a strange ink 82% on Steam (1,349 reviews)about 3 hFreePC, Mac, Switch
  8. Pathologic 3 key art: a young man's face seen through the pieces of a shattered mirror PsychologicalPathologic 3You have twelve days to save a steppe town from a deadly contagion, diagnosing the sick and fighting the spread. 80% on Steam (2,839 reviews)25 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. Security 51 key art: a moustached guard in a peaked cap at his desk beside an old computer showing a green alien, with tentacles curling in around him Night shiftSecurity 51Let the wrong person out and the infection ravages the city, tracked as a fungal zombie outbreak bar 72% on Steam (543 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac

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