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Ritual horror games on GOG

In these games someone has drawn the circle, lit the candles or chosen the sacrifice. Sometimes you are stopping a cult before its demon arrives, sometimes you must carry out a rite yourself to banish what is hunting you. The fear is in the procedure: an altar that waits for the next item, a chant you cannot take back, and something listening on the other side.

The top 25 of 25 ritual horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 25 best on GOG

  1. Sucker for Love: First Date key art: Ln'eta, a green Cthulhu-like girl with pink hair and bat wings, beside the masked Estir in a yellow dress under cherry blossoms AnimeSucker for Love: First DateEvery date is built on rituals from the Necronomicon, followed step by step in your bedroom; a flawed ritual brings madness and a bad ending. 98% on Steam (3,043 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Switch
  2. Inscryption key art: a spiral-eyed bearded man glowing red behind the title, with teal raven and wolf figures on either side PsychologicalInscryptionStrong cards are summoned by blood sacrifice of other cards, laid on the board like an offering. 97% on Steam (150,113 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. 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 ParadiseYou stop each plague by finding the mother's memories and taking part in strange family rituals 96% on Google Play (10,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  4. Amnesia: The Dark Descent art: a pale green stone hall in Brennenburg Castle with a carved fountain at its centre PsychologicalAmnesia: The Dark DescentThe baron's rituals coat a strange orb with vitae, a substance taken from people in agony 95% on Steam (35,840 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. FAITH: The Unholy Trinity key art: a caped man seen from behind faces a huge red demon with many clawed arms in a dark painted scene SurvivalFAITH: The Unholy TrinityScreenshots show ritual circles and sigils, and the cult works to summon a demon. 95% on Steam (9,226 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  6. 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 LighthouseLocals in the fishing village perform rituals to raise the dead. 90% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Corpse Party (2021) key art: a crying, bruised student in front of a broken window, with a bloodied blade in the foreground 2D horrorCorpse Party (2021)A friendship charm with a paper doll, torn apart by the whole class, sends them to the school. 90% on Steam (1,554 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Alone in the Dark title art: the name in gold art-deco capitals with blue and red outlines on black SurvivalAlone in the Dark 1Documents tell of an occultist who performed dark rituals in the caverns under the house 92% on Steam (378 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac
  9. 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: ResurrectedTess Conway held a ritual to gain eternal life; it backfired and her high-society friends vanished. 92% on Steam (386 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Clive Barker's Undying key art: a man in glasses sits in an ornate carved chair, flanked by four pale, grim figures in old-fashioned dress against a murky green wall Action horrorClive Barker's UndyingAs children the Covenant siblings read a strange ritual aloud as a game and set something terrible loose 90% on GOG (425 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC
  11. Lamentum key art: a man in a blue coat with a bloody axe and pistol among three other figures and tentacles, a dark mansion on a floating rock SurvivalLamentumBlood-red altars with sigil circles, robed skeletons and candles fill the chambers beneath the mansion 88% on Steam (846 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. The Sinking City 2 key art: a man in a fedora with a shotgun on his back stands waist-deep in floodwater under an Arkham cemetery arch, wrapped by rising tentacles SurvivalThe Sinking City 2The story begins with the Ritual of Dreaming, performed in summer 1929, going wrong 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,506 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. Puppet House key art: the wooden puppet seen from behind, holding a knife, sitting in a pool of blood at the foot of the mansion's staircase EscapePuppet HouseA strange ritual is what turned the old puppet into the paranormal force hunting the mansion. 86% on the PlayStation Store (650 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  14. Saturnalia key art: a glowing magenta horned mask hovering before a dark staircase and tangled branches, under the white hand-lettered title SurvivalSaturnaliaYou uncover the secret ritual at the heart of the village and use what you find to stop it 89% on Steam (139 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  15. Withering Rooms key art: a girl in a white dress holding a cleaver and a lantern faces a hunched creature draped in a bloodstained sheet in a candlelit Victorian room under a chandelier SurvivalWithering RoomsRituals preserve items from one night to the next or level you up permanently. 96% on Steam17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows key art: two schoolgirls in blue sailor uniforms, one staring out worried, the other with her head tilted back and eyes closed, before dark red bars PsychologicalCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsStudents are pulled into the school by the Sachiko Ever After charm ritual, which some chapters replay 85% on Steam (485 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  17. Lucius key art: a pale boy in a black vest and tie with glowing red eyes looks down from a dim stone hall ringed with candles Puzzle horrorLuciusThe manor hides a candlelit ritual room with an altar where a sacrifice is ordered. 81% on Steam (10,946 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  18. Stygian: Outer Gods art: a snowy village of wooden houses beneath a glowing green vortex with dark tentacles, a spired mansion on the hill beyond SurvivalStygian: Outer GodsReviewers mention occult rituals and disturbing sacrifices as part of the story. 81% on Steam (696 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  19. 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 CircleThe store promises a world of puzzles, archaeology and ancient rituals around the standing stones 85% on Steam (185 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC
  20. The Occultist key art: a bearded man in a jacket dangles a skull pendulum before a glowing teal occult circle of runes Puzzle horrorThe OccultistYou uncover long-buried occult rituals and evidence of a ritual gone wrong on the island 84% on the PlayStation Store (403 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  21. Dread X Collection 5 art: the painted neon entrance of the Outpost 3000 party venue at night, with a rocket ship statue and red shrubs beside the door PS1Dread X Collection 5HUNSVOTTI is set at a Finnish midsummer celebration in 1888 where a ritual must be completed 81% on Steam (311 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC
  22. Moons of Madness key art: an astronaut in a blue and white suit falls through dark mist toward huge red-ridged tentacles PsychologicalMoons of MadnessA screenshot shows a candle-lit altar wrapped in tentacles, with a skull and carved runic stone tablets. 77% on Steam (2,951 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. 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 ChantA group chant at the retreat goes wrong and opens the Gloom, and you must reverse the ritual 77% on the PlayStation Store (1,300 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  24. Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet key art: a man's wide, frightened eyes beside a bright comet in a dark blue sky, with the title in white letters 2D horrorCall of Cthulhu: Shadow of the CometLegend tells of an ancient ritual ground in the forest, marked by a carved cross, where terrible rites were once held. 74% on GOG (196 ratings)13 h or morePaidPC, Linux
  25. Saint Kotar key art: a bloodied man in glasses leans on a companion before hooded figures, a church tower and crows under a full moon PsychologicalSaint KotarYou solve the mystery behind your relative's involvement with the town's bizarre and morbid rituals 70% on Steam (204 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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