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Home invasion horror games

In these games the danger is at the front door, or already past it. Most leave you alone in a house at night while a stranger watches from the street, tries the locks or walks the halls with you. A few turn it around and make you the one creeping through someone else's rooms while the owner hunts you. The fear is the place that should be safe, and every noise downstairs.

The top 24 of 24 home invasion horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 24 best, 2026

  1. The Joy of Creation: Story Mode key art: burned animatronic bears with glowing eyes peer through two dark windows beside the game's title FNAFThe Joy of Creation: Story ModeThe animatronics knock at the doors and windows and come into the family's own home over one night 97% on Game Jolt (17,336 ratings)about 50 minFreePC
  2. Helping Your Boyfriend key art: Adrian, a blond man in a white lab coat and black gloves, reads a clipboard by a curtained window beside the pink syringe title logo PsychologicalHelping Your BoyfriendA strange man pins you down in your own bed, covers your mouth and holds out a pill: take this, or you die 98% on itch.io (867 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Android
  3. Symbiosis key art: a pixel-art woman and a child in a cat-ear beanie holding a bloody knife, among dead trees and pink flowers under a red moon 2D horrorSymbiosisAfter a break-in there are intruders in her house, and your job is to get them out. 96% on itch.io (893 ratings)about 45 minFreeBrowser, PC
  4. I'm on Observation Duty 4 key art: a blurred black-and-white camera view down onto a wooden sauna bench, a bright window in the corner PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 4Intruders walk into the watched houses and have to be reported before too many pile up. 96% on Steam (789 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. No, I'm not a Human key art: four uncanny drawn faces lit in green, a grinning shirtless man, a woman in a scarf, an old man and a woman with a bob, against apartment blocks at night PsychologicalNo, I'm not a HumanThe whole game takes place inside your house, where any guest you let in may be a Visitor waiting to kill. 93% on Steam (31,588 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  6. Sofia? cover: a dark-haired young man in a blood-spattered shirt glances sideways while a figure in a bloody rabbit mask stands behind him, the title written in pink PsychologicalSofia?Crow and Fio's sleepover is broken up when a strange masked woman breaks into the house. 94% on itch.io (1,251 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  7. GAVRIL cover: a grinning hooded man in a grey coat, his face hidden by a black mask, reaches out against a red background, with an inky black tail curling behind him Multiple endingsGAVRILYou wake to a crash downstairs and find an intruder in the house where you live alone, and your goal is to survive him. 94% on itch.io (974 ratings)about 20 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  8. Fears to Fathom - Home Alone key art: the title over a suburban street seen from a front porch at dusk, with lights along the path PsychologicalFears to Fathom - Home AloneA stranger watches the house while Miles is alone inside (Wikipedia plot, Steam description). 90% on Steam (11,255 reviews)about 30 minFreePC
  9. Christmas Massacre key art: a huge Santa Claus mask with empty black eye holes and a white beard against a starry night sky PS1Christmas MassacreLarry creeps into homes at night and kills the people inside one by one, unseen. 91% on Steam (1,123 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. The Man From The Window key art: a pale face with wide blue staring eyes rising from the bottom of a black background, the title in glowing red letters above ShortThe Man From The WindowLocked doors and the couch against the front door only delay the Man as he breaks into the home 92% on itch.io (330 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantPC
  11. Dead Signal key art: a glowing cyan satellite dish over a hooded silhouette on black, with the title in digital-display lettering Night shiftDead SignalLeave your apartment unlocked and uninvited guests get in. Intruders can appear in your bedroom or at your desk 89% on Steam (1,108 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  12. Veinless Property key art: an anxious young man holding a knife, drawn in black ink on red, with the white title across the bottom AnimeVeinless PropertyThe maker calls it a cel-shaded horror game based on a home invasion, in the style of Junji Ito. 90% on itch.io (332 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux
  13. Invasion of The Halloween Fiends key art: the title carved into a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern over a dark suburban street PS1Invasion of The Halloween FiendsPlayers describe a home invasion sequence in which the visitors get inside the house. 95% on Steam (126 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  14. Don't Let Her In cover: the title don't let her in scrawled in red pixel letters on a dark red and black background PsychologicalDon't Let Her InYour father's note says don't let her in, and the woman at the kitchen window keeps asking to come inside. 92% on itch.io (154 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  15. Mr. Meat: Horror Escape key art: the bald butcher with a bloodied, gaping mouth and wide red eyes EscapeMr. Meat: Horror EscapeYou break into the butcher's home and search its rooms while he patrols them. 84% on Google Play (321,000 ratings)Free with adsiPhone, Android
  16. They Looked Like Us key art: the title in white capitals over a dark red pixelated human figure against a blurred red background PS1They Looked Like UsThe broadcast warns that creatures that looked human are entering homes, and you darken yours so they do not find you. 88% on itch.io (154 ratings)about 6 minPay what you wantPC
  17. Secret Neighbor key art: the moustached Neighbor peeks around a brick wall at a group of kids, one with a glowing flashlight, standing by a fence under a full moon Co-opSecret NeighborThe kids sneak into the Neighbor's house at night to break open his locked basement. 80% on the App Store (22,495 ratings)about 15 minPaidiPhone, PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch
  18. Halloween fan-made game title art: Michael Myers in his white mask climbing the stairs toward the player's flashlight, the yellow title above and by Fernández & González below ShortHalloween (fan-made game)Someone tries to open the front door, and from then on the masked killer is inside the house with you. 86% on itch.io (150 ratings)about 15 minPay what you wantPC
  19. Alone. Again. title card: the word Alone in white and Again in red on black Walking simulatorsAlone. Again.Home alone at night, you watch a stranger in the street who seems to be getting closer to the house 86% on itch.io (111 ratings)about 5 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  20. Hello Neighbor key art: the moustached neighbour holding a shovel among autumn trees, with crows watching Puzzle horrorHello NeighborYou are the intruder here, breaking into a man's house through windows and doors. 80% on Google Play (550,000 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  21. You Are Grounded art: a clown with white face paint, red eyes and sharp teeth grins in a ruffled collar Walking simulatorsYou Are GroundedThe whole game happens inside the family house at night while the escaped killer comes for the family. 85% on Steam (128 reviews)about 50 minPaidPC
  22. One Halloween Night cover: a dark figure in the doorway of a porch with glowing jack-o'-lanterns and a scarecrow, under the title in orange neon ShortOne Halloween NightIts maker calls it a realistic home-invasion horror experience. 84% on itch.io (118 ratings)about 25 minFreePC
  23. The Swine key art: four people in stitched pig masks stand in a dim basement, the one in front holding up a tarot card PsychologicalThe SwineStrangers crash into your quiet life and torment you in your own house over a week. 81% on Steam (296 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  24. Intruders: Hide and Seek key art: a deer skull with large dark antlers over murky teal and brown ink smudges on a pale grey background StealthIntruders: Hide and SeekThree intruders break into the family's holiday house at night and take Ben's parents hostage. 79% on the PlayStation Store (700 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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More kinds of horror

  1. Short horror games621
  2. Psychological horror games530
  3. Horror games with multiple endings417
  4. Horror puzzle games341
  5. Survival horror games259
  6. 2D horror games254
  7. PS1 horror games233
  8. Stealth horror games180
  9. Horror escape games164
  10. Surreal horror games145
  11. Horror visual novels137
  12. Anime horror games132
  13. Haunted house games131
  14. Mystery and detective horror games127
Every genre

Where you play

  1. Steam horror games1009
  2. Epic horror games97
  3. GOG horror games270
  4. itch.io horror games592
  5. PC horror games1337
  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
  8. PlayStation horror games404
  9. Xbox horror games367
  10. Switch horror games317
  11. Mobile horror games188
  12. VR horror games69
  13. Browser horror games236
  1. Scary games1456
  2. Free horror games561
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