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Horror games set in a house

In these games the whole fear stays under one roof. You walk the hallways, kitchens and bedrooms of a single house, often a family home, at night and with the lights failing. Rooms shift, doors lead back where you started, and something moves in the next room. The scare is a familiar, ordinary place you know you cannot leave.

The top 30 of 70 horror games set in a house, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. JOLLY 3: Chapter 2 key art: close-ups of a bear animatronic and a decayed one with glowing eyes in red light, either side of a white octagon with a numeral II FNAFJOLLY 3: Chapter 2The post-night minigame is set in a house where Rusty Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy creep in through the doors and a window 96% on Game Jolt (1,678 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Android
  2. Silver Thread : Episode I key art: Alicia, silver-haired with a cigarette, and Beaford holding a lantern in a red room hung with framed pictures 2D horrorSilver Thread : Episode IAlicia searches her client's home and remarks on the odd things she found about the house 96% on itch.io (1,017 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  3. ANATOMY title banner: white terminal-style text reading >_ANATOMY on a scanlined blue screen that fades to black PsychologicalANATOMYYou explore one empty suburban house whose rooms, the tapes say, work like the organs of a body. 96% on itch.io (996 ratings)about 40 minPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  4. NO-SKIN key art: the title in bold red capital letters on black, with dark red fleshy shapes at the right edge SurvivalNO-SKINYou go room by room through a house, picking one of three rooms at each stage and facing what waits inside. 94% on Steam (1,436 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Which screenshot: in grainy greyscale, a barred window wrapped in chains lets in bright light, with the word EXIT and an arrow scrawled on the wall beside it EscapeWhichYou are trapped in a small, shadowy house and search its rooms for a way to open the door out. 95% on Game Jolt (973 ratings)about 10 minFreePC
  6. 7Days key art: a black silhouette with two glowing white eyes against a dark red background, above the pixelated red 7Days title Psychological7DaysYou wake in a strange house and spend all seven days inside it as its rooms and corridors shift around you. 95% on Game Jolt (1,367 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC
  7. Ignited Entry key art: a firefighter silhouetted before a pink blaze at left, pine trees and smoke in the middle and a dark ruined house at right PsychologicalIgnited EntryA warped sound calls you back to the burned-down house, which the maker says is still standing. 94% on itch.io (469 ratings)about 1 hFreePC
  8. Calm Time title art: a pixelated house roof under a starry night sky, with the words Calm time, a collaboration between MyMadness Works, Revolab and Bellini Virgil PsychologicalCalm TimeSet in a small, lonely house in the countryside where the guests run and hide from room to room 95% on Game Jolt (1,000 ratings)about 10 minFreePC
  9. Cursed 3 art: a pale, run-down two-storey farmhouse with a red brick chimney in a dry field under a grey sky, dark trees and leaning power poles in pixel art SurvivalCursed 3Jennifer sets off alone to her great-grandparents' abandoned house, where her father grew up, and investigates it in any order. 98% on Steam (261 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC
  10. 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 endingsGAVRILThe whole night plays out inside your own home, from your bed upstairs to the table downstairs where the intruder sits. 94% on itch.io (974 ratings)about 20 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  11. Notes of Obsession key art: the white title beside a pale, blurred skull-like face with raw red eye sockets, on black PsychologicalNotes of ObsessionThe whole game takes place inside a detailed modern Swedish family house at night. 95% on Game Jolt (489 ratings)about 30 minFreePC
  12. CAPTURED key art: a black silhouette with small white eyes and a faint grin in a dark room, tentacles curling by a pale doorway, in grainy blue camcorder light PsychologicalCAPTUREDSet in your own family home, with bedrooms, a home office, a kitchen and a utility room that change from loop to loop. 95% on Steam (647 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. Play With Me key art: close-up of a clown's drooling grin with a red nose and orange hair, the title carved into its yellowed teeth EscapePlay With MeYou wake in a mysterious, nearly empty family house and search it room by room for a way out. 94% on Game Jolt (543 ratings)about 10 minFreePC, VR
  14. 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 PsychologicalHomebodyThe whole game is set in a remote rental house whose puzzles Emily must solve to get out. 94% on Steam (747 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  15. Exmortis art: a derelict two-storey house behind bare trees under a pale full moon, in dark brown and black tones Puzzle horrorExmortisYou shelter for the night in an old house in a clearing, and its rooms are where the whole story unfolds. 92% on Newgrounds (4,170 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser
  16. The Butterfly key art: a dark creature with white eyes inside a teal glass case, with the title in red blocky letters PsychologicalThe ButterflyMost of it is spent in a dim 1980s-looking house of locked doors and floors that seem to keep going. 94% on itch.io (444 ratings)about 25 minFreePC, Mac
  17. Dad's Monster House key art: grayscale cartoon monsters, a black cat and a giant spider gather before a fence as a car drives past under a full moon Multiple endingsDad's Monster HouseThe whole game is set inside his father's old house, opened room by room as puzzles bar doors, ladders and lifts 93% on Steam (274 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Xbox, iPhone, Android
  18. For Sale key art: the white title with a house-and-camera icon beside hands holding a digital camera, on dark grey PsychologicalFor SaleYou spend the game inside one seemingly ordinary house, photographing it room by room for its sale. 96% on Steam (248 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Linux
  19. House Hunted key art: the title in bold black letters over a grainy, glitching teal photo of suburban houses with arched dormer windows Multiple endingsHouse HuntedYou tour houses for sale, and the maker's list warns of hungry houses and needy sellers. 94% on itch.io (374 ratings)about 5 minPaidPC
  20. Late Night Mop key art: a pale egg-headed figure with huge black eyes and a toothy grin peeks around a dark door in a fern-filled hallway, title above Night shiftLate Night MopThe whole game is one client's dark, blue-lit house: hallways, kitchen and living room to clean. 90% on itch.io (778 ratings)about 15 minPay what you wantPC, Mac
  21. Dead Seater key art: a lone figure on the lawn of a dim clapboard house, a huge figure on a chair looming at right, under the yellow title SurvivalDead SeaterYou explore the Vincent family residence room by room, unlocking deeper parts of the house as you prepare it for Father. 92% on Steam (850 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  22. Scauage key art: a silhouetted scavenger with a backpack lights an open box beside dead flowers in a decayed room with inverted crosses, next to the title PsychologicalScauageSet in an old two-story country house that you break into to loot, room by room. 91% on Steam (884 reviews)about 45 minFreePC
  23. Alternate Watch screenshot: black-and-white camera view of an empty kitchen at 00:02 AM, a checkered table with candles in front, threat level vague PsychologicalAlternate WatchThe cameras cover one family home: kitchen, living room, bedrooms, a kids room, bathroom, laundry and basement. 92% on itch.io (517 ratings)about 30 minFreePC
  24. It Moves key art: a red, rotting face with blank white eyes and an open mouth looming over the blurred title It Moves PsychologicalIt MovesThe story starts in the boy's own house and his small, narrow, oddly long bedroom that he is afraid to sleep in. 94% on Game Jolt (374 ratings)about 1 hFreePC
  25. ROAM0120.exe key art: the pixelated title over a flash-lit night lawn with a lone garden lamp and dark trees PsychologicalROAM0120.exeA full playthrough searches the grounds and outbuildings before reaching the house itself. 92% on itch.io (369 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantPC
  26. Creepy Shift: House For Sale key art: a dark farmhouse with a FOR SALE sign on a black field under a starry green sky Puzzle horrorCreepy Shift: House For SaleThe whole night is spent in the Kowalskis' house and garden, getting it ready for sale 92% on Steam (300 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  27. Goliath The Soothsayer art: a painted figure in shadow covering their eyes with both hands, lit amber in a dim brown room EscapeGoliath The SoothsayerEverything happens in your brother's house: the attic, the bedroom, the office, the linen closet, the kitchen and the backyard. 90% on Newgrounds (873 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser
  28. Hello Charlotte: Delirium key art: Charlotte smiling with a knife and fork among severed heads and raw meat, above a menu reading forget, remember, run away RPG MakerHello Charlotte: DeliriumThe maker's synopsis opens with "Welcome back to the House", and you explore Charlotte's House room by room. 92% on itch.io (313 ratings)about 30 minFreePC
  29. Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) key art: a white two-storey house with a columned porch and dark windows against a black sky, in grainy black-and-white dithering PsychologicalChildhood Homes (and why we hate them)You go back into the house you grew up in, room by room, and the maker tagged it haunted houses even though the dread comes from what happened there. 96% on itch.io (142 ratings)FreeBrowser
  30. Peter's House cover drawn as a PS1 game case: stacked cardboard boxes by a white door in a dim room, with the title in orange PsychologicalPeter's HouseSet inside Peter's dark house, where you carry boxes from room to room for its new owner 90% on itch.io (616 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux

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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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