Survival
The Night of the Scissors
A scrap run, an abandoned post office, and a man with scissors.
PC / Mac / Linux / PlayStation / Xbox / Switch
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163 scary games on itch.io, each with a page on what frightens and a link to where it is sold.
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Psychological
The Open House
A virtual tour of a showcase home that is not what the brochure says.
Browser / PC / Mac / Linux
Multiple endings
The Radio Tower
Climb a radio tower by a quarantined town while something hunts you from the forest.
PC / Linux
Psychological
the static speaks my name
One man's last night alive, a painting he cannot stop thinking about, and a tank of pet shrimp.
PC / Mac / Linux
Psychological
The Supper
A tavern keeper hears a voice that wants her to cook something special.
PC
Psychological
The Windows Are Gone
A house from your dreams is calling, and you have just moved in.
PC
Survival
Them and Us
One survivor of a 1978 bus crash, and a night that keeps getting stranger.
PC
Psychological
Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger
Book a session of patented Dream Therapy. The doctor will see you now.
PC / Mac / Linux
Psychological
Time is Solid Here
Step into surreal paintings and help uneasy figures move on.
Browser / PC / Mac
Puzzle horror
To Do List
Water the garden. Take out the trash. Then the list changes.
Browser / PC
Survival
Trench Face
Wake alone in the trenches, where hanging things patrol the dark.
PC
Short
Trick or Treat
Halloween night, an empty family house, and a door that keeps knocking.
PC
Halloween
Trick Or Treat
Keep four lanterns lit through Halloween night, or Bogey comes out.
Browser / PC
Short
Vacant
Film a ghost-hunting show where something is listening.
Browser / PC / Mac
Psychological
Voices of the Void
Listen to space alone from a mountain lab, and see what answers.
PC
Action horror
Vomitoreum
Shoot your way through a fog-blighted hellscape painted after Beksiński.
PC / Linux
Multiple endings
What Grows in the Night
A scarecrow is given life to tend a stranger's garden. The plants grow too well.
PC / Mac / Linux
Sci-fi horror
What happened to the crew?
A dead station, a command line, and the files they left behind.
Browser
Short
Wretched Depths
Fish deeper into a lake where nobody knows what waits at the bottom.
PC
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- RPG Maker horror games14
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- Slasher horror games12
- Stealth horror games11
- Haunted house games8
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