Short horror games on itch.io

Psychological

[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

A rough detective searches a Japanese town for missing children.

PC

Psychological

[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達

One apartment block, a stack of boxes, and someone behind you.

PC

Psychological

[Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件

The night shift at a convenience store pays well. Now you know why.

PC / Switch

Psychological

[Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車

A salaryman's ride home on a train that goes somewhere wrong.

PC

Survival

[Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女

Rescue three children from an abandoned mountain inn, on one life.

PC

Sci-fi horror

10-103: NULL KELVIN

Alone on an Arctic island with whatever escaped the module.

Browser

Psychological

a man outside

A vocabulary quiz, a quiet street, and a man who keeps standing there.

Browser

Short

Alone. Again.

A man stands in the street outside. It's getting closer.

Browser / PC

Short

Andy's Apple Farm

A cheerful 1980s farm game that starts to glitch.

PC

Short

Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1

Lost in an empty mall and endless pools, with no way out but forward.

PC

Psychological

Assessment Examination

An entrance exam for a department that judges what is real.

Browser / PC / Mac

Psychological

Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face

The bedtime figure who rewards good children has come to Ron's apartment.

PC

Mascot horror

Baldi's Basics Classic

Collect seven notebooks and get out of Baldi's school before he catches you.

iPhone / Android / PC / Mac / Linux

Multiple endings

Beary the Hatchet

A killer's Halloween shift, a body in the back and a fan at the counter.

PC

Puzzle horror

Blackout

A power cut, a witch costume and a very strange old house.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

Psychological

blank_01

Become an ordinary worker in an ordinary house.

Browser / PC

Co-op

Buckshot Roulette

Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun, against The Dealer or your friends.

PC / Linux / Xbox

Short

Burger & Frights

A late-night bike ride home with a bag of burgers through a dark forest.

Browser

Psychological

Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky?

Help a cute ghost find his stolen hat. What could go wrong?

PC / Mac / Linux

Multiple endings

CANIDAE

Halloween night, animal masks, and friends who start to change.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

Multiple endings

Carnivore!

You are a sheep, you work in a restaurant, and you are on the menu.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

Survival

COBB CAN MOVE

Flee a grinning creature through dark rooms where the rules change each run.

Browser / PC

Short

Crawling Pumpkin

Disguised as a pumpkin, crawl out of a graveyard before its creatures notice.

Browser / PC

Multiple endings

Crowscare

A straw boy's first Harvest Festival, and the reason he was kept home at night.

PC / Mac / Linux

Multiple endings

Dead Plate

Wait tables for a week at a 1960s bistro and learn what the chef is hiding.

PC / Mac

Short

Death Trips

A short visit to an infamous hotel where a killer is probably inside.

PC / Mac

Visual novels

Don't Die Alone

Halloween night, 2006: a spam message, a friend count and a monster for whoever is alone.

PC

Short

Dreader

A dark and stormy night. How about a game?

Browser

Short

EVERYBODY MUST DIE

1906, an asylum, and an old man who must kill everyone in it.

Browser / PC

Psychological

Exhibit of Sorrows

Explore a circus exhibit of friendly dolls, and do not upset the clown.

Browser

Psychological

Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout

A new fire lookout, a tower in the woods, and the feeling that something is off.

PC / PlayStation

Puzzle horror

FeedVid Live

A stranger's livestream, a locked bathroom stall, and a chat that tells them what to do.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

Psychological

Fingerbones

An abandoned building, scattered notes, and a story you will wish you had not read.

PC / Mac

Psychological

Flesh, Blood, & Concrete

Explore a grim concrete apartment block and what its tenants left behind.

Browser / PC

Puzzle horror

flies in a jar

First night as a security guard at an agency that keeps flies in a jar.

Browser / PC

Psychological

Goodnight Meowmie

Care for your cat in a virtual pet game that turns to horror.

Browser

Short

Goodtown Halloween Run

Trick-or-treat a suburb where the old folks set deadly traps for you.

PC

Short

Halloween (fan-made game)

Babysitting on Halloween night, 1978-style, until someone tries the door.

PC

Multiple endings

Help! I Took My Little Brother to a Halloween Party and the Popular Kids Want to Sacrifice Him to a Demon!

Halloween 2004, a party full of theatre kids, and a demon that wants your little brother.

PC / Mac / Linux

Short

How to Make a Cup of Tea

Someone would like a cup of tea. You will be guided through it.

Browser / PC

Psychological

I Can't Sleep

A paid sleep study, one control room, and a week without sleep.

Browser / PC

Short

I See You

Trapped in a hospital. Find the keys. Someone is watching.

PC / Mac

Short

Idols of Ash

Climb down into the dark while something huge climbs after you.

PC / Mac / Linux

Puzzle horror

INVITATIONEM

A breakdown in the rain, and the only light is a house in the woods.

Browser

Multiple endings

Jake's Halloween Night

October 31: get Jake ready for a killer Halloween party.

Browser / PC

Psychological

Krypta FM

Photograph the traces of a cryptid around a dark Polish village in 2006.

PC

Psychological

last seen online

Snoop through a stranger's old computer and find out what it hides.

Browser / PC