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Mall horror games

Horror games set in shopping malls, or with a mall as one of their places. You fight through food courts and shop floors overrun by the dead, search empty plazas for supplies, or walk a closed mall at night where the shutters are down and the music still plays. What frightens is a place built for crowds standing empty, or packed with the wrong kind of crowd.

The top 20 of 20 mall horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 20 best, 2026

  1. The Upturned key art: a small figure in a wide hat holds up a lantern on a path to a lit inn at night, with glowing eyes watching from the dark SurrealThe UpturnedOne of its floors, the store says, is an abandoned shopping mall. 99% on Steam (2,173 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  2. Left 4 Dead 2 art: a survivor in a white suit fires a pistol at a crowd of the infected, including a clown, in a dark carnival Co-opLeft 4 Dead 2Dead Center begins on a hotel roof and moves into a shopping mall overrun by the infected. 97% on Steam (1,065,531 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Linux
  3. Murder House key art in the style of a VHS box: the killer in a bunny mask raises a hooked blade over the title, with the line Don't put your eggs in this basket SurvivalMurder HouseThe prologue takes place in a shopping mall after closing, where a boy is locked in alone at night. 95% on Steam (2,354 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Costume Quest art: four children in homemade costumes, a girl in a unicorn-horn hat, a knight, a cardboard robot and an astronaut with a glowing wand, on a suburban street at night HalloweenCostume QuestThe second area is Autumn Haven Mall, with a Halloween stage under a Happy Halloween banner. 94% on Steam (4,129 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Xbox
  5. ROUTINE key art: a cosmonaut in a pale spacesuit holding the boxy C.A.T. device, framed by white flowers and a dark robot silhouette in front of a large full moon SurvivalROUTINEOne of the base's sectors is an abandoned mall, its walls painted with clouds and sky. 92% on Steam (8,741 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Xbox
  6. Bloodwash key art: a screaming man and woman trapped behind the door of a bloody washing machine, beside the dripping red title on a pink wall PS1BloodwashDestructoid praises its late-night strip mall, with a pizza place, a pawnshop and the laundromat around a plaza 92% on Steam (1,408 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Zort key art: the title in large grey letters beside a grinning orange cat-like creature with glowing red eyes and sharp teeth Co-opZortGamerBlurb's review describes escaping murderous malls among the game's levels 91% on Steam (3,940 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  8. Dreamcore key art: a bright open doorway glowing in a dark, grainy empty room, with a dim round object beside it PsychologicalDreamcoreThe Dead Mall map turns a shopping plaza, its arcade, food court, car park and shops uncanny 93% on the PlayStation Store (2,212 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. BLOOD MALL: RETAPED key art: a snarling reptilian monster with open jaws and claws under a full moon, beside the dripping red title Action horrorBLOOD MALL: RETAPEDYou search the Dayton County Mall shop by shop, from the food court to the arcade and the video store. 94% on Steam (309 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC
  10. No More Room in Hell: key art of a crowd of rotting zombies pressing forward, a man with a ruined face and a woman with a torn jaw in front SurvivalNo More Room in HellMaps include a looted shopping mall with Send Help painted on a board and empty shop shelves, as the screenshots show. 90% on Steam (76,858 reviews)FreePC, Linux
  11. Dead Rising key art: a man in a leather jacket raises a TV set over his head as zombies crowd the mall around him, with fiery explosions behind Multiple endingsDead RisingThe whole game is set in a large shopping mall whose shops supply weapons, food and vehicles. 88% on Steam (7,309 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Ice Scream 3 key art: Mike, in glasses and a dented metal bucket helmet, shrinks back as Rod's cracked grinning face leans in beside him EscapeIce Scream 3: Scary HorrorThe Missing Guard, Part 3 brings J. to the mall, and a store picture shows its dark escalators and shuttered shops at night. 88% on Google Play (254,000 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android
  13. Tormented Souls 2 key art: Caroline, in an eye patch and leather jacket, holds a yellow nail gun and a lit lighter between a church at night and a candlelit room hung with chains SurvivalTormented Souls 2Steam names a derelict shopping mall as one of the places Caroline explores around Villa Hess. 89% on the PlayStation Store (2,833 ratings)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. Dread X Collection: The Hunt key art: a dark concrete tower with a red glow on a snowy plain at night, beside a torn fence and a bloodied hazardous materials sign Action horrorDread X Collection 4: The HuntAxis Mundi is set in a brand new shopping mall disturbed by a number of hauntings 89% on Steam (470 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  15. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach art: Glamrock Chica, Freddy, Montgomery Gator and Roxanne Wolf under pink and blue neon lasers SurvivalFive Nights at Freddy's: Security BreachFreddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex is a huge entertainment mall with Monty Golf, Roxy Raceway, Bonnie Bowl and the sewers below 86% on Steam (70,394 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  16. Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster key art: Frank West holds a shopping cart full of goods overhead among a guitar, guns, a katana and a chainsaw above a sea of zombie hands on a red background ZombiesDead Rising Deluxe RemasterFrank is trapped in a shopping mall for 72 hours, and its shops, food courts and plazas are where you fight and search 87% on the PlayStation Store (4,797 ratings)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  17. Welcome to Elderfield key art: a pale farmer in a straw hat harvests corn under a crescent moon beside the town's eye sign, with an eyeball among the vegetables and a red-eyed crow in front 2D horrorWelcome to ElderfieldThe local mall is one of the dungeon areas you fight your way through 84% on Steam (2,573 reviews)PaidPC
  18. Livestream 2 key art: three anime girls pose for a selfie on a cracked phone screen while a bloody claw and a fanged mouth loom behind them 2D horrorLivestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy PlaceThree streamers are trapped in Togaezuka Happy Place, an abandoned shopping mall, and search its shops and floors for a way out. 86% on Steam (192 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  19. Anemoiapolis key art: a lone green tree on a grassy field under a blue sky that looks like crumpled paper ShortAnemoiapolis: Chapter 1The hub is an empty, bright mall with candy machines, shutters and coin-operated rides. 81% on Steam (1,214 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  20. Storebound key art: a pale, bloodied arm in a red store uniform with an ID badge grips a lamp with a price tag and a bloody handprint on its shade Co-opStoreboundSet in a cursed megastore and shopping complex, its aisles, escalators and departments empty after closing 78% on Steam (1,512 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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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
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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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