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Horror games set in mines

Horror games that send you underground: abandoned shafts, sealed coal mines and mining facilities where the only light is what you carry. The tunnels narrow, the way back is hard to find, and whatever else is down there knows the dark better than you do. Some of these games spend their whole length below ground, others go down for a level or a chapter.

The top 28 of 28 horror games set in mines, ranked by player and critic scores

The 28 best, 2026

  1. Scarlet Hollow key art: a frightened blonde young woman in front of a decaying mansion as a veiled figure with glowing eyes reaches toward her PsychologicalScarlet HollowThe town's coal mines, sealed after a deadly collapse, hide part of what happened there. 98% on Steam (5,391 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  2. Deadly Delivery key art: a red horned demon looms over two goggled goblin couriers carrying parcels and a flashlight, beside the title and its grinning box logo Co-opDeadly DeliveryYou carry parcels down into pitch-black, procedurally generated mines full of monsters and traps 98% on the Meta Quest store (4,086 ratings)about 1 hPaidVR
  3. Lethal Company art: four crew members in bulky suits and helmets, silhouetted against a red haze, one crouching with a flashlight Co-opLethal CompanyOne of the three kinds of facility a moon can hold is a mine, alongside the factory and the mansion. 97% on Steam (511,448 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC
  4. Extreme close-up of Elster's shadowed face with glowing red eyes against a deep red background, drawn in a pixel anime style PsychologicalSIGNALISPC Gamer describes most of the game as taking place in a cursed mining facility on a remote planet. 97% on Steam (35,155 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. HROT key art: a horse in a gas mask stands in a dim industrial room beside the rusty HROT logo plate Action horrorHROTOne level has you chased by a boulder through a uranium mine 96% on Steam (6,573 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC
  6. OFF key art: a swarm of pale lilac ghosts with varied faces streaming over dark purple buildings under a green and yellow sky PsychologicalOFFZone 1 has smoke mines next to its metal farms and post office. 96% on Steam (3,515 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch
  7. Forbidden Solitaire key art: a screaming bearded man and a tower with glowing windows in purple light, with a red gem in an eye shape under the title Multiple endingsForbidden SolitaireYou venture deeper into a mine where chanting grows louder and diamonds blaze in the walls 96% on Steam (2,258 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  8. Days Gone key art: Deacon on his motorbike in silhouette, kicking up dirt over still water ZombiesDays GoneThe map runs through mountains, caves and mines as well as small rural towns 93% on the PlayStation Store (180,338 ratings)38 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  9. Sagebrush key art: a lone wooden chapel with a cross on a red hillside above dark trees, under a teal sky PsychologicalSagebrushOld mines stretch out below the compound, untouched for nearly a century, and you go down into them 94% on itch.io (415 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. Choo-Choo Charles key art: a red spider train with a grinning, toothed face and a lit headlamp coming through a forest at night under a full moon SurvivalChoo-Choo CharlesThe three glowing eggs of the main quest lie in mines watched by armed guards. 91% on Steam (18,106 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  11. Cursed 2 key art: a pixel-art woman with black hair and green eyes, a shotgun at her side, and railway tracks running through dark grass toward a red-lit tunnel under the purple title Multiple endingsCursed 2Years ago a girl named Jennifer was lost overnight in an abandoned mine shaft, and the town was never the same. 95% on Steam (273 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC
  12. Creepy Tale: Some Other Place key art: a boy in a flat cap walks through a dark forest toward a giant toothy skull face with glowing eyes 2D horrorCreepy Tale: Some Other PlaceDwarfish miners work deep inside a petrified giant, and Martin swings a pickaxe beside them in a candlelit mine 94% on Steam (667 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. Chordosis Founders Edition key art: a pale, hollow-eyed alien looms out of the dark behind the glitched title SurvivalChordosisBelow the village are timber-shored mine tunnels with cart tracks, rusty carts and hanging platforms. 94% on itch.io (289 ratings)about 1 hPaidPC
  14. 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 PsychologicalScauagePrefield was built to support nearby mines, and the town faded when they ran dry. 91% on Steam (884 reviews)about 45 minFreePC
  15. Penumbra: Overture key art: a man with a red backpack stands alone between snow-covered rooftops beside a wooden frame, facing a white Greenland snowstorm SurvivalPenumbra: OverturePhilip shelters in an abandoned mine in Greenland and spends the whole game in its tunnels and halls 90% on Steam (4,207 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  16. ( C Y C L E ) key art: an orange looped logo over a dithered orange and black photo of a worker in a hard hat in a dark tunnel beside a large machine Short( C Y C L E )It opens with the narrator's grandfather, a coal miner who called the tunnels entrails. 96% on itch.io (122 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  17. Slender: The Arrival key art: the faceless Slender Man in a dark suit before a bare forest glowing orange with fire and drifting embers SurvivalSlender: The ArrivalOne chapter takes you through an abandoned coal mine, where you power an emergency lift while the Chaser attacks 87% on the PlayStation Store (13,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android
  18. Below, Rusted Gods key art: a red-lit, screaming fleshy monster looming out of black behind the white title Multiple endingsBelow, Rusted GodsStore screenshots show dark mine tunnels with timber supports, chains and an overturned mine cart. 88% on Steam (423 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC
  19. Total Chaos key art: a skull-like face with glowing orange eyes inside a swirling storm wave above the cracked title PsychologicalTotal ChaosFort Oasis was a coal-mining town, and the way leads down into its forsaken mines and tunnels. 86% on Steam (1,671 reviews)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood key art: a giant fanged, bloody clown face and a cracked doll above a rollercoaster track, with the orange marquee title Action horrorUntil Dawn: Rush of BloodThe ride descends through old mines under a mountain, chased by Wendigos 85% on the PlayStation Store (18,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPlayStation, VR
  21. Whisper Mountain Outbreak key art: pixel-art survivors, one in a gas mask, advance past tentacles and zombie-like figures under a giant red-eyed face Co-opWhisper Mountain OutbreakA mining operation on Mt. Bisik unleashed the horror when it dug into a ruin deep inside the mountain. 85% on Steam (2,652 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  22. CULTIC key art: a man opens the door of a muscle car outside a barbed-wire compound at dusk, framed by hooded cultists with an axe in red light Action horrorCULTICOne level is a long buried mine lit only by your lighter, with cultists in mining camps. 97% on Steamabout 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. Arizona Sunshine Remake key art: a snarling zombie with red eyes in front of desert rock formations Co-opArizona Sunshine VR RemakeThe Old Mine levels send you down dark tunnels lit only by what you carry. 83% on the PlayStation Store (6,675 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  24. The Beast Inside key art: a top-hatted figure made of tangled roots and blood holding a man PsychologicalThe Beast InsideThe Hyde family owned pyrite mines, and a mid-game cave chapter has you slipping past miners. 83% on Steam (12,203 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  25. Stygian: Outer Gods art: a snowy village of wooden houses beneath a glowing green vortex with dark tentacles, a spired mansion on the hill beyond SurvivalStygian: Outer GodsYou go down into dark mines where pale creatures wait in the tunnels. 81% on Steam (696 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  26. Tunnel Vision key art: a circle of light on a blood-streaked rock wall, under the title and the credit A Game by Alex Olinkiewicz Puzzle horrorTunnel VisionJam players describe the last stretch of the game as taking place in the mines. 94% on itch.io (30 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC
  27. There is Something in the Anderghast Mine key art: the title over a red-speckled black background with a swirling, distorted red figure 2D horrorThere is Something in the Anderghast MineMarion goes down into the Anderghast mine, said to be one of the most haunted places in the world, where her father worked. 92% on itch.io (33 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  28. Hunt: Showdown 1896 key art: three hunters with a rifle, pistol and shotgun stand in a foggy swamp forest as monstrous figures lurk behind them Co-opHunt: Showdown 1896Dark, winding mines link the two halves of Mammon's Gulch, with many entrances and shortcuts for those brave enough to go in. 77% on Steam (95,148 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC, 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
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  14. Mystery and detective horror games127
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  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
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