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Missing person horror games

In these horror games someone has disappeared: a friend, a cousin, a brother, a child, a stranger who lived in your apartment before you. You follow what they left behind, from posters and phone messages to a trail across a frozen pass, into the place that took them. The fear is in not knowing what you will find at the end of the search, and whether it is waiting for you too.

The top 30 of 134 missing person horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Rena calls out a good morning to Keiichi on a tree-lined village road, with the English text over the scene PsychologicalHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 OnikakushiEvery year on the same day in June, one person dies and another goes missing. 96% on Steam (6,917 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC, Mac, Linux
  2. Final Nights 4 key art: worn Spring Bonnie and top-hatted Fredbear animatronics in a dark party room by a purple curtain, above a glowing neon 4 with a purple hat FNAFFinal Nights 4: Fates EntwinedMax Donovan follows an anonymous tip about the sudden disappearance of the diner's founder, Henry Stillwater. 96% on Game Jolt (2,920 ratings)about 1.5 hFreePC
  3. CAPTURED 2 key art: a cracked white toy telephone with a grin of sharp, bloody teeth and tentacles, in a dark blue hallway of doors PsychologicalCAPTURED 2Emily is a teenage girl who goes missing during a series of unexplained disappearances. 98% on Steam (640 reviews)PaidPC
  4. lily's world XD key art: glitchy pastel early-2000s desktop windows with pixel icons around a pixelated photo of a dark-haired girl with a black bar over her eyes Psychologicallily's world XDLily, a teenager in 2004, has disappeared, and you search her laptop to find her before it is too late. 97% on Steam (1,612 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  5. Bondee's Barnyard: Safety Violation key art: a green animatronic cow head looms beside the cartoon logo with a farmer, a duck and a pig FNAFBondee's Barnyard: Safety ViolationThe opening newspaper reports a child gone missing at Bondee's Barnyard and a missing persons report filed by the mother 97% on Game Jolt (648 ratings)FreePC
  6. Nightmare Frames key art: a sheriff with a revolver, a bearded man holding a film reel and an older woman in a purple dress under bright beams of light 2D horrorNightmare FramesAlan hunts for the lost film of Edward Keller, a director who vanished after his last stay in Serena. 98% on Steam (443 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  7. Enigma of Fear key art: Mia with a flashlight and pistol, her dog Lupi and the Ordo Realitas agents before a dark house under a huge ghostly face with green eyes Multiple endingsEnigma of FearMia searches the Perimeter for her missing father, the leader of Ordo Realitas, and for the agents the Cult of Fear made vanish. 95% on Steam (3,104 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC
  8. Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper key art: the hooded kidnapper in a stitched rabbit mask beside the Horror Tale title on a dark purple background EscapeHorror Tale 1: KidnapperChildren have been going missing in Lakewitch for a long time, and finding out where they went drives the story. 94% on Google Play (74,000 ratings)about 1 hFree with adsAndroid, iPhone, PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Browser
  9. Paper Bride key art: a white-haired ghost in a white robe faces a bride in a red veil and robe who reaches toward it, grey family figures behind her among drifting paper Puzzle horrorPaper BrideThe bride vanishes without a trace at the ceremony and you search for her through the whole game 94% on Google Play (60,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  10. The Chrono Jotter key art: two girls in dark school uniforms lying sideways, mirrored in an ornate gold and black circular frame with red swirls PsychologicalThe Chrono JotterRan's girlfriend Ann Sakura vanished without a trace years ago, and finding her is why Ran is at the school. 94% on Steam (1,973 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC
  11. At Home Alone Final key art: a faint drawing of a girl holding a dark crow, laid over the pink pixel-art living room with red sofas and stairs PsychologicalAt Home Alone FinalAn older brother turns up urgently looking for his missing little brother 94% on Steam (1,355 reviews)about 2 hFreePC
  12. Tales of Fear - Episode Zero key art: the red title beside a dark A-frame station building at the top of concrete steps under a starry night sky Walking simulatorsTales of Fear - Episode ZeroA missing-person poster for a man last seen near the station hangs on the platform wall in Doai Station 95% on Steam (587 reviews)about 1.5 hFreePC
  13. Lacey's Flash Games cover: cartoon mascot Lacey with blue pigtails flashing a peace sign over a glitched pink website, with the game's logo at lower left PsychologicalLacey's Flash GamesYou search the site's games for clues to where its creator, Rocio Yani, has gone 96% on itch.io (407 ratings)FreePC
  14. Midnight Scenes: The Nanny key art: a shadowy figure with tangled pale hair, glowing red eyes and bared teeth at the right of a dark banner 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The NannyThe whole episode is the two siblings' search for their nanny after she disappears during the night. 97% on Steam (235 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC
  15. The Last Door: Season 2 screenshot: a man in a dark coat stands by a glowing gas lamp on a night street before an old brick house PsychologicalThe Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's EditionDr. Wakefield sets out in search of his client Jeremiah Devitt, who has mysteriously vanished 94% on Steam (992 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone
  16. The Crooked Man key art: David with a frightened face beside a blurred, grinning yellow figure PsychologicalThe Crooked ManStrangely compelled by the man who lived in his apartment before him, David sets off in search of him. 93% on Steam (1,283 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  17. Late Homework key art: cat-eared Haneko in green stands eyes closed against a grey brick wall in a dark checkered hallway, a red EXIT sign glowing to the left SurvivalLate HomeworkOutside the school a newspaper clipping in a car and posters on the fences tell of a missing girl. 95% on Steam (428 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  18. Lake Haven - Chrysalis art: Detective Zeke Reynold and a dark-haired woman stand back to back before a dark lake and wooded shore at night PsychologicalLake Haven - ChrysalisEleanor Robertson has not picked up the phone in 13 days, and Zeke is sent to find out why. 97% on Steam (508 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  19. For Sale key art: the white title with a house-and-camera icon beside hands holding a digital camera, on dark grey PsychologicalFor SaleA Steam reviewer notes the house's previous owners have gone missing before you arrive. 96% on Steam (248 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Linux
  20. Studio System : Guardian Angel key art: four cartoon girls with red eyes before a red and black spiral, with the title in white PsychologicalStudio System : Guardian AngelWhen you come to, the students have vanished and all of your friends are gone; you set out to save them. 93% on Steam (587 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  21. [HERROR] Gas Station Case key art: a lit gas station with a parked car at the edge of a dark forest road at night Walking simulators[HERROR] Gas Station CaseSoon after the case is found, people begin to vanish in the surrounding woods. 95% on Steam (339 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  22. 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 2You come back to look for traces of your childhood friend, in a town where citizens moved away or disappeared. 95% on Steam (273 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC
  23. The Horror Of Salazar House art: four painted portraits of a hanged corpse, a grinning woman, an old woman and a screaming blue ghoul EscapeThe Horror Of Salazar HouseThe author Jaime Salazar disappeared with his entire family in 1986, and you are sent to find out what happened 93% on Steam (322 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Linux
  24. CINERIS SOMNIA key art: a black-haired girl in a blue lace-trimmed dress with an ornate parasol looks back on a foggy, empty street of old buildings and lamp posts PsychologicalCINERIS SOMNIAThe girl wakes to find her mother and little sister gone and sets off to search for them. 91% on Steam (1,212 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  25. Moth Lake key art: seven frightened pixel-art teenagers in a dark yellow forest, a monster's face looming behind them, above the orange title 2D horrorMoth Lake: A Horror StoryThe friends investigate Cameron's disappearance and learn that kids bearing the mark of the moth go missing. 90% on Google Play (32,700 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Android, iPhone
  26. Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2 key art: Esther, a girl with a lavender headband, glances anxiously aside in a dim wallpapered hallway that ends in darkness SurvivalMr. Hopp's Playhouse 2Not long after the toys arrive, Esther's friends Molly and Isaac disappear and she sets out to find them 90% on Google Play (48,700 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  27. Terminal 81 store art: a red supermarket with a glowing shopping-cart sign and parked cars on a dark, foggy street at night PsychologicalTerminal 81Some of the kidnapped women turn up murdered and others vanish for good; the cashier before Lorena was one of them. 96% on Steam (277 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. Chordosis Founders Edition key art: a pale, hollow-eyed alien looms out of the dark behind the glitched title SurvivalChordosisSadie's twin sister has vanished and the authorities ignore it, so she goes looking for her herself. 94% on itch.io (289 ratings)about 1 hPaidPC
  29. Broken Through key art: an old CRT monitor, computer tower and keyboard in a dark purple room under the red title, with VHS PLAY and SLP overlays PsychologicalBroken ThroughYour best friend Leo Williams vanished seven years ago and was declared dead; missing posters hint he was not the only one. 92% on itch.io (527 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantPC
  30. SIMULACRA key art: a dark-haired woman stands before a wall of phone screens showing apps, photos and chats, with pink streaks across them Multiple endingsSIMULACRAAnna has vanished, her friends have no idea where she is, and you retrace her final steps through her phone. 90% on Steam (4,711 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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  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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  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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