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Museum horror games

These games put you in galleries and exhibit halls after the visitors have gone. You walk past paintings, statues and glass cases, solve the puzzles the rooms hide and watch for anything that has moved. The fear comes from the quiet and from things built to be looked at that seem to be looking back.

The top 16 of 16 museum horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 16 best, 2026

  1. Ib key art: a brown-haired girl with red eyes, in a white blouse and red skirt, holds a red rose against a dark green wall beside the white Ib logo PsychologicalIbThe game starts during a visit to an art gallery exhibition, and every area is built as gallery rooms full of exhibits. 99% on Steam (5,357 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation
  2. Anthology Of The Killer key art: BB, a small pink-haired girl, stands at the end of a line of grotesque cartoon characters, some covered in blood PsychologicalAnthology Of The KillerFlesh Of The Killer sends BB and her friends into the forbidden Museum Of Moral Art in a freeport. 99% on Steam (810 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation, Switch
  3. Exhibit of Sorrows cover: a grinning blue-haired clown with a yellow nose reaching out from an ornate gold picture frame PsychologicalExhibit of SorrowsSet in an exhibit you walk through room by room, collecting a key from each display before moving on 96% on itch.io (2,494 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantBrowser
  4. The Dark Rites of Arkham key art: a detective in a fedora holds a revolver as huge toothed jaws and tentacles loom out of a blue night behind him 2D horrorThe Dark Rites of ArkhamThe Arkham Museum of the Unusual, showing Pickman's paintings, is one of the scenes. 97% on Steam (706 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  5. The Forest of Drizzling Rain key art: Suga in black holding a glowing blue sword beside Shiori cupping glowing blue drops, on a dark teal leafy background PsychologicalThe Forest of Drizzling RainAt the village museum the curator, Kotaro Suga, urges Shiori to leave the village at once. 97% on Steam (521 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac
  6. Quiet is the Eyes key art: a worried researcher in glasses and a lab coat in a blue-lit office, with black splatters and a dripping handprint on the window behind her 2D horrorQuiet is the EyesOne wing is a paleontology hall of dinosaur skeletons, another an entomology hall of insect specimens. 96% on Steam (225 reviews)about 15 minFreePC
  7. Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. key art: the lit porch of a clapboard house with a red door and green shutters at night, dark woods and stars around it MysteryConrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.Every finished case leaves a relic for the haunted museum in Conrad's office 92% on Steam (992 reviews)50 h or morePaidPC
  8. I'm on Observation Duty 7 key art: the title over a dark security room with a wall of CCTV monitors and a large camera lens PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 7One level watches a museum: a painting gallery, a lobby with a reception desk and a cafeteria. 93% on Steam (455 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. Forgotten Hill Disillusion key art: a uniformed officer with a star badge, five pale bald figures in striped shirts and an old woman in a headscarf before a bloody brick wall hung with chains EscapeForgotten Hill DisillusionSet in the Forgotten Hill Museum, across four sections: The Library, Flora and Fauna, Mysteries of the Abyss and Sculptural Art. 94% on Google Play (414 ratings)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Shivers key art: the blue gothic title beside a glowing orange ring that frames a staring eye, on a dark purple background Puzzle horrorShiversSet in Professor Windlenot's Museum of the Strange and Unusual, a deserted museum said to be haunted. 94% on GOG (208 ratings)about 9.5 hPaidPC
  11. The Third Shift cover art styled as a Game Boy box: a red brain and spine spread veins over the museum doorway, where a small figure stands in white light 2D horrorThe Third ShiftSet over one night in the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder, a maze of halls and exhibits 98% on Steam (66 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Android
  12. Ice Scream 4 screenshot: Rod, with a cracked, bitten ice cream head, red bow tie and stained blue apron, grins over a toolbox with a wrench in the factory garage beside a Frosty van EscapeIce Scream 4: Rod's FactoryThe factory has a museum with an office and a lost property room, with codes written around it 84% on Google Play (151,000 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android
  13. Forgotten Hill Tales key art: a grey leather book with the FH emblem, skulls and a red crescent on a wooden table among old pages of bone sketches and a portrait of a pale witch Puzzle horrorForgotten Hill TalesIn The Left Behind the one kidnapped child still captive tries to escape the horrors of the Forgotten Hill Museum. 84% on Google Play (3,660 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  14. Echoes of the Living key art: a man with a clenched fist and a woman with a shotgun on her shoulder in a dark barricaded alley, with figures and fire behind SurvivalEchoes of the LivingThe art gallery is one of the town's buildings you explore, with display cases in wood-panelled halls. 83% on Steam (1,028 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC
  15. Dark Hours key art: two masked robbers beside a glowing crown freeze as a tall dark creature appears in a bright doorway of a gloomy mansion room Co-opDark HoursOne contract sends the crew into a dark museum hall of statues crossed by red laser tripwires. 82% on Steam (4,279 reviews)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. Waxworks key art: a melting wax head in profile with a staring eye and anguished faces in its drips, before a dark red door with iron hinges Puzzle horrorWaxworksYou inherit your uncle's waxworks, and each of its displays is a doorway into a cursed world of the past. 76% on GOG (257 ratings)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac

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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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  1. Steam horror games1009
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  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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