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Old man horror games

In these games an old man is at the center of the fear. Sometimes he hunts you through his own house, deaf but quick with a cane or a shotgun. Sometimes he waits silently in a doorway or a living room. In a few you play him, frail and confused, in a building that turns against you. What frightens is how ordinary he looks until he moves.

The top 17 of 17 old man horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 17 best, 2026

  1. Very Little Nightmares key art: the girl in the yellow raincoat walks to a lit doorway in a cluttered storeroom as a grey hand creeps out beside giant scissors EscapeVery Little NightmaresA hunched old man in a wheelchair reaches among baths of dark water while the girl hides, in a store screenshot. 93% on Google Play (23,435 ratings)PaidiPhone, Android
  2. Burnhouse Lane key art: a small girl stands before a giant skeletal hare-like creature beside a dark gabled house in red and grey fog PsychologicalBurnhouse LaneAngie's charge is George, an elderly farmer whom reviewers single out as one of the game's best characters. 94% on Steam (1,052 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. One Last Game cover: white line drawing of a bald, wrinkled old man's face on black, beside the handwritten title PsychologicalOne Last GameYou sit at a checkers board across from an old and rather unhappy man, drawn with a bald, wrinkled face. 94% on itch.io (1,103 ratings)about 3 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  4. SCP: Secret Laboratory key art: two soldiers in gas masks, one with green night-vision goggles and one holding a revolver, in an orange-lit shaft with huge pipes Co-opSCP: Secret LaboratorySCP-106 is an elderly humanoid that walks through walls and drags caught players into a pocket dimension. 91% on Steam (235,439 reviews)about 30 minFree to playPC
  5. Doppelpartment key art: the white-bearded building manager in a teal sweater amid a crowd of grotesque, distorted pixel-art faces, under the title PsychologicalDoppelpartmentYou play an old, white-bearded building manager; the maker calls him this poor old man. 96% on itch.io (157 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  6. Erich Sann: Horror Academy store art: the old musician with a bloodied hand beside the other enemies, among them a pumpkin head, a rabbit in a top hat, a clown and a pale faceless figure EscapeErich Sann: Horror AcademyThe hunter is Erich Sann, a bloodied old musician the store calls a deranged old grandpa. 88% on Google Play (16,500 ratings)Free with adsAndroid, iPhone
  7. EVERYBODY MUST DIE key art: the title in white and red with its Korean name over a blood-spattered pixel-art room, where the old patient stands on a rug beside an orderly holding a club 2D horrorEVERYBODY MUST DIEYou play Mr. Osborne, an old patient who wakes from a nightmare and plans to kill everyone in the center. 92% on itch.io (192 ratings)about 45 minFreeBrowser, PC
  8. The Terrible Old Man key art: a giant pale eye looms in a foggy grey sky over dark old gabled houses with a few lit windows 2D horrorThe Terrible Old ManThe whole story turns on a rich, feeble old man in Kingsport whom three thieves plot to rob 88% on Steam (690 reviews)about 25 minFreePC
  9. Ghostscape 2: The Cabin key art: a dark grayscale forest track with No Trespassing, Cabin and Keep Out signs, under the metal and red title MysteryGhostscape 2 - The CabinYour goal is to find out what has been going on and who the old man living alone at the cabin really is. 90% (165 ratings)about 1.5 hFreeBrowser
  10. Granny: Chapter Two key art: Grandpa and Granny, holding a bloody baseball bat, under the game title SurvivalGranny: Chapter TwoGrandpa, who hunts you through his own house with a cane; he barely hears but hits hard if he sees you. 95% on SteamFree with adsiPhone, Android, PC
  11. Granny 3 key art: a dark wooden mansion with a central tower at night, a brick wall and pine trees around it and an old rusted car in the courtyard SurvivalGranny 3Grandpa does not hear well, but he fires his shotgun at everything that moves 82% on Google Play (629,000 ratings)about 3 hPaidPC, Android
  12. The Boiled One key art: the entity's raw red head, mouth open in a scream, against a red background StealthThe Boiled One: Horror GameA bearded old man in suspenders turns up at the open front door on Night 2. 90% on the App StoreFree with adsiPhone, Android
  13. Sophie's Curse key art: a pale, bloodied girl hangs upside down under a table in a dark living room, screaming FNAFSophie's CurseYour job for the night is to take care of an old man in the newly bought house. 83% on Steam (398 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  14. The Caregiver key art in black and white: a caregiver in white, her head out of frame, with a hand on the shoulder of an old man in a wheelchair, his face blacked out, dark trees behind Psychological[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護You care for Souichi, an elderly man in a wheelchair who still lives alone in his house and will not speak. 80% on Steam (432 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  15. LIGHTHOUSE key art: a black and teal striped lighthouse on rocks under a flat red sky, a tiny silhouetted figure at the edge of a black sea PsychologicalLIGHTHOUSEThe keeper you meet on the island is labelled Old Man when you walk up to him. 96% on itch.io (25 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  16. Remothered: Tormented Fathers key art: old Dr. Felton in an armchair, a red-robed nun among moths, a woman holding a metronome and Rosemary with a blade in a dark room SurvivalRemothered: Tormented FathersThe main hunter is Richard Felton, an elderly, ill former notary turned gardener. 72% on Steam (2,986 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. Goodtown Halloween title art in red, white and orange over the town's welcome sign, jack-o'-lanterns and a candy bucket PS1Goodtown Halloween RunThe old folks of Goodtown do not want you there; a bald old man in a green sweater waits in the living rooms. 72% on itch.io (12 ratings)Pay what you wantPC

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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
  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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