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Phone horror games

In these horror games a phone is how the fear reaches you. You answer calls from frightened strangers, dial numbers out of an old phone book, read texts that tell you where to go, or light a dark room with a mobile screen. The voice on the line is often all you have, and you cannot always see what the caller is describing, or who sent the last message.

The top 30 of 82 phone horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. MiSide key art: Mita, an anime girl with a red headband, smiles as she holds her long dark blue pigtails, which curl into heart shapes PsychologicalMiSideYou are playing the game on your smartphone when you look up and find yourself inside it 98% on Steam (143,467 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  2. Lily's Well key art: a magenta outlined brick well with a wooden roof and a grey crank against a black background 2D horrorLily's WellEach of the ten main endings gives one digit of a phone number you piece together for the true ending 97% on Steam (2,688 reviews)about 3 hFreePC
  3. Samsara Room key art: a pastel green room with floral wallpaper, a rotary telephone on a small wooden table and a tall pink grandfather clock, with the title above PsychologicalSamsara RoomA rotary telephone sits on a side table, and the store names it first among the room's odd objects you must use. 96% on Google Play (121,000 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  4. Five Nights at Candy's 2 key art: a close-up of Candy the animatronic cat's scuffed face, one eye glowing and one empty, beside a glitching purple 2 FNAFFive Nights at Candy's 2Marylin's smartphone is her only tool: its camera flash lights the hall and it rings telephones in other rooms 96% on Game Jolt (7,954 ratings)about 45 minFreePC
  5. Online Obsession cover: a white-haired anime-style figure half in shadow with a glowing red eye, a glitching red heart and the title over pink halftone, cut by a black, blood-spattered band PsychologicalOnline ObsessionYou talk to Adi in a phone chat full of messages and stickers before you ever meet 96% on itch.io (3,849 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  6. The Return to Bloody Nights Classic key art: a worn yellow animatronic in a purple top hat stares beside the title on a purple starry background FNAFThe Return to Bloody NightsManager Wathel Broggie leaves a voiced phone message at the start of each night 96% on Game Jolt (2,688 ratings)about 1 hFreePC
  7. Deep Sleep Trilogy key art: a skeleton lies on a rotting bed in a ruined, moss-covered room under a night sky, in grainy pixel art EscapeDeep Sleep TrilogyA mysterious phone call in the dream gives you your first goal. 97% on Steam (897 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  8. 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 2Ring-a-Ding, one of the entities, is built from a child's toy telephone and can be dodged by ducking into a room. 98% on Steam (640 reviews)PaidPC
  9. Five Nights at Chuck E. Cheese's: Rebooted key art: a blurred, red-lit animatronic mouse face behind glitching video lines beside the title FNAFFive Nights at Chuck E. Cheese's: RebootedA personal phone guide talks you through each night, and you can mute the call 96% on Game Jolt (1,937 ratings)FreePC
  10. Five Nights to Remember key art: a bear animatronic in a blue top hat and a rabbit-eared one face each other in the dark either side of the letters FNTR FNAFFive Nights to RememberA Phone Guy calls each night to talk you through the job, and on night 5 tells you about a corpse 97% on Game Jolt (823 ratings)FreePC
  11. JOLLY 3: Chapter 2 key art: close-ups of a bear animatronic and a decayed one with glowing eyes in red light, either side of a white octagon with a numeral II FNAFJOLLY 3: Chapter 2Free-roam scenes are seen through a phone camera with a night vision mode, and the Android port leaves these phone parts out 96% on Game Jolt (1,678 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Android
  12. missed messages. key art: May, a smiling freckled girl with pink hair in a white sweater, reaches toward you from a doorway under the game's title Psychologicalmissed messages.It begins when a phone named goth gf's iPhone airdrops you a photo and asks you to accept or decline. 95% on Steam (11,230 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, Mac, Linux
  13. D3V0UR key art: the yellow pixel title with an eyeball for the O, over a purple-tinted figure in a zipped hoodie holding a hammer on black PsychologicalD3V0URAn interactive phone and messaging system carries part of the story between hangouts. 98% on itch.io (426 ratings)FreePC, Mac
  14. The Joy of Creation: Halloween Edition key art: a decayed green Springtrap with glowing white eyes beside the title TJOC: Halloween Edition in red and white brush letters FNAFThe Joy of Creation: Halloween EditionYour phone shows the cameras and plays a sound that lures Springtrap to another room 95% on Game Jolt (2,808 ratings)about 7 minFreePC
  15. Key art of the cast posed over the sea, half underwater beside a mermaid's tail, with the PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse logo PsychologicalPARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's CurseA voice on the phone warns the island will be a bloodbath unless she takes the last ferry alone. 95% on Steam (2,760 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Switch, iPhone, Android
  16. Creepy Nights at Freddys key art: the scratchy white title beside the battered heads of Foxy and Freddy coming out of the dark FNAFCreepy Nights at Freddy'sThe night opens with a short phone message telling you to just stay away from the animatronics 95% on Game Jolt (1,620 ratings)FreePC
  17. Parasocial key art: a streamer in headphones and a hoodie sits at her glowing monitor by a window over a night city Psychological[Chilla's Art] ParasocialYou read Nina's texts from her friend, her mother and the unknown number on her phone. 94% on Steam (1,728 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  18. FeedVid Live title card: the game's purple logo over a green night-vision view of a dirty bathroom sink EscapeFeedVid LiveIt opens on a phone screen scrolling through a feed of ordinary live streams before the strange link arrives. 94% on itch.io (1,406 ratings)about 20 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux, Android
  19. Pleh! key art: the hand-drawn white title PLEH! on a black starry sky with pixel-art green, teal and red planets PsychologicalPleh!One scene is a phone chat where you choose among four numbered replies, one reading Help I can't stop playing. 94% on Steam (1,368 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  20. Mama's Sleeping Angels art: four players in Y2K outfits pose in a dark graffiti alley, with red fleshy monsters behind a fence Co-opMama's Sleeping AngelsA flip phone running Angel OS is your flashlight, radio and the tool that analyses cursed items. 94% on Steam (1,323 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  21. Crimson Snow key art: a pale red-haired woman with blood running from a wide smile, beside a snowbound house at night PsychologicalCrimson SnowJoyce is only a voice on Mark's smartphone, and what he tells her in each call shapes the ending. 94% on Steam (1,273 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  22. Killer Frequency key art: a gloved hand holding a bloody knife outside the neon-lit KFAM radio station at night, with a missing person poster on the wall Multiple endingsKiller FrequencyFrightened townspeople phone the station, and you guide each caller through the danger on the line. 93% on Steam (6,286 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
  23. Trash Horror Collection key art: a sketchy skull holding a camera at the edge of a dark banner with a faint grid floor Multiple endingsTrash Horror CollectionIn After Midnight, Brad is home alone at night when unknown messages start arriving on his phone. 95% on Steam (490 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  24. Fears to Fathom - Carson House key art: the title over a dark office desk with computer monitors PsychologicalFears to Fathom - Carson HouseThe owner texts Noah his chores, and the store lists texts from NPCs as a feature. 92% on Steam (2,993 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  25. Dad's Monster House key art: grayscale cartoon monsters, a black cat and a giant spider gather before a fence as a car drives past under a full moon Multiple endingsDad's Monster HouseIt starts with a sudden call in the deep of night, his father pleading for him to come home 93% on Steam (274 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Xbox, iPhone, Android
  26. The Windows Are Gone key art: a dark house with glowing yellow windows among bare teal trees, above a blood-red field under a pale sky PsychologicalThe Windows Are GoneYou read texts on an old Nokia-style phone, such as one from Mom telling you to be careful on the road. 92% on Steam (610 reviews)about 50 minFreePC
  27. [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 CaseAnswering calls is part of the job, and one scene puts you in a phone booth at night. 95% on Steam (339 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  28. a man outside cover: a grey ink drawing of an empty pavement and road between two bare, twisted trees, with the title in the bottom corner Psychologicala man outsideYou text a friend about the man outside, and later your phone itself starts to glitch 92% on itch.io (790 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  29. The Healing key art: a red-lit plague doctor in a beaked mask beside a phone showing that you were added to the group Healing PsychologicalThe Healing - Horror StoryIt is played entirely inside a fake phone messenger: group chats, private chats, voice messages, photos and video calls. 90% on Google Play (24,588 ratings)Free with adsAndroid, iPhone
  30. That's not my Neighbor key art: two green-grey hands with long orange-tipped claws, smeared with blood, pressed against the doorman's window PsychologicalThat's not my NeighborA rotary phone on the desk is used to dial apartment numbers and check on the tenants. 89% on Steam (4,797 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux

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  1. Steam horror games1009
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  5. PC horror games1337
  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
  8. PlayStation horror games404
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  12. VR horror games69
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