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Possession horror games

In these games something takes over a person. A demon settles into a body on the mortuary table, a spirit leads a sister away through a village, friends start talking in voices that are not theirs. The fear is in watching someone you know stop being themselves, and in the worry that whatever took them is now working its way toward you.

The top 26 of 26 possession horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 26 best, 2026

  1. 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 TrilogyThe shadow people in the dream want to possess the bodies of sleepers. 97% on Steam (897 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  2. Silver Thread : Episode I key art: Alicia, silver-haired with a cigarette, and Beaford holding a lantern in a red room hung with framed pictures 2D horrorSilver Thread : Episode IThe case turns into a possession: players recall running from a possessed Beaford in the original version 96% on itch.io (1,017 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  3. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters key art: Mina Park in her school uniform against a blood-red sky over the city SurvivalThe Coma 2: Vicious SistersMs. Song has been possessed by an evil spirit, which is what stalks Mina. 95% on Steam (3,554 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Penumbra: Black Plague key art: a lone figure with a red backpack stands in a snowstorm between two snow-covered roofs, beside a frozen post hung with charms PsychologicalPenumbra: Black PlagueInstead of joining the Infected's hive mind, Philip is taken over by the mind of one of them, Clarence, who taunts him. 94% on Steam (3,007 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. Exmortis art: a derelict two-storey house behind bare trees under a pale full moon, in dark brown and black tones Puzzle horrorExmortisXavier Rehayem's diary tells how his daughter Gwen was taken over by the entities of the Exmortis. 92% on Newgrounds (4,170 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser
  6. Oxenfree key art: a glowing triangular rift hanging in a dark green cave, with two small figures standing below it PsychologicalOxenfreeFriends become possessed and speak with voices that are not their own. 91% on Steam (12,133 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  7. Ritus Exorcismus key art: a grainy grey screaming face in the dark above the title in red gothic letters 2D horrorRitus ExorcismusPossessed villagers weep blood and taunt the priest that his faith is weak while you try to cast the demon out. 99% on Steam (146 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Linux
  8. The Mortuary Assistant key art: a pale, rotting face with a bloody open mouth beside a dark tiled embalming room with a corpse on the table PsychologicalThe Mortuary AssistantThe demon possesses one of the bodies on the table and works to take hold of you as well. 92% on Steam (8,832 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. DEVOUR art: a possessed woman with matted dark hair, black eyes and a wide grin, with other demonic faces in red behind her Co-opDEVOURIn the first map the cult leader Anna is possessed by Azazel and hunts the players. 90% on Steam (88,464 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, VR
  10. This is a Ghost key art: a red-faced fanged demon, a glowing blue handprint and a skull beside a dark study with a desk and candles Co-opThis is a GhostA demon can take hold of a player for a few seconds, and a banshee's scream freezes its victim in place. 91% on Steam (370 reviews)PaidPC
  11. MADiSON key art: a bruised, bloodied hand gripping an old instant camera with Luca written on top PsychologicalMADiSONWikipedia: the ritual is required for the demon to fully inhabit a human vessel. 87% on Steam (3,486 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
  12. GRAIN ROT key art: the game's logo above three wooden puppet characters with goggles and glowing chest cores in a dark ruin Co-opGRAIN ROTWhen your vessel breaks your Spark stays in the run and searches for another host with a new set of abilities. 88% on Steam (2,492 reviews)PaidPC
  13. 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 DIEThe old man acts as if possessed by something after his nightmare, and the story leaves open whether its monsters are real. 92% on itch.io (192 ratings)about 45 minFreeBrowser, PC
  14. Onigashima cover: a pale long-haired figure in blue holding an oni mask beside a red oni-face logo and the title PsychologicalOnigashimaThe makers warn of themes of possession, identity loss and betrayal, and the slain oni's armour feels strange on you 98% on itch.io (82 ratings)about 3 hFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  15. Shadow Tag: a worried cartoon man in a grey hoodie holds a flashlight outside a log cabin with glowing windows at night 2D horrorShadow TagA child who reaches you takes over your body, leaving your man black-eyed and grinning 86% on Newgrounds (910 ratings)FreeBrowser
  16. Lunch Lady key art: the grinning, blotchy-skinned Lunch Lady in a grey apron beside the dripping red title on a dark bloodstained background SurvivalLunch LadyThe store calls the Lunch Lady evil and possessed, a murderous cook loose in the school. 85% on Steam (13,096 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  17. Phantasmagoria store art: the title in dark gothic capitals with a pale outline, over a soft blue-white glow on a black background Fixed cameraPhantasmagoriaThe demon Carno summoned possessed him, and the same force starts working on the people now in the house. 82% on GOG (1,364 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
  18. Alan Wake Remastered key art: Alan Wake's silhouette holding a flashlight stands inside the letters of the title against a misty forest PsychologicalAlan Wake RemasteredA supernatural darkness takes over everyone it finds and turns them against Alan. 83% on the PlayStation Store (25,000 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Gray Dawn key art: a derelict vintage car overgrown with ferns and wildflowers in a misty pine forest PsychologicalGray DawnYou are caught in strange events involving demonic possession after an exorcism failed. 83% on Steam (846 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. White Day key art: a frightened schoolgirl with twin ribbons crouching on a wooden floor marked with chalk circles SurvivalWhite Day: A Labyrinth Named SchoolWikipedia and the store describe possessed school staff hunting the player. 81% on Steam (4,583 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  21. sweet instincts key art: a pixel-art dark-haired girl with blood on her mouth and hand against crimson red, under the title and Spooktober 2026 Body horrorsweet instinctsBea wakes up with a strange craving and a voice in her head, a vessel for a flesh eating creature in the game's own words. 94% on itch.io (32 ratings)about 20 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  22. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake key art: the twins Mio and Mayu sit back to back on dark rocks among glowing red butterflies beside the game's logo SurvivalFATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKEEarly on Mayu is possessed by a spirit that leads her deeper into the village, and Mio has to follow. 87% on SteamPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. Slitterhead key art: a pale young woman with blue hair and a red-lit eye beside a red and white striped tiger-like mask, in red and cyan splashes Body horrorSlitterheadHyoki has no body, so you possess passers-by and Rarities, jumping from host to host to travel and fight 77% on the PlayStation Store (3,100 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  24. Home Sweet Home Episode II key art: the title in dripping red letters beside a dark, empty wooden corridor Puzzle horrorHome Sweet Home EP2The villagers who attack Tim seem to be possessed by some sort of evil spirit, the store says. 74% on Steam (881 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC
  25. F.E.A.R. 3 key art: the title beside the pale ghostly girl Alma, a scarred man lit in red and a soldier with a rifle, on black Co-opF.E.A.R. 3Fettel fights by possessing enemy soldiers and taking their weapons, and a versus mode is built on stealing souls this way 71% on Steam (13,739 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  26. JR's key art: a giant purple animatronic rabbit in a top hat reaches out over the yellow dripping JR's logo, with a magenta fox, a rabbit in glasses and a puppet below and the words 'they're alive!' FNAFJR'sYour job each night is to weed out which animatronics are possessed, from clues and hints, and which are not. about 1 hFreePC

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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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Where you play

  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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