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Puppet horror games

In these games the threat has strings, felt or a painted wooden face. You wind a music box to keep a marionette in its box, wake alone in a musty theatre after the puppet show, or hide from the puppets of a children's TV studio. What frightens is a toy made to look alive that moves when it should not, and the hand you cannot see working it.

The top 5 of 5 puppet horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 5 best, 2026

  1. Puppet House key art: the wooden puppet seen from behind, holding a knife, sitting in a pool of blood at the foot of the mansion's staircase EscapePuppet HouseThe killer is an old ventriloquist's puppet that a freak ritual brought to life as a demonic killer. 86% on the PlayStation Store (650 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  2. The Coma 3: Bloodlines art: a wide-eyed girl in close-up beside a wall of organic growths, with black spiky shapes between them, in dark blue SurvivalThe Coma 3: BloodlinesHideous puppets hunt you through the Coma while you run and hide 86% on Steam (369 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Martha Is Dead key art: the upside-down face of a young woman with a pearl necklace, as if seen through dark water PsychologicalMartha Is DeadPuppet-theatre sequences, where you move marionettes in order, bring back Giulia's repressed memories. 79% on Steam (3,986 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  4. Ad Infinitum key art: a black-and-white screaming skeleton in a German steel helmet, barbed wire around its spine, against a pale grey background PsychologicalAd InfinitumThe store warns of hideous disjointed puppets that move in the dark. 78% on Steam (1,885 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. Dread X Collection 5 art: the painted neon entrance of the Outpost 3000 party venue at night, with a rocket ship statue and red shrubs beside the door PS1Dread X Collection 5Beyond the Curtain wakes a child alone in a musty theatre after a puppet show, among marionettes 81% on Steam (311 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC

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More kinds of horror

  1. Psychological horror games121
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  3. Survival horror games82
  4. Horror games with multiple endings71
  5. 2D horror games58
  6. PS1 horror games45
  7. Stealth horror games45
  8. Cosmic and Lovecraftian horror games42
  9. Mystery and detective horror games38
  10. Surreal horror games31
  11. Short horror games27
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  1. Steam horror games1009
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