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Horror games set in ruins

These horror games send you through places that have already fallen: temples and carved stone buried under sand, ice or sea, and towns and cities left broken and overgrown. You pick through collapsed rooms and old passages with little light, and the fear is in what still lives there and in what happened to the people who built it.

The top 29 of 29 horror games set in ruins, ranked by player and critic scores

The 29 best, 2026

  1. Idols of Ash key art: two pixelated red hands reaching toward each other around the white title on black PS1Idols of AshThe descent runs down a vast ancient ruin, as a review on Prairie Interactive describes it. 97% on Steam (3,652 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  2. Dagon key art: an engraved medallion of an island under the moon, ringed by tentacles, sea creatures and a great eye, on a starry black field PsychologicalDagon: by H. P. LovecraftOn the risen sea floor the narrator finds an ancient carved monolith with strange figures and writing. 95% on Steam (12,410 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Barotrauma key art: a diver in a heavy armoured suit with a skull inside the helmet, against a grungy red and green submarine schematic Co-opBarotraumaMissions send divers into the ruins of an alien civilization and into abandoned outposts and wrecks 94% on Steam (90,532 reviews)51 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  4. Content Warning art: four crew members in dark diving suits with round emoji faces, one holding a clapperboard and one waving, in a grey ruin Co-opContent WarningEach dive goes down into the Old World, a dark ruin of procedurally generated corridors and machinery. 94% on Steam (163,997 reviews)about 40 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Into the Radius key art: a lone soldier with a rifle stands in a ruined zone under a glowing anomaly and floating debris SurvivalInto the Radius VRThe zone is a stretch of crumbling Soviet ruins, with concrete slabs and houses floating above the ground. 94% on Steam (11,328 reviews)23 h or morePaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  6. The Last of Us Part I key art: Ellie with a backpack looks down over a ruined town in orange haze, a small figure of Joel with a pistol walking within her silhouette SurvivalThe Last of Us Part IThe journey runs through ruined towns and overgrown cities, where abandoned towers and overpasses are taken back by plants and animals. 98% on the PlayStation Store (146,000 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  7. 0_abyssalSomewhere key art: a tiny dark figure stands on a slope in a vast grey haze, with the faded serif title at the lower left Short0_abyssalSomewhereYou cross grey stone arcades and concrete walkways that run off into the dark, the remains of an old sunken realm. 94% on itch.io (551 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC, Mac
  8. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 key art: a pale woman behind a cracked oval mirror, a clawed grey hand raised to hush, in a wall of roots and gold frames PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3The scenes are collapsed, overgrown buildings: broken ceilings, rubble, roots over the walls and a skeleton on a tiled floor. 93% on Steam (661 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone, Android, Xbox
  9. The Last of Us Part II Remastered key art: Ellie crouches before a flooded, ruined Seattle with a Ferris wheel, while Abby walks with a gun among embers inside Ellie's silhouette SurvivalThe Last of Us Part II RemasteredSeattle's buildings are crumbling and taken over by plants, with a fallen monorail lying in the flooded streets. 91% on the PlayStation Store (311,000 ratings)24 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  10. Metro: Last Light Redux key art: a gas-masked soldier with a rifle and a round shield crouching in the rain before ruined Moscow towers and a domed church Multiple endingsMetro: Last Light ReduxAbove ground you pick your way through the collapsed towers, rubble and rusting buses of a destroyed capital 91% on Steam (82,615 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. My Friend is a Raven key art: Lutum, in a top hat, goggles and beaked mask, holds a small bird on a balcony above a foggy sepia town, beside the scratchy white title PsychologicalMy Friend is a RavenOutside the apartment the town is an empty ruin, the world of man fallen apart 91% on Steam (1,332 reviews)about 5 minFreePC
  12. DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain key art: a flooded city under a blood-red sky and a lighthouse, divers drifting among sunken towers toward spiked sea monsters SurvivalDIVE or DIE - Children of RainDivers navigate sunken ruins, drowned buildings and wrecked cars at the bottom of the Abyssal Pool. 92% on Steam (1,471 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC
  13. Vomitoreum key art: a pale hooded figure in a gas mask with a coiled breathing hose beside dark panels of skeletal figures Body horrorVomitoreumThe store sends you deep into the ruins of a plagued world to find a cure for the blight. 91% on Steam (899 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Linux
  14. House of Ashes key art: a woman's face inside a half-skull, set into a sandstone wall carved with ancient reliefs Co-opThe Dark Pictures Anthology: House of AshesScreenshots show a ruined temple facade, giant broken statues and huge carved stairs in a cavern 89% on Steam (11,114 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  15. 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 ROTProcedurally shifting underground dungeons beneath the Outpost, filled with loot and Corrupted vessels. 88% on Steam (2,492 reviews)PaidPC
  16. 7 Days to Die key art: four armed survivors stand in the light of a wooden house behind barbed wire while zombies close in through a misty forest Co-op7 Days to DieA brick and metal-strewn wasteland of ruined buildings is full of zombies; several screenshots show ruined cities. 87% on Steam (402,352 reviews)30 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  17. Murky Divers key art: a diver with a three-lamp helmet reaches for a glowing severed foot in a green flooded facility, with a diver pushing a shopping cart and a ghoul behind Co-opMurky DiversBesides the labs there are special dive sites, such as a sunken Egyptian ruin with a falcon-headed statue and an Atlantis location. 87% on Steam (5,339 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  18. Zombie Army 4: Dead War key art: a skeletal zombie soldier with glowing eyes in a barbed-wire helmet, rows of undead behind him Co-opZombie Army 4: Dead WarSet in 1946 with Europe in ruins, through bombed streets and broken towns. 86% on the PlayStation Store (19,800 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. CONSCRIPT key art: a soldier in a gas mask and helmet with red lenses raises a spiked club amid explosions in a trench SurvivalCONSCRIPTYou fight through collapsed trench lines and ruined, smoking stone buildings 90% on Steam (2,628 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. Whisper Mountain Outbreak key art: pixel-art survivors, one in a gas mask, advance past tentacles and zombie-like figures under a giant red-eyed face Co-opWhisper Mountain OutbreakThe horror was buried in an ancient ruin deep inside the mountain until miners disturbed it. 85% on Steam (2,652 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  21. Hollowbody key art: Mica holds a red glowing lantern and a pistol as pale, long-haired figures reach for her through grey smoke beside her crashed hover SurvivalHollowbodyThe exclusion zone is twenty miles of collapsed homes, streets and buildings left to rot. 85% on Steam (1,625 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  22. The Town of Light key art: painted profile of a young woman with closed eyes, face tilted up, beside a glowing orange asylum building fading into green mist PsychologicalThe Town of LightRenée returns to the now dilapidated asylum, its rooms rusted, overgrown and peeling 79% on Steam (2,839 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. Chernobylite key art: a hooded stalker in a gas mask with a rifle and one green glowing eye beside shattering crystal SurvivalChernobyliteYou scavenge the abandoned, decaying buildings of Pripyat and the Chernobyl plant thirty years after the disaster. 82% on Steam (15,670 reviews)25 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. PANICORE key art: a close-up of a terrified woman's eye with blood running down her face Co-opPANICOREThe explorers enter an abandoned place, and screenshots show ruined rooms with graffiti, old books and broken planks. 79% on Steam (13,067 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  25. Amnesia: Rebirth key art: Tasi holds up a lit match, a pale clawed creature lurking in the dark beside her PsychologicalAmnesia: RebirthYou explore ancient ruins half buried in sand, with carved stone screens, pillars and old passages. 77% on Steam (9,396 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  26. The Medium key art: Marianne, white-haired, raises a glowing hand, standing between a grey abandoned building on the left and an orange spirit world of crosses and twisted trees on the right PsychologicalThe MediumThe real-world resort is decayed and overgrown, with collapsed rooms, a drained pool and plants through the floors. 89% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  27. Conarium key art: a pale man's face with glowing white eyes and a light shining from his forehead PsychologicalConariumYou leave the base and go down into vast ruins of an ancient, inhuman civilisation beneath the ice. 77% on Steam (2,291 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. Hello Puppets! key art: a frightened stitched doll in a pink glow surrounded by puppet monsters, among them a top-hatted old man, a woman with a saw and a giant fanged dog EscapeHello Puppets! VRYou explore the burnt-out shell of a warehouse studio, rubble on its floors, where eight people died in a fire 79% on Steam (197 reviews)about 2 hPaidVR, PC
  29. The Shore key art: a man's silhouette underwater among rocks, kelp and a sunken boat, with tentacled creatures above him ShortThe ShoreAncient temples and rune-carved monoliths stand in the surf 73% on Steam (2,008 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation

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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
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