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Soldier horror games

In these games you are a soldier, a marine or an armed agent sent in to deal with something, or you hide from soldiers who hold the ground. Guns and training help less than they should: squads get split up, ammunition runs low, and the thing waiting in the tunnels, labs or quarantine zones does not fight like an enemy army.

The top 30 of 59 soldier horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Fear & Hunger 2: Termina key art: a bandaged girl with a knife, and a dark grinning moon glowing yellow above a tower at the end of a street SurvivalFear & Hunger 2: TerminaThe town is held by the occupying Bremen army after a war, and its soldiers are Moonscorched along with the townspeople. 97% on Steam (15,692 reviews)PaidPC
  2. DUSK key art: antlered, long-limbed creatures with glowing eyes stand before a gothic cathedral under a blood-red sky Action horrorDUSKSteam: possessed militants are among the enemies; Wikipedia: possessed military and science staff 97% on Steam (25,590 reviews)about 7.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  3. Rusty Lake: Roots key art: a painted valley with a lake, mountains, a white palace on an island, a chapel and a windmill PsychologicalRusty Lake: RootsOne portrait sends you to a soldier with a rifle in a trench behind barbed wire 96% on Google Play (16,100 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  4. HROT key art: a horse in a gas mask stands in a dim industrial room beside the rusty HROT logo plate Action horrorHROTGas-masked soldiers with rifles patrol rainy industrial yards 96% on Steam (6,573 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC
  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 VRMimics take the form of soldiers and fire real bullets at you, as Road to VR describes. 94% on Steam (11,328 reviews)23 h or morePaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  6. F.E.A.R. key art: the F.E.A.R. logo beside Alma, a pale dark-haired girl, on an orange background Action horrorF.E.A.R.You play a member of F.E.A.R., a special forces team sent in after the first squad is wiped out, fighting armed clone soldiers. 94% on Steam (19,718 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  7. Three figures in a small rowing boat on a pale, misty river among bare branches: one poles at the stern while a girl holds a small child SurvivalA Plague Tale: InnocenceInquisition soldiers, some in heavy armor, hunt the two children and must be avoided or slipped past. 93% on Steam (73,516 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. 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 IJoel starts in a military quarantine zone, and gas-masked soldiers search dark rooms with flashlights while he hides. 98% on the PlayStation Store (146,000 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  9. 10-103: NULL KELVIN cover: condemned notices pasted on a wall under a lamp in falling snow, with the title in green letters below 2D horror10-103: NULL KELVINYou play Specter 8, an elite armed Special Response agent sent in to assess the scene. 98% on itch.io (229 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC
  10. Resident Evil (1996) key art: a pale zombie with a wound in its forehead and a bloodied shirt turns toward the viewer out of black darkness SurvivalResident Evil (1996)You play Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine of S.T.A.R.S., a special tactics police squad. 94% on GOG (1,830 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC
  11. Trench Face key art: a white gas-masked soldier in a brimmed helmet beside the title in rough capitals, on black SurvivalTrench FaceYou play a lone soldier in helmet and gas mask who must escape the trench and regroup with his comrades 93% on Steam (759 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC
  12. Space Beast Terror Fright key art: a dark, foggy spaceship corridor with a sealed red blast door and blood on the wall, under the glowing blue title Co-opSpace Beast Terror FrightYou play Marines armed with automatic rifles or shotguns, sent in to extract critical data and upgrades 92% on Steam (1,797 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC
  13. Flesh Made Fear key art: a red-tinted face in a surgical mask beside a rotting skull and monsters SurvivalFlesh Made FearYou play a member of R.I.P., a black-ops unit sent in with armoured trucks and guns. 93% on Steam (447 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation
  14. 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 RemasteredThe Washington Liberation Front is an armed militia based in Seattle, and its fighters patrol the city with guns and dogs. 91% on the PlayStation Store (311,000 ratings)24 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  15. 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 LaboratoryFacility Guards, Mobile Task Force units and Chaos Insurgents are armed classes that fight the other factions. 91% on Steam (235,439 reviews)about 30 minFree to playPC
  16. A Plague Tale: Requiem key art: Amicia with blood on her face and her little brother Hugo resting his head on her shoulder StealthA Plague Tale: RequiemAmicia sneaks past or fights armoured soldiers and guards hunting the siblings 91% on the PlayStation Store (29,000 ratings)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. 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 ReduxYou play Artyom, a Ranger soldier, fighting through the metro with pistols, shotguns, rifles and knives 91% on Steam (82,615 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Aliens vs. Predator key art: a snarling Xenomorph and an armoured Predator with glowing eyes face off in green, smoky jungle light Action horrorAliens vs. PredatorThe Marine campaign puts you in the boots of a Colonial Marine whose squad answers a distress signal on Freya's Prospect. 91% on Steam (21,791 reviews)about 9.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  19. Labyrinth Of The Demon King key art: a hulking grey painted demon against a red-brown cloudy sky, under the Japanese and English title in red and white SurvivalLabyrinth Of The Demon KingYou play an ashigaru, a lowly foot soldier and the only survivor of your lord's army 92% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. SCP: Fragmented Minds key art: an armoured soldier in a visored helmet before a warped red and teal void with a dropship and floating rocks SurvivalSCP: Fragmented MindsThe makers cast you as a Mobile Task Force soldier, armed with customisable weapons and limited ammunition. 91% on Steam (1,260 reviews)PaidPC
  21. 10-103 key art: a green-eyed figure stands between two bodies in a blood-stained pixel-art room under an AEGIS shield emblem, red warning lights and the green title below 2D horror10-103You play Specter 8, a Special Response Team operative with a rifle, sent down into the facility 94% on itch.io (242 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC
  22. Ground Zero key art: a silver-haired woman in a red beret and goggles raises a pistol on a rainy Korean street at night, with a huge fiery cloud behind her SurvivalGround ZeroYou play Captain Seo-Yeon, an elite operative trained in firearm and martial combat, sent in on a military mission 88% on Steam (759 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. Doppelpartment key art: the white-bearded building manager in a teal sweater amid a crowd of grotesque, distorted pixel-art faces, under the title PsychologicalDoppelpartmentA soldier in a gas mask knocks at night with the news and is the one you report suspected doppelgangers to. 96% on itch.io (157 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  24. The Thing: Remastered key art: soldiers in hooded snow parkas charge forward under a huge snarling dog-like creature in red and orange haze Body horrorThe Thing: RemasteredYou play Captain J.F. Blake, leading a U.S. Special Forces rescue team, per the Steam page. 90% on Steam (1,446 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  25. Pathogen-X key art: a PS1-style demo box spread, the back with screenshots and Face your fears, the front with a gas-masked agent aiming a pistol Action horrorPathogen-XHawk is a special forces agent sent on a search-and-retrieval mission with a pistol, shotgun and M4 carbine. 94% on itch.io (181 ratings)about 30 minFreePC
  26. 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 AshesYou play US marines and an Iraqi soldier caught underground at the end of the 2003 invasion 89% on Steam (11,114 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  27. Resident Evil 5 key art: Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar back to back with a pistol and a shotgun Co-opResident Evil 5Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar are armed agents of the BSAA, the anti-bioterror force sent in to investigate. 87% on Steam (68,924 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. You Will Die Here Tonight key art: two grey zombies in tuxedos with glowing orange eyes in a dark mansion, above the line You will die here tonight SurvivalYou Will Die Here TonightYou play the six members of Aries Division, an elite special ops unit sent into the estate on a mission. 90% on Steam (601 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  29. Dying Light: The Beast key art: Kyle Crane raises a serrated blade and a flashlight against a huge infected in a flooded forest, hands reaching from the water around him Co-opDying Light: The BeastThe Baron's armed, masked soldiers are human enemies alongside the infected (store screenshots, official site). 86% on Steam (73,481 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  30. Resident Evil 0 key art: the empty, blood-stained passenger carriage of a luxury train, light spilling through its far door SurvivalResident Evil 0Rebecca is the rookie medic of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team, sent to investigate murders outside Raccoon City 91% on the PlayStation Store (24,000 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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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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