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Spaceship horror games

Horror games set aboard ships in space: mining vessels gone silent, drifting freighters, derelicts and salvage ships. You walk narrow corridors and maintenance shafts, wake from cryosleep or board a wreck, and learn that help is far away. Air runs short, the hull is all that keeps the void out, and whatever is aboard with you knows the ship better than you do.

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

The 26 best, 2026

  1. Lethal Company art: four crew members in bulky suits and helmets, silhouetted against a red haze, one crouching with a flashlight Co-opLethal CompanyThe crew lives on a ship that flies between moons, and its autopilot leaves at midnight with or without the players. 97% on Steam (511,448 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC
  2. Don't Escape Trilogy art: a grey pixel-art corridor with metal doors and a round porthole showing a log cabin in a green field Puzzle horrorDon't Escape TrilogyDon't Escape 3 wakes you in the airlock of a silent starship with an hour of air and an intruder aboard 99% on Steam (770 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Browser
  3. Extreme close-up of Elster's shadowed face with glowing red eyes against a deep red background, drawn in a pixel anime style PsychologicalSIGNALISElster wakes from cryostasis in a wrecked vessel, and the store page names a derelict spaceship among the places to explore. 97% on Steam (35,155 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Mouthwashing art: a single bloodshot eye inside a red outline shaped like a dripping mouthwash drop, on black PsychologicalMouthwashingThe whole game takes place aboard the Tulpar, a Pony Express cargo freighter wrecked and drifting in space. 95% on Steam (39,111 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  5. Species: Unknown key art: a mercenary in a sci-fi suit and helmet in a blue-lit ship corridor, with a dark creature's red eyes glowing beside them Co-opSpecies: UnknownEvery contract takes place aboard an abandoned spaceship, currently one large ship map. 94% on Steam (11,609 reviews)about 25 minPaidPC
  6. Alien: Isolation key art: Amanda Ripley's face inside a space helmet lit green against black SurvivalAlien: IsolationAmanda comes to Sevastopol because it holds the flight recorder of her mother's lost ship, the Nostromo. 93% on Steam (67,246 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  7. Dead Space key art: Isaac Clarke's bloodied hand in a torn glove and armoured cuff, raised against a field of stars SurvivalDead Space (2008)Set aboard the USG Ishimura, a huge deep-space mining ship that has gone dark, explored deck by deck. 92% on Steam (29,363 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, Xbox
  8. 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 FrightEach mission is a dark, claustrophobic spacecraft you board through an airlock and finally blow up by overloading its reactor 92% on Steam (1,797 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC
  9. Dead Space key art: Isaac Clarke in his engineering suit, the helmet's slits glowing blue, in a gloomy ship corridor SurvivalDead SpaceSet aboard the USG Ishimura, a vast Planet Cracker-class mining ship that has gone silent. 91% on Steam (72,011 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. Duskers art: a beam of light picks out a red A1 hatch on the dark, ribbed hull of a derelict spaceship drifting among wreckage SurvivalDuskersYou send drones aboard derelict spaceships through their airlocks to salvage scrap and fuel from what is left. 90% on Steam (2,824 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  11. The Breach: a green-armoured soldier aims a rifle from a ledge in a dark 2D starship corridor lit by a red warning lamp 2D horrorThe BreachSet aboard the Hermes, a prototype starship in orbit that has stopped answering 89% on Newgrounds (2,768 ratings)FreeBrowser
  12. Stowaway cover art: the title STOWAWAY in orange pixel letters over a bloodied purple room with a fleshy column, the pilot standing and crew bodies by a red door 2D horrorStowawaySet aboard the salvage ship USS Starcross, from its server room and cargo hold to a spacewalk along the hull. 94% on itch.io (188 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  13. System Shock 2 remaster key art: the metallic face of the AI SHODAN with glowing green eyes and wires spreading out like hair SurvivalSystem Shock 2: 25th Anniversary RemasterYou wake from cryo sleep aboard the faster-than-light ship Von Braun and explore it deck by deck. 88% on Steam (2,304 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. Cosmodread key art: a long spaceship drifts past a huge shadowy creature lit by a red glare in deep space SurvivalCosmodreadYou are stranded on a dying spaceship whose rooms and corridors are laid out anew every run, and must get it working to fly home to Earth 90% on the Meta Quest store (869 ratings)about 1.5 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  15. RetroSpace key art, painted in two panels: a frightened mustached man with a pistol glances back at a red-eyed, insect-headed mutant in white armor Sci-fi horrorRetroSpaceSet aboard Aurora 5, one of the gigantic city-ships of a fleet carrying a sleeping humanity, now lost in a black hole 90% on Steam (531 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. Voyager-19 key art: a grey space probe with a dish antenna and lattice boom beside a banded red and orange gas giant in a starfield Sci-fi horrorVoyager-19You captain Voyager-19, a hastily designed probe with a hibernation pod and engines that reach a fraction of light speed 88% on Steam (1,037 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  17. Descent key art: a dark pixel-art isometric room with a glowing amber tank holding a spidery silhouette, and the line A game by jpbash below Walking simulatorsDescentYou explore the abandoned research vessel VALIS XI room by room, a small spacesuited figure in a dark ship 90% on itch.io (180 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser
  18. Endoparasitic 2 key art: a black silhouetted body sprawled on a dark tiled floor, one hand reaching up, a red wound on its chest, above the game's title SurvivalEndoparasitic 2You drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, trying to escape to civilization. 86% on Steam (647 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux
  19. Märchen Line banner art: a dark green military starship with a gold eagle on its bow beside the orange title and the words Starborn Academia AnimeMärchen LineMost of the game takes place on a single Armada ship, and you pick where to go on a map of its library, cargo bay, training hall, barracks, sick bay and mess hall. 98% on itch.io (55 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  20. Thermomorph itch.io cover: the green handheld monitor with a wireframe map of the ship, Motion and Heating buttons, an incoming call from System and the time 3:01 AM FNAFThermomorphUnidentified creatures stalk the halls of your mining ship while you wait for the escape pod to be repaired. 90% on itch.io (116 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux, Android
  21. Entity key art: a green pixel-art crescent planet and scattered stars on dark navy, with the title ENTITY in bold slanted pink letters 2D horrorEntityYour salvage crew sets out from its own ship's cockpit and boards a starship found drifting in deep space 96% on itch.io (54 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  22. STASIS key art: a bald man in a dark segmented suit sits hunched with a hand on his head, cables trailing from his back, in a dim industrial room lit by a purple glow 2D horrorSTASISYou wake aboard the Groomlake, a seemingly abandoned spacecraft plunging into the methane clouds of Neptune. 79% on Steam (1,716 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. Erebos update art: a pixel-art crewman in a dark metal corridor faces a huge clawed alien shape, with the words Update #1 2D horrorErebosSet aboard the ship Erebos, through its cryo bay, corridors, cargo bays and crew cabins 92% on itch.io (22 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  24. Dead Space 3 key art: Isaac Clarke's battered helmet, its visor glowing blue, against snowy mountains and a pale moon Co-opDead Space 3The opening chapters cross a graveyard of wrecked ships in orbit, with zero-g sections and limited air. 72% on Steam (15,312 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, Xbox
  25. Directive 8020 key art: a dirt-streaked woman in a spacesuit in a dim purple corridor with fleshy growths, beside the title Co-opDirective 8020The crew of the colony ship Cassiopeia is hunted through the ship's dark corridors after it crash-lands on Tau Ceti f 74% on the PlayStation Store (4,400 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  26. Deceit 2 key art: a frightened woman with a flashlight runs through red fog beside a fence, chased by a leaping clawed monster and a rabbit-masked figure Co-opDeceit 2The Helios Program map is the first crewed interstellar vessel, which went silent and then started talking again 77% on the PlayStation Store (7,415 ratings)Free to playPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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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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