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New Horror Games of 2026: The Releases Worth Playing

2026 has been a strong year for horror, from big series returns like Resident Evil Requiem and the Fatal Frame II remake to small games that players rate higher still. These are this year's releases on the site, chosen by how players and critics rate them, best first.

The games

  1. Resident Evil Requiem art: a woman with pale, tousled hair in a dark red jacket looks sideways on a grey, ruined city street SurvivalResident Evil RequiemCapcom's mainline Resident Evil of 2026, with Grace Ashcroft and Leon Kennedy and a camera you can switch between first and third person.
  2. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake key art: a dark wooden hall hung with paper charms and glowing lanterns, leading to a candlelit altar SurvivalFATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKEA full remake of the 2003 ghost story: twin sisters in a village of vengeful spirits, fought with the Camera Obscura.
  3. REANIMAL key art: two children row a small lit boat across dark floodwater past wrecked ships and telephone poles, under a giant sheep-headed creature looming out of the stormy sky PsychologicalREANIMALFrom the team behind Little Nightmares: a brother and sister cross a flooded island of monsters, alone or in co-op.
  4. MOLE screenshot: the drilling vessel's cockpit of gauges, dials and an amber radar screen PsychologicalMOLEA drilling vessel with its crew gone and a Signal calling from below, run by hand through gauges and terminals.
  5. Servant of the Lake screenshot: a maid in apron and cap stands in the green hallway of the Vanderboom house, beside a staircase, portraits and a cat on a pink armchair PsychologicalServant of the LakeRusty Lake's 2026 game: serve the Vanderboom family in their alchemy, through unsettling rituals and puzzles; one of the year's best-rated horror games.
  6. Endacopia key art: a round-headed boy in a red cap beside a sign with a worried face, against a starry black sky PsychologicalEndacopiaA surreal point-and-click about a boy who has lost his senses, with monsters and secrets under a cheerful surface.
  7. Pathologic 3 screenshot: a hooded, masked figure in rags holds out its hands in a foggy street as a man in the background aims a pistol PsychologicalPathologic 3Twelve days to save a plague town as a doctor who can rewind time to fix his mistakes.
  8. Crisol: Theater of Idols key art: a weeping, crowned statue of a woman with a skeletal ribcage, framed by blades, candles and iron gates in red and black SurvivalCrisol: Theater of IdolsSurvival horror on a cursed Spanish island where religious statues come to life and your gun fires your own blood.
  9. Illustrated scene of a 1930s car with its headlights on in the rain outside a large country house at night, a man and a woman standing beside it PsychologicalThe Incident at Galley HouseReplay echoes of a 1936 massacre and work out who everyone was and how they died.
  10. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red figure with raised arms looms over dark suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALA psychological horror platformer: a stolen child crosses a castle of bitter memories in a lonely god's realm.
  11. Idols of Ash screenshot: a vast underground chamber lit orange, ringed by rows of rough standing stone idols ShortIdols of AshA short climbing horror game: descend thousands of metres into the dark while something huge hunts you.
  12. KLETKA key art: a gas-masked figure with a wrench and a gas-masked creature on a red background of giant teeth Co-opKLETKACo-op for up to six: ride a living elevator down an endless building and keep it fed.
  13. The Sinking City 2 key art: a man in a fedora with a shotgun on his back stands waist-deep in floodwater under an Arkham cemetery arch, wrapped by rising tentacles SurvivalThe Sinking City 2Survival horror in a drowned 1920s Arkham, by foot and by skiff, against Lovecraftian creatures.
  14. Two women at an old phone booth, one holding the receiver as a voice warns that the island will become a bloodbath unless she takes the last ferry alone PsychologicalPARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's CurseSquare Enix's horror mystery sequel: curses fall on an island in Ise Bay after a diver meets his double.
  15. First-person view aiming a scoped rifle at a figure in a dark, leaf-strewn courtyard while a bloodied, pale creature lunges in from the right SurvivalIron BlightOld-style survival horror in a rainy Eastern Bloc town, counting every bullet on the search for a missing wife.
  16. lily's world XD key art: pastel early-2000s computer windows around a pixelated photo of a dark-haired girl with a black bar over her eyes Psychologicallily's world XDA missing girl's 2004 laptop, her blog and chats, and messages that start arriving for you.
  17. MOLDRISE: a grimy tiled lobby under a single ceiling light, with rows of mailboxes and a glowing vending machine PsychologicalMOLDRISEA mould in your head orders you up thirty floors of an apartment block, one failed climb at a time.
  18. Static Dread: The Submarine art: a stern naval officer with glowing round glasses, a submarine and red tentacles behind him in green water PsychologicalStatic Dread: The SubmarineKeep a submarine crew sane while something vast moves on the sonar, from the makers of Static Dread: The Lighthouse.
  19. Dread Fields key art: a pale woman with burning eyes and dark hair in front of a field of sunflowers PsychologicalDread FieldsA short folk horror on an isolated farm, where the last owner's secrets rise out of the ground.
  20. The Dark Rites of Arkham key art: a detective in a fedora holds a revolver as huge toothed jaws and tentacles loom out of a blue night behind him Puzzle horrorThe Dark Rites of ArkhamA pixel-art detective story of a sealed-room ritual murder in Arkham and witches who escaped Salem.
  21. Angel Engine: the operating room, with a strapped test subject in a lit chamber, an operation monitor, a calibration screen and a cross-shaped mechanical arm Sci-fi horrorAngel EngineSealed in an operating room, you operate on comatose test subjects against the clock while fending off demons.
  22. Shift At Midnight key art: a grinning, wide-eyed monster with clawed hands leans over a gas station till, holding up an ID card that reads Real Human Co-opShift At MidnightServe night customers, check their IDs and shoot the ones who are not human, alone or with friends.
  23. Wicked Seed key art: Ella holding a handgun in a dark forest with red flowers and twisted branches SurvivalWicked SeedA third-person horror RPG of foggy woods, empty streets and monsters, with survival horror roots.
  24. Tormentum II key art: a pale, dark-haired woman seated in a red-lit chamber of biomechanical shapes PsychologicalTormentum IIA dark point-and-click: wake a prisoner inside the world you created.
  25. DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain key art: a diver sinks into green water toward spiked shapes under a blood-red sky and a lighthouse SurvivalDIVE or DIE - Children of RainDive into a drowned abyss for relics before the black rain floods the world.
  26. GRAIN ROT screenshot: wooden puppet crewmates with weapons face a spiked, glowing-eyed figure in dark ruins Co-opGRAIN ROTTake a crew down a cursed elevator into ruins of wooden bodies, where the Rot grows worse the deeper you go.
  27. Twisted Tower key art: a man with a bloodied face and a mallet before a fairground tower and two grinning bear mascots Action horrorTwisted TowerA shooter up an abandoned 1950s resort tower, past its twisted mascots.
  28. A lonely wooden gas station at night among dark pine trees, its tall price sign lit beside the road PsychologicalFears to Fathom - Scratch CreekThe series' first two-player episode: a couple's move to a decrepit small town goes wrong.
  29. The 7th Guest Remake key art: Stauf's Victorian mansion lit from inside under a purple, stormy sky with lightning Puzzle horrorThe 7th Guest RemakeA remake of the 1993 puzzle mansion: six guests, a toymaker and a puzzle in every room.
  30. Halloween: The Game key art: Michael Myers' pale mask lit in blue against black, small figures of survivors at his chest Co-opHalloween: The GameHunt Haddonfield as Michael Myers in 1978, or try to survive him with friends; its Steam reviews are mixed.
  31. SILENT HILL: Townfall screenshot: Simon walks toward a stone monument in a foggy square hung with protest banners PsychologicalSILENT HILL: TownfallThe series in first person in a fog-bound Scottish island town; its Steam reviews are mixed.
  32. CAPTURED 2 camera view framing a glowing grandfather clock in a dim office as an anomaly to capture PsychologicalCAPTURED 2A 2026 anomaly game players rate very highly: a looping apartment by flashlight, anomalies to photograph and creatures with rules.
  33. Directive 8020 key art: an astronaut with a bloodied face inside a cracked helmet, beside a red-lit wrecked corridor Co-opDirective 8020Supermassive's 2026 Dark Pictures game: a colony ship, an alien that copies its prey and choices that decide who lives.
  34. Feed The Pit art: black silhouettes of people falling against a red sky into a pit ringed with spikes Puzzle horrorFeed The PitHunt the wealthy through a dark forest for a cult's Pit, while a new monster stalks each mission; one of the year's best-rated small games.
  35. First-person view holding a pump shotgun on a foggy town square with bare trees and a white chapel at the end PsychologicalComatoseRetro survival horror inside a woman's unconscious, a fog-bound town of monsters and buried memories, in Early Access.
  36. Retail Hell screenshot: a skinless red creature with a wide grin at the counter window beside a till and a Day 01 clock PsychologicalRetail HellThe only clerk of a convenience store between life and death, serving grotesque dead customers on an endless shift.
  37. Heaven Does Not Respond key art: an old CRT computer on a desk spattered red, with a coffee cup and scattered papers PsychologicalHeaven Does Not RespondAnalog horror on a dead man's corrupted 2005 desktop, where files write themselves.
  38. The Skin Stapler screenshot: the killer in a stitched red skin mask bursting through glass SlasherThe Skin StaplerA PSX-style grindhouse hunt for a serial killer through grisly crime scenes, playing his victims too.
  39. Photomaly screenshot: a customer in a gas mask and yellow suit at the photo studio counter PsychologicalPhotomalyRun your late father's photo studio while things that are not quite right appear in the shop and the prints.
  40. [HERROR] Gas Station Case key art: a lone lit gas station on a dark road among night-time pine woods Short[HERROR] Gas Station CaseA 1999 night shift at a remote gas station as people vanish in the woods, in the style of Fears to Fathom.

The big releases first. Resident Evil Requiem is Capcom's mainline game of the year, with Grace Ashcroft and Leon Kennedy and a camera you can switch between first and third person, and it is one of the best-reviewed horror games on Steam this year. The FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly remake rebuilds the 2003 ghost story of twin sisters in a village of vengeful spirits, and REANIMAL, from the team behind Little Nightmares, sends a brother and sister across a flooded island of monsters, alone or in co-op. SILENT HILL: Townfall moved the series to first person in a Scottish island town; its Steam reviews are mixed, with praise for the setting and complaints about pacing. Directive 8020, the new Dark Pictures game from Supermassive, crash-lands a colony crew on an alien world where something copies their faces; its Steam reviews are mixed too, but it can be played with up to five on one sofa.

Some of the year's most loved horror is small. MOLE puts you at the controls of a drilling vessel whose crew has vanished, working its gauges by hand as a Signal calls from below. Endacopia is a surreal point-and-click about a boy who has lost his senses, and Idols of Ash is a short climbing game down into the dark with something huge behind you. The Incident at Galley House, from the makers of The Roottrees are Dead, is a deduction game about a 1936 massacre.

Rusty Lake's Servant of the Lake is one of the best-rated games of the year: you serve the Vanderboom family in their alchemy, through the studio's unsettling rituals and puzzles. The Dark Rites of Arkham is a pixel-art detective story of a sealed-room ritual murder and witches who escaped Salem, and Tormentum II is a dark point-and-click in which you wake a prisoner inside a world you made.

LOVE ETERNAL is a psychological horror platformer about a child stolen by a lonely god, crossing more than a hundred screens of traps in a castle built of bitter memories, and Angel Engine seals you in an operating room in a ruined future, working on comatose test subjects against the clock while demons come for you.

For longer games, Pathologic 3 gives you twelve days to save a plague town and the power to rewind time, The Sinking City 2 is survival horror in a drowned 1920s Arkham, and Crisol: Theater of Idols arms you with a gun that fires your own blood on a cursed Spanish island. Iron Blight is the pick for fans of old-style survival horror. Wicked Seed is a third-person horror RPG of foggy woods and empty streets with survival horror roots, and DIVE or DIE: Children of Rain sends you down into a drowned abyss for relics before the black rain floods everything.

For something different, KLETKA is co-op for up to six in a hungry elevator, lily's world XD is a missing girl's 2004 laptop, MOLDRISE is a climb up an apartment block driven by a mould in your head, and Static Dread: The Submarine keeps a crew sane under the sea. CAPTURED 2 is one of the year's best-rated anomaly games, a looping late-90s apartment you search by flashlight and photograph.

With friends, Shift At Midnight has you serving night customers at a store, checking their IDs and shooting the ones who are not human, and it is among the most reviewed horror games of the year. GRAIN ROT takes a crew down a cursed elevator into ruins of wooden bodies, Fears to Fathom: Scratch Creek is the series' first two-player episode, and Halloween: The Game lets one player hunt Haddonfield as Michael Myers while the others try to survive him; its Steam reviews are mixed. Twisted Tower is a shooter up an abandoned 1950s resort tower full of twisted mascots, and The 7th Guest Remake rebuilds the 1993 puzzle mansion of a toymaker and his six guests.

More of the year's small, well-rated horror: Feed The Pit sends you into a dark forest to hunt the wealthy for a cult while a new monster stalks every mission, and Comatose, in Early Access, is retro survival horror inside a woman's unconscious mind. Retail Hell makes you the only clerk of a convenience store between life and death, Photomaly hands you your late father's photo studio and the wrong things in its prints, and [HERROR] Gas Station Case is a 1999 night shift at a remote gas station as people vanish in the woods. Heaven Does Not Respond is analog horror on a dead man's corrupted desktop, The Skin Stapler a PSX-style grindhouse hunt for a serial killer, and Mama's Sleeping Angels takes up to four friends through a hungry goddess's dreams.

If you play one, play Resident Evil Requiem; if you want something smaller and stranger, start with MOLE, Endacopia or Servant of the Lake.

Questions

What is the best-reviewed horror game of 2026?

Among big releases, Resident Evil Requiem, with 96% positive from over 180,000 Steam reviews. Among smaller games, Endacopia and MOLE are rated even higher by players.

Are there new co-op horror games in 2026?

Yes: KLETKA for up to six players, REANIMAL for two, Shift At Midnight and GRAIN ROT for groups online, and Halloween: The Game, where one player is Michael Myers.

Is there a new Silent Hill in 2026?

Yes. SILENT HILL: Townfall came out in 2026, a first-person story set in a Scottish island town in 1996; its Steam reviews are mixed.

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