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Suburban horror games

These games take place on ordinary residential streets: family houses, porches, picket fences, parked cars and streetlights. You trick-or-treat door to door, guard a front garden, tour a show home or search a house where the neighbours' windows are lit but nobody comes to help. The fear is in how familiar it all looks, and how alone you are once the street goes quiet after dark.

The top 30 of 36 suburban horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Clap Clap key art: a two-storey suburban house at night, a lit porch and garage light, a pink-lit upstairs window and a street lamp's beam PS1[Nightmare Files] Clap ClapThe house you sit is an ordinary two-storey suburban home on a lamp-lit street. 96% on Steam (5,387 reviews)about 20 minFreePC
  2. Tattletail key art: the purple, furry Tattletail toy with big blue eyes and a heart-shaped nose beside its red box, in front of a lit Christmas tree, with a large figure with glowing red eyes behind Multiple endingsTattletailGameSpew describes the setting as a suburban house seen through a child's eyes. 95% on Steam (5,089 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac
  3. ANATOMY title banner: white terminal-style text reading >_ANATOMY on a scanlined blue screen that fades to black PsychologicalANATOMYThe maker's page sets it in a suburban house you explore room by room at night. 96% on itch.io (996 ratings)about 40 minPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  4. Project Zomboid art: Spiffo, the game's raccoon mascot, holds a weapon in the rain with zombies reaching up behind him SurvivalProject ZomboidMuch of the looting happens in suburban streets of family houses, shown in the store screenshots. 94% on Steam (489,804 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. Phasmophobia: a dark 1950s-style diner with a glowing orange jukebox and a pie-of-the-day board Co-opPhasmophobiaSeveral contracts are suburban houses such as 6 Tanglewood Drive and 10 Ridgeview Court. 94% on Steam (841,559 reviews)about 20 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, VR
  6. Costume Quest art: four children in homemade costumes, a girl in a unicorn-horn hat, a knight, a cardboard robot and an astronaut with a glowing wand, on a suburban street at night HalloweenCostume QuestYou start trick-or-treating door to door in the suburban neighbourhood of Auburn Pines. 94% on Steam (4,129 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Xbox
  7. Mycopsychosys: Remastered key art: a pale girl with long black hair and a bleeding eye above orange fungal growths, under the red dripping title PsychologicalMycopsychosys: RemasteredYou keep watch from a porch over a quiet suburban street of tiled-roof houses and lamp posts while the spores drift past. 97% on Steam (245 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC, Mac
  8. Mama's Sleeping Angels art: four players in Y2K outfits pose in a dark graffiti alley, with red fleshy monsters behind a fence Co-opMama's Sleeping AngelsOne dream layer takes you to the Suburbs, with a park and a plaza of bare white trees. 94% on Steam (1,323 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC
  9. Studio System : Guardian Angel key art: four cartoon girls with red eyes before a red and black spiral, with the title in white PsychologicalStudio System : Guardian AngelOne store screenshot shows a street of houses, power lines and a parked van washed in pale blue. 93% on Steam (587 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  10. House Hunted key art: the title in bold black letters over a grainy, glitching teal photo of suburban houses with arched dormer windows Multiple endingsHouse HuntedIts pictures are smeared photographs of suburban streets, and the maker promises seemingly normal neighborhoods. 94% on itch.io (374 ratings)about 5 minPaidPC
  11. Dreamcore key art: a bright open doorway glowing in a dark, grainy empty room, with a dim round object beside it PsychologicalDreamcoreEternal Suburbia is a neighbourhood of identical houses with a day and night cycle and paths that loop back 93% on the PlayStation Store (2,212 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Ice Scream 2 key art: Rod's gloved hands reach out on either side of the title, the big purple nose of his mask behind it EscapeIce Scream 2: Scary HorrorRod is back in the neighbourhood, and the chase starts on snowy suburban streets at night. 90% on Google Play (230,000 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android
  13. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red woman with raised arms looms over blue suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALIts backdrops show suburban neighbourhoods and palm trees under a vast web, and dialogue scenes on dark residential streets. 95% on Steam (480 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. Fears to Fathom - Home Alone key art: the title over a suburban street seen from a front porch at dusk, with lights along the path PsychologicalFears to Fathom - Home AloneThe night is set in a quiet suburban house; Steam screenshots show the street with path lights and the house next door. 90% on Steam (11,255 reviews)about 30 minFreePC
  15. The Open House cover: a real estate flyer reading Virtual Open House, 15615 Hollow Oak Lane, over a photo of a stone-fronted suburban home PsychologicalThe Open HouseThe tour is of 15615 Hollow Oak Lane, a showcase home in one of the agency's premier developments. 90% on itch.io (1,441 ratings)about 20 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  16. Ice Scream 1 key art: Rod, the ice cream man with a cracked grinning face and a blue nose, holds out a striped ice cream cone beside the game's title EscapeIce Scream 1: Scary HorrorThe rescue starts on a quiet street of wooden houses and fences, with Rod parked outside in his van. 88% on Google Play (432,000 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android
  17. Ice Scream 3 key art: Mike, in glasses and a dented metal bucket helmet, shrinks back as Rod's cracked grinning face leans in beside him EscapeIce Scream 3: Scary HorrorA store picture shows the chase on a night street of two-storey houses, with Rod's Frosty van parked beside them. 88% on Google Play (254,000 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android
  18. Invasion of The Halloween Fiends key art: the title carved into a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern over a dark suburban street PS1Invasion of The Halloween FiendsThe house sits on a quiet suburban street of porches, picket fences, pumpkins and hay bales. 95% on Steam (126 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  19. Boo Men art: a dark suburban house at night with a lit porch, an attached garage, foggy bushes and a large black tree Co-opBoo MenThe houses you rob include suburban homes with garages, porches and back gardens at night 87% on Steam (2,655 reviews)PaidPC
  20. CANIDAE key art: a red, dithered wolf-like creature hunched in the dark behind the title Body horrorCANIDAEIts backgrounds are photographs of a residential estate at night: rows of houses, fences, parked cars and streetlights. 92% on itch.io (165 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux, Android
  21. Christmas Nightmare key art: a horned goblin mask with green eyes and pointed ears before dark, blurred red and green Christmas lights and a gingerbread man Walking simulatorsChristmas NightmareScreenshots show a snowbound suburban street of decorated houses, lamp posts and front yards at night. 89% on Steam (347 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  22. Paranormal Cleanup key art: four cleaners in overalls with a plunger, broom and trash bag, three red-eyed monsters looming behind them in a dark red-lit hallway Co-opParanormal CleanupThe store lists suburban houses and whole streets among the places to clean, such as 31 Walnut Street. 87% on Steam (1,281 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  23. make sure it's closed cover: a dark low-poly garage at night with a parked gray car, a pale strip of light on the ceiling and the title in red pixel letters Psychologicalmake sure it's closedThe open garage door looks out on a quiet street of houses and a driveway at night 86% on itch.io (1,778 ratings)about 1 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  24. Visage key art: a figure under a pale sheet in front of rain-streaked glass, next to the Visage logo PsychologicalVisageSet in a large suburban house in the 1980s. 84% on Steam (11,033 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  25. Paranormal Night Shift art: a dark attic in blue-purple light, with a wardrobe, chairs and a pale mannequin slumped in a leather armchair PsychologicalParanormal Night ShiftThe family home sits in a residential area of North London, with ordinary rooms you learn by heart 94% on Steam (104 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  26. Heartworm key art: Sam stands at an open gate in a chain-link fence before a fogbound house PsychologicalHeartwormThe official site describes a surreal suburban setting. 86% on Steam (505 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  27. Infliction key art: a man's silhouette in a brightly lit doorway at the end of a dark hall, with a bloodied hand holding a knife in the foreground PsychologicalInflictionSet in a realistic suburban family home that grows more fractured and twisted as you go deeper. 80% on Steam (973 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. Hello Neighbor 2 key art: the scowling moustached Neighbor in a purple argyle vest and yellow shirt, shovel over his shoulder, in a dark misty forest Puzzle horrorHello Neighbor 2Metacritic's summary calls Raven Brooks an ordinary suburb; the screenshots show crooked houses, yards and a tree house on an autumn street 81% on Steam (6,089 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  29. Alone. Again. title card: the word Alone in white and Again in red on black Walking simulatorsAlone. Again.The house looks out on a quiet tree-lined residential street at night 86% on itch.io (111 ratings)about 5 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  30. Hello Neighbor key art: the moustached neighbour holding a shovel among autumn trees, with crows watching Puzzle horrorHello NeighborSet on a quiet street of wooden houses and picket fences in the town of Raven Brooks. 80% on Google Play (550,000 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android

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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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