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Swamp horror games

In these games you wade through bayous, marshes and fetid swamps where the water hides what moves in it. Fog cuts the view to a few steps, moss hangs over rotting docks and stilt villages, and every sound in the reeds could be wildlife or something hunting you. Some are slow stories of decay in the Deep South, others are fights to get out alive.

The top 16 of 16 swamp horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 16 best, 2026

  1. Left 4 Dead 2 art: a survivor in a white suit fires a pistol at a crowd of the infected, including a clown, in a dark carnival Co-opLeft 4 Dead 2Swamp Fever takes the survivors through a bayou and its swamp villages. 97% on Steam (1,065,531 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Linux
  2. Darkwood art: a pale, emaciated figure crowned with twisted branches screams in the grey dark, a cabin under tall trees behind it SurvivalDarkwoodThe store page sends you through fetid swamps, and a screenshot shows a misty yellow-green swamp. 95% on Steam (25,221 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. 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 Steam page lists swamps among the miles of terrain in the Pechorsk Anomaly Zone. 94% on Steam (11,328 reviews)23 h or morePaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  4. GONE Fishing key art: a hooded angler in a boat holds up a large pike on a misty amber lake, with an Update 1.0 banner SurvivalGONE FishingOne of its maps is a swamp, where a screenshot shows a crocodile lunging through misty cypress trees. 92% on Steam (2,195 reviews)PaidPC
  5. 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. PredatorSteam's page sets the game in the deadly jungles and swamps surrounding the damned colony of Freya's Prospect. 91% on Steam (21,791 reviews)about 9.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  6. Shrine II key art: the title in pale pink gothic pixel letters over a dark retro 3D forest path between rocky brown walls Action horrorShrine IIPale gaunt figures walk out of a great door in a green swamp courtyard lit by lantern poles 92% on Steam (872 reviews)FreePC, Linux
  7. Of Love and Eternity logo: red gothic title wrapped in branching roots and leaves, with a small skull on top, on dark grey Walking simulatorsOf Love and EternityThe revised demo now ends as the forest gives way to a swamp at sunrise. 94% on itch.io (299 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux
  8. Blood West key art: a cowboy with a rifle hides by a wooden shack as a fanged undead creature with an open ribcage stalks a night-time frontier town Action horrorBlood WestOne of the three scenarios is the Swamp, an open map you explore and clear. 90% on Steam (6,789 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. Bramble: The Mountain King key art: Olle and his sister seen from behind in a dark green forest, with two gnomes on a red toadstool and a hedgehog StealthBramble: The Mountain KingOlle crosses ponds and marshes, with a figure waiting in the water in the store screenshots. 95% on Steamabout 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut key art: a small figure by a railing under a bare tree in a blood-red splash, beside the title and faint red symbols PsychologicalSomeday You'll Return: Director's CutThe store names murky swamps among the places the forest search takes you through 82% on the PlayStation Store (427 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  11. A Chair in a Room: Greenwater key art: the title over a dark, misty teal forest of hanging vines, marked Remastered PsychologicalA Chair in a Room: GreenwaterThe store and the maker's site place the story in murky, decaying swamps of America's Deep South 83% on Steam (615 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  12. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened key art: a giant tentacled creature with glowing red eyes looms out of green fog and rain MysterySherlock Holmes The AwakenedThe case reaches the perilous Louisiana wetlands, where Holmes and Watson row through foggy swamp water at night. 81% on Steam (1,156 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. Antumbra key art: a fiery orange slit-pupil eye in a glowing ring above the orange title, against dark red walls of code-like text PsychologicalAntumbraIn a swamp you hunt for three eye-maggots hidden across the scene before they vanish again 80% on Newgrounds (684 ratings)FreeBrowser
  14. Hunt: Showdown 1896 key art: three hunters with a rifle, pistol and shotgun stand in a foggy swamp forest as monstrous figures lurk behind them Co-opHunt: Showdown 1896Every map before Mammon's Gulch sits in the swamps of Louisiana, where you wade through bayou water past shipyards and moss-hung docks. 77% on Steam (95,148 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  15. Alone in the Dark key art: Emily Hartwood with a tool over her shoulder and Edward Carnby at his holster, a masked, hatted figure behind them in a swampy wood PsychologicalAlone in the DarkScreenshots show Carnby beside a rowboat in a fog-covered swamp village under a burning oil derrick. 76% on the PlayStation Store (11,278 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. I Hate This Place key art: a giant horned skull creature with glowing eyes looms over a lit wooden cabin in a dark pine forest SurvivalI Hate This PlaceJump Dash Roll describes the family farm as sitting in a haunted swamp full of spooky noises 77% on the PlayStation Store (184 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, 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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  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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