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Swimming pool horror games

Empty indoor pools, tiled halls that go on too long and still water that hides the floor. In these games you wade through pool rooms, watch them on cameras or get lost in a maze of them. The fear is quiet: humming lights, echoes off the tiles, and the sense that a place made for crowds should not be this empty.

The top 13 of 13 swimming pool horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 13 best, 2026

  1. Anthology Of The Killer key art: BB, a small pink-haired girl, stands at the end of a line of grotesque cartoon characters, some covered in blood PsychologicalAnthology Of The KillerDrool Of The Killer takes place beneath the tiles of a swimming pool complex. 99% on Steam (810 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation, Switch
  2. Love Alone Death key art: a pale girl with a hair bun sits with closed eyes on the tiled edge of a pool, legs in the water, beside a wall clock, green doors and a potted plant PsychologicalLove Alone DeathOne scene has a woman sitting on the edge of a tiled pool, her feet in water where dark shapes lie on the bottom. 98% on Steam (456 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, Mac
  3. I'm on Observation Duty 6 key art: the title over a tunnel of small security camera screens PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 6One level watches a swimming pool, including a camera under the water. 94% on Steam (697 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  4. POOLS key art: a long rectangular pool of dark water with a metal rail and stairs at the back, in a hall of pale tiles stretching into the distance Walking simulatorsPOOLSEvery chapter takes place in pool halls: you wade and swim through the water, slide down water slides and pass rows of white plastic chairs. 95% on Steam (6,780 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, PlayStation, Switch, VR
  5. Dreamcore key art: a bright open doorway glowing in a dark, grainy empty room, with a dim round object beside it PsychologicalDreamcoreThe Dreampools are an indoor maze of endless tiled pools, ramps and stairs lit by an artificial glow 93% on the PlayStation Store (2,212 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. I'm on Observation Duty 7 key art: the title over a dark security room with a wall of CCTV monitors and a large camera lens PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 7One level watches an indoor pool, with cameras on the Main Pool and a spiral waterslide. 93% on Steam (455 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Two players in yellow hazmat suits face a tall, thin black entity in the yellow halls of Level 0, with a grinning face glowing in a dark doorway SurvivalBackrooms: Escape TogetherOne level is the flooded pool rooms, white-tiled halls of pillars and still water 89% on Steam (50,476 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  8. Backrooms 97 entity card: the Smiler's glowing eyes and jagged white grin floating in a dark tiled stairwell hall, captioned SMILER EscapeBackrooms 97 - Retro DescentThe Poolrooms level is a dim tiled pool hall with ladder rails and still teal water. 89% on the App Store (3,458 ratings)Free with adsiPhone
  9. The Classrooms key art: a white wolf-like creature with glowing eyes and a toothy grin peers around a cinder block wall into the dark SurvivalThe ClassroomsThe Poolrooms tape is a sprawl of abandoned pools where letting the camcorder go under water damages the tape. 89% on Steam (3,277 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  10. The Complex: Expedition key art: a blue-lit steel corridor of panels and pipes leading to a glowing yellow doorway with torn edges PsychologicalThe Complex: ExpeditionScreenshots show a dim tiled pool hall with shallow teal water and planters. 88% on Steam (1,714 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC
  11. Dead Island Definitive Edition key art: a snarling tattooed zombie with long blond hair in front of a palm-lined resort pool and sun loungers Co-opDead Island Definitive EditionThe key art sets a snarling zombie in front of the resort's palm-lined swimming pool and sun loungers. 82% on Steam (28,463 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Anemoiapolis key art: a lone green tree on a grassy field under a blue sky that looks like crumpled paper ShortAnemoiapolis: Chapter 1It opens in an empty, dim indoor pool, and later areas include a water park with slides. 81% on Steam (1,214 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  13. The Backrooms 1998 key art: a yellow, stitched-together creature with a gaping toothed mouth in a yellow-walled corridor, beside the title EscapeThe Backrooms 1998One screenshot shows a dark tiled pool room with a pink inflatable ring floating on the water 83% on Steam (840 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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