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Tentacle horror games

In these games the threat reaches for you. Tentacles burst out of infected heads, coil up from the sea, push through farmland and trail from things that crawl out of the dark. Some are monsters you shoot or run from, others belong to old gods glimpsed at the edge of a flooded town or a distant moon. What frightens is the grip: limbs that move on their own, too many of them, and never quite still.

The top 28 of 28 tentacle horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 28 best, 2026

  1. Sucker for Love: First Date key art: Ln'eta, a green Cthulhu-like girl with pink hair and bat wings, beside the masked Estir in a yellow dress under cherry blossoms AnimeSucker for Love: First DateLn'eta is a cute girl with a green, tentacled Cthulhu face, and tentacled posters cover the bedroom walls. 98% on Steam (3,043 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Switch
  2. NO-SKIN key art: the title in bold red capital letters on black, with dark red fleshy shapes at the right edge SurvivalNO-SKINLater in the game your friends grow tentacles, turning into ghastly sights that you must face in turn-based fights. 94% on Steam (1,436 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Sucker for Love: Prelude key art: the pink title on a green heart beside Ln'eta, green-skinned with pink eyes and wrapped in tentacles AnimeSucker for Love: PreludeLn'eta, the eldritch girl you court, has a green tentacled face under her pink hair. 96% on Steam (532 reviews)about 24 minFreePC
  4. Diner in the Storm key art: an elderly waitress smiling at the Wayside Diner counter while black tentacles creep in around the sign and window Multiple endingsDiner in the StormThe key art shows black tentacles creeping in around the Wayside Diner's sign and window 98% on itch.io (177 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantBrowser
  5. Static Dread: The Lighthouse key art: a lighthouse at night behind a tentacled creature with glowing green eyes, under the game's logo PsychologicalStatic Dread: The LighthouseBlack tentacles rise from the floor of the keeper's dark house at night. 90% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. TAMASHII key art: a glitching white winged figure beneath a one-eyed pyramid, light beams on black, the title in Latin and Japanese below 2D horrorTAMASHIIA winged god with a squid-like tentacle face sits between two giant hands in one of the temple's rooms. 94% on Steam (319 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Erich Sann: Horror Academy store art: the old musician with a bloodied hand beside the other enemies, among them a pumpkin head, a rabbit in a top hat, a clown and a pale faceless figure EscapeErich Sann: Horror AcademyStore art shows a giant tentacle reaching through a window over a glowing pentagram, and players describe it taking Erich. 88% on Google Play (16,500 ratings)Free with adsAndroid, iPhone
  8. The Thing: Remastered key art: soldiers in hooded snow parkas charge forward under a huge snarling dog-like creature in red and orange haze Body horrorThe Thing: RemasteredSteam names multi-tentacled beasts among the creatures you fight. 90% on Steam (1,446 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Resident Evil 5 key art: Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar back to back with a pistol and a shotgun Co-opResident Evil 5Infected Majini can split open at the head into red tentacles that lash at Chris and Sheva. 87% on Steam (68,924 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Lamentum key art: a man in a blue coat with a bloody axe and pistol among three other figures and tentacles, a dark mansion on a floating rock SurvivalLamentumTentacled creatures and fleshy growths spread through the halls; one lashes a long tentacle at Victor on a bridge 88% on Steam (846 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Lovecraft's Untold Stories key art: pixel-art Earth in a starry sky ringed by purple tentacles, a horned goddess, a pale ghoul and a winged, tentacle-faced Cthulhu 2D horrorLovecraft's Untold StoriesTentacled Mythos creatures fill the rooms, from a many-eyed Ancient Shoggoth boss to Cthulhu himself 86% on Google Play (2,230 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  12. GTFO key art: four prisoners' gas masks and helmets against a red, smoky background Co-opGTFOA store screenshot shows a tentacled creature sprawled in green fog in Zone 606A. 84% on Steam (67,037 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC
  13. Welcome to Elderfield key art: a pale farmer in a straw hat harvests corn under a crescent moon beside the town's eye sign, with an eyeball among the vegetables and a red-eyed crow in front 2D horrorWelcome to ElderfieldTentacles push up through your fields, and you have to stop their unruly growth 84% on Steam (2,573 reviews)PaidPC
  14. Don't Let It Out key art: a blonde figure faces a mirror where their reflection grins with eyes closed, in dark teal under the hand-drawn title PsychologicalDon't Let It OutTentacles creep up out of the sink drain, and you have to click them away before it is too late. 88% on itch.io (174 ratings)about 10 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC
  15. The Coma: Recut key art: close-up of a girl with long dark hair pressing a bandaged finger to her lips SurvivalThe Coma: RecutPoisonous tentacles lash at you in the school's corridors alongside clawing shadows 84% on Steam (3,117 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  16. Forgive Me Father 2 key art: two helmeted soldiers in gas masks with tentacles spilling from their faces, one holding a rifle, on cracked green stripes Action horrorForgive Me Father 2Tentacles sprout from soldiers' gas masks, wrap around your weapons and crown a winged, octopus-headed giant 82% on Steam (2,540 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. Nuclear Nightmare key art: a hooded figure in a parka sits in a snowstorm with black tentacles coiling around them Co-opNuclear NightmareThe key art shows black tentacles coiling around a hooded figure, and a screenshot shows a dark figure trailing tentacle-like strands. 81% on Steam (19,452 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC
  18. Static Dread: The Submarine key art: a captain with glowing white glasses, a submarine and red tentacles coiled around him in dark green water PsychologicalStatic Dread: The SubmarineThe key art wraps the captain in red tentacles, and the sonar shows a tentacled phantom contact. 82% on Steam (386 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC
  19. Sunken Engine key art: giant tentacles wrap a glowing, wrecked steamboat at night, with a lighthouse and a lit hut in the fog across green water Night shiftSunken EngineThe key art and screenshots show huge tentacles wrapping a boat and curling through a ship's hold. 81% on Steam (940 reviews)PaidPC
  20. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened key art: a giant tentacled creature with glowing red eyes looms out of green fog and rain MysterySherlock Holmes The AwakenedIts key art shows a vast tentacled creature with red eyes rising out of green fog, the Cthulhu Mythos made flesh. 81% on Steam (1,156 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  21. The Sinking City Remastered key art: a detective with a gun wades a flooded street as a vast tentacled shape looms in the mist Multiple endingsThe Sinking City RemasteredThe key art shows a vast tentacled head rising out of the mist above a flooded street. 75% on Steam (5,805 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  22. Moons of Madness key art: an astronaut in a blue and white suit falls through dark mist toward huge red-ridged tentacles PsychologicalMoons of MadnessTentacled creatures appear in the screenshots, and PSU writes that when the tentacles appear, they are relentless. 77% on Steam (2,951 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. 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 DarkThe store describes creatures with claws and tentacles that come out of the dark at Derceto. 76% on the PlayStation Store (11,278 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  24. The Chant key art: three retreat members in red mist, one raising a red flare, with a glowing cyan creature and red tentacles under a starry forest sky SurvivalThe ChantStore screenshots show tentacled growths and a giant tentacled mass with one eye hanging in a ravine 77% on the PlayStation Store (1,300 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  25. It Needs Care key art: the purple pixel-art title above a black tentacled blob with white eyes sitting in a red and white life ring Multiple endingsIt Needs CareThe pet is a big-eyed creature with tentacles that grows into a larger octopus-like thing. 85% on Game Jolt (462 ratings)about 5 minFreeBrowser, PC
  26. Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet key art: a man's wide, frightened eyes beside a bright comet in a dark blue sky, with the title in white letters 2D horrorCall of Cthulhu: Shadow of the CometOne scene shows huge yellow tentacles seizing a man in a suit outside a wooden cabin. 74% on GOG (196 ratings)13 h or morePaidPC, Linux
  27. The Shore key art: a man's silhouette underwater among rocks, kelp and a sunken boat, with tentacled creatures above him ShortThe ShoreGiant tentacles and tentacled entities fill the later dimensions 73% on Steam (2,008 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation
  28. The Callisto Protocol key art: Jacob Lee in armour stands among mutated inmates in a ruined prison block SurvivalThe Callisto ProtocolA tunnel wall reads 'shoot the tentacles' in blood, and creatures sprout tendrils as they mutate. 65% on Steam (43,825 reviews)about 9.5 hPaidPC, 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
Every genre

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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