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Time loop horror games

In these games the same stretch of time comes round again. You die, choose wrong or reach midnight, and wake at the start of the same day, road or hallway, keeping only what you learned. The fear is in the repetition: each pass looks almost the same, small things change, and you have to work out what is wrong before the loop resets.

The top 5 of 5 time loop horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 5 best, 2026

  1. Slay the Princess key art: a pencil-drawn princess kneels in chains on the floor of a dim stone basement under a barred window PsychologicalSlay the Princess: The Pristine CutA branching, looping story: when you die or she does, you are back on the path and the princess has changed. 97% on Steam (34,835 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. Homebody key art: a killer in a stitched mask and a gloved hand with a knife loom over a blood-spattered Emily and her friends, a house with a lit attic window under a huge moon PsychologicalHomebodyEach time Emily dies the night resets and she wakes again in the foyer, keeping only what she has learned. 94% on Steam (747 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Oxenfree key art: a glowing triangular rift hanging in a dark green cave, with two small figures standing below it PsychologicalOxenfreeThe night loops back on itself, repeating scenes in ways that are not quite the same. 91% on Steam (12,133 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  4. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows key art: two schoolgirls in blue sailor uniforms, one staring out worried, the other with her head tilted back and eyes closed, before dark red bars PsychologicalCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsSeveral chapters continue a Wrong End where time rewinds to the start and only Satoshi remembers what happened 85% on Steam (485 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  5. Darkest Dungeon II key art: four heroes, including a plague doctor and a masked man with a flintlock pistol, stand before burning houses under a flame emblem CosmicDarkest Dungeon IIThe Scholar is trapped in a cycle of repeating events and must make the journey again each time he fails 75% on Steam (12,147 reviews)30 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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More kinds of horror

  1. Psychological horror games121
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  3. Survival horror games82
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