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Village horror games

Horror games set in villages: remote mountain hamlets, snowbound farms and island settlements where the locals keep to themselves or turn on you. You walk lanes between closed houses, search barns and cottages, and learn what the people here are hiding. The fear comes from being the outsider in a small place that already knows you are there.

The top 30 of 56 village horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Firework key art: orange silhouetted figures, one with an umbrella, stand on a dark ember-lit ridge under a grey misty sky, above the title FIREWORK PsychologicalFireworkSet in a remote mountain village where a closed massacre case is reopened 98% on Steam (44,554 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  2. Don't Escape Trilogy art: a grey pixel-art corridor with metal doors and a round porthole showing a log cabin in a green field Puzzle horrorDon't Escape TrilogyWhat you protect in Don't Escape is the tiny village below the cabin, from yourself 99% on Steam (770 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Browser
  3. Resident Evil 4 key art: a close-up of Leon Kennedy's face beside a dark foggy forest with a figure standing by wooden crosses SurvivalResident Evil 4Leon arrives in a secluded European village where the locals have turned hostile and attack him on sight. 97% on Steam (283,806 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mac, iPhone, VR
  4. Resident Evil Village art: a bearded man's face in falling snow, half of it turned to dark wolf fur with a glowing yellow eye and a fang SurvivalResident Evil VillageThe hub is a snowbound village of barricaded houses and barns that you return to between areas. 96% on Steam (155,822 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, VR
  5. Raging Loop key art: Haruaki, a frightened girl in a green jacket reaching out and a white-haired woman, with a black wolf's head with a red eye behind them PsychologicalRaging LoopSet in Yasumizu, a secluded settlement in the mountains of Japan that Haruaki cannot leave 96% on Steam (11,565 reviews)26 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  6. Rena calls out a good morning to Keiichi on a tree-lined village road, with the English text over the scene PsychologicalHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 OnikakushiSet in Hinamizawa, a country village of fewer than two thousand people. 96% on Steam (6,917 reviews)10 h or moreFreePC, Mac, Linux
  7. Dread Fields key art: a pale woman with glowing eyes and long dark hair before a wooden fence and a field of sunflowers, some with faces PsychologicalDread FieldsSet in an Eastern European village somewhere in Ukraine, in a place the locals call Dread Fields. 98% on Steam (613 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  8. 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 says you may choose to doom an entire village for a creature's reward. 95% on Steam (25,221 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Krypta FM key art: a hooded figure shines a flashlight on a yellow Krypta FM sign in a dark forest PsychologicalKrypta FMSet in Gozdary, a small Polish village in 2006, with an abandoned train station and flickering streetlights. 95% on Steam (2,079 reviews)about 1 hFreePC
  10. Little Goody Two Shoes: key art of Elise in a red dress and bow, holding a lantern and a finger to her lips in a dark blue forest full of fireflies PsychologicalLittle Goody Two ShoesBy day Elise lives in Kieferberg, a small village where she takes jobs, shops at the bakery and courts the local girls. 95% on Steam (2,574 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. The Forest of Drizzling Rain key art: Suga in black holding a glowing blue sword beside Shiori cupping glowing blue drops, on a dark teal leafy background PsychologicalThe Forest of Drizzling RainShiori travels to remote Azakawa Village, walks it freely by day and talks with its villagers. 97% on Steam (521 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac
  12. Resident Evil 4 VR key art: Leon Kennedy's face over a dark village beside the Resident Evil 4 logo, with The Mercenaries characters on the right SurvivalResident Evil 4 (VR)Leon searches a village in rural Europe whose villagers attack strangers with pitchforks, sickles and dynamite. 94% on the Meta Quest store (13,138 ratings)16 h or morePaidVR
  13. Paper Bride key art: a white-haired ghost in a white robe faces a bride in a red veil and robe who reaches toward it, grey family figures behind her among drifting paper Puzzle horrorPaper BrideThe trail leads to the bride's home village and a dark mystic custom kept there 94% on Google Play (60,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  14. Paper Bride 2 key art: a hooded figure in red hangs from a wooden frame in a lantern-lit forest under a huge red moon, beside a many-armed statue Puzzle horrorPaper Bride 2 Zangling VillageYou explore Zangling Village, shrouded in occult mystery, to uncover the secret origins of the haunted village. 94% on Google Play (27,900 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  15. Grunn key art: a red-hatted garden gnome in a dark night garden beside a gravestone, daisies and a bloody cleaver PsychologicalGrunnBeyond the garden fence lies a small Dutch village with a shop, a park, a church and townsfolk you cannot understand. 95% on Steam (1,372 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac
  16. 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 VRYou loot abandoned houses in the zone's empty villages, where shadow creatures roam the yards. 94% on Steam (11,328 reviews)23 h or morePaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  17. Banebush key art: the white hand-painted title over a dark forest of tree trunks in blood red and black Multiple endingsBanebushAlexey hides in the village he knew as a child, among old villagers, farmhouses and a gang of hostile local men. 94% on Steam (2,175 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux
  18. Three figures in a small rowing boat on a pale, misty river among bare branches: one poles at the stern while a girl holds a small child SurvivalA Plague Tale: InnocenceThe road runs through villages emptied by the disease, with soldiers patrolling their streets. 93% on Steam (73,516 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Paper Bride 3 key art: a red-veiled bride seated beside a cracked mirror that shows a ghostly woman, as a hand holds out a burning talisman Puzzle horrorPaper Bride 3 Unresolved LoveThe story takes place in Moshui, a village close to the cursed village of Zangling 93% on Google Play (29,438 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  20. Darkest Dungeon key art: a masked swordsman, a plague doctor and a highwayman with pistol and dagger stand before walls of skulls in a red-lit crypt 2D horrorDarkest DungeonBetween expeditions you return to the hamlet, with its tavern, abbey, blacksmith and church under a red sky. 92% on Steam (163,343 reviews)56 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  21. Painted art of Thomasina Bateman at a rain-streaked window, her reflection in the glass, looking out at a moor where cracks of pink light spread from a stone barrow PsychologicalThe Excavation of Hob's BarrowMost of the story takes place in and around the small village of Bewlay and among its suspicious locals. 92% on Steam (3,459 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch
  22. Labyrinth Of The Demon King key art: a hulking grey painted demon against a red-brown cloudy sky, under the Japanese and English title in red and white SurvivalLabyrinth Of The Demon KingOutdoor sections pass through misty, rain-soaked villages of old wooden houses and stone lanterns 92% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. Hollow Cocoon key art: a pale long-haired figure with dark markings on her bare back stands among red ropes and paper talismans in a green-lit room Multiple endingsHollow CocoonMinato travels to Ichinose, his mother's village deep in the mountains. 92% on Steam (945 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  24. Ritus Exorcismus key art: a grainy grey screaming face in the dark above the title in red gothic letters 2D horrorRitus ExorcismusIn each chapter you travel to a different village around the abbey, with its own possessed people and corrupted land. 99% on Steam (146 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Linux
  25. Before The Night key art: a skull-faced hooded figure in a red cloak at a doorway to a mushroom village, with a white critter and red-eyed purple monsters around 2D horrorBefore The NightLisa explores a tiny, cute animal village whose rabbits guard their Flowers of Life with locks and traps 94% on Steam (458 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  26. Caput Mortum key art: a man in a white shirt shields his eyes and holds a dagger, ringed by green serpents and winged insects before an alchemical symbol SurvivalCaput MortumThe tower stands over a village emptied by failed crops and disappearances. 95% on Steam (379 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  27. Daemonologie key art: pale sheep grazing and resting on a dark, grainy black-and-white hillside at night PsychologicalDaemonologieOnly six people remain in the small village, and you visit each on its map to hear their accusations and defences. 92% on Steam (581 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC
  28. Porcelain Heart key art: the title in white gothic script beside a tearful pink-haired girl in a pink cape, framed by black heart-patterned lace PsychologicalPorcelain HeartHazel visits a village at sunset and meets its people, among them a cheerful girl who offers to pay for her. 96% on itch.io (199 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  29. Chordosis Founders Edition key art: a pale, hollow-eyed alien looms out of the dark behind the glitched title SurvivalChordosisSadie searches the small village of Dunahont, Hungary, with its church tower, ruined houses and foggy lanes. 94% on itch.io (289 ratings)about 1 hPaidPC
  30. Sweet No Death key art: Stella, a smiling witch in a purple dress and star hat, rides a broom with a star wand beside the pink title on a pastel rainbow sky 2D horrorSweet No DeathThe game is set in a pink pixel-art village of animal folk, with houses to knock at, a town square with a heart fountain and shops. 94% on itch.io (281 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux

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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
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  1. Steam horror games1009
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  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
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