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Police station horror games

A police station should be the safe place to run to. In these games it is dark, locked down or already overrun. You search offices and cell blocks for keys and clues, watch station cameras through a night shift, or hide behind evidence counters while something walks the room. The fear comes from a building meant for order that no longer protects anyone.

The top 15 of 15 police station horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 15 best, 2026

  1. Resident Evil 2 key art: Leon in his police uniform and Claire in a red jacket aim pistols at zombies in the rain, the police station lit up behind them SurvivalResident Evil 2Most of the game is spent searching the Raccoon City Police Department for keys and puzzle items 97% on Steam (226,665 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  2. The Dark Rites of Arkham key art: a detective in a fedora holds a revolver as huge toothed jaws and tentacles loom out of a blue night behind him 2D horrorThe Dark Rites of ArkhamArkham's police station is one of the first places you work from. 97% on Steam (706 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC
  3. Key art of the three leads: a detective with a cigar, John Wade in a cracked, bloodied clown-white mask, and a bearded man in a beanie 2D horrorThe Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For BloodThe store lists the police department among the new areas, and a screenshot shows officers walking its cell block. 96% on Steam (791 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC
  4. I'm on Observation Duty 4 key art: a blurred black-and-white camera view down onto a wooden sauna bench, a bright window in the corner PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 4One of the three maps is a station, with cameras on an open-plan office and a row of jail cells. 96% on Steam (789 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. Resident Evil 2 (1998) key art: the red Resident Evil 2 logo on black beside a pale zombie with one bulging eye and clawed fingers peering round a dark door SurvivalResident Evil 2 (1998)Most of the game is spent in the Raccoon Police Department, where Leon was due for his first day of duty 96% on GOG (2,714 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
  6. The Outlast Trials art: three test subjects with night-vision goggles strapped to their faces, one screaming with an arm raised, in a murky olive tint SurvivalThe Outlast TrialsTrials send you through a police station, crouching behind evidence counters while a club-wielding enemy stalks the room 92% on Steam (120,983 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Black Mirror III key art: a smirking young man in a jacket above a burning gothic manor, a church, a graveyard and a heap of skulls Puzzle horrorBlack Mirror IIIThe game opens with Darren questioned and held in the cells of the Willow Creek police station. 90% on Steam (556 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC
  8. The Final Pin key art: the red title over a dim sewer tunnel with a ladder, a bloody handprint on the wall and teal water on the floor PsychologicalThe Final PinWitnesses are brought into the police station for questioning, such as a murdered officer's boyfriend. 90% on itch.io (316 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantPC
  9. Home Sweet Home key art: the pale, bloodied face of a long-haired ghost girl beside the game's red scrawled title and the words VR now available StealthHome Sweet HomeTwo store screenshots show a dark Thai police station, its front desk and its office. 87% on Steam (3,792 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, VR
  10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers key art: the title over a pixelated red and orange collage of a man holding a flame and a pale beaked mask 2D horrorGabriel Knight: Sins of the FathersGabriel walks into a New Orleans police station lobby to ask his friend on the force about the killings 88% on Steam (197 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC
  11. Whisper Mountain Outbreak key art: pixel-art survivors, one in a gas mask, advance past tentacles and zombie-like figures under a giant red-eyed face Co-opWhisper Mountain OutbreakA mission in a police station has you clearing broods among its archives, offices and locker room. 85% on Steam (2,652 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC
  12. Resident Evil 3 key art: Nemesis looms over Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira above the Raccoon City skyline, with the game's logo SurvivalResident Evil 3Carlos reaches the Raccoon City police department while searching for a scientist who may hold a cure. 83% on Steam (127,896 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Mac
  13. Missing Children key art: a wet red playground swing hanging over dark ground and green mats at night, a second swing at the edge Psychological[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明The case starts at a small Japanese police station, the only place you can save 84% on Steam (663 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC
  14. Terror At Oakheart key art: the town of Oakheart seen from above in pixel art, cottages and pines on blood-orange ground 2D horrorTerror At OakheartScreenshots show the Oakheart police department's lobby, offices and a blood-spattered corridor you search with a flashlight. 85% on Steam (284 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC
  15. Decline title screen: the angular DECLINE logo cut by a glitching strip of digits, with PRESS START above, in cream on dark maroon PsychologicalDeclineVersion 1.1 added outdoor areas for the police station and arcade so you can walk to your police car. 90% on itch.io (67 ratings)about 20 minPay what you wantBrowser

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