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Space station horror games

These games put you aboard a station in orbit or on a distant moon after something has gone wrong. The crew is missing or dead, the systems fail one by one, and help is a long way off. You search corridors, labs and crew quarters for a way out, with nowhere to run but deeper in and only the hull between you and the vacuum.

The top 12 of 12 space station horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 12 best, 2026

  1. Dead Space 2 key art: Isaac Clarke's helmet with glowing green light strips in darkness SurvivalDead Space 2Set on the Sprawl, a giant space station orbiting Saturn, built on the remains of Titan. 94% on Steam (30,265 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Xbox
  2. Alien: Isolation key art: Amanda Ripley's face inside a space helmet lit green against black SurvivalAlien: IsolationSet on Sevastopol, a decommissioned trading station on the fringes of space. 93% on Steam (67,246 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  3. 10-103: NULL KELVIN cover: condemned notices pasted on a wall under a lamp in falling snow, with the title in green letters below 2D horror10-103: NULL KELVINThe wreck is a module cut loose from the Axiom Orbital Research Station after a containment breach was declared aboard. 98% on itch.io (229 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC
  4. Prey key art: Morgan Yu in a red suit and glowing helmet stands beneath a huge black, smoke-like alien shape that holds the Moon and the Talos I station SurvivalPreyThe whole game takes place aboard Talos I, a private space station, which you must find a way to escape. 91% on Steam (54,912 reviews)16 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. the white chamber key art: an anime-style girl with purple hair crouches in a red octagonal frame as dozens of pale, bloodied hands reach in 2D horrorthe white chamberShe opens the windows and finds the dark room is a space station in orbit, its crew gone and its rooms warping around her. 99% on Steam (113 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC
  6. System Shock key art: SHODAN's glowing teal-green mask-like face with bright white eyes, over faint circuit lines on a black background Action horrorSystem ShockSet aboard Citadel Station, a corporate space station in 2072 that SHODAN has taken over 90% on Steam (13,113 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Salvage Protocol key art: a suited scrap worker with a flashlight and clipboard stands in a dark red corridor as a red-eyed tentacled monster looms behind, beside the orange title PS1Salvage ProtocolYou break into abandoned space stations to strip them for scrap and pay off your debt. 100% on Steam (67 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  8. What happened to the crew? cover: a rover on a grey plain with a burning station dome in the distance Puzzle horrorWhat happened to the crew?Set on Niflheim, a research station on the edge of known space that you reach through its one working terminal. 90% on itch.io (153 ratings)about 6 hFreeBrowser
  9. Outpost:Haven key art: two armoured marines with green visors fire rifles in a dark station corridor, an orange muzzle flash and the Outpost logo top left 2D horrorOutpost:HavenYou answer a distress call from the Outpost space station and search its corridors, offices and decks 82% (4,434 ratings)about 1.5 hFreeBrowser
  10. Observation store banner: a woman in an orange EASA Crew spacesuit by a station porthole, holding a round probe with a glowing lens and green circuit board Puzzle horrorObservationYou play the AI of the multinational space station Observation, crippled by an unknown event in 2026. 78% on Steam (2,585 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  11. APEX-07 key art: a grainy pixelated red Mars in black space with the title APEX-07 in white digital-style letters over its lower half PS1APEX-07You are alone on the APEX-07 station after something hits the hull and your crewmate Ben is gone 90% on itch.io (54 ratings)about 18 minPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Linux
  12. Lunar Station key art: a white pixel astronaut with outstretched arms crumbling into pixels on black, under the title with a red O 2D horrorLunar StationYou make your way room by room through a moon station whose mechanisms have broken down. 88% on itch.io (36 ratings)about 15 minFreeBrowser

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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
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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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