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Winter horror games

Snow and cold that can kill you. In these games the season is the setting and often the threat: a car stalls on an empty road, a ski trip goes wrong, a hike crosses frozen mountains. You push through drifts where every step carries. Food runs low, the dark comes early, and nobody is near enough to help.

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

The 12 best, 2026

  1. Online Obsession cover: a white-haired anime-style figure half in shadow with a glowing red eye, a glitching red heart and the title over pink halftone, cut by a black, blood-spattered band PsychologicalOnline ObsessionSet over winter break, with snow on the night streets where you meet Adisorn 96% on itch.io (3,849 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  2. Flesh, Blood, & Concrete cover: the title in white over a dark red picture of a concrete apartment block with balconies and barred windows, captioned as a horror exploration game PsychologicalFlesh, Blood, & ConcreteLera's car breaks down in the snow, and she goes inside the block to get out of the cold 96% on itch.io (3,074 ratings)about 1 hFreeBrowser, PC
  3. Where Winter Crows Go key art: green-haired Crowe in a lab coat grins with red eyes through his fingers beside the title and a crow silhouette on red PsychologicalWhere Winter Crows GoAspen is on the way to a winter week at Frostpeak, a ski resort town, when the trip goes wrong 96% on itch.io (1,386 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Android
  4. Project Zomboid art: Spiffo, the game's raccoon mascot, holds a weapon in the rain with zombies reaching up behind him SurvivalProject ZomboidAs the weeks pass, winter draws in and snow covers the towns, as the store page and screenshots show. 94% on Steam (489,804 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux
  5. The Last of Us Part I key art: Ellie with a backpack looks down over a ruined town in orange haze, a small figure of Joel with a pistol walking within her silhouette SurvivalThe Last of Us Part IOne part of the story is set in winter, with Ellie in a heavy coat moving through snow-covered lodges and woods. 98% on the PlayStation Store (146,000 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  6. Year Walk key art: a small cabin silhouetted among tall dark trees in a night forest PsychologicalYear WalkSet on a cold New Year's Eve in 19th-century Sweden, in frozen winter woods. 90% on Steam (2,019 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Switch
  7. Until Dawn key art: a skull shaped like an hourglass, with a lodge and small figures inside, half buried in snow PsychologicalUntil DawnThe friends return to the mountain lodge in winter, with deep snow on every path and porch in the screenshots. 90% on the PlayStation Store (15,654 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation
  8. Sons Of The Forest key art: a pale mass of reaching human arms and bodies rises out of a dark cave, lit in blue SurvivalSons Of The ForestSeasons change the island, and in winter food runs short for you and for the cannibals. 88% on Steam (323,418 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC
  9. Who's at the door? key art: a pale, wide-eyed doll-like face seen through a green door peephole against black PsychologicalWho's at the door?The publisher's press release opens on a dark and silent winter night, with a knock echoing through the house. 90% on Steam (1,662 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  10. KRAMPEN key art: a gray horned, hooded demon with glowing eyes and a fanged mouth claws forward before bare black trees under a blood-red sky PsychologicalKRAMPENThe maker sets it in a silent winter forest where every step echoes and frost rims the dialogue boxes. 94% on Steam (134 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  11. Saturnalia key art: a glowing magenta horned mask hovering before a dark staircase and tangled branches, under the white hand-lettered title SurvivalSaturnaliaSet during the village's winter solstice festivities in December 1989 89% on Steam (139 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Kholat key art: the dripping white title beside a fanged animal skull glowing among twisted bare branches PsychologicalKholatThe store page sets it in the winter scenery of the Urals, retracing a hike from the winter of 1959. 66% on Steam (6,923 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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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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