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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 3 of 3 winter horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 3 best, 2026

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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. Psychological horror games121
  2. Horror puzzle games109
  3. Survival horror games82
  4. Horror games with multiple endings71
  5. 2D horror games58
  6. PS1 horror games45
  7. Stealth horror games45
  8. Cosmic and Lovecraftian horror games42
  9. Mystery and detective horror games38
  10. Surreal horror games31
  11. Short horror games27
  12. Horror shooters and action horror games23
  13. Sci-fi and space horror games23
  14. Haunted house games22
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  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 games270
  2. Free horror games6
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