Horror Games

Usually some of the most atmospheric games come from the horror genre. Classics like Condemned, Alan Wake, Dead Space, and much more can be said to engross players in atmospheres that pull at their emotions and leave them scared on the edge of their seats.

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  1. Outlast icon
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    Outlast is a series of first-person survival horror video games developed by Red Barrels. The plot centers around each game's protagonist trying to survive from a pursuing enemy whilst exploring poorly-lit environments with their camcorder and attempting to uncover the...

    • Horror Game
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Best alternatives are Left 4 Dead iconLeft 4 Dead29 alternatives
  2. Metro icon
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    Metro is a survival horror first-person shooter video game series, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky.

    • Role-playing Game
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    Metro Exodus
    Best alternatives are The Elder Scrolls iconThe Elder ScrollsandFallout iconFallout45 alternatives
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007. It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near...

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    Best alternatives are Fallout iconFalloutandMetro iconMetro20 alternatives
  4. Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film.

    • Horror Game
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    Best alternatives are Evil Dead: The Game iconEvil Dead: The Game7 alternatives
  5. Step into the shoes of Ash Williams or his friends from the iconic Evil Dead franchise in a game loaded with over-the-top co-op & PVP multiplayer action! Play as a team of 4 survivors in a game inspired by all 3 original Evil Dead films as well as the Ash vs Evil Dead...

    • Horror Game
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  6. Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer (4vs1) horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors, trying to escape the Killer and avoid being caught and killed.

    • Horror Game
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
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  7. Resident Evil icon
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    Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a survival horror video game-based media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and owned by the video game company Capcom.

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    Best alternatives are Outlast iconOutlastandLeft 4 Dead iconLeft 4 Dead29 alternatives
  8. This is both a Five Nights at Freddy's fan game and kind of an inside joke.

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  9. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person survival horror game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Outlast iconOutlast37 alternatives
  10. Cry of Fear icon
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    Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions.

    Cry of Fear screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Outlast iconOutlastandLeft 4 Dead iconLeft 4 Dead29 alternatives
  11. Slender: The Eight Pages is a free indie-developed psychological horror/survival horror video game for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game is based on the Something Awful forums' creation, Slender Man.

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    Best alternatives are Outlast iconOutlast32 alternatives
  12. Dead Space icon
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    Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

    Dead Space screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Xonotic iconXonoticandQuake iconQuake47 alternatives
  13. DayZ icon
     16 likes

    The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse.

    DayZ screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Rust (Game) iconRust (Game)andMetro iconMetro24 alternatives
  14. Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

    • Horror Game
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch
    Alien: Isolation screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Outlast iconOutlastandMetro iconMetro39 alternatives
  15. A Free Roam Fnaf Game.

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