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-50%$2.49Dollmare
Oct 24 · Alex Grade, gonzeek, Oxeren
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
SimulationHorror3DPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSupernaturalControllerWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsLinear👍 2,047
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$3.99Fork Road
Jun 11 · Simon Au Yeung
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Fork Road is a first-person immersive atmospheric game with new gameplay , Be prepared to face fears you've never faced before
IndieHorrorJump ScareWalking SimulatorSingleplayerFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorZombiesPuzzleAdventure👍 902
$3.99Kiosk
Jan 29 · Vivi
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
HorrorCookingPsychological HorrorImmersive SimPixel GraphicsFirst-PersonAction-Adventure3DAtmosphericWalking Simulator👍 2,555
$14.99Hollow Cocoon
Dec 6 · NAYUTA STUDIO
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorDarkMultiple EndingsStealthFirst-PersonIndieAtmospheric👍 865
$19.99Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
Dec 7 · Keplerians, Carlos Coronado
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
HorrorSurvival HorrorStealthFirst-PersonViolentArtificial IntelligenceAtmosphericPsychological HorrorAdventureVillain Protagonist👍 1,085
$9.99Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Oct 20 · Rayll Studios
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericNarrativeExplorationThrillerAdventureFirst-PersonEpisodicWalking Simulator👍 6,084
$7.99Supernormal
Jan 8 · Hitori de Productions
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSupernaturalSurvival HorrorRealisticDetectiveMysteryDarkAtmospheric👍 1,119
$9.99Garten of Banban 7
May 10 · Euphoric Brothers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonPuzzlePsychological HorrorCartoonyActionDark3DSurvival Horror👍 1,549
$2.99Deep Space Solitude
Oct 31 · 王容克
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
"Deep Space Solitude" is a first-person horror game. As a journalist, you investigate the disappearance of a scientist in a remote cabin, tackling puzzles, challenges, and fear to survive.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericGoreFPSExploration3D PlatformerSandbox
$7.99No Return
Aug 2 · BlameTech
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonThrillerAtmosphericSupernaturalPuzzleExplorationWalking SimulatorImmersive👍 412
$4.99Kappa's Asylum
Jul 30 · Daniel Henriques
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Kappa's Asylum is a survival horror game in which you control a YouTuber in an abandoned asylum to record a video.
HorrorFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvivalSingleplayerDarkSimulation
-50%$5.99Doll Impostor
Mar 28 · David Gallardo
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
StrategyActionAdventureWalking SimulatorHorror3DCinematicFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological Horror👍 968
$9.99Garten of Banban 6
Dec 20 · Euphoric Brothers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonPuzzleCartoonyPsychological HorrorDark3DSurvival HorrorAction👍 1,271
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
-25%$3.74ZonZon
Aug 15 · Paphnutius
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
The main character is a journalist who arrived at a large warehouse to record a documentary about the warehouse operation. But instead, he is faced with a real nightmare. The warehouse turns out to be populated by hungry guards and crazy warehouse operators who turn it into a death trap.
Psychological HorrorParody HorrorFunnyRealisticWalking SimulatorEducationActionFirst-PersonConspiracy
$3.99Parasomnum
Oct 15 · Lara the Pitbull
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Minimalistic horror experience that offers 25-90 minutes of suspenseful gameplay as you try to escape from this unnerving reality.
HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalThrillerSurvival HorrorDarkExplorationAtmospheric
$11.99Despair: Blood Curse
Jan 10 · Crimson Sequence
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Female Protagonist
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
HorrorSurvival HorrorActionFemale ProtagonistThird PersonAtmosphericSingleplayerThird-Person ShooterAdventureInventory Management👍 138
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
SCP-087 is a first-person horror game centered on paranormal events. In a seemingly quiet laboratory, players take on the role of truth-seekers, compelled to delve ever deeper into the building. However, escape is not an option, forcing them to endure a personal descent into hell!
AdventureExplorationHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzle3DFirst-PersonActionThriller
$7.99Hospital 666
Mar 5 · Lokin
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorMultiplayerRealisticWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsThrillerSupernaturalAdventure👍 1,203
$39.99The Outlast Trials
Mar 5 · Red Barrels
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
HorrorMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEStealthCharacter CustomizationAction👍 91,046
$9.99Whispers in the Void
May 7 · Anri Khachaturov, Artur Manukyan, Arman Petrosyan
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Walking Simulator
The main hero John Eikts wakes up in a mysterious room for supernatural creatures. Anomalies escape, wreaking havoc. Eikts must navigate the chaos while uncovering his dark past. As he approaches freedom, a shocking twist reveals that he is not a victim, but one of them.
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-PersonRealistic
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: Horror · First-Person
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741
FreeThe Veiled Ones
Aug 23 · Veiled Ones Team
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Walking Simulator
The Veiled Ones is a horror stealth game about a Muslim exorcist trying to save his son from a jinn possession. In this game players will reveal the story behind their son's possession, while avoiding the jinn that haunts them.
ActionHorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorExplorationInteractive FictionWalking SimulatorStealthHidden Object3D
$2.99Appointment
3 days ago · Omar Jawabreh
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Appointment is a first-person survival horror game set in a dark, abandoned hospital. Explore, solve interconnected puzzles, search for essential items, and stay quiet as a relentless doctor hunts by sight, sound, and even the light of your flashlight.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleStealthAdventureAtmosphericActionPsychological HorrorExploration
$1.99Nightmare Train
Sep 29 · Gaia
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
Survival horror on a train racing through endless night. Explore the cars, collect artifacts, keep your sanity, and avoid the monster hunting you in the dark.
ActionSimulationWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DCinematicFirst-PersonRealisticDemonsHorror
-30%$2.09Mind the Clown
Sep 19 · Coast City
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Move carefully and hide from the demonic clown stalking you. Burn circus posters to break the curse and save your life.
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorDarkJump ScarePsychological HorrorMysterySurvivalIndie
-50%$3.99迷离诡夜 blurred weird night
Nov 16 · QSN
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator
I thought it was a comedy, but it turned out to be a tragedy. If there's a chance to go back in time and change something that would cause lifelong regret, would you fight with all you have? (Including story mode and zombie mode)
3DSexual ContentHorrorExplorationFPSDating SimAdventureNudityImmersive SimWalking Simulator👍 313
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · First-Person
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureFPSFirst-PersonLocal MultiplayerPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,832
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
ExplorationPuzzleDetectiveWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorSimulationControllerLinear
$29.99Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · First-Person
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorBase BuildingHorrorCraftingBuildingFirst-Person👍 284,737
$9.99Sinister Night 2
Aug 31 · Bug Inventors
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · First-Person
Nine Streamers enter an ancient Chinese mansion, hoping to attract a huge following and become famous through livestreaming. However, two of them are tragically possessed by evil spirits. These possessed will slaughter their companions, and complete a malevolent ritual of a ghostly wedding.
MultiplayerSurvival HorrorHorrorSocial DeductionFirst-PersonPvPAdventureExplorationStrategy RPGStrategy👍 1,800
-10%$2.69Take Care of My Heifer
6 days ago · REVVALUTION Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person
“Take Care of My Heifer” is a short horror game packed with terror and dark humor. You’ve been asked to look after a heifer until morning and follow the owner’s instructions. Just make sure you don’t miss anything.
Walking SimulatorIndieHorrorDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSimulationExplorationThrillerFirst-Person
-25%$5.24Ashworth
3 days ago · MR ROCK
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Walking Simulator
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleIndieAtmosphericAdventureStory RichExplorationWalking Simulator
$7.99Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
Jan 9 · Chilla's Art
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Psychological HorrorHorrorCrimeRealistic1990'sDemonsImmersive SimWalking SimulatorAdventureCasual👍 611
$4.99Twelve Sticks
Sep 25 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person
Play hide-and-seek with friends online, hide from the monster, or play as a monster and catch other players. Get scared, have fun, collect points, buy upgrades, and most importantly, have fun.
Early AccessSimulationActionWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DFirst-PersonRealisticColorful1990's
$2.99KunKun dream Startles the Soul
Jun 24 · AIKUN
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Multiplayer , yes! You have been trapped in KunKun's dream, you and your trapped companions have to find a way to escape and avoid these Grotesque Object! Grotesque Objectlike playing basketball and worship chickens, hate watermelons, and even come Let me see
Online Co-OpHorrorFirst-PersonDating SimSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichFunnyMultiplayerMultiple Endings👍 427
$69.99SILENT HILL 2
Oct 7 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Horror · Survival Horror
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Psychological HorrorHorrorStory RichSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPsychologicalGreat SoundtrackRemakeSingleplayerThird Person👍 43,461
$2.00Static : The Beginning
Apr 3 · Ransol Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person
Immerse yourself in STATIC : THE BEGINNING , a horror adventure where Clara's quiet evening turns into a nightmare. Navigate a Moroccan riad, face sinister cultists, battle terrifying monsters, and uncover dark secrets. Can you help Clara escape the horrors that await?
ActionAdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorFPSFirst-Person3DColorfulRealisticAtmospheric
$9.99Dreadful Delivery
Oct 29 · Final Gambit LLC
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
In the dead of night, when the streets are quiet and the neighborhood sleeps, you’re on the clock, delivering packages no one else dares to touch. Each delivery is a race against time—and against the dangers lurking in the shadows. But the job pays well… if you can survive the night.
CasualHorrorPvESingleplayerSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkFirst-PersonJump ScareShort
$7.99The Inn-Sanity
Jan 9 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorWord GameExplorationDialogue HeavyMultiple EndingsChoices MatterStory Rich👍 1,563
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$19.99The Scourge | Tai Ương
Mar 28 · Rare Reversee, Beaztek
Both: Horror · First-Person
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalMultiple EndingsExplorationFirst-PersonIndieRealisticAdventurePuzzle👍 1,195
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$2.99Tempter
Jul 31 · Blue Pixel Games
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
"Tempter" is a suspenseful first-person horror game that shows how humans can be even more dangerous than demons when they gain power. It centers on the struggle to save one's soul against a demon after breaking a pact.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonSurrealHorrorAction
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
$8.99Psychopomp GOLD
Oct 24 · Fading Club
Both: Female Protagonist · First-Person
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
Psychological HorrorSurrealAtmosphericFemale ProtagonistDungeon CrawlerAdventurePsychologicalAnimeFirst-PersonCute👍 4,887
$2.99Backrooms Escape Protocol
Apr 9 · Alarm Studio
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Backrooms Escape Protocol is a multiplayer horror game where you and your friends explore eerie backrooms, evade terrifying entities, and uncover hidden secrets. Work together to survive the endless maze and escape before it's too late!
ActionMultiplayerHorrorAtmospheric4 Player LocalFPSFirst-PersonSurvivalRealisticSurvival Horror
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Horror · Survival Horror
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
-10%$22.49Unmourned VR
4 days ago · Codebros Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Walking Simulator
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
ActionVRAdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationMystery DungeonAction-AdventureWalking Simulator


