Abandonware DOS title

Horror games featuring a haunted house sorted by year, newest first

Haunted houses may be an old theme for horror movies and books nowadays, but it was used as a theme for quite a few games in the DOS era.

Most popular haunted house games

Alone in the Dark
action-adventureDOS
The 7th Guest
adventureWindows XP/98/95
realms-of-the-haunting-07

Realms of the Haunting

DOSMac1997protected3.8/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
phantasmagoria-02

Phantasmagoria

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1995protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
11th-hour-07

The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Trilobyte
jack-in-the-dark-03

Jack in the Dark

DOS19933.8/5 Infogrames
7th-guest-10

The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protected3.9/5 Trilobyte
thelegacy-5

The Legacy: Realm of Terror

DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.9/5 Magnetic Scrolls
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
aloneinthedark-2

Alone in the Dark

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Infogrames
dangerous-dave-haunted-04

Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
horrorzombies-5

Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software
hugoh1-1

Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS19903.9/5 Gray Design Associates
Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popularity for its witty and often tongue-in-cheek approach to the horror genre.The story of the game revolves around the main character, Hugo, who receives a letter from his...
nightmareelmstreet-1

A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
dont-go-alone-03

Don't Go Alone

DOS19894/5 Sterling Silver Software
last-half-of-darkness-03

Last Half of Darkness

DOS19893.9/5 SoftLab Laboratories
uninvited-win3x-04

Uninvited

DOSMac19873.8/5 ICOM Simulations
moonmist-1

Moonmist

DOS19863.8/5 Infocom
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