The best horror games
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Nihilistic Software
Doom 2: Hell on Earth
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.3/5 id software
Doom 2 is the sequel to the much acclaimed FPS Doom. Doom 2: Hell on Earth is a horror sci-fi first-person shooter created by id Software, (John Carmack, Sandy Petersen, John Romero) set on a hellish Earth invaded by demons. The player must find his way in 32 levels, shooting down monsters and picking up keys in order to unlock new areas.
WaxWorks
DOSMac1992protecteddemo4.3/5 Horror Soft
Waxworks was a horror-themed first-person role-playing game developed by Horror Soft, a subsidiary of Adventure Soft, published in 1992. The game is set in a wax museum where players must travel through different historical periods, each represented by a wax exhibit. Each exhibit serves as a portal to a different time and place, featuring vari...
Pray for Death
DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
Quake
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protecteddemo4.2/5 id software
Quake is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by id Software and released in 1996. It is the successor to id Software's immensely popular "Doom" series and is known for its groundbreaking 3D graphics, fast-paced gameplay, and multiplayer capabilities. The game was created by a team led by John Carmack and John Romero, two of the co-fou...
Doom
DOS1993protecteddemo4.2/5 id software
Doom was released by id Software in 1993. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential and groundbreaking video games of all time, particularly within the first-person shooter (FPS) genre.Set in the future on the moons of Mars, the game follows the player-controlled character, known as the "Doom Marine", as they battle through a research fa...
Phantasmagoria
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1995protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Blood
DOS1997protected4.2/5 Monolith Productions
Halloween Harry
DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Interactive Binary Illusions
Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and designed by John Passfield and Robert Crane.
Ecstatica
DOS19944.2/5 Andrew Spencer Studios
House of the Dead
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Sega
House of the Dead is an old horror-themed rail shooter game, developed and released by Sega in 1998. The whole gameplay can be summarized in a single sentence "a first-person 3D shooting gallery with zombies". House of the Dead runs on older version of Windows, so you may need a virtual machine to play it properly.
Dark Seed
DOS19924.1/5 Cyberdreams
Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Softdisk Publishing
Prisoner of Ice
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
DOSWindows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1995 as a sequel to the original Gabriel Knight game, "Sins of the Fathers". The game was designed by Jane Jensen, who also wrote the story and script.In GK2 The Beast Within, players assume the role of Gabriel Knight...
Arachnophobia
DOS19914.1/5 Blue Sky Productions
Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
DOSWindows 3.x1993protecteddemo4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness is an adventure role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 as the fourth installment in the Quest for Glory series. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole and Corey Cole, who were also responsible for the previous entries in the series.The game is set in the dar...
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion
DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
Frankenstein
DOS19944.1/5 Junkyard
Plague of the Moon
DOS19944.1/5
Ultimate Doom
DOS1995protected4.1/5 id software
The Lurking Horror
DOS19874.1/5 Infocom
Ghosts 'n Goblins remake
Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5
It Came from the Desert
DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).
The 11th Hour
Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Trilobyte
Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Infogrames
Lords of Doom
DOS19904.1/5 Attic Entertainment Software
Time Slaughter
DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Bloodlust Software
Alone in the Dark 3
DOS1994protected4/5 Infogrames
Xenomorph
DOS19904/5 Pandora