Abandonware DOS title

Horror games sorted by release date

Anything even remotely connected to horror: all things splatter, Cthulhu and Lovecraft, vampires, zombies, ghosts, mummies, hideous creatures from outer space.
plague-moon-02

Plague of the Moon

DOS19944.1/5
ravenloftsthrad-4

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

DOS1994protected3.8/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...
bureau-13-02

Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 Take-Two Interactive
gabriel-knight-2-03

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...
phantasmagoria-02

Phantasmagoria

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1995protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
prisonerofice-1

Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.
ravenloft-stone-prophet-07

Ravenloft: Stone Prophet

DOS1995protected3.2/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.
11th-hour-07

The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Trilobyte
ultimatedoom-1

Ultimate Doom

DOS1995protected4.1/5 id software
wolfsbane-04

Wolfsbane

DOS19953/5 Midnight Software
phantasmagoria2-01

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected3.9/5 Sierra On-Line
pray-for-death-06

Pray for Death

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
quake_002

Quake

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 id software
Quake is a real-time 3D FPS developed by idSoftware and a spiritual successor to the popular Doom series. Quake became very popular and spawned many sequels and fan made mods such as Team Fortress.
time-slaughter-03

Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Bloodlust Software
blood-3

Blood

DOS1997protected4.2/5 Monolith Productions
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Realms of the Haunting

DOSMac1997protected3.8/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
house-of-the-dead-2

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.
sanitarium-04

Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 DreamForge Intertainment
typing-of-the-dead-02

The Typing of the Dead

Windows XP/98/9519993.3/5 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a unique video game that is essentially a typing version of the classic rail shooter arcade game The House of the Dead. It was first released in 1999 as an arcade machine and later for other platforms.In The Typing of the Dead, players use a keyboard to eliminate oncoming waves of zombies and other creatures by typing word...
vampire-redemption-02

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Nihilistic Software
gng-remake-02

Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.3/5