Abandonware DOS title

The most popular horror games

Anything even remotely connected to horror: all things splatter, Cthulhu and Lovecraft, vampires, zombies, ghosts, mummies, hideous creatures from outer space.
scapeghost-1

Scapeghost

DOS1989 Level 9 Computing
time-slaughter-03

Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware Bloodlust Software
beast-01

Beast

DOS1984
Beast is ASCII horror at its most gloriously minimal. You’re a brave soul (well, a smiley face) trapped in a dungeon with sentient blobs (the titular beasts) that want you very, very dead. Armed only with moving blocks and raw fear, you’ll test your puzzle reflexes against relentless monsters. It’s like Sokoban had a nightmare, an...
hugoh1-1

Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS1990 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...
nightbreed-02

Night Breed

DOS1990
moonmist-splash

Moonmist

DOS1986 Infocom
dangerous-dave-risky-rescue03

Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

DOS1993protected Softdisk Publishing
pray-for-death-06

Pray for Death

DOS1996protected Light Shock Software
endless-horror-02

Endless Horror

DOS1993
11th-hour-07

The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected Trilobyte
phantasmagoria2-01

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Sierra On-Line
7th-guest-10

The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protected Trilobyte
monster-bash-04

Monster Bash

DOS1993protected Apogee Software
psycho-02

Psycho

DOS1988 Starsoft Development
voodoisland-splash

Voodoo island

DOS1985 Angelsoft
realms-of-the-haunting-07

Realms of the Haunting

DOSMac OS1997protected Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
shadow-of-the-comet-04

Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected Infogrames
dont-go-alone-03

Don't Go Alone

DOS1989 Sterling Silver Software
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS1989 Silhouette Software
frankenstein-02

Frankenstein

DOS1994 Junkyard
lords-of-doom-02

Lords of Doom

DOS1990 Attic Entertainment Software
doom-roguelike-02

Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware
ghost-master-04

Ghost Master

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected
Ghost Master is a strategy and simulation game developed by Sick Puppies and published by Empire Interactive. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows in 2003 and later ported to other platforms. In Ghost Master, you take on the role of a supernatural entity tasked with haunting various locations to scare humans and accomplish specific...
xenomorph-02

Xenomorph

DOS1990 Pandora
night-hunter-06

Night Hunter

DOS1988 UBI Soft
rusty-jp-01

Rusty

DOS1993 C-lab.
wolfsbane-04

Wolfsbane

DOS1995 Midnight Software