Horror games featuring a haunted house sorted by title, from Z to A
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
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Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected 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.
The 7th Guest
Windows XP/98/951993protected Trilobyte
The 11th Hour
Windows XP/98/951995protected Trilobyte
Realms of the Haunting
DOSMac OS1997protected Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Phantasmagoria
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click horror adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1995. Directed by Roberta Williams, Phantasmagoria departed from Sierra's usual fantasy and comedic themes to explore...
Nitemare 3D
DOSWindows 3.x1994protected Gray Design Associates
Nitemare 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by David P. Gray under the Gray Design Associates label. It was released in 1994 as a follow-up to the earlier adventure games in the "Hugo" series. The...
Moonmist
DOS1986 Infocom
Last Half of Darkness
DOS1989 SoftLab Laboratories
Jack in the Dark
DOS1993 Infogrames
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 app...
Horror Zombies from the Crypt
DOS1990 Astral Software
Horror Zombies from the Crypt is a platform game released in 1990 by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is heavily inspired by 1950s horror movies, both in atmosphere and design, offerin...
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 ...
Don't Go Alone
DOS1989 Sterling Silver Software
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion
DOS1991protected id software
Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet
DOS1992 Riedel Software Productions
Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet is a video game based on the popular Beetlejuice franchise, which includes a 1988 film directed by Tim Burton and an animated television series that aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.&nbs...
Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected Infogrames
Step into the polygonal shoes of Edward Carnby (or Emily Hartwood, if you're feeling bold) in Alone in the Dark, the grandfather of survival horror games. Released in 1992 for DOS, it throws you into a haunted mansion filled with ...
A Nightmare on Elm street
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
Forget Freddy’s razor glove for a second - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1989) for DOS is terrifying in its own way. Mostly because of the controls. You play as a teen trying to stay awake and alive while navigating dreamscapes...
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