The best horror games

Horror games

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  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.

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  Quake

  DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 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.

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  Phantasmagoria

  Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1995protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Pray for Death

  DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
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  Blood

  DOS1997protected4.2/5 Monolith Productions
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  Doom

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 id software
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  Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

  Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Ecstatica

  DOS19944.2/5 Andrew Spencer Studios
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  Lords of Doom

  DOS19904.2/5 Attic Entertainment Software
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  Quest for glory 4: Shadows of darkness

  DOSWindows 3.x1993protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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  WaxWorks

  DOSMac1992protected4.2/5 Horror Soft
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  House of the Dead

  Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 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.

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  Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

  DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

  DOS1993protected4.1/5 Softdisk Publishing
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  Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

  Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5
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  Arachnophobia

  DOS19914.1/5 Blue Sky Productions
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  Dark Seed

  DOS19924.1/5 Cyberdreams
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  Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

  DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
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  Ultimate Doom

  DOS1995protected4.1/5 id software
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  Alone in the Dark 3

  DOS1994protected4.1/5 Infogrames
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  Prisoner of Ice

  DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.
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  Halloween Harry

  DOS1993freeware4.1/5 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.

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  Plague of the Moon

  DOS19944.1/5
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  The Lurking Horror

  DOS19874.1/5 Infocom
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  Alone in the Dark

  DOS1992protected4.1/5 Infogrames
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  Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

  DOS19914.1/5 Horror Soft

  Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the Elvira series of games, each of one based on the popular movie/TV personality Elvira.

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  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).

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  Sanitarium

  Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 DreamForge Intertainment
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  The 11th Hour

  Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Trilobyte
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  Alone in the Dark 2

  DOS1993protected4/5 Infogrames