Abandonware DOS title

Horror games

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

Most popular horror games

House of the Dead
shooterWindows XP/98/95
Dark Seed
adventureDOS
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A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS1989 Westwood Studios
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A Personal Nightmare

DOS1989 Horror Soft
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Alien Trilogy

DOS1996 Probe Entertainment
Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter video game released in 1996 for various platforms, including the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS. Developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment, the game is based on the first three films in the Alien franchise. The game's narrative loosely follows the storyline of these mo...
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Alone in the Dark

DOS1992protected Infogrames
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Alone in the Dark 2

DOS1993protected Infogrames
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Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected Infogrames
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Arachnophobia

DOS1991 Blue Sky Productions
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Beast

DOS1984
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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. The game involves controlling Beetlejuice as he attempts to clear skeletons from various closets in a haunted house. T...
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Blood

DOS1997protected Monolith Productions
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BloodNet

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula

DOS1993 Psygnosis
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Bureau 13

DOS1995 Take-Two Interactive
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Castlevania

DOS1990 Distinctive Software
Castlevania, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, was developed and published by Konami. The game was known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula (Devil's Castle Dracula) and was later renamed Castlevania for its North American release. In Castlevania, players take on the role of Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter from the Bel...
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Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected id software
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Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

DOS1993protected Softdisk Publishing
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Dark Seed

DOS1992 Cyberdreams
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Daughter of Serpents

DOS1992 Eldritch Games
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Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS1989 Silhouette Software
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Don't Go Alone

DOS1989 Sterling Silver Software
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Doom

DOS1993protecteddemo 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...
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Doom 2: Hell on Earth

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected 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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Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware
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Dracula in London

DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS1992 Simulmondo
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Ecstatica

DOS1994 Andrew Spencer Studios
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Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

DOS1991 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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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

DOS1990 Horror Soft