It’s horror season again. Players celebrate Halloween in their own way by replaying very scary horror games. So, we present to you the best horror games for PC and other devices.
What is the best horror game in the world?
The list of games varies between psychological horror, monster horror, and demon horror. But all of them are classified as the most dangerous horror games in the world.
Silent Hill 2
We must mention the best first. So, let’s start with this classic game released in 2001. In this part, we follow the story of James Sunderland, who goes to the creepy Silent Hill town shrouded in fog after receiving a letter from his deceased wife. The game is not just about scary monsters but also about psychological horror that creeps into the mind of its hero along with a story about grief, guilt, and the human psyche. It is worth mentioning that the game returned in a remake in 2024.
Devices: PC, PlayStation 5.
Resident Evil 4
No need to talk about the unquestioned king of horror games series. The survival game is beloved by the masses. In this part, the game smoothly transitions from survival horror and puzzles to more action and shooter elements. This part tells the story of Leon S. Kennedy, a special agent of the American government in the evil Spanish countryside aiming to rescue the president’s daughter. This game also has a remake released in 2023.
Devices: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Mac.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
A masterpiece survival game from Frictional Games that was released in 2010 and became one of the best horror games on Sony 4. In it, you play the role of Daniel who wakes up in a dark and forgotten castle barely remembering anything. The game focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, maintaining your mental well-being, and facing the scary monsters at the same time.
Devices: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch.
Darkwood
A unique horror game released in 2017 that adds to the players’ experience horror, role-playing, and adventure elements. You find yourself completely alone in a desolate Polish forest with no compass and during the day you gather resources and make weapons. At night, you must fortify yourself, set traps, and fight monsters. The game is known for its nerve-wracking atmosphere that, combined with the music, creates a unique vibe unlike any other game.
Alien: Isolation
This horror game follows the events of the 1979 film also called Alien. After 15 years, the game’s protagonist Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, starts looking for her mother and uncovering the truth behind her disappearance on the Sevastopol space station. The game focuses on stealth, infiltration, avoiding, deceiving, and sometimes confronting the space creatures using motion tracking tools. The game has remained one of the strongest horror games since its release in 2014.
Outlast
A horror survival game that terrified many because its events revolve around the scariest thing of all, the human mind. It tells the story of the journalist Miles Upshore who investigates a remote psychiatric hospital controlled by deranged killers. The key feature of this game is that you are a journalist, not a fighter, and you can never confront mentally ill patients as you only have a video camera.
Devices: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.
Fatal Frame/ Project Zero Series
The most thrilling horror game on the list. It is a Japanese survival game series that started in 2001 on PlayStation 2. Each part’s events take place in a haunted location in Japan in the 1980s. Players use a specially designed camera to face spirits and soothe their anger. The game usually features a girl exploring creepy environments and solving puzzles reminiscent of Japanese horror traditions.
Devices: (varies by part) PC, PlayStation.
The Mortuary Assistant
This game holds a special place in the top 13 horror games list since its release in 2022 due to its unique and distinctive gameplay style. In it, you play as Rebecca Owens in the River Field mortuary who has recently graduated from anatomy studies. As you perform tasks, you discover dark secrets and confront supernatural creatures. The game blends regular anatomy tasks with performing religious rituals to expel evil demonic forces.
Devices: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series.
Little Nightmares 1 + 2
You can find the most dangerous horror game in the world for Android on stores. It is a 2D puzzle game released in 2017. The game takes you to live with the girl Six who wears the yellow raincoat on the sunken ship Maw crowded with scary monsters. The scariest part of the game is the music and the dark environment.
Devices: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, Apple and Android mobiles.
The Forest
One of the best horror games for PC and other devices. In a vast and eerie forest, you explore an open world after the plane you were traveling in crashes, and only you survive. You must survive and face the cannibal mutants by building wooden shelters, crafting weapons and tools, setting traps, and searching for food. It’s important to note that each of these mutants has different behaviors and thoughts, making each encounter unique.
Devices: PC, PlayStation 4, GeForce Now platform.
Layers of Fear
A strong competitor to Silent Hill as a psychological horror game at its core. But this time, you, the mentally disturbed patient, play the role of a psychologically disturbed painter trying to produce his greatest artistic masterpiece in a Victorian mansion filled with ominous secrets about your past. The game is in the first-person view and here you must solve puzzles and explore the mansion that constantly changes as you continue to explore and wander.
Devices: Linux, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4.
Alan Wake
The famous crime and thriller writer Alan Wake starts feeling that he has nothing left to write. So, he travels to the small town of Bright Falls with his wife Alice. To find himself trapped in nightmarish events that came from his latest novel that he doesn’t remember writing and has started seeping into reality. The game blends exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat in an unprecedented mix in a collection of horror games for adults, along with using lights to ward off enemies.
Devices: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch.
The Evil Within
A masterpiece from Shinji Mikami, the director of the Resident Evil series. Similar to Outlast, the detective Sebastian Castellanos goes to the Beacon Mental Hospital to investigate horrific mass crimes. During that, he drifts into a nightmarish world full of terrifying creatures and deadly traps. He must navigate all of this through stealth, combat, and puzzle-solving with a greater focus on puzzles.
Devices: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC.
We wish you an enjoyable Halloween evening with the top 13 horror games. We guarantee that you will like all the games on the list or at least ten of them. But we recommend starting with the game Outlast, as it impressed us the most here at Arena Games. Also, if you have an Apple Arcade account, we recommend checking out the platform’s best games in this article.
