Scary (also known as Horror) is a genre of fiction, which has the capacity to scare, frighten, or disgust the players by inducing the feelings of terror and horror. Horror games usually take place in the breathtaking environment populated by unknown entities. These games are played from either a first-person or a third-person perspective, and the primary objective of the player is to fulfill the requirement of each level while facing or encountering strange creatures and survive as long as possible. In the game environment, the player is unable to arm or prepare his avatar. During the navigation, the player encounters different factors to make battle unattractive as primary choices, such as limited weapons, strong enemies, and more. Horror games deal with various elements such as shooting, exploration, survival, puzzle, and more.

15 Best Scary Games on Steam

#1 Frozen State

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Frozen State is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, Action and Zombie video game with inventory and resource management elements developed and published by Flox Studios Ltd. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic-themed world and allows the player assumes the protagonist’s role and start protecting the human race from brutal alien hybrids. According to the story, the protagonist gets stuck in the closed city called Duga-40, where his ultimate task is to survive and effort to repair his vehicle to continue his adventure. The game offers the open-ended world, consisting of sixty-five locations and populated with military groups, human survivors, and alien hybrids. It offers procedurally generated a world and allows the player to craft different weapons and cook food to survive while building shelters and more. In the game, the player needs to fulfill his basic needs like sleep, thirst, hunger and more. During the gameplay, the player must explore the world from a top-down perspective, interactive with non-player characters, and earn points. Frozen State offers core features such as Transport, Quest-based Gameplay, Dynamic Weather, Massive Open World, and more.

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#2 Guns n Zombies

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Guns n Zombies is an Awesome, Action-Adventure, Top-down, Role-playing, Co-op, Survival and Single-player video game created and developed by krealit. The game provides you with action-packed gameplay and allows you to immerse yourself in top-down experience. In the story of the match, the artificial nano-virus effected the whole world and destroyed most of the human population and transform people into deadly creatures. In the game, you take on the role of the survivor, and your primary task is to find the people like you can rescue the people who are not affected. The game offers exciting gameplay and allows you to use a huge range of weapons and equipment against zombies. It consists of challenging missions and lets you complete it to progress in the story. The game rewards you with XP points as you kill the hordes of the zombies and complete the objectives. You can use your points to upgrade your weapons. Guns n Zombies offers core features such as Hordes of Zombies, Zombie Apocalyptic Story, Robotized Zombies, Random gameplay, Tons of destructive Weapons, a Thrilling Plot, Compete with other players, and much more. With the excellent story, engaging and quite addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and fantastic graphic details, Guns n Zombies is the best game to play and enjoy.

#3 Fran Bow

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Fran Bow is a Horror, Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed by Killmonday for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the historical year 1944 and revolves around a story of Fran, a 10-year-old girl suffering from mental disorder after encountering the brutal murder of her beloved parents. The gameplay is about finding different objects in the world which can be used to solve mind-bending puzzles. There are different mini-games available to play and the player can interact with NPCs to learn about the unforgettable environment and how to progress. During the exploration, the player efforts to find out who is the murderer of his/her parents. The game features fifty exciting characters with unique personalities. Explore the environment, complete a variety of objectives by finding different objects and use them to solve puzzles. Fran Bow offers prominent features such as Story-Driven Gameplay, a set of Puzzles, Mini-Games, Fifty Characters, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#4 Soma

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Soma is a mixture of Science Fiction, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Exploration elements developed and published by Fictional Games. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Simon Jarret, who finds himself at the facility under strange circumstance, struggling to unearth his past. According to the story, the world in threatened by strange creatures, trying to taking over humanity. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary goal is to explore the facility from first-person perspective, encounter various creatures and struggle to solve puzzles. During exploration, the protagonist discovers a huge array of clues including audio tapes and notes, which creates atmosphere and progresses the plot. There is no combat system like other games by Fictional Games, and instead the player can use stealth elements, and can explore the environment, and solve puzzles to progress through the game. Players can manipulate the underground world, interact with NPCs, and objects to solve puzzles and earn experience points. Soma offers prominent features, immersive gameplay, and highly detailed environment. Try it out.

#5 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Capcom for multiple platforms. It is the 11th installment ad twenty-fourth title overall in the franchise of Resident Evil. It is the first game in the marvelous series available to be played from the first-person view. The story centers on the protagonist named as Ethan Winters, as he finds his beloved wife named as Mia, which leads him to a plantation by the Baker Family. The protagonist crafts weapons and other tools to face off Baker Family and the Molded, a form of bacteria. The primary objective is to explore the world from the first-person perspective and fight against zombies and other creatures using handguns, flame throwers, chainsaw, and shotgun, etc. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of certain objectives to progress. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to fight against enemies and the Baker Family to rescue his wife Mia from dangers. With enhanced mechanics, engaging gameplay and brilliant controls, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#6 The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is a Downloadable Content Pack to the original video game The Binding of Isaac developed by Nicalis, Inc. According to the story, the mother of the protagonist hears the voice of the lord demanding a sacrifice of his beloved son to prove her faith. The protagonist escapes into the basement filled with monsters, enemies and droves. He lost his beloved brother and sister, and his mother. The game offers procedurally generated Action Role-playing gameplay with Rough-like elements. The story centers on the protagonist named as Isaac and his attempts to find the valuable treasure that can change him into a super human with special abilities that enables him to fight off monsters, droves and mysterious creatures to survive as long as possible. The player can explore the world from top-down perspective and can encounters lots of mystical creatures who wants to slay the protagonist. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth offers brilliant features such as Greed Mode, up to Hundred Rooms, 120 Items to pick and use, 10 different Challenges and more.

#7 The Forgotten Ones

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The Forgotten Ones is an FPS, Action-Adventure video game that sets you up into the character of “Grobuskna Vladinov” who loses his parents during the time of “Holocaust” to a Doctor cum Mad Scientist. One day he receives an unknown phone call from a stranger that totally changes the way he thinks and encourages Grobuskna to start his twisted journey. By profession Grobuskna is a Detective and he is on a hunt of the Nazi officers that contributed to the Holocaust and are now scattered all around the world. You are required to get into the character of Grobuskna and start hunting down the Nazi officers you think were part of the Holocaust and were involved in war crimes. “The Forgotten Ones” allows you to explore the world from a First person perspective, engage in combats, melee attacks etc., find the enemies and kill them to bring them to justice. With a complex inventory system, 18 different and sophisticated weapons, horror filled environments, Vehicular combats, Multiple Game endings based up on your actions, great story and a wonderfully engaging and action-packed game-play, “The Forgotten Ones” is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.

#8 Detention

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Detention is an Adventure, Role-playing, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Red Candle Games. The game takes place in the two-dimensional atmosphere set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. It includes religious elements based on Taiwanese mythology and culture. According to the story, the students named as Ray and Wei found themselves vulnerable and trapped in Greenwood High School, situated in the remote mountainous area. The beautiful place they once knew as completely changed and haunted by evil creatures called the Lingered. The player assumes the role of the protagonist with a task to manipulate the land, interact with non-player characters and objects to uncover the mystery behind the scene. The player can control the character using point-and-click interface and can face monsters and other strange creatures. There are a series of levels, and each level has a set of tasks that the player needs to accomplish at any cost to become the master. Detention includes prominent features such as 2D Atmospheric Horror Gameplay, Mind-bending Puzzles, Original Soundtracks, Appealing Graphics, and more. Try it out.

#9 Metro: 2033 Redux

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Metro: 2033 Redux is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game created by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It brings an exciting story, in which the world was destroyed by an apocalyptic event, destroying almost humanity and transforming the planet Earth into a wasteland. The civilization of human entered into a new dark age with lots of challenges and dangers. It takes place in the future 2033, where a new generation was born and rise in an underground environment, and try their best to survive. You as the playable character can assume the role of the protagonist named as Artyom, who born on the last day before the devastation and raised underground. Your ultimate job is to manipulate the world, fight enemies who are the responsible for the destruction and kill them to restore your land. The environment can be explored from a first-person perspective, and you can use a variety of weapons to kill enemies and earn points. Two Play Styles (Survival and Spartan), Multiple Modes, Huge Arsenal of Weaponry, etc. are core features in the game to enjoy.

#10 Infestation: The New Z

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Infestation: The New Z is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online, Open World and Role-playing video game with Horror-Survival and Battle Royale elements developed by Fredaikis AB. The game offers a huge environment and features a dynamic player versus player experience in multiple modes and environments. There are different playable characters available and the player has to select one of them to customize and jump into the competitive world where he has to battle against enemies to crush them and remain the last survival. In the game, the player can explore the world from a first-person view with friends, scavenge for loot and battle players to win. The player navigates the environment either on foot or by vehicle, bus, and other convince to kill zombies and communicate other players. A unique Battle Royale mode also available in the game for unique experience, where the ultimate task of the player is to be the last standing man by finding items, random airdrops, and killing other players. Infestation: The New Z includes prominent features such as Survival, Customization, Play with Friends, Discover lots of Armors, Weapons and Melees, PvP Mode, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#11 The 7th Guest

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The 7th Guest is an Adventure, Puzzle and Interactive Drama video game by Trilobyte and Virgin Interactive. The game offers a horror story, revolving around the protagonist, an amnesiac. The mansion of Henry Stauf has been abandoned. Stauf was a toy maker, make amazing and mind-bending puzzles and his home was his beautiful creation. The house of Stauf stands empty, and nothing can live in this house. Suddenly, you as the protagonist wake up in the house, and your ultimate task is to manipulate the house from door to door, fell the terror and solve a variety of puzzles to progress. The mansion comprises up to twenty-two surprising rooms awaits in the navigable haunted mansion. The game becomes terrifying and challenging to play, as you advanced. The 7th Guest offers core features such as Virtual Environment, Solve Puzzles, 22 Levels, Extensive Gameplay, Original Music and more. The 7th Guest is the excellent game to play and enjoy.

#12 Lucius II

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Lucius II is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, Third-person Exploration and Single-player video game with Stealth elements developed and published by Shiver Games. It is a sequel to the Lucius, released in 2014 and the story of the game starts continuous where the previous title left off. The story follows the protagonist named as Lucius who sets out himself on an epic mission to take the revenge from the murderer of his parents. The player can assumes the protagonist’s role and can explore the world from a third-person perspective, use his special and stealth abilities to kill foes and earn points. He can interact with environment and objects to progress through the story and can use multiple objects to kill the enemies. In the game, the player plays as the son of evil with a unique twist. There are multiple levels and each level needs a completion of certain objectives to progress. Lucius II offers prominent features such as Create a unique Trap, Each Level has its Sandbox, Explore the Hospital comprises five Stories, and more. Try it out.

#13 My Night Job

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My Night Job is an Action, Pixel Graphics, Horror Survival, and Single-player video game with light Beat ‘em up element developed by Webcore Games and published by BitCompiser Interactive. The game takes place in an abandoned mansion populated with brutal monsters. You assumes the role of the hero, who can use a variety of weapons to rescue innocents and his skins from the monsters. Over sixty weapons available from floor lamps to chainsaws, vases to shotguns and axe to hammers. It brings fast-paced, action-packed and 80s horror movie setting with unique challenges. You explores the world from a side-scroll perspective and can use a variety of weapons to smash monsters to save the people. There are different levels take place in the old-school themed world. Encounter more than 11 types of monsters and defeat them using over sixty unique weapons. My Night Job includes prominent features such as Abandoned Mansion, Old School Feel, Achievements, Endless Horror, 60 Weapons, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#14 Pony Island

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Pony Island is a 2D Action-Adventure, Psychological Horror, and Single-player video game created and published by Daniel Mullins Games. The game takes place in the fictional land called Pony Island corrupted by a horrific being, which is struggling to claim the soul of the protagonist for itself. During the game play, the player is assisted by the previous protagonists’ soul, who help out the protagonist to get access the internal programming of Pony Island to avoid traps set up by Satan and rescue their souls. The game lets the player engage himself or herself in a point-and-click adventure through a variety of levels filled with challenging puzzles and objectives. It mixes the exploration, endless runner, and shoot ‘em up elements and lets the player use multiple weapons to kill enemies while manipulating the land. The character can run, jump and interact with objects to progress through the game. With prominent features, impressive gameplay, and lots of challenging levels, Pony Island is the best game to play and enjoy.

#15 Little Nightmares

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Little Nightmares is an Adventure, Puzzle-platform, and Single-player video game with Horror scenarios created by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The plot takes place in the terrific environment known as The Maw, populated with powerful, strange creatures. The story of the game centers on a nine-year-old girl called Six, who is stuck in a strange environment. After waking up, the protagonist finds herself in Maw’s depth and makes a strong decision to explore the world, try her best to find out the way which leads to her home.

Soon the protagonist discovers about Janitor, who captures the innocent children and sends them on an overhead hook using a conveyer belt. You assume the role of the female protagonist, and your primary task is to manage food to satisfy your hunger, solve complicated puzzles and find a way out. There are numerous levels available, and each level needs the completion of individual objectives to progress through the entire story. Immerse yourself in a horrific journey where you encounter many deadly creatures, complex, challenging, and mind-bending puzzles.