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The Best Horror Games On Steam

Updated October 20, 2020 2.5k votes 334 voters 7.5k views49 items

There are tons of good horror games on Steam, but which games are really worth buying? This list seeks to answer that question by ranking the best horror games available right now. It seems like developers are making a lot of scary games on Steam these days, which is great in theory, but it also makes it kind of difficult to find the spookiest games Steam has to offer. What do you think are the top 10 best horror games in the Steam Store?

Below you'll find a ranked list of what other gamers believe to be the scariest horror games on Steam, including popular indie horror games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, as well as super popular titles like Left 4 Dead 2, Resident Evil 4, and Phasmophobia. One of the newer horror games on Steam is Observer, a cyberpunk horror game that messes with your head through a series of puzzles and crazy flashbacks. And if you're looking for free Steam horror games, The Grounding is a solid choice.

Vote up the top PC horror games that had the hair on your neck standing, and vote down all the duds.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
2010
Developer: Frictional Games
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2013
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2017
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Phasmophobia
2020
Developer: Kinetic Games
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Alien: Isolation
2014
Developer: The Creative Assembly
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2008
Developer: Visceral Games
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2010
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2019
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SOMA
2015
Developer: Frictional Games
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Left 4 Dead 2
2009
Developer: Valve Corporation
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2011
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2017
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The Forest
2018
Developer: Endnight Games
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2005
Developer: Capcom
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2017
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Dead by Daylight
2016
Developer: Behaviour Interactive
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2008
Developer: Valve Corporation, Turtle Rock Studios
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2017
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1999
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Amnesia: Rebirth
2020
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2009
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The Grounding
2020
Developer: Psychological Horror
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2017
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Resident Evil 7

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F.E.A.R.

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The Grounding