Horror video games narratively deal with elements of horror fiction and comprise a variety of video game genres.
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Title Genre Developer, publisher Platform Release date Notes The 7th Guest Interactive movie, Adventure, puzzle supernatural Trilobyte MS-DOS, Windows, CD-i, OS X, iOS 1993-04 The 11th Hour Adventure, puzzle, supernatural Trilobyte MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh 1995-12-13 The Backrooms: 1998 survival game, psychological horror Steelkrill Studio Windows, OS X, Browser 2022-05-26 1916: Der Unbekannte Krieg First-person shooter, psychological horror DADIU Team 2 Windows, OS X, Browser 2011-03-28 2Dark Survival horror Gloomywood Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2017-03-10 3D Monster Maze Adventure Malcolm Evans ZX81 1982-12 7 Days to Die Survival, open world The Fun Pimps Windows 2013-12-13 Afterfall: Insanity Post-apocalyptic, survival horror Intoxicate Studios Windows 2011 Alien Adventure, strategy Commodore 64 1984 Aliens: The Computer Game First-person shooter Software Studios Commodore 64 1986 Aliens Shoot 'em up Konami Arcade 1990 Alien³ Shoot 'em up, platform Bits Studios (Game Boy), Spearsoft (SNES), Probe Software Amiga, Commodore 64, Game Boy, NES, Master System, SNES, Sega Genesis 1993 Alien³ - The Gun Rail shooter Sega Arcade 1993 Alien Trilogy First-person shooter Probe Entertainment PlayStation Saturn DOS 1996 Alien vs Predator First-person shooter Rebellion Developments Atari Jaguar 1994-08-21 Aliens Versus Predator First-person shooter Rebellion Developments Windows 1999-04-30 Aliens Versus Predator 2 First-person shooter Monolith Productions Windows 2001-10-22 Aliens vs Predator First-person shooter Rebellion Developments Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2010-02-16 Alien: Resurrection First-person shooter Argonaut Software PlayStation 2000-10-10 Alien: Isolation Survival horror, action-adventure, stealth, first-person shooter, science fiction The Creative Assembly Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch 2014-10-07 Alien: Blackout Puzzle D3 Go! iOS 2019-01-24 Alien Breed Run and gun, top-down shooter Team17 Amiga 1991 Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues Run and gun, top-down shooter Team17 Amiga 1993 Alien Breed: Tower Assault Run and gun, top-down shooter, open world Team17 Amiga 1994 Alien Syndrome Run and gun Sega Arcade 1987 Alien Syndrome Run and gun, action role-playing Totally Games PlayStation Portable, Wii 2007 Akai Ito Adventure Success Corporation PlayStation 2 2004-10-21 Alan Wake Action horror, third-person shooter, psychological horror Remedy Entertainment Windows, Xbox 360 2010-05-14 Alan Wake's American Nightmare Third-person shooter Remedy Entertainment Windows, Xbox 360 2012-02-21 Alan Wake 2Psychological horror, survival horrorRemedy EntertainmentPlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S2023-10-27 American McGee's Alice Action-adventure Rogue Entertainment Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2000-12-05 Alone in the Dark Survival horror, action adventure, cosmic horror Infogrames MS-DOS, PC-98, FM Towns, 3DO, OS X, RISC OS, iOS 1992 Alone in the Dark 2 Survival horror, action adventure Infogrames MS-DOS, PC-98, FM Towns, 3DO, OS X, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 1993 Alone in the Dark 3 Survival horror, action adventure Infogrames MS-DOS, PC-98, Windows 95, OS X 1994 Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Survival horror, action adventure, cosmic horror Darkworks PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 2001-05-18 Alone in the Dark Survival horror, action adventure, first-person shooter Eden Games Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 2008-06-20 Alone in the Dark: Illumination Survival horror, third-person shooter Pure FPS Windows 2015-06-11 Alone in the Dark Survival horror Pieces Interactive Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 2024-03-20 Amanda the AdventurerAnalog horror, Escape roomDreadXP, MANGLEDmaw GamesPlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows2023-04-25 Amnesia: The Dark Descent Adventure, psychological horror, cosmic horror Frictional Games Linux, OS X, Windows 2010-09-22 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Adventure, psychological horror, cosmic horror The Chinese Room Linux, OS X, Windows 2013-09-10 Amnesia: Rebirth Adventure, psychological horror, cosmic horror, survival horror Frictional Games Linux, Windows, PlayStation 4 2020-10-20 Amnesia: The BunkerSurvival horror, immersive sim, psychological horrorFrictional GamesPlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S2023-06-06 Akolyta Adventure Pterosoft studio Linux, OS X, Windows Among the Sleep Adventure, psychological horror Krillbite Studio Linux, OS X, Windows, PlayStation 4 2014-05-29 Amy Survival horror, stealth VectorCell PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2012-01-11 Anatomy Horror game Kitty Horrorshow Windows, macOS, Linux 2016 Anchorhead Interactive fiction, cosmic horror Michael S. Gentry MS-DOS 1998 Anna Adventure, puzzle Dreampainters Software Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2012 Anthology of the Killer Horror game, Walking simulator Stephen Gillmurphy Windows, macOS, Linux 2024-05-28 Area 51 First-person shooter Midway Austin Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 2005-05-25 Araya Adventure MAD Virtual Reality Studio Windows 2016-11-24 Asylum Adventure Med Systems TRS-80, Apple II 1981 Atic Atac Adventure Tim and Chris Stamper ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro 1983 Atomic Heart First-person shooter, alternate history Mundfish Windows 2023-02-21 Ao Oni Adventure noprops Windows 2008-11 Bad Day on the Midway Adventure, puzzle inSCAPE Windows, Mac 1995-10-31 Bad Mojo Adventure, puzzle Pulse Entertainment Windows 1996 Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning Survival horror, educational, parody Basically, Games! Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS 2018 Baldi's Basics Plus Survival horror, Parody, Roguelike Basically, Games! Windows, Linux, macOS 2020-06-11 Barotrauma Survival horror, role-playing Undertow Games, FakeFish Games Windows, macOS, Linux 2023 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle Adventure, puzzle Shadow Tor Studios Windows 2006-04-16 Bendy and the Ink Machine Survival horror, action adventure Joey Drew Studios Windows, OS X, Linux 2017-02-10 Bendy and the Dark Revival Survival horror, action adventure Joey Drew Studios Windows 2022-11-15 Bible Black Visual novel Eroge, ActiveSoft Windows 2000-07-14 BioForge Action-adventure, science fiction Origin Systems Windows, MS-MS-DOS 1995 BioShock First-person shooter, Immersive sim, science fiction Irrational Games Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, OS X, iOS 2007 BioShock 2 First-person shooter, immersive sim 2K Marin PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, macOS 2010 The Blackout Club Horror game Question Windows 2018-10-30 BlackSoul Survival horror XeniosVision Windows 2013 The Black Mirror I: Death's Messenger Point-and-click Future Games Windows 2003-02 The Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil Point-and-click Cranberry Production GmbH Windows 2009 The Black Mirror III: Final Fear Point-and-click Cranberry Production GmbH Windows 2011 Black Souls I Adventure, eroge, psychological horror Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? Windows 2017-7-30 Black Souls II Adventure, eroge, psychological horror Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? Windows 2018-11-10 Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr Survival horror, action adventure, psychological horror Terminal Reality Windows 2000-10-03 Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock Survival horror, action adventure, psychological horror Human Head Studios Windows 2000-10-25 Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale Survival horror, action adventure, psychological horror Ritual Entertainment Windows 2000-11-21 Blair Witch Walking simulator Bloober Team Windows 2019-08-30 Blood First-person shooter 3D Realms, Monolith Productions MS-DOS 1997-06-20 Blood II: The Chosen First-person shooter Monolith Productions PC, Windows 1998-10-31 BloodborneAction role-playing, survival horror, cosmic horrorFromSoftwarePlayStation 42015-03-24 BloodRayne Action-adventure, hack and slash Terminal Reality Windows, OS X, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox 2002-10-15 BloodRayne 2 Action-adventure, hack and slash Terminal Reality Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 2004-10-12 BloodRayne: Betrayal Action game, hack and slash, platform WayForward Technologies, Abstraction Games Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2011-09-06 Blue Stinger Survival horror, action adventure Climax Graphics Dreamcast 1999-03-25 Bramble: The Mountain KingPlatform, adventure, folk horrorDimfrost StudioNintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S2023-04-27Buckshot RouletteGambling, Tabletop horror, StrategyMike KlubnikaWindows, Linux2023-12-28 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Beat 'em up The Collective Xbox 2002-08-18 Bye Sweet CaroleSurvival horror, Puzzle-platformerLittle Sewing MachinePlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S2025-10-09 Call of Cthulhu Survival horror, action role-playing, cosmic horror, psychological horror Cyanide Studio Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2018-10-30 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Survival horror, first-person shooter, cosmic horror, psychological horror Headfirst Productions Xbox, Windows 2005-10-24 Calling Survival horror Hudson Soft Wii 2009-11-19 The Callisto Protocol Survival horror Striking Distance Studios Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S 2022-12-02 Carrier Survival horror Jaleco Dreamcast 2000-01-31 Carrion Reverse horror Phobia Game Studio PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Linux, OS X 2020 The Casting of Frank Stone Interactive drama, survival horror Supermassive Games PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S 2024-09-03 Castlevania Action-adventure, hack and slash, platform, Gothic horror Konami Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayChoice-10, Commodore 64, Amiga, MS-DOS, Windows, Game Boy Advance, AT&T Wireless mMode Network, Virtual Console 1986-09-26 Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Action-adventure, hack and slash, platform, Gothic horror Konami Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System 1987-06-28 Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Action-adventure, hack and slash, platform, Gothic horror Konami Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System 1989-12-22 Castlevania: The Adventure Action-adventure, hack and slash, platform, Gothic horror Konami Game Boy, Game Boy Color 1989-12-15 Super Castlevania IV Action-adventure, hack and slash, platform, Gothic horror Konami Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1991-10-31 Castlevania 64 Action-adventure, hack and slash, Gothic horror Konami Nintendo 64 1999-06-26 Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Action-adventure, hack and slash, Gothic horror Konami Nintendo 64 1999-11-30 The Cat Lady Adventure Harvester Games Windows, Linux 2012-12-07 Chakan: The Forever Man Action game, platform Extended Play Productions Sega Genesis, Game Gear 1992 Chaos Break Survival horror, Third-person shooter EON Digital Entertainment PlayStation 2000-01-27 The Charnel House Trilogy Adventure Owl Cave Windows 2015 Chiller Light gun shooter Exidy Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System 1986 Choo-Choo CharlesSurvival horrorTwo Star GamesWindows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch2022-12-09 Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Survival horror Saber Interactive, Boss Team Games PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S Clive Barker's Jericho First-person shooter, action game MercurySteam Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2007-10-23 Clive Barker's Undying First-person shooter, adventure, cosmic horror DreamWorks Interactive, Westlake Interactive Windows, OS X 2001-02-07 Clock Tower adventure, stealth Human Entertainment Super Famicom, Windows, PlayStation, Wonderswan 1995-09-14 Clock Tower II Survival horror, point-and-click adventure, stealth Human Entertainment, ASCII Entertainment PlayStation 1996-12-13 Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within Survival horror, point-and-click adventure, stealth Human Entertainment, Agetec Inc. PlayStation 1998-03-12 Clock Tower 3 Surviva