The Best Horror storytelling Games

Update : Luto added at rank #43.
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Heartbound (2018)

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early access IOS iPhone Android Linux PC Windows

Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.


  • choices
  • story
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • psychological
  • horror
  • puzzle
  • single-player

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Tiny Bunny (2021)

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early access Android PC Windows

Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.


  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • choices
  • anime
  • 2d
  • fiction

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Prognostic (2022)

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PC Windows

An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.

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  • horror
  • immersive
  • walking-simulator
  • realistic
  • first-person
  • story
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • atmospheric
  • replay-value
  • dark
  • psychological
  • exploration
  • mature
  • single-player

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Lake Haven - Chrysalis (2023)

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PC Windows

Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.

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  • horror
  • third-person
  • old-school
  • dark
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • story
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • single-player
  • mystery
  • controller-support

5

Noel the Mortal Fate (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

This is a story about the revenge of a girl who lost her arms and legs to a devil... Noel The Mortal Fate is a charismatic adventure game, now available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese with seasons 1 - 7 available now in one package.


  • rpgmaker
  • horror
  • anime
  • lgbtq
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • rpg
  • psychological
  • cute
  • 2d
  • dark
  • adventure
  • puzzle

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Outcore (2022)

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PC Windows

Join Lumi, a lost girl living on your desktop, and solve desktop puzzles to recover her memories in Outcore: Desktop Adventure. Fight against the worst characters ever written and experience a captivating story. Don't miss out on the unique experience of clicking the wishlist button, which scientists say can increase your lifespan. Had fun with Outcore? Check out Do Not Buy This Game, recommended by the developer's friend.

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What we like:
  • Creative and fun gameplay
  • Engaging story
  • Masterpiece with no cost
What could be improved:
  • Little time is needed to get used to the controls

  • emotional
  • choices
  • comedy
  • 2d
  • cute
  • pixel
  • visual-novel
  • funny
  • psychological
  • villain
  • colourful
  • story
  • anime
  • horror

7

OMORI (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • rpg
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • turn-based
  • story
  • japanese
  • stylized
  • party
  • dream
  • colourful

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Angels of Death (2016)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.


  • horror
  • rpgmaker
  • psychological
  • anime
  • romance
  • pixel
  • survival-horror
  • dark
  • indie-horror
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • horror-adventure

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Paper Bride (2021)

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PC Windows

Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...

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  • horror
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • word
  • drama
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • psychological
  • story
  • cinematic
  • fiction

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Evil God Korone (2021)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 4 PC Windows

An unexpected collaboration from Tsugunohi, the game where horror invades daily life, and VTuber Inugami Korone, from VTuber group hololive. Inugami Korone, who has been live streaming many horror game, has become an evil goddess and taken over Tsugunohi. Now, chop your finger and give it to her.

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  • horror
  • dark
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • horror-comedy
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • realistic
  • walking-simulator

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