Eurogamer called The Incident at Galley House a chillingly brilliant glow-up of one of last year's best adventures. Seven cozy horror adventure games on desktop that pair low-stakes puzzles with genuine dread.
Eight PC horror games that channel Stephen King's small-town dread, unreliable narrators, and slow-burn tension. From Alan Wake to Silent Hill 2, ranked by how King the story feels.
Zeverland is still in playtest on Steam. Seven Rust and Minecraft-style zombie survival games you can play on Windows, macOS, and Linux while you wait for its release.
Alan Wake 2 is free-adjacent on Epic this week and the Stranger Things itch is back. Eight PC games that scratch it: 80s dread, small towns, and Upside-Down energy.
Fahrenheit's PS+ Premium re-release put David Cage back on our radar. Here are seven cinematic narrative games that pick up where Indigo Prophecy left off.
Belmont's Curse is coming but PC needs a whip fix now. Here are seven metroidvanias that trace back to Symphony of the Night in different ways.
Dying Light: The Beast skipped PS4 and Xbox One entirely. Seven zombie survival alternatives on Windows for players stuck on older hardware.
Best stranded astronaut survival games for PC in 2026: Outer Wilds, Subnautica, No Man's Sky, Prey, Alien Isolation, Dead Space and Stranded Alien Dawn compared.
Evil Dead Burn brought the franchise back into the conversation, but Evil Dead: The Game's servers are shrinking. Seven co-op survival horror alternatives that fill the gap.
Escape the Backrooms hit Switch 2 with full cross-play from day one. These seven cross-play horror games on Android let you scream at the same monsters as your PC and console friends.
Escape the Backrooms just landed on Switch 2 with day-one cross-play. Seven desktop backrooms horror picks, from Inside the Backrooms to Anemoiapolis, tested for coop and solo runs.
Junji Ito: Strange finally captured the horror master's mix of terror and dark comedy. Seven body horror games for PC that carry the same skin-crawl.
OD survives Xbox's studio reset but is still years out. Eight atmospheric horror games for desktop to fill the queue while Kojima's project develops.
Guns of Eschaton is Viktor Antonov's supernatural Western soulslike FPS. Seven Guns of Eschaton alternatives on PC to play while you wait for release.
State of Decay 3's troubled production left a gap. Eight zombie survival games for Windows, macOS, and Linux that scratch the same itch on Steam right now.
Obsession is hitting digital. Eight horror movie streaming apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux that carry the genre staples plus the cult corners worth your time.
Robert Eggers' Werwulf trailer dropped this week. Seven folk horror games for desktop that share its rural, medieval, dread-soaked register, ranked after a playthrough.
Kinetic Games pushed the Phasmophobia 1.0 launch back again. Seven co-op horror games for Windows that already deliver the same investigation chills.
Polygon confirmed FNAF 3 will not be written by Scott Cawthon. Seven Five Nights at Freddy's alternatives on Steam for fans wondering what to play while the next chapter is in someone else's hands.
Night School Studio is taking the Oxenfree formula to a new Netflix horror game. Seven Oxenfree alternatives for desktop that scratch the same supernatural-narrative itch.
A new TLOU 2 multiplayer mod has fans hungry for more post-apocalyptic stories. Seven games like The Last of Us on Steam, ranked after weeks of play.
Hideo Kojima says his next game OD is built to test fear thresholds. Seven psychological horror games on Steam right now that already get there.
Dead Space dropped to $6 on Steam. If you've finished the remake and want what's next, these 7 Dead Space alternatives keep the sci-fi survival horror going.
Horror deckbuilders are having a moment after Inscryption opened the door. Seven horror-flavored card roguelikes worth installing on PC.
Just Press the Button lands on Switch June 18 with a dystopian narrative hook. Seven PC games already deliver the bleak futures, hard choices, and oppressive worlds.
Lovecraftian horror is having another moment, from cult favorites to Steam Next Fest oddities. Seven cosmic horror games for Windows, macOS, and Linux, ranked after long nights with the lights off.
Hellraiser Revival's October launch and the Summer Game Fest preview reignited the survival-horror conversation. Seven Hellraiser: Revival alternatives on Windows, macOS, and Linux for the wait and the appetite after.
Ninja Theory's future is uncertain, and Hellblade 2 is a short, intense one-and-done. Seven Senua's Saga: Hellblade II alternatives on PC, ranked on mood, combat, and audio.
Dead by Daylight is ten years old and the meta has calcified. These seven asymmetric horror alternatives on PC offer fresh killer-vs-survivor dynamics.
Capcom dropped the Resident Evil Veronica remake for 2027. These 8 Resident Evil Veronica alternatives on Steam fill the survival horror gap until release.
Eight time loop games for PC, ranked. From Outer Wilds to Deathloop to 12 Minutes, with notes on loop length, story payoff, and how each handles repetition.
Eight desktop streaming services for horror movies in 2026, ranked by catalog depth, exclusives, and how much each leans into the genre instead of treating it as a category.
Seven asymmetric multiplayer horror games for PC, compared by killer design, survivor pacing, queue health, and how each handles the four-versus-one tension.
Turok: Origins lands fall 2026. We tested 7 dinosaur-and-jungle action alternatives on PC right now that already deliver the bow-and-shotgun rush.
Gears of War: E-Day is still ahead on the calendar. We tested 7 third-person cover shooters that scratch the same chunky-gunplay itch right now on PC.
Silent Hill: Townfall is the next surprise horror hit, but the wait is real. Seven Silent Hill alternatives on PC for psychological horror fans right now.
The Backrooms broke records again in a single week. Seven Backrooms-style horror game apps for Android that capture the liminal-space dread on mobile.
Polygon's Vampire: The Masquerade Eternal Whispers reveal pulled the cult RPG back into the conversation. Seven Bloodlines alternatives that hold up.
Polygon called Widow's Bay episode 8 the best slasher since 2018's Halloween. We tested 7 slasher horror games on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Polygon called The Lost Wild a mix of Jurassic Park and Alien: Isolation. We tested 7 cinematic survival horror games on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy lands next year. Seven A Plague Tale alternatives for Windows that fill the gap with cinematic, story-first action.
State of Decay 3 got its gameplay reveal, but it's months away. We ranked 7 PC zombie survival games that scratch the same base-building, permadeath, scavenge-or-die itch.
Xbox just showed Clockwork Revolution, the BioShock-like RPG. While we wait, we ranked 7 PC immersive sims that hit the same plasmid-and-narrative weight.
Polygon traced Backrooms back to the Robin Williams thriller One Hour Photo. These seven Backrooms-style horror games on PC keep that buzzing-fluorescent dread alive.
Eurogamer's reveal of Bloober Team's Star Trek: Shadow Frontier sent us back through the genre. Seven sci-fi horror games for desktop that still hold up in 2026.
Capcom just confirmed Resident Evil Code: Veronica remake. While Capcom cooks it, here are 7 Resident Evil alternatives worth playing on desktop right now.
Control Resonant got a bold sequel reveal but the wait is real. Seven Control alternatives for Windows for fans of Remedy's paranormal third-person action.
Alien Isolation 2 was announced at Summer Game Fest 2026. Seven Alien Isolation alternatives for Windows for survival-horror fans waiting for the sequel.
Until Dawn 2 was announced for PS5 in 2027, but the original is on PC and the choice-driven horror genre is full. We ranked 7 PC alternatives on Steam.
Control: Resonant has a release date and the supernatural mystery genre is back. These 7 supernatural mystery games for Android cover the gap on a phone.
Poppy Playtime's chapter release cadence is slow and the formula is familiar. Seven Poppy Playtime alternatives for desktop in the mascot-horror genre in 2026.
From Vampire Survivors to Castlevania to long-form RPGs. Seven vampire games worth installing on Android in 2026, ranked after testing.
The Backrooms movie hits theatres in 2026. Here are 8 Backrooms-style liminal horror games for Android that recreate the endless yellow rooms, no-clip dread, and unease.
Scary Teacher 3D's energy meter, ad-gated rooms, and repeating prank loops push players elsewhere. Seven horror prank and escape-house alternatives worth installing.
Polygon called Grave Seasons the scariest farming sim of the summer. These seven cozy horror games on Android pair low-stakes management loops with quiet dread.
Seven gothic dark fantasy RPGs on Android worth installing in 2026, ranked by atmosphere, combat depth, and how much they actually look like the genre promises.
My Monster Babe's three-choice horror romance loop is short and sweet, but the bad endings repeat fast. Seven otome, romance, and choice-driven alternatives.
Eurogamer's preview of Call of the Elder Gods put cosmic horror back in the spotlight. These seven Lovecraftian games for Android cover point-and-click investigation, card-driven occult, and cosmic-survival nightmares.
