Horror Games Archive: Every Scare, Catalogued

A growing archive of horror video games, built one entry at a time, with a case file of hard facts, a scare profile, a plain-language guide to the story and lore, and current details on where each game can be played. It is written for players deciding what to pick up next, fans trying to untangle a franchise timeline, and anyone who wants to know exactly how frightening a game is before they commit an evening to it.

What you'll find here

Case files for each game

Every entry opens with the essentials: developer, publisher, release dates, platforms, engine, sequels and remakes, and the production history that shaped the final product.

Our scare profile

Each game is rated on scare level, gore, jump scares, atmosphere, difficulty and length, so you can tell a slow-burn psychological crawl from a gory survival gauntlet at a glance.

Story and lore explained

We lay out the plot, the setting, the monsters and the mythology behind them, flagging spoilers clearly and connecting the dots across series that span decades.

Where to play it

Current availability on consoles, PC storefronts, subscription services and cloud platforms, plus notes on remasters, delisted versions and the best way to experience older titles today.

Silent Hill 2

SILENT HILL 2 (KONAMI)

Silent Hill 2 is a 2001 survival horror game from Team Silent, the in-house Konami group that built the series’ first four entries. It is psychological horror in the truest sense: a grieving widower, a fog-choked resort town, and monsters…

Iron Lung

Iron Lung (David Szymanski)

Iron Lung is a 2022 one-man horror game from David Szymanski, the developer behind Dusk, released on Steam on March 9, 2022 at a launch price of $6, later raised to $7.99 in October 2023. It is a submarine horror…

Dandy’s World

Dandy's World Hero

Dandy’s World is a free Roblox mascot horror experience from BlushCrunch Studio, released in 2024 and still wearing its alpha tag. Up to eight players pick a cartoon Toon, ride an elevator down through the Gardenview Center, and fix machines…

Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem (CAPCOM Co., Ltd.)

Resident Evil Requiem is Capcom’s ninth mainline entry in the series, a single-player survival horror game that arrived on February 27, 2026 on Steam, alongside PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. Directed by Koshi Nakanishi, the man…

The Last of Us

The Last of Us™ Part I (PlayStation Publishing LLC)

Naughty Dog’s 2013 PlayStation 3 exclusive is a survival horror road trip across a United States wrecked by a fungal plague. It frightens us with scarcity rather than spectacle: a handful of bullets, a flickering flashlight, and the wet clicking…

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Nights at Freddy's (Scott Cawthon)

Scott Cawthon built this 2014 point-and-click survival horror game on his own in Clickteam Fusion, and it quietly rewrote the rules for indie scares. You sit in one chair for the whole game, with two doors, a power meter and…

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Scott Cawthon)

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is a point-and-click survival horror game made solo by Scott Cawthon and released on Steam on November 10, 2014, barely three months after the original. It takes away the doors that kept you safe in…

Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games)

Phasmophobia is a four-player co-op ghost-hunting game from the small British studio Kinetic Games, launched into Steam Early Access on 18 September 2020 and still in Early Access today. You and up to three friends walk into a haunted house…