18 Best Free Horror Games on Steam

The Forgotten Ones is an FPS, Action-Adventure video game that sets you up into the character of “Grobuskna Vladinov” who loses his parents during the time of “Holocaust” to a Doctor cum Mad Scientist. One day he receives an unknown phone call from a stranger that totally changes the way he thinks and encourages Grobuskna to start his twisted journey. By profession Grobuskna is a Detective and he is on a hunt of the Nazi officers that contributed to the Holocaust and are now scattered all around the world. You are required to get into the character of Grobuskna and start hunting down the Nazi officers you think were part of the Holocaust and were involved in war crimes. “The Forgotten Ones” allows you to explore the world from a First person perspective, engage in combats, melee attacks etc., find the enemies and kill them to bring them to justice. With a complex inventory system, 18 different and sophisticated weapons, horror filled environments, Vehicular combats, Multiple Game endings based up on your actions, great story and a wonderfully engaging and action-packed game-play, “The Forgotten Ones” is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.

The 7th Guest is an Adventure, Puzzle and Interactive Drama video game by Trilobyte and Virgin Interactive. The game offers a horror story, revolving around the protagonist, an amnesiac. The mansion of Henry Stauf has been abandoned. Stauf was a toy maker, make amazing and mind-bending puzzles and his home was his beautiful creation. The house of Stauf stands empty, and nothing can live in this house. Suddenly, you as the protagonist wake up in the house, and your ultimate task is to manipulate the house from door to door, fell the terror and solve a variety of puzzles to progress. The mansion comprises up to twenty-two surprising rooms awaits in the navigable haunted mansion. The game becomes terrifying and challenging to play, as you advanced. The 7th Guest offers core features such as Virtual Environment, Solve Puzzles, 22 Levels, Extensive Gameplay, Original Music and more. The 7th Guest is the excellent game to play and enjoy.

My Night Job is an Action, Pixel Graphics, Horror Survival, and Single-player video game with light Beat ‘em up element developed by Webcore Games and published by BitCompiser Interactive. The game takes place in an abandoned mansion populated with brutal monsters. You assumes the role of the hero, who can use a variety of weapons to rescue innocents and his skins from the monsters. Over sixty weapons available from floor lamps to chainsaws, vases to shotguns and axe to hammers. It brings fast-paced, action-packed and 80s horror movie setting with unique challenges. You explores the world from a side-scroll perspective and can use a variety of weapons to smash monsters to save the people. There are different levels take place in the old-school themed world. Encounter more than 11 types of monsters and defeat them using over sixty unique weapons. My Night Job includes prominent features such as Abandoned Mansion, Old School Feel, Achievements, Endless Horror, 60 Weapons, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Frozen State is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, Action and Zombie video game with inventory and resource management elements developed and published by Flox Studios Ltd. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic-themed world and allows the player assumes the protagonist’s role and start protecting the human race from brutal alien hybrids. According to the story, the protagonist gets stuck in the closed city called Duga-40, where his ultimate task is to survive and effort to repair his vehicle to continue his adventure. The game offers the open-ended world, consisting of sixty-five locations and populated with military groups, human survivors, and alien hybrids. It offers procedurally generated a world and allows the player to craft different weapons and cook food to survive while building shelters and more. In the game, the player needs to fulfill his basic needs like sleep, thirst, hunger and more. During the gameplay, the player must explore the world from a top-down perspective, interactive with non-player characters, and earn points. Frozen State offers core features such as Transport, Quest-based Gameplay, Dynamic Weather, Massive Open World, and more.

Lucius II is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, Third-person Exploration and Single-player video game with Stealth elements developed and published by Shiver Games. It is a sequel to the Lucius, released in 2014 and the story of the game starts continuous where the previous title left off. The story follows the protagonist named as Lucius who sets out himself on an epic mission to take the revenge from the murderer of his parents. The player can assumes the protagonist’s role and can explore the world from a third-person perspective, use his special and stealth abilities to kill foes and earn points. He can interact with environment and objects to progress through the story and can use multiple objects to kill the enemies. In the game, the player plays as the son of evil with a unique twist. There are multiple levels and each level needs a completion of certain objectives to progress. Lucius II offers prominent features such as Create a unique Trap, Each Level has its Sandbox, Explore the Hospital comprises five Stories, and more. Try it out.

Fran Bow is a Horror, Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed by Killmonday for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the historical year 1944 and revolves around a story of Fran, a 10-year-old girl suffering from mental disorder after encountering the brutal murder of her beloved parents. The gameplay is about finding different objects in the world which can be used to solve mind-bending puzzles. There are different mini-games available to play and the player can interact with NPCs to learn about the unforgettable environment and how to progress. During the exploration, the player efforts to find out who is the murderer of his/her parents. The game features fifty exciting characters with unique personalities. Explore the environment, complete a variety of objectives by finding different objects and use them to solve puzzles. Fran Bow offers prominent features such as Story-Driven Gameplay, a set of Puzzles, Mini-Games, Fifty Characters, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Soma is a mixture of Science Fiction, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Exploration elements developed and published by Fictional Games. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Simon Jarret, who finds himself at the facility under strange circumstance, struggling to unearth his past. According to the story, the world in threatened by strange creatures, trying to taking over humanity. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary goal is to explore the facility from first-person perspective, encounter various creatures and struggle to solve puzzles. During exploration, the protagonist discovers a huge array of clues including audio tapes and notes, which creates atmosphere and progresses the plot. There is no combat system like other games by Fictional Games, and instead the player can use stealth elements, and can explore the environment, and solve puzzles to progress through the game. Players can manipulate the underground world, interact with NPCs, and objects to solve puzzles and earn experience points. Soma offers prominent features, immersive gameplay, and highly detailed environment. Try it out.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is a Downloadable Content Pack to the original video game The Binding of Isaac developed by Nicalis, Inc. According to the story, the mother of the protagonist hears the voice of the lord demanding a sacrifice of his beloved son to prove her faith. The protagonist escapes into the basement filled with monsters, enemies and droves. He lost his beloved brother and sister, and his mother. The game offers procedurally generated Action Role-playing gameplay with Rough-like elements. The story centers on the protagonist named as Isaac and his attempts to find the valuable treasure that can change him into a super human with special abilities that enables him to fight off monsters, droves and mysterious creatures to survive as long as possible. The player can explore the world from top-down perspective and can encounters lots of mystical creatures who wants to slay the protagonist. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth offers brilliant features such as Greed Mode, up to Hundred Rooms, 120 Items to pick and use, 10 different Challenges and more.

Anna: Extended Edition is a Psychological Horror video game takes place in the abandoned sawmill in the mountains of Italian. It mixes the elements of First-person Perspective, Puzzle, and Exploration. The story revolves around the protagonist who dreams of a mountain near his village. He attempts to go on an adventure to locate its connection to his missing memories and a strange woman known as Anna, who seems in his dreams and calling out for him. The protagonist enters in the house where he has to solve complex puzzles by finding clues in the garden and soon he comes to know that the house is haunted after a horrific event. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, and as the player start exploring the world, he hears strange voices which are belonging to him and the Anna. Anna assigned the task to the player to unearth the horrific clues and solve complex puzzles by using them related to the protagonist’s past. The behavior of the player doesn’t affect only his mental health but can change locations and reveal new mysteries leading to one of eight ending. Anna: Extended Edition offers core features such as Physics-based Environment, Enhanced Graphics, a Haunting Tale Terror, Eight different Ends, and more. Try it out to enjoy.

Slender: The Arrival by Blue Isle Studios is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Sci-Fi Shooter video game and a direct sequel to the best selling game Slender: Eight Pages. The game starts with the protagonist (Player) inside an abandoned building. He can see the Slender Man outside but when he gets out in the open, the slender man goes to a much farther distance and can be seen on top of the hills. Loaded with just a flashlight, He starts searching for the pages and during his search slender man suddenly appears in front of him and because of slender man’s slightly changing behavior, he sometimes kills the protagonist and sometimes he leaves him alive with a little bit of his health wasted. The player carries on searching and if he finds out all the eight pages before the slender man gets to him, the search finishes and the level of the game concludes.

For all those Sci-Fi Shooter enthusiasts who dearly love playing games, Dead Effect is actually a gift. This amazing game is packed with hardcore Action, Thrill, Stealth and Horror-Survival elements and offers a unique game-play experience. The game takes you to outer space and leaves you in a Star Ship fitted with a new FTL technology. The ship’s destination is a planet named as Tau Ceti F and after setting the course, all crew goes into hyper-sleep but when an elite member of Unit 13 wakes up, he finds the ship crowded with the Undead. In order to survive the Zombies, he starts finding the means to save himself and the story goes on. Dead Effect offers amazingly brutal encounters with Zombies, and leaves you alone to survive and to find other survivors. Your task is simple, get up, lace yourself with all the available weapons, start hunting down the undead and use your stealth abilities to prey on your targets. With amazing single-player and long campaigns, exploration, survival, loads of in-game achievements and state of the art weapons, and eerie soundtracks, Dead Effect offers brilliant visuals, a great story and a fantastic game-play.

Infestation: The New Z is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online, Open World and Role-playing video game with Horror-Survival and Battle Royale elements developed by Fredaikis AB. The game offers a huge environment and features a dynamic player versus player experience in multiple modes and environments. There are different playable characters available and the player has to select one of them to customize and jump into the competitive world where he has to battle against enemies to crush them and remain the last survival. In the game, the player can explore the world from a first-person view with friends, scavenge for loot and battle players to win. The player navigates the environment either on foot or by vehicle, bus, and other convince to kill zombies and communicate other players. A unique Battle Royale mode also available in the game for unique experience, where the ultimate task of the player is to be the last standing man by finding items, random airdrops, and killing other players. Infestation: The New Z includes prominent features such as Survival, Customization, Play with Friends, Discover lots of Armors, Weapons and Melees, PvP Mode, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

The Darkness II is an Incredible, Action-Adventure, FSP (First-person Shooter), Co-op, Horror and Single-player video game created by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The game is much inspired by the popular comic book which is produced by Top Cow Production, Inc. the game provides you with a combination of Gripping Narrative of Tragedy, thrilling, Crime, and Drama. In the game, you assume the role of Jackie Estacado who leads a criminal gang named as The Darkness. Two years ago Jackie Estacado (The Protagonist) use his gang called The Darkness to the man who is responsible for his girlfriend’s death. A strong attack by the mysterious company known as the Brotherhood Heralds on the gang of Jackie. After the attack, the war start between two teams and the game sets you on a journey to hell and worse. The game includes most prominent features such as Co-op, Quad-Wielding Chaos, Unstoppable and Harness Power, Kill the Light, and much more. With an addictive and quite engaging gameplay, well-written story, and the best mechanics, The Darkness II is an amazing game to play and enjoy. Try it out.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Capcom for multiple platforms. It is the 11th installment ad twenty-fourth title overall in the franchise of Resident Evil. It is the first game in the marvelous series available to be played from the first-person view. The story centers on the protagonist named as Ethan Winters, as he finds his beloved wife named as Mia, which leads him to a plantation by the Baker Family. The protagonist crafts weapons and other tools to face off Baker Family and the Molded, a form of bacteria. The primary objective is to explore the world from the first-person perspective and fight against zombies and other creatures using handguns, flame throwers, chainsaw, and shotgun, etc. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of certain objectives to progress. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to fight against enemies and the Baker Family to rescue his wife Mia from dangers. With enhanced mechanics, engaging gameplay and brilliant controls, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the best game to play and enjoy.

Metro: 2033 Redux is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game created by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It brings an exciting story, in which the world was destroyed by an apocalyptic event, destroying almost humanity and transforming the planet Earth into a wasteland. The civilization of human entered into a new dark age with lots of challenges and dangers. It takes place in the future 2033, where a new generation was born and rise in an underground environment, and try their best to survive. You as the playable character can assume the role of the protagonist named as Artyom, who born on the last day before the devastation and raised underground. Your ultimate job is to manipulate the world, fight enemies who are the responsible for the destruction and kill them to restore your land. The environment can be explored from a first-person perspective, and you can use a variety of weapons to kill enemies and earn points. Two Play Styles (Survival and Spartan), Multiple Modes, Huge Arsenal of Weaponry, etc. are core features in the game to enjoy.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth combines the elements of Rough-like, Dungeon Crawling, Shooter, Action-Adventure and Horror developed and published by Nicalis. The game supports both single and multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story of the Binding of Isaac inspired by the childhood of McMillen growing up in a religious family. You take on the role of the young boy known as Isaac whose mother locks the protagonist in his room and convinced she is doing the job of god. His mother wants to sacrifice Isaac to prove here faith, Isaac becomes scared and escapes to the basement and lock himself. The game takes place in the fictional underground world full of monsters, and strange creatures. Explore the game world, fight against monsters, and other creatures to complete several missions and earn points that you can use to unlock upgrades. You have to gather items and power-ups to enhance your abilities and take down foes. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant visuals, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

Little Nightmares is an Adventure, Puzzle-platform, and Single-player video game with Horror scenarios created by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The plot takes place in the terrific environment known as The Maw, populated with powerful, strange creatures. The story of the game centers on a nine-year-old girl called Six, who is stuck in a strange environment. After waking up, the protagonist finds herself in Maw’s depth and makes a strong decision to explore the world, try her best to find out the way which leads to her home.

Soon the protagonist discovers about Janitor, who captures the innocent children and sends them on an overhead hook using a conveyer belt. You assume the role of the female protagonist, and your primary task is to manage food to satisfy your hunger, solve complicated puzzles and find a way out. There are numerous levels available, and each level needs the completion of individual objectives to progress through the entire story. Immerse yourself in a horrific journey where you encounter many deadly creatures, complex, challenging, and mind-bending puzzles.

Left 4 Dead is a Single and Multiplayer Horror-Survival and First-person Shooter video game by Valve Corporation. The game takes place in a world deeply drowned in the aftermath of a massive Apocalyptic Pandemic that leaves the world in despair. The game features four characters as the Survivors and allows the players to control them while battling against the hordes of Infected Zombie like creatures. Left 4 Dead offers four main game modes such as Single Player Mode, Co-Op Mode, Versus Mode, and Survival Mode. In Single-player mode, players can control one character out of the four, and the other are controlled by the game AI (Artificial Intelligence). In Co-Op mode players can join the game in Co-Op mode and engage in the campaign, Versus Mode allows the players to enjoy the game with eight players, and the Survival mode lets the players survive in the game as four differently controlled players. Left 4 Dead offers a First-person perspective gameplay in which it allows the players to use different types of weapons such as Pistols, Pipe Bombs, Molotov Cocktails, Dual Wield weapons, etc. along with a first-aid kit, and mini guns. Left 4 Dead offers both Long distance and Melee combats and that makes the gameplay more interesting because while melee attacking the infected, players can use Melee weapons as well. With an absorbing story, addictive gameplay, clean 3D visuals and all the Zombie shooting fun, Left 4 Dead is a great Horror-Survival and Shooting video game to play and enjoy.