Still Wakes the Deep

The entire Metro 2033 franchise

• Metro 2033 (2010)
• Metro Last Light (2013)
• Metro Exodus (2019)
• Metro VR (2024)

The franchise is based on a book, very content rich and awesome story

Story aside, the gunplay is silky smooth, the exploration is rewarding and the scares are top notch

And the graphics are gorgeous

When Metro 2033 came out its slogan was "Fear the Future" and it wasnt a lie

In terms of similar games, i'd say it bears a family resemblance to similar to games from around the same time period as the 1st game:

• Doom 3
• Fallout 3
• Fallout New Vegas
• F.E.A.R
• Condemned
• Bioshock
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
• Left 4 Dead
• Aliens vs. Predator 2010

Alan Wake 2

I’d assume this the winner as far as modern stuff goes

Wut

it's only 5.99 on Steam

Signalis.

Alan Wake, but it more atmospheric horror like Hitchcock thrillers, rather than gore or slashers. Great story, sub genre defining.

Amnesia: Dark Descent - great plot, great scare.

' open to indie horror games ' . Check out Love, Sam

Martha is dead!

Until Dawn

If you're counting Prey as horror, then I'll gladly nominate BioShock for this as well in case you haven't played it. The whole series is great, but the first game is my favorite, and it absolutely walks that line of horror like Prey does.

I also think The Evil Within and SOMA both have a very compelling/interesting narrative going on, especially for horror games. I thought Layers of Fear was pretty interesting once you start piecing together what's happening. It's not that scary really, and it seems to be way more hit-or-miss for most people, but I enjoyed The Medium's story as well.

I haven't played Alien Isolation, but I know a lot of people love it. No idea how great its story is, but I see a lot of praise for the game itself on here.

The Evil Within series (RIP Tango)

Prey

Amnesia series

Alien Isolation

**Forgot to add Tormented Souls.

I hate to always bring it up... but Silent Hill 2.

SOMA has one of the best stories in all of gaming

The Thing shouldn't get to have a monopoly on eldritch horror. Why play a walking simulator if you hate them so much?

Little Nightmares 1 and 2. Very cute characters in a creepy world. Heartbreaking and emotional story.

Seconding. Amazingly tense while revealing the story too. Great atmosphere and design.

I don't think this 100% falls in line with these other games, but since it's free, I'm gonna put it out there anyway. If you haven't checked out Serena I'd say give it a shot. It's very story focus with little gameplay. You're in a cabin listening and understand the story by clicking on objects for than once. I think it's a good suspenseful experience.

These might fit more with games like Evil Within and Resident Evil; Layers of Fear, Outlast, and Devotion.
Vampyr is another game I'm looking to playing myself. It gives off a Bioshock/Dishonored vibe but I'm not too sure.

• SOMA
• Pathologic 2
• The Void
• Lone Survivor
• Silent Hill 2
• Observer

{Clive Barker's Undying}

{Dark Messiah of Might and Magic}

Outlast - you kinda have to follow where they want you to go. Can’t do a whole lot of exploring. However, it’s an amazing game with an amazing story. It will keep you immersed and scared! It’s one of my favorites.

I’m not sure if they’re considered horror or not but I just recently finished playing Alan Wake and Alan wake 2, both are great and psychological (aw2 is actually quite scary to me)

Killer Frequency is one of my favorite games. It has the richest characters I've ever seen, and the game scares you by putting them in threatening situations (the main character is never in danger)

I can’t vouch enough for Silent Hill 2 remake.

SOMA if you want a game that will make you question your existence.

Kinda more mystery but it did make me shout in my house a couple times, the excavation of hobbs barrow. That game made me feel an uneasiness and slow dread that mixed with a couple other factors really sent me on a fun trip. Like I talked about it so much my roommates don’t wanna fuckin hear it anymore lol

It's more horror adjacent than proper scary, but Inscryption is truly special.

Here's a couple free options. Pleh! has you play through cutscenes and unfinished demos to get a glimpse into a game developer's depression. It's not too horrifying, but the idea is relatively unique. (I say relatively because there's a few other indie titles with the same premise.)

Another interesting one is Perfect Vermin. You run around a building looking for "vermin" and smashing them within the time limit. As you progress, you start to see what this gameplay really represents.

Saturnalia.

Franbow

DREDGE

Not technically a horror game, more a dread game.

Great story

Haunting Ground

Silent Hill 4

Resident Evil 7

Evil Within 2

Soma

Sweet Home

Parasite Eve

Soma

The Mortuary Assistant

Calling

Crow Country

I didn't play it, but I watched a playthrough of Still Wakes the Deep and it had a great story. Would have made an amazing movie.

Well, I’m alone there now. In our special place. Waiting for you…

SOMA

SOMA

Mamy people wouldn't call these two games horror, but they have theyr reasoning behind it:

1-Voices Of The Void is an indie game that is currently free (pay what you want, but you can also play it for free).
It's ambient horror, you get to work in a station that collects signals from space, occasionally spooky stuff happens, or not, it's more of a life sim than an horror game.
You can microwave popcorns and clean your base with a mop, but you can also run from deathly balls of lightning on a broken down quad, dream about shadow people, eat roaches, fight the trees, fight the sun, fight the water, fight invisibile cats.
Yeah, it's a weird game.

2-this one is weird, the game is This War Of Mine.
This god damn game is the only game ever who actually made me feel sad when a character died.
The music and the way people talked just connected immediately with me, I absolutely recommend to give it a try. Very strong stuff.

SOMA. Played that game when it first came out nearly 10 years ago and I still think about it. I think about whether I made the right choices, what it means to be human, loneliness… such a profoundly deep experience and the horror of it definitely doesn’t come from cheap jump scares.

I get easily scared, so horror is not my suit. I have once played FEAR 3 at a public computer shop but only because I get to use guns.

I just finished Lucius an hour ago.

Honestly, the first 3 Silent Hill games. Not only are they tense and paranoia-inducing, but they are haunting and leave you with a deep sense of unease/creepiness. The stories and plots are absolutely disturbing and deep (especially if you examine all the lore in the games.)