Horror games are not for all audiences, you either love them or you hate them. They have been catching popularity during the last years when streamers famous have uploaded gameplays to YouTube or Twitch playing scary games and recording their reaction. Today we bring you the best horror games for PC in case you are thinking of buying one.
Horror games have changed a lot in recent years, now they are very successful and they are able to make you pass some moments of very strong tension. You can enjoy them with friends, family, with your chat while doing a live on Twitch or, only in the dark (valid option only for the bravest).
Horror games are so successful these days they seem real filmographic works of fear: spectacular graphics, very immersive ambient sound, terrifying plots and narratives ... All this makes you live the experience to the fullest, generating a feeling of Constant tension. Here is a list of the best horror games for PC.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017)
We have all played a Resident Evil at some time, however little it may be, as this video game saga has existed since 1996. Today we bring you a true work of art (and horror): Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. It is probably one of the games on this list that are best made and that will make you go through the scariest.
We will play in the first person as Ethan, the protagonist, who must rescue your wife Mine, who is "kidnapped" in the home of the mysterious Becker family. We will have to look for a antidote To heal Mia, we will have to face possessed characters, mutants and other monsters, and even your own wife.
The video game stands out for its incredible quality in pictures and sound, for an overwhelming and terrifying story. Without a doubt, it is the delivery of the saga with the more realistic graphics seen to date. And if you are very daring, I recommend that you try the virtual reality game with Playstation VR. It bad of the game? What is it corto, with few hours of gameplay.
- You can buy Resident Evil 7: Biohazard on Steam since 19,88€ through this link. Comment that currently in the Playstation Store is since 9,99€.
- Valuation: 9/10
- Trailer of the video game in Spanish here.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020) and Man of Medan (2019)
Here we bring one of the best horror games of the year 2020: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope. This is the second installment of the saga, the first is The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019), another true work of art that we recommend that you also try.
The Dark Pictures anthology is a series of independent cinematic horror games nonlinear which is based on strategic that you must take that will mark the future of history. The game can be played online with a friend, and each one will experience certain events and make decisions that will have future or immediate consequences.
The first installment, in Man of Medan, five friends embark on a diving excursion. As the day progresses, your journey will become more sinister and dangerous. In the second installment, Little hope, four college students and their professor are trapped and isolated in the abandoned village of Little Hope and must escape nightmarish apparitions that are chasing them through a mysterious fog.
In both deliveries we will have a guide: The Conservative , who will tell our story and will give us clues to face history and also will try to confuse us with his talk. It is a game where you will mark the future of history, your decisions influence a lot: everyone can survive, everyone can die.
- You can buy The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope on Steam since 19,97€ through this link. If you want to buy the first installment (Man of Medan), you can buy it on Steam from 14,99€ clicking here.
- Rating: Little Hope: 9/10. Man of Medan: 7,5/10.
- Trailer from Little Hope here. Man of Medan trailer here.
Phasmophobia (2020)
Phasmophobia is a cooperative game scary for four people designed for those who do not like to play a horror video game alone. The basis of this game is the paranormal activity. You are four researchers who must collect pevidence and evidence of the presence of ghosts in the places you visit.
Players must act as a team constantly, aided by communication by voice chat. It is a very immersive video game that will make you have real moments of terror.
- You can buy Phasmophobia on Steam since 10,43€ through this link.
- Valuation: 7/10
- Trailer from the video game here.
Visage (2019)
Visage is a survival horror in the first person that places us in a Huge house from the 80s that looks like a maze. We must try to leave the house where there is paranormal activity constant that will grow more and more, and where reality will be distorted little by little.
Little by little, we must go discovering the terrifying history that surrounds the town and that house through the different ghosts, who will appear randomly while we carry out our investigation. The gameplay you will recognize immediately if you know the game PT
- You can buy Visage on Steam since 22,49€ clicking here.
- Valuation: 8/10
- Trailer from the video game here.
The Evil Within (2014)
From the makers of Resident Evil, here we have a title that has not left anyone indifferent: The Evil Within. The story stars Sebastián Castellanos, a renowned detective. The story leads to an investigation located at the Beacon Mental Hospital, where they are happening paranormal things and the reason is unknown.
At one point in history Sebastian loses consciousness and is trapped in the hospital, surrounded by strange and unhinged creatures, who will try to kill him. Thus, we must try sobrevivir and get out of that hospital with the help of our skill and a few weapons.
It is a game in third person, but this does not mean that the immersion and feeling of constant tension. It is a constant haunting atmosphere, with very good picture and sound quality. However, The Evil Within will not go down in history as one of the scariest games, but as a genre that combines action and terror.
- You can buy The Evil Within on Steam since 4,99€ click here.
- Valuation: 8/10
- Trailer of the video game in Spanish here.
The Evil Within 2 (2017)
Due to the great success of the first installment, The Evil Within 2 was born. In this installment, Detective Sebastián Castellanos has lost everything, including her daughter Lily, whom we must rescue in any way. To save her, we must descend into the nightmare world of STEM. There we will meet terrible creatures that emerge from a corner and we must rely on their ingenuity to survive.
Although it is better rated, this second installment did not have the same success as the first, but it is still highly recommended since it combines the best of the first installment with a very well accomplished new story.
- You can buy The Evil Within 2 on Steam since 7,99€ clicking here.
- Valuation: 8,5/10
- Trailer of the video game in Spanish here.
outlast trinity
Outlast is synonymous with terror. This saga offers three titles: Outlast, Outlast Whistleblower and Outlast 2. We recommend all three and you can find them in a single game in this first-person horror survival trilogy: outlast trinity. We are going to tell you a little about each game, so you can see what they are about.
Outlast (2013), the first installment, stars the journalist Miles Upshur, who with the help of a night vision camera must investigate a terrifying and mysterious mental hospital where numerous deaths are taking place. We will have to discover everything about him experiment secretly run by the Murkoff corporation.
Outlast Whistleblower (2014) It is part of the events that occurred before Outlast 1. Here the protagonist will be Waylon Park, a computer engineer who works for the Murkoff corporation. Waylon will begin to distrust the scientists and doctors who are doing dangerous experiments and will devise a plan to unmask Murkoff's corruption.
Finally, we have the latest installment: Outlast 2 (2017), starring investigative journalists (and also couple) Blake Langermann and Lynn Langermann, who will travel to Arizona to investigate the death of a pregnant woman and bring to light terrifying and macabre stories that no one dares to investigate.
Each of the three deliveries has a different horror story and very well worked. It stands out for its great picture and sound quality, combined with a first-person game system that will make you experience true terror and specific scares that will make your heart return.
- You can buy Outlast Trinity on Steam since 6,88€ through this link.
- Valuation: 8,5/10
- Trailer of video games: Outlast, Outlast Whistleblower and Outlast 2.
Alien Isolation (2014)
Alien Isolation is one of those titles that cannot be missing from a list of horror video games. It is a masterpiece in the first person that mixes terror, survival, stealth and constant tension and fear set in the mythical Aliens universe.
The protagonist of the game, Lieutenant Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter, who arrives at a space station called Sevastopol looking for the communication file of the Boatswain thanks to which I could get clues about what happened 15 years ago: the disappearance of his mother.
We will meet alone on a ship in space, knowing that there is a xenomorph which can kill us anytime. We will have to hide, fight the Alien, create our weapons and explore. Without a doubt it is a game that will make us go through real terror and be in constant tension.
- You can buy Alien Isolation on Steam since 9,24€ through this link.
- Valuation: 8/10
- Trailer from the video game here.