Best PC Horror Games: 10 Games That Will Unsettle You
A selection of 2026 horror games – from survival classics to co-op terror with friends. What to play at night with headphones on, and what is better not to play alone.
Lootaem editorial team
· 5 min read · 970 words
A good horror game is not just scary visuals but a state you do not want to leave. We have picked 10 games that know how to keep the tension up: single-player survival classics, cinematic thrillers and co-op games that get scarier with a friend.
Resident Evil 4
The 2023 remake is not a fresh coat of paint on the original but a classic rebuilt from the ground up: agent Leon Kennedy searches for the President's kidnapped daughter in a Spanish village overrun by cultists infected with the Las Plagas parasite. Third-person combat with knife parrying, a reworked merchant economy and an expanded role for Ashley. The genre benchmark, and the place to start.
*Metacritic 93 · Steam 97%*
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Alan Wake 2
A psychological horror game from Remedy: an FBI agent investigates ritual murders on the shores of Bright Falls, while the writer Alan Wake has spent 13 years trapped in the Dark Place. Two parallel storylines, two styles – a detective thriller and dark metaphysics.
*Metacritic 92 · Epic Games Store exclusive*
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Resident Evil 2
The 2019 remake is the top-rated entry in the series: police officer Leon Kennedy and student Claire Redfield in the Raccoon City police station, whose corridors are tirelessly patrolled by the Tyrant Mr. X. You cannot look away from the screen, because ammo is scarce, routes are few, and Mr. X is somewhere nearby.
*Metacritic 91 · Steam 97%*
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Dead Space
The cult space horror from 2008 has been completely rebuilt: engineer Isaac Clarke now speaks, the USG Ishimura "lives and breathes", the necromorphs are just as creepy – and there is not a second of loading. A single-player campaign without music most of the time: only the grinding of metal and something ahead in the dark.
*Metacritic 87 · Steam 91%*
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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
The most atmospheric entry point to the series: an ordinary guy, Ethan Winters, searches for his missing wife on the Baker family farm in Louisiana – first-person view, scarce ammo, psychological pressure at every step. RE7 relaunched the series and still scares better than many new releases.
*Metacritic 86 · Steam 95%*
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Metro Exodus
A post-apocalyptic shooter from 4A Games set in Dmitry Glukhovsky's universe – not pure horror, but an atmosphere of fear runs through every level. The armored train "Aurora" carries Artyom and the Spartans from the Moscow metro across all of Russia: dark tunnels, mutants, survivors in different parts of the country.
*Metacritic 85 · Steam 90%*
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The Last of Us Part II Remastered
A narrative action game from Naughty Dog – not survival horror in the classic sense, but one of the emotionally heaviest games of recent years. Ellie and Abby in a post-apocalyptic world; the 2025 remaster adds the roguelike mode No Return.
*Metacritic 89 · Steam 91%*
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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
A cinematic psychological action game: Senua fights Norse giants in 9th-century Iceland. Binaural sound makes it feel as if the voices in the protagonist's head are really in your ears. No HUD, no map – only immersion.
*Metacritic 81 · Steam 87%*
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Dead by Daylight
An asymmetric co-op horror game, 4 versus 1: four Survivors repair generators and try to escape, while one Killer hunts them. Over 10 years, 41 Killers from iconic horror franchises have accumulated – Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Pyramid Head, Jason Voorhees. It is scariest with a full squad of four, when you hear that a teammate has been caught.
*Metacritic 71 · Steam 78%*
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R.E.P.O.
A viral hit of 2025 from the Swedish studio Semiwork: a team of up to 6 players extracts valuable objects from creepy locations with a physics-based grabbing tool, without breaking the cargo or waking the monsters. Lively physics, proximity voice chat, procedural levels – and a Golden Joystick for best early access game to show for it.
*Steam 96% · peak of 271K concurrent players*
Lootaem catalog page →What to pick for your evening
The short version, so you do not have to scroll back up:
- Single-player survival – Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 2, Dead Space, RE7, Metro Exodus.
- Atmospheric narrative – Alan Wake 2, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Hellblade II.
- Scarier with friends – Dead by Daylight, R.E.P.O.
All ten are in the Lootaem catalog – open a game's page to see the offer.
Questions and answers
Which horror game should I pick as my first one?
Resident Evil 4 (2023 remake) is the best entry point: it scares without wearing you out, the pace is comfortable, and a clear parrying mechanic gives you a sense of control.
Which horror game is best to play online with friends?
Dead by Daylight is the classic of the 4-versus-1 format and works with random players. R.E.P.O. works better with your own group: cargo physics and spatial voice chat create their own kind of horror, when you hear a teammate drop something in the next room.
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