We’ve brought you today a broad collection of the ten best horror games on Steam. What makes them the most sought after among the rest are their incredibly scary atmospheres, their frenzied scenarios, their shocking sounds and their strangely enjoyable gameplay. Since the inception of Steam, there have been lots of developers easily managing to get their offerings across to audiences without bothering much about publishing constraints. Among those titles have been a number of stand-out horror games over the years. We’ve rounded them up into a bunch containing ten to give you a comprehensive list that you can treat yourself to if you’re a fan of such games. Without wasting more time then, let’s get going with it.
1 – Outlast
Outlast is a newly released game that is scaring people so much that many of them are afraid to return to it, and have given up playing it without completing it. It’s a first-person survival horror offering which has you playing the role of an author investigating a strange insane asylum. He is crippled by the fact that he does not have any weapons at his disposal. All he can rely on for countering the scary creatures that inhabit the asylum are his own two feet and a video camera which has limited battery.
Price: 19.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,200)
Survival in Slender: The Arrival means running the hell out whatever daunting scenario you find yourself in. It’s this sense of helplessness which this game creates that makes it unforgettable. With awesomely crafted sounds, a constantly tense atmosphere and an extremely creepy story, Slender: The Arrival will delight any fan of the horror genre.
Price: 9.99 USD (approx. Rs 600)
3 – Alan Wake
This game is more of a psychological thriller rather than an all out horror offering, but take our word when we say that it contains plenty of terrifying moments that’ll make it hard for you to hold on your seats. It revolves around an author struggling with a writer’s block who’s suddenly shocked by the disappearance of his wife and the appearance of pages of a novel he never remembers having written. Developed by Remedy Entertainment, this offering is one hell of a ride.
Price: 29.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,815)
4 – Dead Space 2
Set on a space station above Saturn’s moon, Titan, Dead Space 2 is an absolute thriller of a game that has you fighting off an outbreak of mutated corpses that are out for blood. It plays as a third-person shooter and offers an atmosphere which in itself is quite scary, let alone its nail-biting scenarios.
Price: 19.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,200)
5 – Daylight
The first ever released game to be powered by the Unreal Engine 4 technology, Daylight is an incredibly polished visual experience, and it contains a large amount of scary gameplay. Glow sticks, flares and a cell phone are the only things you can make use of in an abandoned hospital that has all kinds of crazy things happening in it. Its randomly generated environments and enemies add a wholly different dimension to the experience.
Price: 14.99 USD (approx. Rs 905)
One of the scariest PC games of all time, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is not for the faint hearted. It’s a full-blown horror experience that’s crammed with everything that will make you jump out of your seats with fright. Played through the first-person perspective it revolves around a man who has awakened in a dark and creepy castle without much memory of his past. He now needs to escape from the scary creatures and solve puzzles in order to know more about himself.
Price: 19.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,200)
7 – Resident Evil 4
No discussion about survival horror games is ever complete without a mention of this classic. Revolving around a sinister cult and infected human beings, Resident Evil 4 will send chills down your spine with its utterly terrifying situations. It’s a very comprehensive game highlighted by its superb story and unforgettable survival horror gameplay. Released for PC in 2007, it made its way to Steam with HD graphics earlier this year.
Price: 19.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,200)
Coming from the folks who gave us Amnesia, Penumbra: Black Plague offers compelling survival horror gameplay that’s made all the more interesting by its amazing puzzles. It features a horrific atmosphere which is complemented by an extremely well written story.
Price: 9.99 USD (approx. Rs 600)
9 – Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Perhaps the creepiest Steam game you can play right now, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth combines action-adventure elements with stealth mechanics and the pretty horrible survival horror gameplay. It’s based on the works of works of H. P. Lovecraft, and lets you play as a mentally unstable private detective who has been hired to investigate a missing person case within a strange and mysterious town. It’s an extremely challenging game which will definitely manage to enthrall you with its offerings.
Price: 9.99 USD (approx. Rs 600)
10 – F.E.A.R. 3
F.E.A.R. 3 is a bizarre first-person shooter that has been laced with a psychological horror atmosphere. It is a co-op focused experience revolving around two brothers out to confront their mother. F.E.A.R. 3 features an extremely twisted story and its characters and situations too can be absolutely unsettling at times.
Price: 19.99 USD (approx. Rs 1,200)
Conclusion:
Those are all the best horror games on Steam we’d like you to play. We hope you’ve found enough options to last you for a long time. Do take note that the prices we’ve mentioned above may change in the future.