Horror Games 2024

5 August 2024 at 09:48 in Top with 111 comments
Horror Games 2024

Are you looking for a new scary game for Halloween 2024 or your next sleepover? Here are the latest releases that will chill your blood! Discover the best online multiplayer horror games of the year, the most terrifying solo adventures, and scary co-op challenges to share with your friends.

 

The new PC horror games

  1. Remnant Records
  2. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
  3. Sons of the Forest
  4. Pacific Drive
  5. Terror At Oakheart
  6. The Outlast Trials
  7. Winter Survival
  8. Hellbreach: Vegas
  9. Waking Tides
  10. Alone in the Dark 2024
  11. Content Warning
  12. Withering Rooms
  13. Silent Breath
  14. Buckshot Roulette
  15. Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2
  16. Crow Country
  17. Venture to the Vile
  18. The Bridge Curse 2 The Extrication
  19. Indika
  20. An English Haunting
  21. Morbid The Lords of Ire
  22. Spectral Scream
  23. Sketchy’s Contract
  24. Harvest Hunt
  25. Dark Notes
  26. Ripout
  27. Forewarned
  28. Panicore
  29. Conscript
 

What is the best horror game for Halloween 2024?

Those who want a complete horror experience will find Alone in the Dark the best option this Halloween. It has a rich story, puzzles to solve, and jump scares to make you leap from your chair.

 

What is the best multiplayer horror game?

Content Warning is the game to grab if you fancy a scream and laugh with friends. Those who prefer to be immersed in constant anxiety should choose Outlast Trials instead, and if you’re looking for a horror shooter, then Hellbreach Vegas will remind you of the zombie mode in Call of Duty.

 

What is the best co-op horror game?

The most terrifying co-op game to play right now is Outlast Trials, which makes you a guinea pig for psychological tortures aimed at breaking your morality and all that makes you human.

 

What is the most fun horror game?

Content Warning is undoubtedly the funniest horror game because it pushes you to take ever greater and absurd risks with your friends to earn money.

 

What is the most innovative horror game of 2024?

Waking Tides is among the most innovative games of the year, perhaps the decade, with its augmented reality system designed to make the adventure even more immersive. Silent Breath also offers an exciting and terrifying experience by using a system that detects your reactions through your microphone to make your experience even more frightening.

 

Description of the scariest games of 2024:

 

A multiplayer horror game: Remnant Records

A multiplayer horror game: Remnant Records

 

Remnant Records is a cooperative horror game for 1 to 4 players, where the goal is to exorcize ghosts so they leave the world of the living for good. Players are members of a paranormal agency tasked with finding clues by exploring haunted locations to decipher each spirit’s life and better understand their death to free them from their torments.

The game features randomly generated missions, terrifying enemies with unpredictable behaviors, and rich gameplay that encourages strategy and cooperation. With customizable difficulty levels and character progression, Remnant Records promises suspense and twists in every game.


Embark on a ghost hunt in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

Embark on a ghost hunt in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

 

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a narrative action-RPG that takes you on an epic adventure filled with ghosts, set in the historical setting of New Eden in 1695. Developed by the studio DON’T NOD (Life is Strange and Vampyr), this game puts you in the shoes of Red and Antea, a couple of spirit hunters or Banishers tasked with lifting a curse afflicting the settler communities.

The gameplay blends dynamic combat against supernatural creatures and exploration, allowing players to combine Red’s physical abilities with Antea’s supernatural powers. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden invites you to solve puzzles in a mystical world full of dark secrets, where understanding the motivations of each inhabitant is essential to guide your decisions. Prepare to experience an emotional epic of life, death, love, and sacrifice, where every choice matters.


One of the best survival and horror games of the year: Sons of the Forest

One of the best survival and horror games of the year: Sons of the Forest

 

Sons of the Forest is an open-world survival horror game set several years after the events of The Forest. As a private military contractor sent to find a missing billionaire on a mysterious island, you find yourself plunged into a nightmare filled with cannibals and terrible secrets.

The game offers total freedom in construction and survival, allowing for building shelters made of wood or stone and exploring an island with varied landscapes and changing seasons. Teamwork is at the heart of the adventure, with cooperative gameplay for up to 8 players, sharing resources and strategies to survive against increasingly dangerous enemies, both on the surface and underground.

Sons of the Forest has quickly become one of the hits of 2024, selling two million copies within 24 hours and reaching a peak of 350,000 concurrent players on Steam.


Drive to Survive in Pacific Drive

Drive to Survive in Pacific Drive

 

Pacific Drive offers a unique survival and driving adventure where your car becomes your only hope in the mysterious Olympic Exclusion Zone. This first-person game takes you through a surreal version of the Pacific Northwest, filled with supernatural dangers and inexplicable anomalies.

Each run is a race against death, where quick decisions and on-the-fly repairs can make all the difference between life and desolation. Explore, gather resources, adapt your car, and unravel the mystery of a secret organization while surviving the constant threats of the Zone.


One of the Best Horror Games of the Steam Next Fest: Terror At Oakheart

One of the Best Horror Games of the Steam Next Fest: Terror At Oakheart

 

Terror At Oakheart is a retro 2D game rich in narrative and dark humor, inspired by the slasher horror movies of the 1980s and 1990s, in which a relentless killer eliminates all group members, like in Homebody or Killer Frequency. Here, the player embodies various characters, all destined to be murdered by a psychotic serial killer named Teddy.

The town of Oakheart is terrorized, and you must uncover the mystery behind the motivations of this murderer, who is possessed by a strange entity worthy of HP Lovecraft’s novels. Do not be fooled by the beautiful Pixel Art style that might make you nostalgic; fear is around the corner, and the game has been critically acclaimed and is considered one of the most beautiful and funniest independent horror games of the Steam Next Fest.


The Outlast Trials: the best multiplayer horror game of the year at Fear Fest 2023

The Outlast Trials: the best multiplayer horror game of the year at Fear Fest 2023

 

The Outlast Trials is a terrifying psychological horror game where you are the guinea pig in the sinister experiments of the Murkoff Corporation during the Cold War. Playable solo or in co-op, you must survive their experimentations, gather evidence of the company’s psychological tortures, and escape the facilities, armed only with night vision goggles.

This installment of the Outlast series heightens the anxiety with an oppressive atmosphere and gameplay that relies on cooperation to overcome the terrible challenges aimed at manipulating your morality to break you mentally. Betrayal, guilt, prepare yourself to face the darkness and reveal the frightening secrets that await you.


A game that will chill your blood: Winter Survival

A game that will chill your blood: Winter Survival

 

Winter Survival offers a unique mountain survival adventure that features cold, hunger, and thirst, as well as the anxiety and stress of being attacked by a wild beast at any moment.

A mundane winter hike with friends turns into a fight for life when you find yourself alone. Two game modes offer customizable difficulty levels: a story mode where you must find your lost friends and return to civilization and an endless mode with more resources and crafting possibilities to survive and thrive.

In the game, Your mental and physical health dramatically affects your abilities. Beware of injuries, diseases, and changing weather conditions that can quickly turn your experience into a nightmare!


A multiplayer horror FPS to share with friends: Hellbreach Vegas

A multiplayer horror FPS to share with friends: Hellbreach Vegas

 

Hellbreach: Vegas is a first-person shooter inspired by the Call of Duty zombie mode and the Killing Floor series. Playable solo or in co-op, you must face successive waves of demons straight out of hell on the streets of Las Vegas. Choose a firearm and a melee weapon from a futuristic arsenal, earn money to upgrade them, play slot machines to discover new ones, or unlock items and power-ups.

Stack the corpses in Survival mode, limit the space around you in Claustrophobia mode, or bet on your accuracy in Sharpshooter mode. Hellbreach: Vegas is a fun challenge to take on with friends!


Discover the major innovation of the year in Waking Tides

Discover the major innovation of the year in Waking Tides

 

Waking Tides brings a revolution to the horror video game universe this year with an immersive first-person experience where reality and fiction merge through Augmented Reality (AR) integration.

This direct use of webAR functionalities integrated into smartphones adds an unprecedented dimension to your adventure, establishing Waking Tides as a must-play for those who love thrills and novelty. Stranded on a mysterious oil platform, you must solve ingenious puzzles and challenging riddles and gather clues to uncover the secrets of this parallel world.


The Remake of the First Ever Survival Horror Game: Alone in the Dark

The Remake of the First Ever Survival Horror Game: Alone in the Dark

 

Alone in the Dark is the remake of the 1992 classic survival horror that defined the genre. Praised by critics for its eerie atmosphere and technical execution, it inspired the horror franchises Resident Evil and Silent Hill with its gameplay mechanics and gloomy ambiance.

While faithful to the original storyline, the story of Alone in the Dark has been enriched with modern gameplay and stunning graphics, appealing to both veterans and newcomers. In this third-person action-adventure game, you’re trapped in a haunted mansion infested with zombies, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. Carefully explore and discover clues that will help you solve puzzles to escape. Weapons and ammunition are limited and sometimes ineffective against certain enemies, forcing you to find other ways to eliminate or bypass them.


A Super Fun Co-op Horror Game: Content Warning

A Super Fun Co-op Horror Game: Content Warning

 

Content Warning is the co-op multiplayer horror game for unforgettable moments with your friends. In this first-person game, you and your buddies head out to film creepy content in an abandoned town to create a buzz. The more views your videos get, the more money you earn. This allows you to upgrade your equipment and increase your oxygen reserves to stay longer in the dark zone as you bid to record the tragic end of your mates to become famous or die trying! Just make sure one of you survives to bring back the footage.

Content Warning has had a thunderous debut on Steam. In early April, it became the second-best-selling video game, with peaks of over 200,000 concurrent players.


A Challenging, Scary Single-Player Game: Withering Rooms

A Challenging, Scary Single-Player Game: Withering Rooms

 

Withering Rooms is a horror video game that mixes the roguelike, Souls-like, and survival game genres. This single-player, 2.5D RPG takes place in a mansion haunted by the undead, witches, and even more terrifying monsters. The player embodies the young Nightingale, a customizable female character (clothing, weapons, tools) attempting to escape this old Victorian house, whose many rooms transform each night.

During this adventure, your interactions with various NPCs, whether friendly, deceitful, or hostile, will be crucial to the story’s ending. Will you manage to escape, or will you become powerful enough to control the mansion?


Be afraid, but silently in Silent Breath

Be afraid, but silently in Silent Breath

 

Silent Breath is a realistic psychological horror thriller in the style of the 90s played in first-person. The game takes place in an open world within a haunted forest filled with nightmarish creatures, which you must explore in search of clues to find people who have gone missing. But be careful as the forest hears you!

Pursued by evil entities, your microphone picks up your reactions to each scare and may lead to your downfall. So stay silent, even if you are shaking with fear!

Silent Breath is a terrifying early-access game where you always need to watch your back!


All the anxiety of Russian roulette in Buckshot Roulette

All the anxiety of Russian roulette in Buckshot Roulette

 

Buckshot Roulette, as the name suggests, is a tactical and highly stressful Russian roulette game that plays out like a card game at a casino but with a shotgun!

At the start of each game, the dealer loads the gun with a certain number of red or blue shells in random order, and the player decides whether to shoot themselves or the dealer. When it’s a blank shell, the player continues their turn or hands the shotgun to the dealer; if the shell is live, the target loses a life.

The game is played in three rounds, and each player has several lives represented by defibrillator charges. When players have used up all their charges, they lose the round. In the first two rounds, players respawn as many times as their number of charges allows, but in the third round, if a player has only two charges left, the game goes into sudden death. From the second round, items providing advantages are distributed, such as knowing the location of the live shell. Buckshot Roulette has received highly positive reviews on Steam, and at that price, why hold back?


A coop horror video game set in space: Sketchy’s Contract

A coop horror video game set in space: Sketchy's Contract

 

Sketchy’s Contract is a cooperative horror video game for 1 to 8 players set in space within a strange asteroid belt. Players must complete contracts across different planets by collecting materials, discovering treasures, and hunting terrifying extraterrestrial creatures.

You play as a traveler drawn by an advertisement promising thrilling adventures and great rewards. Alone or with friends, you explore fascinating worlds in search of new loot. Manage your suit’s oxygen and flashlight battery, similar to Content Warning, during your quests.

Every evening at 9 PM, you must vote to stay on the same planet or return to orbit. The night is much more dangerous but offers better rewards. The only requirement is to complete your contract!


The Devil guides your steps in Indika

The Devil guides your steps in Indika

 

Indika is a rather psychedelic psychological horror game played in the third person. In a fictional Russia at the end of the 19th century, religion is often challenged by a darker reality.

You play as Indika, a young nun who has the unique ability to communicate directly with the Devil. Eager to discover herself, she leaves the monastery in search of truth and introspection, accompanied by the Devil.

Indika’s adventure combines phases of exploration, puzzle-solving, pixel art mini-games, and surreal landscapes, all enhanced by an effective soundtrack. It’s a fairly short game, about 4 hours long, but its originality and the depth of its themes have been praised by critics.


A Horror Game with Multiple Endings: The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

A Horror Game with Multiple Endings: The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

 

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication is a first-person adventure and horror game developed by Softstar Entertainment.

Set in the fictional Wen Hua University, the game immerses players in a terrifying atmosphere where they must escape vengeful spirits. Players control four distinct characters, each with their own perspective and story, including a determined journalist and three university students trapped in a nightmare.

The gameplay focuses on evasion and survival, requiring players to use stealth tactics and sacred objects to avoid relentless ghosts. Exploring the campus reveals vital clues and solves complex puzzles to uncover the mysteries of Wen Hua. The frightening ambiance, enhanced by realistic graphics and an oppressive atmosphere, is a standout feature of the game.


A Retro-Style Horror Video Game: Crow Country

A Retro-Style Horror Video Game: Crow Country

 

Crow Country is a survival horror game inspired by PS1 games. Players take on the role of Mara Forest, a young woman investigating the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the closure of his amusement park 2 years earlier.

With retro graphics reminiscent of 90s horror games, the gameplay focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving. Players must navigate through the abandoned park, discover clues, and solve complex puzzles to uncover the mystery surrounding Edward’s disappearance.

The game does include an exploration mode without enemies for those who prefer to focus on the story and atmosphere. The title has been praised for its atmospheric setting, intriguing characters, and well-designed puzzles.

Available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam, Crow Country is a captivating experience for fans of horror and mystery games.


A Cooperative Horror Game on PC: Spectral Scream

A Cooperative Horror Game on PC: Spectral Scream

 

Spectral Scream is an online cooperative horror game, which has been in early access since May 9, 2024. The game is set in “Purgatory,” a space between life and death, where players must explore sinister environments and gather scattered hearts while facing terrifying ghosts.

Available for up to four players, the gameplay focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and completing various missions to progress. With its horrifying graphics and oppressive sound atmosphere, Spectral Scream offers a unique horror experience.

The game receives regular updates based on player feedback, ensuring continuous improvement and additional content. A blend of cooperation, strategy, and survival creates a frightening atmosphere that will delight, and scare, online horror game enthusiasts.


A Horrific Hack-and-Slash: Morbid The Lords of Ire

A Horrific Hack-and-Slash: Morbid The Lords of Ire

 

Morbid: The Lords of Ire is the hack-and-slash action RPG sequel to Morbid: The Seven Acolytes. This latest installment reinvents the series by adopting a 3D perspective.

Players again take on the role of the Striver, the heroine who must now face the five Lords of Ire, monstrous creatures controlled by the malevolent Gahars gods. The gameplay will appeal to those who love brutal combat a variety of weapons, equipment, and magical systems.

For those who love to unleash terrible damage on their enemies, the game’s unique metal health system allows you to succumb to madness to earn incredible power but be warned, it comes at high personal risk.

Players explore five unique realms, each populated by factions and horrific landscapes while solving puzzles through various missions. With sinister graphics and an oppressive atmosphere, Morbid: The Lords of Ire offers a dark and thrilling experience.


The Most Graphically Stunning Horror Game: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

The Most Graphically Stunning Horror Game: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

 

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is the highly anticipated sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, an indie action-adventure game that won big across several video game awards in 2018.

This new episode continues the adventures of Senua, a tormented Celtic warrior, through Viking Iceland in the 10th century. In her quest for survival, she must face both physical enemies and her own inner demons to free the oppressed.

The gameplay combines exploration, puzzle-solving, and violent combat in an environment of breathtaking graphical beauty. The game explores the effects of mental illness in a deep but sensitive way, with Senua coming to terms with her own choices through self-empowerment.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is a true visual spectacle!


A Mysterious and Captivating Point-and-Click: An English Haunting

A Mysterious and Captivating Point-and-Click: An English Haunting

 

An English Haunting is a point-and-click adventure game inspired by early 20th-century horror novels, set in 1907 England.

Players take on the role of Professor Patrick Moore, a scientist who has been granted 72 hours to prove the existence of the “Great Beyond.” With the help of a fake medium, he constructs a device intended to see the other side of our dimension to prevent his department of metapsychic studies from being shut down forever.

Players navigate through Victorian settings and Scottish landscapes, solving puzzles in a race against time while interacting with over 70 period characters, including writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the famous illusionist Houdini.

An English Haunting has been praised for its captivating storyline and challenging puzzles, offering a rich and intriguing experience for fans of adventure and mystery games.


Venture to the Vile: A colorful and story-rich platformer

Venture to the Vile: A colorful and story-rich platformer

 

Venture to the Vile is a single-player 2.5D Metroidvania platformer. The story is set in Rainybrook, a coastal city invaded by a mysterious entity known as the Vile.

Players take on the role of a character determined to save the city and find their missing friend, Ella. The game focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and dynamic boss battles. Defeating monsters allows players to absorb their powers and enhance their abilities.

Rainybrook is filled with secrets and side quests, some of which can only be completed under certain conditions. A day-night cycle and changing weather introduce different characters and monsters. Player choices influence the story’s progression and relationships with NPCs.

Venture to the Vile has been praised for its rich narrative and atmospheric soundtrack.


A Truly Terrifying Survival Horror: Harvest Hunt

A Truly Terrifying Survival Horror: Harvest Hunt

 

Harvest Hunt is a solo survival horror game set in the cursed village of Luna Nova, where a community tries to escape the terror of the Black Death. As the Sentinel, players must defend their village from monstrous creatures and the terrifying Devourer for five nights.

Thanks to a unique card system called Whispers, each game cycle is modified, offering high replayability with new abilities and other challenges. With hand-drawn graphics and an eerie soundtrack, Harvest Hunt creates an oppressive atmosphere.

The game’s perfectly blended elements of strategy, horror, and survival promise an intense and thrilling experience for horror game enthusiasts.


A Horror and Puzzle Game: Dark Notes

A Horror and Puzzle Game: Dark Notes

 

Dark Notes is a puzzle and suspense game developed by HeartBeat Plus, famous for the horror and mystery series “Paper Bride.”

This graphic novel offers a captivating plot where players embody two protagonists traveling through time and space to uncover the hidden secrets in the Happiness Mall.

The game’s dual perspective allows players to navigate various eras to piece together all parts of the puzzle. The game blurs the lines between truth and lies, creating a rich narrative, oppressive atmosphere, and immersive environments.

As players progress, they unveil a dark truth intimately connected to the two main characters. The puzzles and various enigmas are integrated into a treacherous plot, offering an intense puzzle-solving experience.


A Terrifying Sci-Fi Co-op FPS: Ripout

A Terrifying Sci-Fi Co-op FPS: Ripout

 

Ripout is a futuristic cooperative first-person horror shooter (FPS) where humanity is threatened by uncontrollable genetic abominations resulting from scientific experiments gone wrong. These creatures have the unique ability to physically enhance themselves by grafting other mutants.

Solo or in teams of 2 to 4, players take on the roles of elite unit members tasked with recovering crucial resources and information to save what’s left of humanity.

Each mission is unique, thanks to procedurally generated levels, offering great replayability. A weapon customization system allows players to salvage parts from enemies to create unique weapons and gadgets to fend off foes.

Ripout offers a terrifying co-op gaming experience in an oppressive soundscape, perfect for thrill-seekers.


A Very Creepy VR Crossplay Co-op Thriller: Forewarned

A Very Creepy VR Crossplay Co-op Thriller: Forewarned

 

Forewarned is a cooperative first-person survival horror game that plunges players into the depths of Egyptian ruins.

As intrepid archaeologists, you and your team venture into ancient tombs in search of valuable objects. However, these forgotten places harbor imprisoned supernatural forces known as “Mejais,” vengeful spirits determined to protect their legendary secrets.

Form a team of 1 to 4 players and work together to explore their mysterious tombs. The environments in Forewarned are procedurally generated, providing great replayability.

Run for your life or discover priceless treasures to upgrade your equipment. Identify the Mejais and trap them using artifacts before they take on a physical form.


A Frightening Online Co-op Horror Game: Panicore

A Frightening Online Co-op Horror Game: Panicore

 

Panicore is an online cooperative horror game set in a haunted building from which you must escape. Players take on the roles of explorers of abandoned places in search of hidden treasures, only to find themselves trapped by malevolent entities.

Like in Lady Lunch, you must team up to successfully escape, whether you decide to do that alone or all together. Discover the right clues, solve complex puzzles, and find one of the possible exits without getting caught. But beware! The monsters can hear your footsteps, making the atmosphere of Panicore extremely tense.

Stay quiet, find the best hiding spots, and keep your cool, as panic is your worst enemy. It can lead you to make fatal mistakes.

With effective sound design, realistic graphics, and moral choices that influence the story’s progression, Panicore promises to scare you immensely!


Survive the Horror of War in Conscript

Survive the Horror of War in Conscript

 

Conscript is an independent top-down horror and survival game set on the Western Front of World War I. You play as a young French soldier determined to find his brother, who went missing during the terrible Battle of Verdun.

To do this, you must face the horrors of war while navigating the hellish trenches. Fight for survival by carefully managing your resources, as ammunition, food, and medical kits are scarce.

Explore dark bunkers recreated with great historical accuracy. Solve puzzles and riddles to progress and unlock new areas to search.

Conscript offers a unique experience that combines horror and survival with a story full of courage and despair in a setting rarely explored in video games.


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