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Every game on the site tagged Horror on Steam, ranked by popularity and current follower momentum.
Updated daily · June 29, 2026
The best Horror games on Steam right now are The Forest, Phasmophobia, Dying Light . We rank every game carrying the Horror Steam tag by a popularity-and-momentum blend — total Steam reviews, follower count and 24-hour peak players, with extra weight for 7-day Steam follower growth so currently-rising games surface higher. 68 Horror games tracked, updated June 29, 2026.
# Game Reviews 24h Peak 7d Growth Similar
1 The Forest 95% (208,122) 5,457 +566 similar → 2 Phasmophobia 96% (425,602) 16,552 +546 similar → 3 Dying Light 94% (131,407) 5,382 +340 similar → 4 Subnautica 97% (190,886) 4,824 +523 similar → 5 Lethal Company 97% (340,580) 4,607 +235 similar → 6 Dead by Daylight 79% (351,802) 63,322 — similar → 7 Resident Evil 4 ▲ 95% (81,104) 22,394 +966 similar → 8 Resident Evil 2 97% (69,974) 8,221 +309 similar → 9 Poppy Playtime 87% (52,203) 15,990 +695 similar → 10 The Last of Us™ Part I 82% (41,105) 2,559 +713 similar → 11 R.E.P.O. 97% (152,196) 37,782 — similar → 12 Little Nightmares 94% (35,266) 247 +219 similar → 13 Dying Light: The Beast 89% (26,763) 2,651 +395 similar → 14 Little Nightmares II 93% (18,045) 532 +196 similar → 15 Metro 2033 Redux 88% (32,630) 1,730 +695 similar → 16 SILENT HILL f 82% (12,274) 819 +245 similar → 17 Backrooms: Escape Together ▲ 90% (12,570) 909 +1,397 similar → 18 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 92% (2,539) 935 +192 similar → 19 No, I'm not a Human 93% (9,087) 490 +297 similar → 20 MISERY 83% (6,658) 478 +246 similar → 21 Resident Evil Village 95% (59,340) 6,285 — similar → 22 MIMESIS 80% (1,855) 1,265 +611 similar → 23 Escape the Backrooms 89% (43,383) 8,391 — similar → 24 Rules of Engagement: The Grey State — — +344 similar → 25 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 94% (40,018) 3,530 — similar → 26 Species: Unknown 95% (3,561) 565 +528 similar → 27 Outlast 96% (38,569) 530 — similar → 28 Active Matter — — +373 similar → 29 SILENT HILL 2 95% (31,571) 1,307 — similar → 30 PROJECT: PLAYTIME 78% (27,818) 1,694 — similar → 31 Resident Evil 6 72% (19,315) 4,147 — similar → 32 P.O.N. — — +185 similar → 33 MiSide 98% (27,462) 682 — similar → 34 Shift At Midnight — — +266 similar → 35 SILENT HILL: Townfall — — +270 similar → 36 The Quarry 82% (10,679) 354 — similar → 37 Little Nightmares III 49% (7,846) 605 — similar → 38 Look Outside 98% (7,876) 389 — similar → 39 Iron Lung 92% (8,483) 61 — similar → 40 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan 75% (5,012) 671 — similar →