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Best Horror Games To Terrify Your Senses This Halloween Season
There’s something special about horror season, isn’t there? That brief window every year when we want to feel our heart race a little faster, when we invite the fear in. And 2025 has given us plenty of games to do just that. From sleek AAA nightmares to small-scale chillers that hit way too close to home.
Whether you’re in the mood to swing a weapon at something unspeakable or slowly lose your grip on reality one creaking floorboard at a time, this year’s releases have it all. We’re talking about the most striking, most talked-about horror games of 2025 that we’ve covered here at Game8—from top-ranked favorites to indie gems you might’ve missed—each one perfectly tuned for the season of fright.
So grab your snacks, dim the lights, and maybe keep one lamp on. Let’s talk about the horror games you need to play this Halloween.
Action Horror
Dying Light: The Beast
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 7/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2025 | Techland | Techland |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam, Epic Games), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S | ||
First up is a familiar nightmare with a brutal twist. Dying Light: The Beast drops you back into the shoes of Kyle Crane—or what’s left of him. After years of experimentation at the hands of the Baron, you’re part man, part monster, and fully furious. The zombie DNA running through your veins isn’t just for show; it’s your curse and your weapon.
This time, the action doesn’t just come from parkour and head-smashing—it’s from the constant tug-of-war between your humanity and the beast inside. You’ll tear through Castor Woods, a decaying patchwork of farmland, industrial ruins, and swamps where day and night bleed into each other. Scavenge under the sun, then fight to stay alive once darkness falls.
It’s fast, it’s feral, and it’s the most unhinged the series has ever been. Between the fluid first-person parkour and the sheer satisfaction of shredding zombies limb from limb, The Beast feels like Techland finally went all-in on the chaos. If you love your horror loud, gory, and relentless—this is your shot of adrenaline. Bonus: you can bring up to three friends along for the carnage.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 9/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2025 | The Chinese Room | Paradox Interactive |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam, Epic, GOG), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
If you’d rather your horror drip with style and mystery, then Bloodlines 2 is where you sink your teeth. You play as the Nomad, an elder vampire waking up after a century-long nap to find Seattle steeped in secrets and blood. A voice in your head—that of Fabien—becomes your twisted guide as you hunt through neon alleys.
The beauty of Bloodlines 2 is that it’s more than just fangs and fights, it’s about politics, seduction, and the eternal curse of power. Feed when you must, hide when you can, and navigate the fragile Masquerade that keeps the vampire world hidden from humanity.
Combat is sharp and brutal, but the real draw lies in the choices—who you align with, what you sacrifice, and how far you’ll go to keep the shadows intact. This is horror for those who like their monsters with a bit of class. Equal parts blood, elegance, and existential dread.
Survival Horror
Cronos: The New Dawn
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 9/10 | 8/10 | 9/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2025 | Bloober Team | Bloober Team SA |
| Systems | ||
| PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
If you’re up for something brutal and unrelenting, Cronos: The New Dawn doesn’t give you much choice but to adapt or die. Set across two timelines—a ravaged future wasteland and 1980s Poland during a cataclysm known as The Change—you’ll fight monstrosities that don’t stay dead for long. Burn them before they merge, harvest souls to survive, and navigate a world where time itself becomes your most fragile resource.
This one’s the kind of horror that doesn’t just scare—it grinds you down. Every decision matters. Do you risk scavenging another room, or play it safe and starve later? Enemies mutate, ammo runs dry, and the longer you live, the louder the whispers in your own suit grow. It’s dark, it’s punishing, and it’s hauntingly beautiful in that Eastern European, retro-futurist way.
Tormented Souls 2
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 8/10 | 9/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | Dual Effect | PQube |
| Systems | ||
| Survival Horror, Action, Adventure, Puzzle | ||
If you’re up for a sequel that wears its old-school heart on its sleeve, Tormented Souls 2 is pure, unapologetic survival horror bliss. Caroline Walker returns, this time chasing answers —and her haunted sister—to the eerie mountain town of Villa Hess.
This is the kind of horror that rewards patience and punishes panic. You’ll juggle limited saves, fixed camera angles, and a growing sense of unease as you explore derelict convents, shopping malls, and schools. The combat is grittier, the puzzles more elaborate, and the monsters? They’re gleefully grotesque.
If you’ve missed the days when horror games were slow, deliberate, and heavy with atmosphere, this one feels like it was made just for you.
FNAF: Secret of the Mimic
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 8/10 | 7/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 7/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| June 14, 2025 | Steel Wool Studios | ScottGames |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam, Epic Games), PlayStation 5 | ||
And if you’re the kind who thrives on tension, then FNAF: Secret of the Mimic is your next obsession. This time, it’s not just jump scares and security cameras. You’ll explore the abandoned Murray’s Costume Manor, piecing together what happened to its reclusive inventor while being hunted by the Mimic—a shapeshifting machine that can become anything, including what you fear most.
It’s still unmistakably FNAF, but with a heavier emphasis on exploration and storytelling. The gadgets, the claustrophobic spaces, the constant dread—it’s all there, but wrapped in a mystery that actually pulls you in. Think less "waiting for something to move," and more "running before it learns your next move."
Bendy: Lone Wolf
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 6/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | Joey Drew Studios | Joey Drew Studios |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam), Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S | ||
If you’ve got a soft spot for twisted cartoons and the rubberhose horror of Bendy and the Ink Machine, Bendy: Lone Wolf takes that style and drops you into pure survival hell. You play as Boris, navigating endlessly shifting hallways of Joey Drew Studios, scavenging supplies, and desperately avoiding the Ink Demon.
It’s equal parts rogue-like and hide-and-seek nightmare. Every day you survive, the studio changes. Every mistake you make, the monsters get closer. Combat is tense and resource-driven, but the real fear is the constant awareness that nowhere is safe—not even the rooms you thought you’d cleared. It’s a perfect mix of nostalgia and dread.
Psychological Horror
Silent Hill f
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 10/10 | 9/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 9/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2025 | NeoBards Entertainment | Konami |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
From one of the most influential horror series of all time, Silent Hill f takes the franchise somewhere no one expected: 1960s Japan. The small town of Ebisugaoka is wrapped in fog—and in silence—as high schooler Hinako finds herself trapped in a decaying reflection of her home. The more she explores, the more the boundaries between guilt, memory, and monstrosity collapse into one.
This game delivers an unsettling beauty, grotesque yet poetic, horrifying yet heartbreakingly serene. Though disconnected from the original American-set stories, fans will recognize familiar whispers like the White Claudia pond, first mentioned in Silent Hill 1, and even the series’ theme song, hauntingly reinterpreted both musically (in specific areas) and visually in a music sheet found in the school.
With multiple endings and a mystery that constantly questions your perception, Silent Hill f is proving that great titles still have room to grow. Play this if you crave horror that gets under your skin and stays there, whispering softly that maybe, just maybe, you were the monster all along.
KARMA: The Dark World
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 9/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2025 | POLLARD STUDIO LLC | Wired Productions, Gamera Games |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
What if Orwell’s 1984 was remade as a fever dream inside Blade Runner’s mind? That’s KARMA: The Dark World. Set in an alternate East Germany ruled by the all-seeing Leviathan Corporation, you play as Daniel McGovern—a mind-diving investigator for the Thought Bureau—tasked with entering the memories of suspects and peeling back their psychological decay.
What makes KARMA shine isn’t just the visuals—it’s the dread of bureaucracy, of a world that controls your thoughts until you forget which ones were ever yours.
Luto
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 9/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2025 | Broken Bird Games | Broken Bird Games, Selecta Play, Astrolabe Games |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam, Epic), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
You’re home. You’ve always been home. And no matter how many doors you open, you’ll never leave.
Luto traps you in grief’s cruelest loop. You play someone unable to exit their own house, a premise simple enough until you realize what it really means. The home changes subtly with every attempt, a hallway that wasn’t there before, a voice calling from a locked room, the echo of a loved one long gone.
What makes Luto terrifying isn’t what’s chasing you, it’s what’s waiting behind the next door: memories. Broken Bird Games builds a horror about depression, denial, and the endless search for closure, not with monsters, but with meaning. If P.T. and What Remains of Edith Finch had a child that understood loss better than either, this would be it.
No, I’m Not a Human
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 7/10 | 6/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2025 | Trioskaz | CRITICAL REFLEX |
| Systems | ||
| PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | ||
The world has ended, but humanity refuses to admit it. "Visitors" roam the streets—creatures that mimic humans so well you can only guess who’s real. You barricade yourself inside, ration your food, and when someone knocks on the door begging to be let in, you have a choice: trust them… or shoot them.
No, I’m Not a Human is part social experiment, part survival horror. Its dread isn’t in the violence—it’s in the suspicion. Every conversation, every hesitation, mirrors the fear of otherness that defines modern paranoia. The game doesn’t moralize, it just quietly asks if fear makes you cruel.
Visually minimalist but thematically loaded, it’s one of those indie games that doesn’t just scare you—it implicates you. Perfect for players who love when horror makes them uncomfortable for the right reasons.
Adventure Horror
Little Nightmares 3
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 7/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | Supermassive Games | BNE LLC, Namco Bandai Games America Inc. |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 | ||
From one haunting to another, Little Nightmares 3 proves the Nowhere still has plenty of secrets to whisper. You play as Low and Alone—two best friends in a world that hates the idea of friendship. Each has a signature tool, Low’s bow and Alone’s wrench, and together they turn survival into something almost rhythmic. You pull levers, hoist each other up, and learn that cooperation is just another word for staying alive.
This is the kind of horror that doesn’t need jump scares, perfect for anyone who wants to get lost in a storybook where every page might bite back.
The Midnight Walk
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 9/10 | 6/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Moonhood | Fast Travel Games |
| Systems | ||
| PC(Steam), PlayStation 5 | ||
Every so often, a horror game comes along that feels like art in motion—literally. The Midnight Walk is a stop-motion clay nightmare from the creators of Lost in Random and Fe, and it’s every bit as mesmerizing as it is macabre. You play as "The Burnt One," a fragile soul wandering through a handcrafted world of monsters, folklore, and fragile light.
Accompanied by Potboy—a tiny lantern creature whose flame is both your hope and your curse—you travel through five tales of shadow and survival. The game’s claymation world is both whimsical and unsettling, with grotesque creatures molded by human hands, their imperfections making them more alive.
Part dark fairy tale, part survival odyssey, The Midnight Walk is the perfect Halloween experience for those who appreciate beauty in decay. It’s horror not about dying—but about how far you’ll go to protect something worth saving.
Party Horror
R.E.P.O
R.E.P.O. throws you and up to five friends into decaying, haunted ruins of humanity, all under the employ of a vaguely benevolent Creator. Your job? Extract valuable relics of a lost world using a physics-based grabber tool that’s about as cooperative as your team’s sense of direction. The twist? Everything follows the laws of physics, including the monsters. You can chuck furniture, tip over objects, or just accidentally crush your friend with a floating piano while trying to survive the hunt.
Between the robotic upgrades and the chaotic teamwork, R.E.P.O. feels like the perfect hybrid of Lethal Company and Phasmophobia, but with way more personality. It’s funny, deeply stressful, and exactly the kind of horror that builds stories you’ll be laughing about.
Blood Typers
| Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80/100 | ||||
| Story | Gameplay | Visuals | Audio | Value for Money |
| 7/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Release Date | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2025 | Outer Brain Studios | Outer Brain Studios |
| Systems | ||
| PC (Steam) | ||
Typing games are back—and this time, they brought zombies. Blood Typers is the kind of game that sounds like a joke until you’re sweating bullets trying to type "decapitate" before an undead extra from a B-movie takes a bite out of you. It’s a survival horror adventure that you control entirely through your keyboard. Every movement, every reload, every scream—all typed out in real-time.
It’s chaotic, creative, and surprisingly tense, the kind of game that makes you laugh in the same breath you curse at your own typos.
And with that, we’ll wrap this lineup—for now. Whether you’re hunting monsters with friends, sneaking past the shadows alone, or typing for your life, 2025’s horror season has something twisted just for you. So turn down the lights, grab your controller, and step into the dark. Halloween’s right around the corner, and the horror? It’s only getting started.
I loved playing Silent Hill F this Fall! So many playthroughs where you discover more and more. Silent Hill 2, RE8, and RE4 are on the list before RE9 comes out!