Top 10 Horror Games to Play This Halloween 2024 🎃

1. Resident Evil Village – Welcome to the Worst Vacation Ever!

Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Release Year: 2021
Developer: Capcom
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀 – Lycans, vampires, and enough jump scares to ruin your underwear.

Picture this: you’re on a European getaway, taking in the quaint village scenery, sipping some fine wine, and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT WEREWOLF DOING HERE?! Yeah, Resident Evil Village is the kind of vacation where you don’t want to leave a review on TripAdvisor. Between Lycans trying to bite your face off and Lady Dimitrescu (the 9-foot-tall vampire queen you swear you aren’t afraid of), it’s a non-stop heart attack in a box.

Pro Tip: If a vampire offers you hospitality, politely decline and RUN. Trust me on this.

2. Until Dawn – The Teen Horror Movie Where You Get to Be the Jerk

Platforms: PS4, Ps5
Release Year: 2015
Developer: Supermassive Games
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀 – Making decisions has never been scarier, and those wendigos? Yikes.

Picture yourself in a world gripping horror scene where you decide who will live and prosper as well who will die and vanish. At one point of my life, sometime back in the day, I realised that such is the world of Until Dawn. A cliche story about a teenage cast stuck in an unfinished hamlet in the frozen mountains. A non-friendly werewolf is also supposed to be there. You feel like controlling everything. Everything. To the point of making some hard and some untraditional choices like: “Do I help [insert name] or shall I treat myself first?” (Duh, you can’t make such a choice but you get the drift). In one breath though—I guarantee you— everybody is going to perish, it just won’t be in the way that you had imagined but who cares, it’s the game after all.

Pro Tip: Your decisions have a “butterfly effect”—yes, even that one time you didn’t feed a squirrel. Who knew?

3. Silent Hill 2 Remake – Back to the Scary Foggy Nightmare

Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release Year: 2024
Developer: Bloober Team
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀💀 – Psychological horror at its finest, with mind-melting terror around every corner.

Maybe on this Halloween, you are keen on welcoming the feeling of existential dread inside you? Relax: Silent Hill 2 is one of the most brain-melting games of all time and you will definitely end up questioning everything. The game revolves around James Sunderland who has to find his deceased wife in Silent Hill, but it turns out Silent Hill is far from the town you can visit for a zombie horse ride. This piece of art is something out of nightmares, with creatures you would swear come from a horror anime movie and a hellish mist that would stay in your memory for days to come.

Warning: If you see Pyramid Head, it’s too late. Just… say your goodbyes.

4. Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) – Chainsaws, Zombies, and Cults, Oh My!

Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release Year: 2023
Developer: Capcom
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀 – Less spooky, more intense. But chainsaws chasing you? That’s a no from me.

The character you will be playing as in the upcoming game, Resident Evil 4 Remake is Leon Kennedy, that one unlucky hit with a vacation. If you decide to play this game, be prepared to be bombarded with chainsaw-wielding lunatics, freaky-looking, mindless assassins, not to mention retaining your own decapitated head. This new version is said to be more graphically enhanced and jam-packed with tons of thrill and action; in short, it’s a complete revival of the survival horror genre. Also, there is one thing I forgot to add. There is a crazy cult that wants you dead. How exciting!

Pro Tip: If you hear a chainsaw, don’t bother looking around—just run. Fast.

5. Zoochosis – When You’re the Exhibit in a Twisted Zoo

Platforms: PC
Release Year: TBD
Developer: Deadbyte Studios
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀 – Get ready for freaky creatures and unsettling vibes in every exhibit.

Ever wonder what it’s like to be trapped in a zoo where you are the exhibit? No? Well, in Zoochosis, you’ll get to live that nightmare firsthand. Think Jurassic Park, except instead of dinosaurs, it’s creepy, nightmarish creatures that want to “observe” (aka, devour) you. Escape is the goal, but the zoo has other plans. The animals? They aren’t exactly cute, and they’re definitely not staying in their enclosures.

Pro Tip: If the animals start staring at you, it’s probably not because they think you’re cute. Run.

6. The Outlast Trials (2023) – A Game Where Screaming with Friends Is Mandatory

Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One
Release Year: 2023
Developer: Red Barrels
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀💀 – Co-op terror so intense, you might lose friends over it.

Who doesn’t love a good experiment gone wrong? The Outlast Trials lets you and your friends team up (or betray each other) as you try to survive twisted trials run by maniacs. You’ll scream, you’ll hide, and maybe you’ll cry a little as you navigate traps and avoid getting ripped apart by the nastiest of enemies. It’s the kind of game that makes you question your friendships—and your sanity.

Pro Tip: Don’t look behind you. Seriously, it’s never a good idea.

7. Dead Space Remake (2023) – Space Is Even Scarier When You’re Alone… With Monsters

Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release Year: 2023
Developer: Motive Studio
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀💀 – Space, where no one can hear you scream… except your neighbors.

Back to space we go, but trust me—this isn’t your Star Trek adventure. Dead Space Remake takes you aboard the USG Ishimura, a spaceship full of terrifying necromorphs that want to turn you into a human smoothie. The new version cranks up the tension and fear factor, with updated graphics that make space look even scarier (if that’s possible).

Pro Tip: Always stomp. Even if it’s dead. Especially if it’s dead.

8. The Callisto Protocol (2022) – Space Horror, Now With Even More Gory Deaths

Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Release Year: 2022
Developer: Striking Distance Studios
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀💀 – Blood, guts, and monsters. Welcome to space prison!

From the creators of Dead Space comes The Callisto Protocol, where you play as a dude stuck in space prison. But wait, there’s more! The other inmates? Mutating into horrifying creatures that want to eat your face off. The game is brutal, the combat is intense, and if you’re not a fan of gore… well, you might want to grab a paper bag.

Pro Tip: When in doubt, hit harder. Everything in this game wants you dead, so don’t hold back.

9. Alan Wake II (2023) – The Writer’s Block From Hell

Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release Year: 2023
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀 – Psychological horror that’ll leave you questioning reality.

Alan Wake II finally dropped, and it’s every bit the trippy nightmare you hoped for. You play as a writer trapped in a world where his stories have come to life—and not the nice, happy-ending kind of stories. Armed with a flashlight and your wits, you’ll face shadowy creatures and a reality that’s falling apart faster than a cheap Ikea bookshelf.

Pro Tip: Light is your best friend. Darkness? Not so much.

10. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (2022) – Welcome to the World’s Deadliest Hotel

Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Release Year: 2022
Developer: Supermassive Games
Scare Factor: 💀💀💀 – Traps, puzzles, and tension-filled choices. Think fast, or die trying.

Last but not least, we’ve got The Devil in Me, where a documentary crew ends up trapped in a replica of H.H. Holmes’ infamous “Murder Castle.” You’ll be making life-or-death decisions as you try to avoid lethal traps and figure out how to escape. But let’s be honest: in a hotel where everything wants to kill you, there’s no such thing as “checking out.”

Pro Tip: Be wary of free room upgrades. They usually come with deadly strings attached.

So there you have it! Whether you want to be chased by zombies, haunted by wendigos, or screamed at by space mutants, these horror games will make your Halloween extra terrifying—and probably a little sweatier than you expected. Happy gaming, and remember: it’s only a game… right? 🎮👻