Updated 31 October
Ranked by players
The best horror games of 2026
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival leads the horror games of 2026 so far, with 93% of 8,124 player reviews recommending it. Every horror game released this year that we cover, with at least 500 reviews, ranked by the share that recommend it.
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93%of 8,124 reviews recommend it, as of 1
2
83%of 1,723 reviews recommend it, as of 2
3
68%of 3,955 reviews recommend it, as of 3
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66%of 15,047 reviews recommend it, as of 4
How we rank
Players decide the order.
Each game’s figure is the share of its player reviews that recommend it, in every language, from players who bought it in the store where they reviewed it. We never use critic scores.
A game needs 500 reviews to be ranked, so a handful of early reviews can’t put it on top. Expansions, remasters and games leaving early access are listed apart, because they aren’t new or their counts go back years. The figures update every day, and a game released late in the year has had less time to settle.
The list covers the games with a page of their own. Each month’s new games are ranked in Best of.
Sources
- 1Steam: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 2Steam: The Sinking City 2, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 3Steam: Silent Hill: Townfall, user reviews and review history (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 4Steam: Halloween: The Game, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026