The top 10
This ranking follows Fangoria's list, updated in December 2025. Other critics order it differently.
1Silent Hill f
- Release
- September 24, 2025
- Studio
- NeoBards / Konami
A return to the series' psychological horror, set in 1960s Japan.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →2Doom: The Dark Ages
- Release
- May 15, 2025
- Studio
- id Software
Action first, with a medieval, demonic atmosphere.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →3Cronos: The New Dawn
- Release
- September 5, 2025
- Studio
- Bloober Team
Survival horror with time travel and a sci-fi setting.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →4The Séance of Blake Manor
- Release
- October 27, 2025
- Studio
- Spooky Doorway / Raw Fury
A detective mystery in an Irish manor, from a small studio.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →5Look Outside
- Release
- March 21, 2025
- Studio
- Francis Coulombe / Devolver Digital
A stylised RPG where you must never look outside your apartment.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →6No, I'm Not a Human
- Release
- September 15, 2025
- Studio
- Trioskaz
Decide who to let into your house each night. Tension built from a simple loop.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →7The Midnight Walk
- Release
- May 8, 2025
- Studio
- MoonHood
A handmade, claymation look, also playable in VR.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →8Tormented Souls 2
- Release
- October 23, 2025
- Studio
- Dual Effect / PQube
Classic fixed-camera survival horror in the style of the '90s.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →9Routine
- Release
- December 4, 2025
- Studio
- Lunar Software
Sci-fi horror on an abandoned lunar base, with a 1980s vision of the future.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →10Dying Light: The Beast
- Release
- September 18, 2025
- Studio
- Techland
Open-world action horror with zombies and parkour.
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More horror games of 2025
Not in Fangoria's top 10, but on other critics' lists: co-op hits, indies and remakes worth playing.
Little Nightmares III
- Release
- October 9, 2025
- Studio
- Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco
The series goes co-op: two friends play Low and Alone through a twisted world.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →R.E.P.O.
- Release
- February 26, 2025
- Studio
- semiwork
Online co-op horror with physics: your team hauls valuables out of haunted places while monsters hunt you.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Dead Take
- Release
- July 31, 2025
- Studio
- Surgent Studios / Pocketpair Publishing
Psychological horror with live-action video and a cast that includes Ben Starr, Neil Newbon and Laura Bailey.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →KARMA: The Dark World
- Release
- March 27, 2025
- Studio
- Pollard Studio / Wired Productions
A first-person psychological thriller set in an East Germany of 1984 run by a surveillance corporation.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Post Trauma
- Release
- April 22, 2025
- Studio
- Red Soul Games / Raw Fury
Survival horror that draws on classic Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Hell is Us
- Release
- September 4, 2025
- Studio
- Rogue Factor / Nacon
A dark action adventure with eerie creatures and no quest markers: you find your own way.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Heartworm
- Release
- July 31, 2025
- Studio
- Vincent Adinolfi / DreadXP
A PS1-style survival horror game from DreadXP's indie label.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Bye Sweet Carole
- Release
- October 9, 2025
- Studio
- Little Sewing Machine / Maximum Entertainment
Hand-drawn horror that looks like a classic animated film, with a dark fairy tale underneath.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →Sleep Awake
- Release
- December 2, 2025
- Studio
- Eyes Out / Blumhouse Games
Psychological horror in a city where falling asleep is the danger.
Screenshots, Steam page and details →
From our studio: indie horror to play
Imersa Studios, the team behind ReadySpawn, makes horror games too. Find Willie is a short black-and-white PSX horror game for PC, and Caisson, a first-person horror game in an isolated sea fortress, is in development. Follow Caisson on the studio site.
Questions
Fangoria's list ranks Silent Hill f first. Other critics may rank it differently.
Fangoria called it quieter than 2024, with fewer huge releases but strong indie entries.
Who wrote this
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