Best Rated Horror Games Under $40

The best rated Horror games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.

All Indie Action Adventure Simulation RPG Strategy Co-op Open World Story Rich Casual Funny Survival Difficult Pixel Graphics PvP Horror Anime Puzzle Rogue-like Relaxing Turn-Based Strategy Local Co-Op Psychological Horror Hack and Slash Platformer MMO RTS Immersive Sim Post-apocalyptic Action Roguelike City Builder Life Sim Zombies Sports Racing Survival Horror Stealth Bullet Hell Dungeon Crawler Visual Novel JRPG Deckbuilding Grand Strategy Cyberpunk Tower Defense Clicker Fighting Open World Survival Craft Boomer Shooter Colony Sim Farming Sim Cozy Auto Battler Cooking Twin Stick Shooter Metroidvania 4X Souls-like Dating Sim MMORPG

By price

Any priceFreeUnder $5Under $10Under $20Under $40
Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
  1. 1People Playground98.07%
  2. 2Wallpaper Engine97.46%
  3. 3Left 4 Dead 297.41%
  4. 4Half-Life 297.18%
  5. 5MiSide96.99%
  6. 6Resident Evil 496.90%
  7. 7Deep Rock Galactic96.84%
  8. 8Subnautica96.79%
  9. 9Lethal Company96.76%
  10. 10The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth96.70%
  11. 11Stray96.58%
  12. 12Resident Evil 296.54%
  13. 13Undertale96.18%
  14. 14Inscryption96.10%
  15. 15Doki Doki Literature Club!96.02%
  16. 16The Walking Dead96.00%
  17. 17OMORI95.90%
  18. 18R.E.P.O.95.81%
  19. 19Outlast95.70%
  20. 20Don't Starve95.65%
  21. 21INSIDE95.63%
  22. 22Firework95.42%
  23. 23The Forest95.39%
  24. 24Cookie Clicker95.35%
  25. 25Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition95.22%
  26. 26DOOM95.07%
  27. 27Dying Light95.04%
  28. 28Resident Evil Village94.99%
  29. 29Left 4 Dead94.98%
  30. 30The Room94.79%
  31. 31Don't Starve Together94.77%
  32. 32Outer Wilds94.73%
  33. 33Resident Evil 7 Biohazard94.57%
  34. 34Buckshot Roulette94.48%
  35. 35Black Mesa94.35%
  36. 36Phasmophobia94.30%
  37. 37DREDGE94.25%
  38. 38SOMA94.19%
  39. 39Return of the Obra Dinn94.18%
  40. 40Sally Face - Episode One94.12%
  41. 41Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut94.12%
  42. 42The Walking Dead: Season Two94.04%
  43. 43Little Nightmares94.02%
  44. 44What Remains of Edith Finch93.96%
  45. 45Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk93.93%
  46. 46Killing Floor93.93%
  47. 47STEINS;GATE93.89%
  48. 48The Room 4: Old Sins93.85%
  49. 49Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc93.81%
  50. 50The Coffin of Andy and Leyley93.78%
  51. 51Fran Bow93.75%
  52. 52The Room Two93.73%
  53. 53DUSK93.72%
  54. 54Unheard - Voices of Crime93.60%
  55. 55Ultimate Custom Night93.50%
  56. 56SILENT HILL 293.41%
  57. 57Content Warning93.39%
  58. 58Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair93.35%
  59. 59Resident Evil 4 (2005)93.32%
  60. 60Nubby's Number Factory93.30%
  61. 61S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat93.21%
  62. 62Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk93.16%
  63. 63Barotrauma93.14%
  64. 64Blood and Bacon93.14%
  65. 65Mouthwashing93.11%
  66. 66S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl93.08%
  67. 67Grimm's Hollow93.00%
  68. 68The Test92.98%
  69. 69Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation92.90%
  70. 70Tales of the Black Forest92.81%
  71. 71Library Of Ruina92.79%
  72. 72ANIMAL WELL92.75%
  73. 73Five Nights at Freddy's92.60%
  74. 74Amnesia: The Dark Descent92.58%
  75. 75CARRION92.46%
  76. 76A Plague Tale: Innocence92.28%
  77. 77Zup! S92.26%
  78. 78The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe92.24%
  79. 79Quake92.21%
  80. 80Darkwood92.18%
  81. 81Days Gone92.15%
  82. 82My Singing Monsters92.14%
  83. 83Alien: Isolation92.13%
  84. 84NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE92.01%
  85. 85Trombone Champ92.01%
  86. 86BioShock91.97%
  87. 87The Outlast Trials91.97%
  88. 88Little Nightmares II91.92%
  89. 89missed messages.91.90%
  90. 90The Walking Dead: The Final Season91.85%
  91. 91Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator91.83%
  92. 92Metro 2033 Redux91.81%
  93. 93Halo: The Master Chief Collection91.78%
  94. 94Dead Space 291.69%
  95. 95Pony Island91.58%
  96. 96Cube Escape: Paradox91.56%
  97. 97KovaaK's91.51%
  98. 98LISA: The Painful91.49%
  99. 99DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT91.42%
  100. 10060 Seconds! Reatomized91.40%