Horror Games

For some reason, it is in our nature to sometimes go out and want to be scared. While in the past, when humans were not that advanced, they had to be scared of the environment, things they were not familiar with, as well as wild animals and dangerous fauna, these days things are mostly tame. Yes, wars still happen, as well as frightening events, but this is not something that is in the routine of most people. Of course, children are also interested in things like scary stories, so having a page such as this one filled with scary games for them to play is not at all surprising!

It has been theorized that humans are naturally seeking to have a little bit of fear inside of them to function properly, and that might be one of the reasons why horror and scary media is as popular as it is. Scary movies have been popular ever since the dawn of cinema, whether they feature vampires, zombies, mummies, werewolves, ghosts, and other kinds of demons and ghouls. Before movies, there were books around, such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or The Haunted House on the Hill.

Video Games had dipped their toes into the genre quite a lot, with classics such as Castlevania, back in the day, and other classics such as the Silent Hills Games series, the Resident Evil Games series, Outlast, Dead Space, or Alan Wake, just to mention a few. Of course, maybe you don’t play games on your console or on your PC, but you do it on your browser, and if that is the case, you can here find the best apps, that’s for sure.

Over the years, more and more Horror Games for browsers had been released on the internet, even series of them, and luckily for fans of the genre, we had always made sure to bring you the best of such games for you to play, which is why you are on this page. If you’re not familiar with it, allow us to tell you more about all the amazing kinds of games you will find and play here, certainly having a terrific time with all!
 

Survival Games

Of course, the main point of any horror media is to survive. You might be chased by zombies and have to avoid them eating your brains, shooting, or cutting them up. Ghosts might be present in a haunted house and you need to see daylight before they possess and kill you all. Or, you have to survive against demons, monsters, and other creatures that want to either kill or eat you up. They are exciting, and they are always action-packed and full of thrilling moments!

Surviving to a point where you are safe is the premise of these games, and you have to do it by interacting with the items around you, using weapons or even magic, sometimes, and making sure you don’t get caught by whatever it is you are being chased by. They are sometimes also called RPG, and the reason for that is because you have a role that you need to take on, and there is a story around you having to survive.

One great example of such games would be our awesome category of Five Nights at Freddy’s Games, where you play the browser versions of these awesome video games. You usually take on the role of a security guard, and during the night you have to survive against the animatronic dolls from a pizzeria because these toys want to kill you. You use lights and video cameras to stay alive until the morning comes.
 

Puzzle Games

Sometimes, getting out of a tricky situation and getting past your fears is like a puzzle, which is why there exist so many scary puzzle games, where the only solution for you to survive is to solve a puzzle. They are point-and-click games where you have to use the mouse to interact with the items all around you, as well as certain characters, at times, in order to get artifacts or powers that can help you defeat the evil.

These are also sometimes called horror escape games because they work as escape room games. Only if you use your intelligence to put together all of the clues that you’ve gotten will you be able to find the solution that is needed for you to escape a place that is haunted by evil, where different monsters or ghosts are going to get to you and take you out if you are not smart and fast enough to escape.

A great example we have for this genre would be the Garfield Scary Scavenger Hunt online game, where Garfield needs your help in finding certain items for him to escape the haunted mansion he is in, and you have to make sure that any ghosts or monsters that appear don’t scare him too much, because filling up the scare-o-meter is going to cause him to be too frightened, and you lose the game, having to start it all over.
 

Other Games online to play

First of all, know that the first category that you should visit after this one is the Halloween Games. Of course, Halloween is a night where kids dress up in costumes, sometimes of scary things, and they go trick or treating to get candy. Now, lots of these games that are based around this holiday are somewhat scary, although their level of fright is a more light one, as they are aimed primarily at young children who love everything about this holiday, and would want to experience it even online.

Saw Games have also become more and more popular, and, as their name suggests, they have been inspired by the Saw movie series. In them, an evil clown takes different characters from media you love, such as Rigby from Regular Show or Phineas from Phineas and Ferb, and forces them to play a wicked game. In these games, you have to use your puzzle-solving skills to interact with the items around to win the mini-games and save the friends kidnapped by the clown. Try Grinch Saw Game online to see.

We also recommend visiting our category of Scooby-Doo Games, no doubt, where you can find games that are both scary and funny, just like the various Scooby-Doo shows have been, and we recommend starting with games such as It's Dark Out There online. The Mystery Inc gang has faced everything from zombies, mummies, ghosts, to demons and other beings, and you can take part in their scary adventures right now!