Top-Rated Free Thriller Games on Steam

37 free Thriller games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Garten of Banban 0 - Players say: As Flumbo, explore Banban’s Kindergarten, meet its mascot residents, solve puzzles, and uncover clues to the establishment’s past. Players like: Enjoyable Puzzles · Prequel Lore · Quirky Characters ·
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Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

of the Devil - Players say: In 2086, defense attorney Morgan investigates murder cases, questions witnesses, and wagers evidence in trials under total surveillance. Players like: Writing and Characters · Cyberpunk Worldbuilding · Stylish Visuals and Music ·
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Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

Scauage - Players say: As a scavenger in an abandoned house, search for valuables by flashlight, solve coded locks, and face consequences for what you take. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Immersive Sound Design · Tension Without Jumpscares ·
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Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Bring Me that Shawarma - Players say: Read episodic tales around Samara’s shawarma shops, where a courier and other characters encounter alien plots and food-themed horror. Players like: Absurd, Offbeat Humor · Interconnected Episode Stories · Distinctive Visual Style ·
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A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.

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Jun 7, 2024
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[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap - Players say: House-sit a home where claps control the lights, finish routine chores, and confront signs that someone else can clap. Players like: Creepy Atmosphere · Clap-Controlled Lights · Effective Scares ·
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Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Mimic Search - Players say: As a rural police officer, investigate a mimic attack through witness interviews and a search of the snowy woods. Players like: Creepy VHS Atmosphere · Tense Forest Search · Short One-Sitting Horror ·
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Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 - Players say: As park ranger Ethan Hill in 1981 West Virginia, investigate disappearances by exploring locations, collecting clues, and solving puzzles. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Challenging Puzzles · Detailed Visuals ·
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Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

Pinball FX Midnight - Players say: Play horror-themed pinball, aiming shots and completing table challenges while chasing high scores and unlocking customizations. Players like: Horror Table Themes · Enjoyable Pinball Play · Visuals And Effects ·
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Get ready to tilt into terror. The new horror-inspired pinball platform for fearless players. Prove your skills on the most sinister, gory, and badass tables ever brought to life.

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Nov 30, 2023
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Romance Club - Stories I Play - Players say: Customize a protagonist and guide romantic, fantastical, and mystery stories through choices that shape relationships and endings. Players like: Story Variety · Memorable Characters · Meaningful Choices ·
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Immerse yourself in romantic visual stories where you control what happens!

The Windows Are Gone - Players say: After a tragedy, follow a recurring dream to a mysterious house, unpack and explore as its story leads to multiple endings. Players like: Creeping Atmosphere · Narrative Mystery · Sound Design ·
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Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it.

Homicipher: Demo - Players say: Lost in another world, a woman deciphers monsters’ speech through clues and choices while searching for a way out. Players like: Contextual Word Decoding · Horror Romance · Mysterious Atmosphere ·
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Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

Missing Hiker - Players say: Drive into a snowy wilderness and search on foot for your missing brother in a brief, first-person horror mystery. Players like: Creepy Atmosphere · Retro VHS Look · Surprise Scares ·
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Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.

Maurice: In The Predator's Nest - Players say: In a dark first-person horror match, survivors use stealth and teamwork to escape while a predator tracks and hunts them. Players like: Fun With Friends · Asymmetric Roles · Tense Chases ·
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Plunge into "Maurice: Predator's Nest". A survival game where you're either a cunning survivor or a fearsome predator in a dark, treacherous world. Outwit or hunt in this thrilling battle for survival.

Poppy Playtime - Players say: Return to an abandoned toy factory, solve puzzles with a wire-linked GrabPack, and evade the toys that roam its halls. Players like: Factory Mystery · Eerie Atmosphere · Tense Toy Chases ·
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You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Slender Threads: Prologue - Players say: As Harvey Green investigates eerie deaths and strange forces in Villa Ventana, explore the town, question locals, and solve point-and-click puzzles. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Distinctive Art Style · Intriguing Story ·
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In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

死寂(Deathly Stillness) - Players say: Clear zombie-infested maps in a third-person shooter, scavenging ammunition and balancing gunfire with melee in tense missions. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Atmospheric Scares · Strong Visuals ·
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This is a boring zombie game with no plot, not an officially released game, please don't have high expectations.

Ann - Players say: Trapped in an art school after dark, Ann explores its halls, solves puzzles, and evades threats with a guard's help. Players like: Story and Characters · Animated Cutscenes · Art and Music ·
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Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

Suspicious Downpour - Players say: Shelter in a forest tent during a storm, using a flashlight and keyboard-based interactions to uncover a comic horror encounter. Players like: Rainy Forest Atmosphere · Sound and Music · Unexpected Comedy ·
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Suspicious Downpour is a very short single-player comedy horror experience about getting stuck in a storm while out camping. Sit in your tent with your trusty flashlight in the calm rain and just relax. Just be warned If you look for trouble you might find it.

Hello Guest: Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha - Players say: Work night security in an abandoned amusement park, solving puzzles and avoiding a Guest that adapts to your movements. Players like: Creepy Park Atmosphere · Interesting Guest AI · Free Park Exploration ·
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Hello Guest, beloved Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha, a stealth horror thriller with an advanced, self-learning AI. You take the night shift as a security guard at an abandoned Golden Apple Amusement Park where a creature is hiding in the shadows. What can go wrong?

Siren Head: Awakening - Players say: Stranded in a dark forest, search for car parts and clues while evading Siren Head in this first-person horror game. Players like: Tense Forest Atmosphere · Siren Sounds · Alternate Endings ·
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Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.

Liquidators - Players say: As one of three Chernobyl workers, navigate irradiated plant corridors, read a Geiger counter, and shut down critical valves. Players like: Oppressive Atmosphere · Radiation-Based Tension · Chernobyl Tribute ·
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Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 - Players say: At her estranged aunt’s funeral in an Appalachian mining town, you investigate a life-threatening mystery through choices and trait-based dialogue. Players like: ·
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The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!

Operation: Tango - Friend Pass - Players say: Pair up as a field agent and remote hacker, solving espionage puzzles through voice chat in this online-only co-op adventure. Players like: Asymmetric Teamwork · Voice Communication · Varied Puzzles ·
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Download the Friend Pass and play for free with a friend who owns the full Operation: Tango game. It takes two to save the world, but it only takes one to pay for it.

A Night In Berlin - Players say: Three MI6 agents hunt targets in 2024 Berlin, using distinct combat styles in a fast, lethal third-person shooter. Players like: Retro Visual Style · Demanding Combat · Synth-Wave Soundtrack ·
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A Night in Berlin is a narrative-driven third-person shooter featuring brutal fast-paced gameplay in a dark and atmospheric world.

Someday You'll Return - Players say: Search the Czech forests for a missing daughter, solving puzzles, crafting tools and potions, and evading horrors tied to the past. Players like: Forest Atmosphere · Unfolding Story · Exploration and Puzzles ·
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How far would you go if your daughter never came back home? Someday You'll Return is a first-person 3D story-driven psychological horror game about a desperate search for a missing daughter deep in the woods where you swore you'd never return to.

We Went Back - Players say: Wake alone on a deserted space station, revisit shifting corridors, gather clues, and crack the exit code in a horror time loop. Players like: Station Atmosphere · Changing Loops · Simple Puzzles ·
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We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Kill or Love - Players say: Read as amnesiac Jack plans to rescue his captive girlfriend from Anna, the nurse who kidnapped her, and uncover their past. Players like: Mystery and Twists · Psychological Tension · Unfolding Backstory ·
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A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Wardwell House - Players say: After washing ashore on a troubled island, investigate its forest and house by clicking through eerie photographic scenes. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Distinctive Photo Scenes · Short Free Experience ·
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A storm washed you upon the shore of a mysterious island with a horrific past. A terrifying first-person atmospheric horror game.

Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 - Players say: Sneak into a neighbor’s house, solve environmental puzzles, and evade an AI opponent that reacts to your break-in tactics. Players like: Flexible Puzzle Routes · House Exploration · Reactive Neighbor AI ·
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Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 - Players say: Sneak into a neighbor’s multi-floor home, solve environmental puzzles, and reach the basement while evading his reactive AI. Players like: Uneasy Horror Atmosphere · Reactive Neighbor AI · House Puzzles ·
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This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

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The Terrible Old Man - Players say: As three thieves target a wealthy recluse, investigate a Lovecraftian town in a brief, hand-drawn point-and-click horror story. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Distinctive Hand-Drawn Art · Lovecraftian Story ·
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Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.

Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha - Players say: Sneak into a suspicious neighbor’s house, search for a way into his basement, and evade an opponent who adapts to your tactics. Players like: Creepy Atmosphere · Threatening Neighbor AI · Tense Stealth ·
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The Original Pre-Alpha of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

STEINS;GATE ELITE - Players say: A lab group uses a modified microwave to send messages into the past, then faces branching consequences in a sci-fi visual novel. Players like: Engaging Story · Memorable Characters · Animated Presentation ·
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STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil - Players say: A teacher working at school during summer break is captured by a strange pupil and must answer riddles to shape the story's outcome. Players like: Unusual Story Turns · Illustrated Scenes · Voice Acting ·
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I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it

Hide and Shriek - Players say: In a ten-minute duel between invisible magic students, set spells and traps, read clues, and scare your rival to score. Players like: Playing With Friends · Surprise Scares · Spell-and-Trap Tactics ·
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Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

Confess My Love - Players say: After school, Willie explores a classroom, making choices and searching for a way to confess to Liza across 20 short endings. Players like: Twenty Short Endings · Surprising Story Reveal · Emotional Story ·
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The story takes place after school, when Willie decides to confess his love to the girl of his dreams, Liza. Afraid of being refused, he hesitated for a while. Should he summon up his courage and confess his love to her?

A Date in the Park - Players say: As Lou searches a Lisbon park for his date, explore, talk to locals and solve small puzzles as an ordinary outing grows uneasy. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Unexpected Story Turns · Distinctive Retro Visuals ·
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A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.