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.

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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 Engine97.87%
  3. 3Left 4 Dead 297.41%
  4. 4Half-Life 297.18%
  5. 5MiSide97.00%
  6. 6The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth96.89%
  7. 7Deep Rock Galactic96.85%
  8. 8Resident Evil 496.84%
  9. 9Lethal Company96.78%
  10. 10Subnautica96.78%
  11. 11Stray96.57%
  12. 12Resident Evil 296.52%
  13. 13Undertale96.16%
  14. 14Inscryption96.11%
  15. 15The Walking Dead95.99%
  16. 16OMORI95.89%
  17. 17R.E.P.O.95.84%
  18. 18Outlast95.70%
  19. 19Don't Starve95.66%
  20. 20INSIDE95.62%
  21. 21Firework95.41%
  22. 22The Forest95.39%
  23. 23Cookie Clicker95.36%
  24. 24Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition95.17%
  25. 25DOOM95.07%
  26. 26Dying Light95.04%
  27. 27Resident Evil Village94.96%
  28. 28Left 4 Dead94.96%
  29. 29Don't Starve Together94.84%
  30. 30The Room94.75%
  31. 31Outer Wilds94.71%
  32. 32Resident Evil 7 Biohazard94.55%
  33. 33Buckshot Roulette94.54%
  34. 34Phasmophobia94.41%
  35. 35Black Mesa94.36%
  36. 36DREDGE94.22%
  37. 37SOMA94.17%
  38. 38Return of the Obra Dinn94.14%
  39. 39Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut94.09%
  40. 40Sally Face - Episode One94.05%
  41. 41The Walking Dead: Season Two94.02%
  42. 42Little Nightmares94.01%
  43. 43Killing Floor93.93%
  44. 44What Remains of Edith Finch93.92%
  45. 45Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk93.91%
  46. 46STEINS;GATE93.83%
  47. 47The Room 4: Old Sins93.81%
  48. 48The Coffin of Andy and Leyley93.76%
  49. 49Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc93.75%
  50. 50DUSK93.73%
  51. 51The Room Two93.70%
  52. 52Fran Bow93.67%
  53. 53Unheard - Voices of Crime93.61%
  54. 54Content Warning93.50%
  55. 55Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair93.31%
  56. 56Resident Evil 4 (2005)93.25%
  57. 57Nubby's Number Factory93.25%
  58. 58Mouthwashing93.23%
  59. 59S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat93.18%
  60. 60Barotrauma93.12%
  61. 61Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk93.10%
  62. 62Blood and Bacon93.10%
  63. 63S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl93.07%
  64. 64The Test92.97%
  65. 65Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation92.84%
  66. 66Tales of the Black Forest92.77%
  67. 67Library Of Ruina92.73%
  68. 68ANIMAL WELL92.71%
  69. 69Amnesia: The Dark Descent92.56%
  70. 70Five Nights at Freddy's92.55%
  71. 71Zup! S92.41%
  72. 72CARRION92.33%
  73. 73A Plague Tale: Innocence92.33%
  74. 74Quake92.21%
  75. 75The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe92.21%
  76. 76Darkwood92.15%
  77. 77Days Gone92.15%
  78. 78Alien: Isolation92.12%
  79. 79The Outlast Trials92.05%
  80. 80Trombone Champ92.01%
  81. 81The Walking Dead: The Final Season91.97%
  82. 82BioShock91.95%
  83. 83Little Nightmares II91.94%
  84. 84Halo: The Master Chief Collection91.79%
  85. 85Dead Space 291.77%
  86. 86Metro 2033 Redux91.72%
  87. 87Pony Island91.56%
  88. 88KovaaK's91.49%
  89. 89DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT91.47%
  90. 90LISA: The Painful91.44%
  91. 91Five Nights at Freddy's 291.38%
  92. 9260 Seconds! Reatomized91.31%