{"id":91287,"date":"2026-10-08T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91287"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:07:00","slug":"14-horror-games-it-would-be-terrifying-not-to-wishlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91287","title":{"rendered":"14 Horror Games It Would Be Terrifying Not To Wishlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Horror Game Awards ceremony kicks off in November, but the team&#8217;s latest showcase event has arrived, highlighting 100+ horror games. The latest showing, <strong>Harvest of Terror<\/strong>, is the brand&#8217;s first event since June&#8217;s Midsummer Night&#8217;s Scream showcase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I did for that summer show, I watched every trailer featured in today&#8217;s event and pulled out a handful of those I&#8217;m particularly excited about. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I purposely didn&#8217;t call out games already featured in my <strong>summer horror showcase recap <\/strong>or my <strong>October horror games calendar<\/strong>, so you should check those out too if you want even <em>more <\/em>suggestions for upcoming horror games to wishlist. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harvest of Terror: A Horror Game Awards Halloween Showcase 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_NyiX7C2fV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for today&#8217;s showcase, I&#8217;ve settled on 14 horror games that especially caught my eye.&nbsp;Click any game title to jump to its Steam listing and wishlist it for yourself. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-confronted\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confronted<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910187\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/confronted.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910187\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confronted looks a lot like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, one of the scariest games I&#8217;ve ever played, only with an unexpected touch of base-building. It&#8217;s already out, too, and it has a free demo if you&#8217;d like to try it first.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-signal-veil\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signal Veil<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910188\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/signalveil.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910188\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GameSpot contributor Ashley Bardhan <strong>spotted this one<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>recently, and I have to concur; it looks really cool. In the Silent Hill-like Signal Veil, you play a teenager who uses her flip phone as both a weapon and a puzzle-solving tool as she explores her haunted school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-road-of-dust-and-sorrow\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Road of Dust and Sorrow<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910189\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roadofdust.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910189\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2D pixel art horror game said to be inspired by the genre&#8217;s classics, The Road of Dust and Sorrow actually reminds me most of a The Last of Us demake, as it&#8217;s up to you to protect your daughter in a world full of the undead.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-pines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pines<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910190\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/thepines.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910190\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pines is a third-person horror RPG where your choices affect the story. It looks wildly ambitious for a new studio, but for now I&#8217;m choosing to remain cautiously optimistic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-sombras-negative-frames\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sombras: Negative Frames<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910191\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sombras.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910191\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the only photo-based game on this list, Sombras is said to be &#8220;light&#8221; on horror, focusing on a Japanese-Spanish student who gets lost in a dark reflection of her hometown.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-nightmare-house\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nightmare House<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910192\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nightmarehouse.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910192\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half-Life 2 modders may know Nightmare House as the horror mod that gained popularity many years ago. This upcoming version is a standalone version of that experience built from the ground up.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-i-shall-name-the-dead\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">I Shall Name The Dead<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910193\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/namethedead.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910193\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most striking art style of all games listed here belongs to I Shall Name The Dead, an adventure game with a heavily stylized blue and orange look to its story about exploring a graveyard after hours.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-human-exe\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human.exe<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910195\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/humanexe.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910195\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give me a game about grappling with philosophy any day and I&#8217;ll be down, but if it&#8217;s horror-coded, that&#8217;s even better. In Human.exe, you&#8217;ll take an AI through ethical dilemmas, coding its worldview in major ways. That&#8217;ll end well.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-sparrow\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sparrow<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910194\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sparrow.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910194\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pitch for Sparrow is so incredibly simple; it&#8217;s a horror game in which you play as a bird seeking her lost babies. I&#8217;ve never played anything like that, and now I&#8217;m wondering why no one seemed to make it sooner.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-solace-creek\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solace Creek<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910196\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/solacecreek.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910196\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indie horror is full of PSX-style experiences, so I try not to focus on too many of those in each roundup like this, but Solace Creek makes the cut because its dream-like trailer captures an ideal blend of eerie and oddly comforting for me.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-mayfly\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mayfly<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910201\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"574\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mayfly.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910201\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waking on a boat in England, Mayfly throws you into a shifting reality where you&#8217;ll search for your missing husband, because nothing is more ready-to-serve in horror than a disappeared spouse.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-echograph\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Echograph<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910205\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/echograph.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910205\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was just this year that I finally got my act together and experienced the greatness of Fatal Frame, so it&#8217;s cool to see a game like Echograph coming out. It&#8217;s clearly inspired by the series and even uses similar gameplay where you &#8220;shoot&#8221; ghosts with a camera.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-shutter-story\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shutter Story<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910206\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstory.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910206\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shutter Story is actually the second upcoming game I&#8217;ve heard of in which you examine photos for signs of the paranormal, though <strong>the other<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>seems to have disappeared from Steam. That&#8217;s odd, but at least we still have Shutter Story. To me, this concept is so ripe for a horror game, reflecting the best parts of the surprisingly great Ethan Hawke movie Sinister.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-dead-of-darkness-2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dead of Darkness 2<\/h2>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1910238\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dod2_thumbnail_1920x1080_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910238\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though I like the intentions of Dead of Darkness 2, it&#8217;s a little annoying to see it exists, because I still haven&#8217;t gotten around to the first one. Maybe it&#8217;s time to catch up on the series before this sequel and its charming, retro-style anime cutscenes arrive.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That does it for this edition of the Horror Game Awards showcase roundup. The next date to circle is November 20. On that day, hopefully you can pause GTA 6 for a bit and tune into the<strong> <\/strong><strong>Horror Game Awards 2026<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/14-new-horror-games-it-would-be-terrifying-not-to-wishlist-on-steam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horror Game Awards ceremony kicks off in November, but the team&#8217;s latest showcase event has arrived, highlighting 100+ horror games. 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