2020s horror video games

2020 action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog

The Backrooms are a fictional location originating from a 2019 4chan thread. One of the best known examples of the liminal space aesthetic, the Backrooms are usually portrayed as an impossibly large extradimensional expanse of empty rooms, accessed by exiting reality.

2021 survival horror video game developed by Capcom

2020 survival horror video game remake developed by Capcom

2023 video game developed by Capcom

2023 survival horror video game developed by Remedy Entertainment

2020 horror role-playing video game

Silent Hill f is a 2025 survival horror game developed by NeoBards Entertainment and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. It is a standalone spin-off of the Silent Hill franchise. Set during the 1960s in the fictional Japanese town of Ebisugaoka, it follows high school student Hinako Shimizu as she navigates the town after it is consumed by fog, while solving puzzles and fighting grotesque monsters to survive.

2021 puzzle solving horror video game

2024 video game remake developed by Bloober Team

2021 episodic horror video game developed and published by Mob Entertainment

2021 video game developed by Steel Wool Studios

2023 survival horror video game remake developed by Motive Studios

2024 survival horror video game developed by Red Barrels

2022 horror video game developed by Ebb Software

2022 third-person survival horror video game developed by Striking Distance Studios

2022 video game developed by Supermassive Games

2023 early access video game developed by Zeekerss

Returnal is a 2021 third-person shooter game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. A port to Windows developed by Climax Studios was released on 15 February 2023. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop. The gameplay combines bullet hell, third-person shooter and roguelike elements.

2024 video game developed by Endnight Games

2022 action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog; remake version of 2013 video game The Last of Us

MiSide is an adventure game developed by Russian indie development team AIHASTO. It was initially published as a demo on August 18, 2023, before being fully released on Steam on December 11, 2024. The game begins on a light-hearted tone where the player downloads a mobile game and starts hanging out with their new anime-styled virtual girlfriend by playing various mini-games with her. Soon, the player finds the story taking on a metafictional horror narrative.

2025 video game developed by Supermassive Games

2021 video game developed by Supermassive Games

2021 psychological horror video game developed by Blooper Team

R.E.P.O. (acronym for Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror video game developed and published by Swedish game studio Semiwork for Windows. It was released in early access on 26 February 2025 on Steam. It is developed in the Unity game engine.

2020 survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games

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2020 video game developed by Frictional Games

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Reanimal is a horror adventure video game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by THQ Nordic. It was released on 13 February 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

2020 survival horror multiplayer video game, part of the Resident Evil 3 package

2021 science fiction survival horror video game developed by The Farm 51

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2008 video game developed by Unproductive Fun Time

Inscryption is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S over the following two years. The game puts the player in a cabin where a mysterious gamemaster makes them play a tabletop game.

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2022 video game developed by Saber Interactive

Signalis is a 2022 survival horror video game developed by Hamburg-based rose-engine and published by Humble Games and Playism. The player controls a gynoid named Elster as she aims to solve supernatural mysteries after waking up in a hostile mining facility.

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2022 video game developed by Supermassive Games

Iron Lung is a 2022 submarine simulation horror game developed and published by David Szymanski. The player controls an unnamed convict who explores an ocean of blood on a desolate moon in a small, rusty submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".

2024 video game developed by Konami

2020 survival horror video game developed by SadSquare Studio

2023 video game developed by Frictional Games

2020 horror video game developed by Phobia Game Studio

2023 horror video game developed by Sumo Nottingham

2023 video game developed by Black Salt Games

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2021 video game developed by Amanita Design

Creaks is a puzzle-platform game developed and published by Amanita Design. It was announced on 9 October 2018. The game was released on 10 July 2020 for iOS, macOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade, followed by releases for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on 22 July 2020.

2019 survival horror action adventure video game developed by Invader Studios

2024 video game developed by The Chinese Room

2023 horror visual novel developed by Black Tabby Games

2026 video game developed by Rebel Wolves

2020 survival horror video game developed by Stormind Games

2020 psychological horror visual novel

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