Best Free Horror Games to Play in the Browser

Horror games in the browser walk a tightrope: too gentle and they don't land; too aggressive and they get blocked by content filters. The horror picks on this page are filtered for atmosphere over gore — slow-burn exploration, ambient dread, occasional jump-scares, the kind of horror you can play in a tab without alarming colleagues.

What's below: survival horror in the Resident-Evil tradition, escape-the-house games with creature elements, atmospheric explorers that lean Silent-Hill, point-and-click mystery games with horror layers, a few of the louder jump-scare titles for when subtlety isn't the point.

All HTML5, all free, no downloads required to scare yourself. Headphones recommended — the audio design is doing most of the work.