40 Best Horror Games for Xbox Series

Take an unsettling trip to an abandoned underwater research facility where machines think they're human and reality is falling apart. You play as Simon Jarrett, who must uncover the dark secrets of the facility's AI project that blurred the lines between robot and mankind. With limited weapons, you'll rely on stealth and your wits to survive the mechanized threats and mind-bending horrors within the depths.

Crafted with painstaking attention to the original 1979 film, Alien: Isolation captures the retro futuristic look and feel of the beloved sci-fi series. You play as Amanda Ripley, investigating your mother's disappearance from the Nostromo. The search leads you to the rundown Sevastopol space station, where you must carefully explore every air duct and corridor while avoiding the perfect organism hunting you. With minimal weapons and supplies, your only chance is using distractions, hiding spots, and the iconic motion tracker to avoid becoming the next host.

Take on the role of Ethan Thomas, an FBI agent framed for murder who must catch the serial killer impersonating him. With psychotic enemies lurking in the darkness, you'll need to grab any makeshift melee weapon available and engage in brutal first-person brawls to survive. No guns, just your fists, pipes, boards, and environmental kills. One standout section finds you trapped in a department store after dark with mannequins that seem to move when you aren't looking. Atmospheric level design and grimy visuals make every location feel like a horror movie come to life.

Grab three friends and fight your way through the zombie apocalypse in this gripping cooperative FPS series. Scavenge for weapons and blast through endless swarms of infected in campaigns spanning urban cities, small-town America, and more. AI teammates can fill in when you're flying solo. Either way, communication and teamwork give you the best chance against the ravenous hordes. Special infected like the tank, smoker, boomer, and witch keep the action unpredictable. Go ahead, see how long you and your crew can survive against the odds.

Locked inside an abandoned insane asylum, you have no weapons and the murderous inmates know you're there. Outlast renders a mental hospital into a true house of horrors. Exploring with just a camcorder night vision mode, you'll need stealth and quick reflexes to slip past enemies in dark corners. Around any turn, something disturbing dwells. You'll think twice about what's hiding in the deepest shadows. Outlast often makes you feel powerless, but there's always another way out if you can stay calm under terror. Just keep telling yourself it's only a game.

Nuclear war turned Moscow into a wasteland, driving survivors into the tunnels of the metro system. As Artyom, you'll face claustrophobic darkness, deadly radiation, mutant beasts, and Watchmen fascists in this thrilling shooter with stealth and survival horror elements. Guns and ammo are scarce, making resource management key. Gas masks and filters must be kept functional lest you choke while exploring toxic areas. Strange phenomenon and creepy characters add to the tension of avoiding threats both human and otherworldly in the post-apocalyptic metro.

The Resident Evil series returns to true survival horror with a chilling first-person trek through a derelict Louisiana plantation. Searching for your missing wife leads you to the Baker family, a murderous cannibal clan with supernatural abilities. Escape their sadistic games and solve puzzles while managing limited ammo and weapons. Around every corner lurks grotesque imagery and dangers from the maniacal Bakers, moulded mutants, and more. Just when you think you've escaped, new twists open up for an epic showdown that ties back to the franchise's deepest secrets.

Master of horror Shinji Mikami brings pure terror to life in this disturbed psychological thriller. Police detective Sebastian Castellanos descends into a nightmare realm of warped reality and deadly creatures. With limited ammo, you'll need to sneak, run, and know when to fight the gruesome entities stalking you through the shifting, twisted environment. Around each turn, new monsters and traps are ready to trigger your phobias. To survive the dangers within, you'll need to face the horrors buried in the darkest corners of the mind.

Tension builds from the shadows in this sci-fi survival horror classic set on an abandoned mining spaceship. Engineer Isaac Clarke heads to the USG Ishimura hoping to find his girlfriend among the missing crew. Instead, he discovers the ship has become overrun by Necromorphs, reanimated corpses transformed into violent mutants. With dwindling ammo and supplies, Isaac races through the corridors in search of answers while trying to avoid the sharp claws and teeth of the Necromorphs around every turn. Dead Space crafts an epic atmospheric thrill ride.

Immerse yourself in a disturbingly adorable horror adventure as Six, a 9-year-old trapped in The Maw, a vast vessel filled with monstrous creatures devouring children. Using stealth and puzzle-solving, you must navigate the vessel's trap-laden spaces to escape being the next meal. Shifts between chasing and being chased keep you on edge at all times. The gnarled, gluttonous monsters make every new room a tense surprise. Little Nightmares tells a dark storybook tale through Tim Burton-esque visuals and a macabre atmosphere perfect for fans of creepy whimsy.

Search a nightmarish simulation for your missing daughter in this sequel to the horror classic. Former detective Sebastian Castellanos enters the distorted world of STEM to rescue his daughter from the dark entities controlling it. Hide or fight mutated creatures and psychotic killers spawned from the darkest minds connected to the system. Craft traps and use stealth to stay alive against disturbing threats like the woman who stalks victims through mirrors. Delve into unsettled minds and piece together the mysteries buried in the madness.

This asymmetrical multiplayer game pits a team of four distinct hunters against one player-controlled monster in adrenaline-fueled battles. Each hunter class has unique weapons and abilities to track and trap the beast. Meanwhile the monster evolves new powers as it consumes wildlife to become an unstoppable force. Non-stop tension comes from balancing cooperation to pin down the creature before it can wipe you out. With varied monster types and compelling sci-fi lore, Evolve makes for pulse-pounding competitive horror fun.

Explore the true haunting mystery of nine Russian hikers found dead in the frigid Ural Mountains. Wander through an eerily beautiful open world recreating the group's fateful expedition. Search for clues and notes left behind by the departed hikers to piece together what supernatural elements might have led to their demise. Chilling atmosphere and haunting sounds make every snow-covered hill and abandoned building a potential threat. What caused these real unexplained deaths? In Kholat, the truth is out there somewhere beneath the ice and snow.

Traverse a post-apocalyptic city overrun by zombies as Randall Wayne, searching for his family he fears may be lost. The 2D cinematic platforming captures the feel of a living graphic novel. Mysterious shadowy figures haunt your journey through the ruins. Around every corner, the undead lurk ready to overwhelm the desperate survivor. Abandoned buildings and sewers hide environmental hazards and secrets within. Deadlight captures the paranoia and loneliness of being one of the last humans left alive when there's no one left to trust.

Blake Langermann's search for his missing wife leads him to a possessed village controlled by a murderous cult in this disturbing sequel. The secluded community in the Arizona desert hosts horrors tied to Temple Gate's fanatical past. Night vision mode sees things lurking in the shadows. Deranged cultists hunt you relentlessly. Solve challenging trials and run for your life through cornfields, caves, sawmills and more to escape with the truth. Outlast 2 turns a faith-based community into a hell on earth under a blood red moon.

Survive the crushing pressure and creeping madness as an industrial diver trapped at the bottom of the Pacific. Walk the seafloor while managing your oxygen intake and sanity as you try to surface before your air and mind are exhausted. But strange occurrences and surreal threats will work against your struggle to maintain composure. Avoid predators, withstand hallucinations, and decipher what caused this deep sea disaster before your air tank runs out. Narcosis captures the isolation and fear of being hundreds of feet down with no way out.

Government agent Leon S. Kennedy battles violent villagers and grotesque creatures in Spain infected with a mind-controlling parasite in this action-packed horror classic. The over-the-shoulder camera and Shooter gameplay are a departure from earlier series entries. Still, the vile zealots, chainsaw-wielding madmen, and mutated bosses generated plenty of scares and thrills. Limited ammo and punishing enemies make every encounter a pulse-pounding struggle to survive. Take down cultists, solve puzzles in grand locales, and unravel a grander conspiracy behind the village's bloody welcome in one of survival horror’s greatest hits.

The randomly generated dungeons, bizarre power-ups, and creatures inspired by biblical horror stories create a Roguelike shooter brimming with disturbed surprises. You play as the tear-flinging Isaac fighting through basement floors filled with warped enemies like walking aborted fetuses in a struggle to escape his murderous mom. Gather strange items that grant tears explosive poisonous splitting effects and more to take down bosses like Satan and Isaac's Mom herself. Each run tells a uniquely disturbing tale. Unlock new characters with special abilities for new ways to conquer the descents into madness.

Waking up lost and confused in a dingy underground bunker, you have to gather clues across live-action environments to piece together long-buried secrets and regain your memories. Chilling background noises put you on edge as you explore the claustrophobic rooms and hallways. Strange visions transport you to the past showing the bunker's history perhaps tied to government experiments. But beware, the more you uncover, the more you may wish you'd remained ignorant of the events that transpired here. Just hope those experiments aren't still happening.

Sneak into your creepy neighbor's house when he's not around and make your way to the locked basement door to uncover what twisted secrets he's hiding inside. But every time you break in, the artificial intelligence monitoring your actions learns and adapts. New locks, traps, and obstacles appear to counter your stealthy attempts to infiltrate deeper through the bizarrely constructed home. Stay hidden, only move when the neighbor's away, and keep one step ahead of the increasingly intelligent defenses guarding the secrets below.