19 New Upcoming Horror Games of 2023

There are tons of games scheduled to be released next year in 2023. There will be plenty of games to choose from and it is going to be one of the best gaming years yet. With so many titles it might be overwhelming to follow every single one of them so that is why in this article we have a list of the most anticipated new upcoming horror games of 2023. Don’t be scared, just follow the buzzards… RUN!

#19 Demonologist

Platform: PC
Release Date: September 25, 2023

Steam

Do you think you have what it takes to flesh out the evil that lies in certain places? Will you attempt to do such tasks on your own? Or will you ask your friends to help you no matter what lies inside the walls of cursed homes?

If so, you’ll want to dive into the co-op horror title Demonologist. The game will feature you and up to three of your friends going into spooky and haunted places so that you can figure out what it is that haunts them.

With every adventure, there will be something new and unexpected. So be ready to figure out what haunts the halls.

#18 Dredge

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S Switch 
Release Date: March 30, 2023

Steam | Playstation | Xbox | Nintendo

For ages, sailors would tell tales of the high seas and the dangers that lurked beneath the waves. But many of these tales were far-fetched, exaggerated, or simply not true. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t monsters of the deep, and in Dredge, you will get up close and personal with many of them.

Your journey will start as a simple fisherman trying to make their way and learn the truth about the islands they fish within. But once you dare to brave the darkened waters at night, you’ll see just how many “bigger fish” there are out there and how small your boat feels in comparison.

So you best start believing in monster fish stories. You’re in one.

#17 Greyhill Incident

Platform: PC
Release Date: June 9, 2023

Greyhill Incident throws players back into the early 1990s in a small town called Greyhill. When strange paranormal happenings arise in the town, residents begin to fear that something out of this world is coming. With conspiracies running rampant that the government may be involved, the town starts to prepare for an onslaught attack from an alien invasion. Players are taking the role of an average man armed with only a bat and a revolver. Board up the windows, meet with your neighbors, investigate the area, and help fight off the aliens that are soon invading Greyhill.

#16 Fort Solis

Platform: PC PS5
Release Date: August 22, 2023

Set in a period where humanity has started to colonize planets outside of Earth, players are stepping into the role of a man named Jack. Stationed on a base on Mars, Jack discovers an alarm going off from a nearby base, prompting Jack to visit the area to offer aid. However, upon reaching the Fort Solis base, he finds it empty. Now a massive storm has reached the area forcing Jack to stay within the base until morning. Piece together what happened to the crew, explore the desolate Fort Solis, and try your hardest to survive until the morning to safely flee the base along with the horrors it holds within it. 

#15 The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution

Platform: PS5
Release Date: March 21, 2023

While The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution was already released for the likes of the Meta Quest 2 and PICO 4, we just received the game on the likes of PC and PSVR2 this year. This title is set after the initial game release, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, which is a VR experience. Players have to survive new threats from zombies to other human factions. As before, you’ll have to venture around New Orleans, meeting new locals and aiding their survival. Overall, you’ll be following a new faction within the area called the Reclaimed that the Tower rejected. From there, it’s your decision on whether to help this faction carve out a place of their own in this area or seek a means to further take what resources they have left. 

#14 Bramble: The Mountain King

Platform: PC XSX|S PS5 Switch
Release: April 27, 2023

Bramble: The Mountain King follows a young boy named Olle, who sets out to rescue his sister from a giant troll. The game takes place in a fantasy world based on Nordic fables, and it looks to be quite an atmospheric and cinematic experience. Those who enjoyed games like Inside and Little Nightmares will get an idea of the gameplay here as players set out on a journey full of horrifying monsters. Both big and small creatures pose a potential threat, so it’s clear that you’ll need to be careful about when to run, along with when you need to stay clear out of sight. 

#13 Ripout

Platform: PC XSX|S PS5
Release: October 24, 2023 (Early Access)

What’s left of humanity is in a desperate search for a sanctuary. But where it is and what it might be remain a mystery. Players are just one of the few living humans, and a mutated alien virus is hunting them down. In this FPS horror gameplay experience, players will venture to different abandoned ships in space in hopes of uncovering survivors or potentially a means to find a safe haven. Search these ships, gather special loot, and fight off mutated beasts that will seek your demise. With procedurally generated levels, each run should feel like a fresh new experience. Fortunately, you don’t have to enjoy this game solo. Instead, players can enjoy Ripout as a co-op experience, so gather your friends and seek refuge for humanity together. 

#12 Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One XSX|S PS5
Release: August 30, 2023

If you enjoyed the previous Daymare: 1998 release, you may want to check out Invader Studios’ follow-up release, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle. This is another narrative-focused survival horror game that will act as a prequel to the Daymare: 1998 release. Players will be stepping into the role of a special agent named Dalila Reyes. A former government spy, Dalila Reyes is now a member of the Hexacore Advanced Division for Extraction and Search, otherwise known as H.A.D.E.S. Our protagonist is sent out to an advanced experimental research facility where you’ll uncover some truly deadly enemies awaiting your arrival. Again, if you’re familiar with the original release, Daymare: 1998, the game was first started as a fan-made remake of Resident Evil 2 before being canceled and scrapped to a brand new IP. So you’ll know immediately where some inspiration came from when developing this installment. 

#11 System Shock

Platform: PC
Release: May 30, 2023

The original System Shock title was one of the most influential RPGs of its generation. It helped set up many things that modern RPGs would do. Unfortunately, playing right now is problematic because the game hasn’t aged well.

However, a remake is here! NightDive Studios is rebuilt the game visually and with certain gameplay additions while also honoring the core gameplay of the original title.

You’ll once again have to face off against SHODAN, the evil AI with vile plans for Earth! Stop her cyborg army and save the day! Or don’t, and become one of her cyborg minions. That won’t be the worst thing, right?

#10 Ad Infinitum

• Developer: Hekate
• Publisher: Nacon / Bigben Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, X/S
• Release Date: September 14, 2023

Ad Infinitum is the first game of a german studio by the name of Hekate. You play as a german soldier who survived the first World War. After the events of the war, he suffers from nightmares. His PTSD turned into a living hell, and he needs to fight monsters, memories, and himself while he’s asleep. It is a first-person psychological horror game where you need to solve puzzles and hide from enemies, in this case, the monsters in your nightmares.

#9 Eresys

• Developer: Ares Dragonis
• Publisher: Ares Dragonis
• Platforms: PC
• Release Date: April 20, 2023 (Early Access)

Eresys is an adventure horror game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The game takes us on an adventure to an island where exiled cultist experiments with an ancient book stolen from his cult. His dark ritual opened a dark Void Portal which allowed some horrendous creatures to go into our world. Monsters have killed the cultist along with all the habitants of the island itself. Your goal is to collect all of the pages from the book and banish these creatures back into the Void.

#8 The Invincible

• Developer: Starward Industries
• Publisher: 11 bit studios
• Platforms: PC, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: November 6, 2023

The Invincible is a first-person retrofuturistic thriller. It is also an adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s book of the same title. You play as Yasna, a member of the interstellar science group. When the game starts she wakes up on an unknown alien planet Regis III. She doesn’t know anything, how did she get there? It is your job to find out what’s going on and where your crewmates are. Regis III is a dangerous place and you’ll need to do everything to survive.

#7 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• Developer: Gun Media and Sumo Digital
• Publisher: Gun Media
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, X/S
• Release Date: August 18, 2023

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a multiplayer action game. It is obviously based on the classic horror movie of the same title from 1974. The developers behind this game already created a horror game based on the movie Friday the 13th: The Game. During the gameplay, one player will play as one killer. You can play either Cook, Hitchhiker, or Leatherface. Every character has its own unique abilities that allow you to get rid of the survivors. On the other side, you need to do everything to survive another player’s plans. An asymmetric multiplayer game where strategy is the key, but you might need to run as fast as humanly possible. Work with your team, and either escape the madness, or find the survivors and make a meal out of them.

#6 Layers of Fears

• Developer: Bloober Team and Anshar Studios
• Publisher: Bloober Team
• Platforms: PC, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: June 15, 2023

Layers of Fears is basically the third game in a Layers of Fear series with a twist on the title. It is a psychological horror-adventure game. The game is running on Unreal Engine 5, and the graphics look stunning which means get ready for a true atmospheric horror experience. The games is filled with exploration and a psychedelic vibe all around. If you played the previous games then you know to expect a real narrative-driven psychological horror title that begs you to face your fears one more time.

#5 The Outlast Trials

• Developer: Red Barrels
• Publisher: Red Barrels
• Platforms: PC
• Release Date: May 18, 2023

The Outlast Trials is the third game in The Outlast series, developed by Red Barrels studios. Much like the previous installments, this is a survival horror game. The first two games offered an immersive and scary solo experience. However, The Outlast Trials will offer a new option of fun, a cooperation mode for up to four players. The whole action of the game is set during the Cold War, and the heroes are objects of many experiments. You need to survive the trials whether that’s with the aid of a friend or setting another player up for their untimely death. Good luck!

#4 Sons of the Forest

• Developer: Endnight Games
• Publisher: Endnight Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release Date: February 23, 2023

It was meant to be a simple mission. You were supposed to go to an island and find a billionaire who had disappeared. No one could’ve known that when you arrived, you’d find it incredibly hard to leave!

In Sons Of The Forest, you’ll be trapped on an island with cannibals and other horrors that will not hesitate to attack if you get too close.

As you explore the island, you must think carefully about how you want to survive and what you arm yourself with to take on these threats. Will you survive the island? Or will you be its next victim?

#3 Alan Wake 2

Platform : PC PS5 XSX|S
Release Date: October 27, 2023

Epic | PlayStation | Xbox

Whether you’re looking for something to play during the year’s spooky season or just need a thrilling horror gameplay experience, Alan Wake II might intrigue you. Now, before you strike this one off the list, Alan Wake II might be a sequel, but it’s developed to be a standalone experience. So you can go into this thrilling horror experience without knowledge from the first game. With that said, Alan Wake II does follow Alan once again. We know he’s trapped in the Dark Place and striving for a means of escape.

Meanwhile, this game will introduce a secondary protagonist to take control of named Saga Anderson. Saga is an FBI agent sent to Bright Falls, Washington, to solve a series of ritualistic murders. If you’ve played the first game installment, you know there was always a horror element attached. However, with Alan Wake II, Remedy Entertainment focused strictly on horror. We’re getting a survival horror gameplay experience, which means being careful with your resources and preparing to take in the eerie atmosphere.

#2 Resident Evil 4 Remake

• Developer: Capcom
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: March 24, 2023

Whether you’ve been with the franchise since the beginning or you joined recently because of a 9-foot-tall vampire lady, the Resident Evil franchise has been aiming to scare gamers for decades. Not every title is worthy of being dubbed a “horror classic,” but some stand out. One of which was the fourth mainline game that is about to get an upgrade.

What makes the Resident Evil 4 Remake so appetizing to gamers is the fact that the original version was scary in its own right despite the now-dated graphics. So now imagine it with next-gen graphics and effects and the benefit of hindsight. You’ll be screaming in terror for sure.

#1 Dead Space Remake

• Developer: Motive Studio
• Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
• Platforms: PC, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: January 27, 2023

With the world so focused on multiplayer adventures, it’s always refreshing when you get an excellent single-player experience to focus on. The Dead Space Remake brings you back to the horrific depths of space to relive one of the best horror-themed single-player journeys.

As Isaac Clarke, you’ll brave the corridors of a mining vessel in search of answers. What happened to the crew? Why are there monsters everywhere? How can Isaac possibly survive this?

The team behind the remake put extra effort into fleshing out the world and Isaac, so you’ll get more of a connection with him than you did before. So if you have never played the original, or haven’t played it in a while, get the remake.

Disclaimer: This article was updated on 10/18/23 as we continue to adjust this list with new entries or remove games due to delays or failure to captivate audiences.