13 Best Free Horror Games

Update[10/02/2014]: We’ve updated this list with two titles, both free to play. One is a triple-A title while the other is indie. Read on to find out what they are.

The best things in life are free. Or so the saying goes. But so are the worst things in life. Literally. Here you find a list with the best, most horrifying and mind melting horror games you won’t have to pay a dime for. You can find these titles online, most of them playable in your browser. The Unity 3D titles will prompt you to download the Unity Web Installer.

Some of these are fun, some of these are just plain terrifying. And some will stay with you even after you’ve stopped playing. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Midnight Man is a free-to-play horror game that’s inspired by a Creepypasta—kind of like Slender Man. The objective of the game is to avoid the Midnight Man at all costs. You have to move through your house at night while carrying only a candle. If the Midnight Man is near, the candle might go out, you’ll hear a low whisper, and he’ll appear right in front of you. You have to relight the candle in ten seconds or lose the game.

P.T. is the interactive teaser for Silent HIlls. Developed by Kojima Productions for Konami, the game is a collaborative effort between Hideo Kojima and horror film director Guillermo del Toro. In P.T. players must navigate the inside of a house in a repeating corridor in an effort to uncover the mysteries hidden within the home and eventually escape it.