Save At Steam: 10 Best Horror & Puzzle Games of All Time
Puzzle games are not just about solving problems, they also have gripping stories and inspiring messages. These games require you to use clues or props to solve puzzles, progress through the story, and gradually gain insight into the big picture.
To create a more exciting and engaging experience, puzzle games often incorporate elements of horror or the grotesque. But don't worry! Not every puzzle game is like a horror movie. In fact, some games are so well-designed that you'll fall in love with their graphics and storylines.
We have compiled a list of the 10 best horror and puzzle games based on their positive reviews on Steam. Each game has its unique features, which we've rated for ease of play and level of scariness to help you find the perfect match.
The price ranges from $1.99 to $19.99. Most of them take up a small amount of memory (no more than 5 GB), and do not require high configuration of your computer. Choose your puzzle games according to your preference. Don't forget to use the CouponBirds Steam Promo Code.
If you've already played these games, check out other titles from the same developer, or sequels and DLC. We have also listed the relevant items for you, all available on Steam.
Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews
Unheard
Source: Steampowered.com
The game's overall style is straightforward presenting the players with a top-down floor plan. Players must pinpoint the location of each speaker by listening closely to their words amidst the background noise of a specific environment. By identifying and tagging the speakers with the appropriate sound source locations, players can gather clues from their conversations to ultimately solve the mystery.
Price: $6.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate/Simple
Horror: No
Related Items: Unheard-Dark Fortune Teller (Best DLC)
Developer: NEXT Studios
Release Date: Mar 29, 2019
Storage: 2 GB
Portal
Source: Steampowered.com
This first-person puzzle game features a series of rooms, with the goal of each puzzle being to reach the exit which initially seems unreachable. Players are equipped with a portal gun that can create openings in walls, enabling them to navigate the environment. However, enemies may roam the rooms, requiring players to use the gun creatively to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles en route to success.
Price: $9.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Horror: No
Related Items: Portal 2
Developer: Valve
Release Date: Oct 10, 2007
Storage: 1 GB
Rusty Lake Hotel
Source: Steampowered.com
It's a grotesque and click puzzle game that's a little scary but not difficult, featuring a chilling storyline. The story takes place at a resort hotel on an island in the middle of a lake, where five animal-headed characters come to enjoy their stay and delicious food. Each night, you visit one of the guests in their room, solve puzzles, and get their meat as a treat for other guests.
Price: $1.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate/Simple
Horror: No/A Little
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Developer: Rusty Lake
Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
Storage: 40 MB
Machinarium
Source: Steampowered.com
Machinarium, released in 2009, is a classic puzzle game that still holds up today. If you love the hand-drawn style, don't miss it. From the perspective of a small robot, the player constantly looks for clues, uses props, solves puzzles, travels through the mysterious steel jungle, defeats bad robots that bully the weak, helps every passerby who is in trouble, and finally rescues his robot girlfriend. It's not scary, with a moderate level of difficulty, though some of the puzzles, such as gobang, are a bit challenging.
Price: $19.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Horror: No
Developer: Amanita Design
Release Date: Oct 16, 2009
Storage: 1 GB
The Room Three
Source: Steampowered.com
The Room Three connects the rooms one after another. As its name suggests, the players need to constantly enter various rooms. While there may appear to be only a few rooms, players have actually encountered a multitude of rooms, large and small, with hidden rooms within rooms. It has multiple endings, allowing you to replay the game. Compared with The Room Two, the puzzle design is more attentive, providing a better player experience.
Price: $5.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate/Simple
Horror: No
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Developer: Fireproof Games
Release Date: Nov 13, 2018
Storage: 4 GB
Gorogoa
Source: Steampowered.com
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. It does not work really as a puzzle game, as most of the puzzles are solved in a non-logical way. If you are attracted by its graphics, it is definitely worth a try.
Price: $14.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate/Difficult
Horror: No
Developer: Buried Signal
Release Date: Dec 15, 2017
Storage: 512 MB
Positive Reviews
Paper Dolls: Original
Source: Steampowered.com
Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. Your task is to find the dead man's intimate possessions and seal their souls. The puzzle is not very difficult, but timid or novice players are suggested to play with caution or choose another game.
Price: $16.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Horror: Yes
Related Items: Paper Dolls 2
Developer: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Release Date: Apr 19, 2019
Storage: 3 GB
LIMBO
Source: Steampowered.com
LIMBO is easy to operate and is suitable for beginners. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps in search of his sister, running to the depths of hell in the process. Its black-and-white tones reveal a scary and eerie atmosphere, plus with an open ending have been liked by many people.
Price: $0.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate To Difficult
Horror: Yes
Developer: Playdead
Release Date: Aug 3, 2011
Storage: 150 MB
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Layers of Fear
Source: Steampowered.com
This game is highly recommended for players seeking psychological horror, with some players even suggesting that it is scarier than Silent Hill. It features scenes changing drastically when you turn your head, which implies that the painter manipulated by the player may be mentally abnormal, contributing to a huge sense of oppression for the player.
Price: $19.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Horror: Yes
Related Items: Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Developer: Bloober Team SA
Release Date: Feb 16, 2016
Storage: 5 GB
Little Nightmares
Source: Steampowered.com
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game that follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl seeking to escape the Maw, an iron vessel inhabited by monsters. The monsters are depicted as scary, even disgusting. Players praised its atmosphere, graphic and sound design, but it took up a big memory space.
Price: $19.99
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Horror: Yes
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- Little Nightmares II
- Little Nightmares The Depths DLC
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- Little Nightmares The Hideaway DLC
Developer: Tarsier Studios
Release Date: Apr 28, 2017
Storage: 10 GB
