Most played scary games
Chases that keep you listening for footsteps link these most played scary games, where staying alive often depends on other people. Dead by Daylight turns you into hunter or hunted in short matches, Left 4 Dead 2 pushes you through zombie crowds with a squad, and Phasmophobia sends you into dark houses to identify ghosts with simple tools. Expect hiding, running and close calls built for playing together.
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Rust
Rust is a first-person survival shooter set on a harsh island where wildlife, hunger, cold and other players all work against you. You start with almost nothing in hand, scavenge and craft your way up, build a base worth defending, and never quite know who to trust.
86% of 1,179,751 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 143,920$19.99Don't Starve Together
Don't Starve Together is a standalone multiplayer expansion to Don't Starve about staying alive in a strange wilderness with friends. You gather, craft, farm and build a base while hunger, darkness and monsters test the group. Playing with friends is a big part of the fun, players keep one shared world going for a long time, and total time in the game can reach hundreds of hours.
94% of 378,458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65,650$14.99R.E.P.O.
You and friends take haunted salvage jobs where careful, physical hauling is central to each run. You locate fragile valuables, lift them with a physics-based grabbing tool, and extract them as a team to meet quota. Tense, chaotic, and often funny, it is at its best with friends and proximity voice chat.
96% of 349,166 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 64,199$6.49Dead by Daylight
Four Survivors try to escape while one Killer hunts them in this asymmetrical horror multiplayer. Each side sees the match differently, each Killer hunts in its own way, and real opponents keep the outcome uncertain. It suits players who want to play with friends and enjoy tense chases.
78% of 694,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61,832$19.99Enshrouded
Embervale is falling to a corrupting fog, and its last chance is you, alone or in co-op. Enshrouded is a survival action RPG about pushing back that fog, shaping a fighter in your own style, and raising whatever you can imagine on land you can reshape.
86% of 99,710 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54,521$39.99The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
A dark action roguelike that keeps giving you a reason to start another run. You guide Isaac through a shifting basement, stacking strange items that change how he fights, with hundreds of possibilities to find. It is hard, strange and easy to return to for hundreds of hours.
96% of 425,045 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52,299$14.99Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid strands you in towns loosely based on Kentucky with no rescue coming. You loot, barricade and craft, and every run turns into your own survival story. Punishing and darkly funny, it is worth playing if you want a zombie sandbox where planning each step beats rushing.
94% of 372,978 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52,183$24.99ARC Raiders
You raid a future Earth ruled by machines called ARC, then return to the underground town of Speranza to repair and craft. Machine hunts, tense extractions and workshop progress make every run count.
82% of 309,198 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51,870$39.99DayZ
DayZ sets you down in a ruined, infected post-apocalyptic land where staying alive is the whole job, and what happens next is up to you. You read the land, search for gear, food, and tools by hand, and decide who to trust among up to 60 strangers. Tense and unforgiving, it is worth playing for stories that come from play itself.
78% of 390,707 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 41,101$49.99Left 4 Dead 2
Fight through the zombie apocalypse in Left 4 Dead 2. You and three survivors cross swamps, cities and cemeteries on the road from Savannah to New Orleans, and no two runs play the same. Playing with friends is the main draw, with melee weapons, firearms and new infected keeping each campaign fast and tense.
97% of 825,140 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33,502$9.99Escape from Tarkov
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
50% of 59,195 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36,986$49.997 Days to Die
7 Days to Die is a survival sandbox in a ruined land full of the undead, blending shooting, tower defense, and role-playing. You loot, craft, grow skills through perks and books, and build a fort to hold through zombie hordes. It rewards planning, building, and playing with friends across a large, rough world.
86% of 280,929 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30,726$44.99
