Horror games are built around fear, tension, and a constant sense of danger. The player does more than react quickly: they listen for sounds, watch dark spaces, follow hidden clues, and expect sudden events. The goal may be to escape, survive, or find a way out of a frightening building, room, or maze.
This tag can include horror mazes, escape games, survival scenes, jumpscare moments, abandoned schools, dark houses, mysterious hospitals, and mechanics for hiding from a monster. Some games focus more on atmosphere and exploration, while others create sudden scares, chases, and time pressure. In horror games, the key is not just to frighten the player, but to build and hold tension.
When choosing, it helps to look at camera comfort, sound design, lighting, clue clarity, and whether jumpscares are used too heavily. For a short break, simple escape games and scary arcade scenes work well. For longer play, exploration, puzzles, save points, enemy behavior, and fear that comes from place and story rather than random shocks become more interesting.