What are the best Horror games on Steam?

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17 Options Considered	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Resident Evil HD Remaster	$19.99	Very Positive	–
-- Left 4 Dead 2	$19.99	Overwhelmingly Positive	FPS / Action / Zombies
-- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	$29.99	Very Positive	–
-- Amnesia: The Dark Descent	$19.99	Very Positive	First-Person / Horror / Survival
-- The Evil Within 2	$59.99	Very Positive	–

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JM80

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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Yoshiyuki

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Vampyr

Recommended 21 days ago

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Compelling approach to choosing your victims

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Combat isn't all that fluid or fun

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Gloomy, foreboding atmosphere in London during World War I

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You get to meet plenty of different types of characters

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Subpar character animations

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Some performance issues

Yoshiyuki

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Don't Knock Twice

Recommended 2 months ago

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Creepy experience thanks to the setting

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Constant sense of tension due to creative use of a phone

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Extremely linear gameplay

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Managing the axe is tedious

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Very short

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Generic story probably won't hold your interest

Yoshiyuki

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Detention

Recommended 2 months ago

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An altogether tense horror experience

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Tense gameplay

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Horror elements incorporate Taiwan's real life history to disturbing effect

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Dread-inducing sound design

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Creepy horror atmosphere

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Balanced and intuitive puzzles

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Very short

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Some minor pixel hunting

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No auto saving can result in frustration

Hloja

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Observer

Recommended 4 months ago

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Some frustrating, out-of-place chase sequences

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Gameplay is limited to mostly walking around

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Hacking into peoples' memories is an engaging way to investigate crimes

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In-depth environmental storytelling

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Intriguing cyberpunk world

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Terrifying, mind-bending story presentation

Kristaps

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Recommended 5 months ago

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Regular enemies are very bland

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Intense boss fights

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Interesting story and characters

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Pursuers make the game suspenseful

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Resident Evil HD Remaster

Recommended 5 months ago

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Combat feels awkward at times

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Fixed camera angles create a cinematic experience

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The puzzles feel just right

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Immersive exploration

Kristaps

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The Evil Within 2

Recommended 5 months ago

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Might not be that scary for hardened horror fans

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Interesting story

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Excellent crafting system

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Great feeling of suspense

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Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

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Ryan

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Recommended 2 years ago

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