All Horror Games Releasing In 2024 (PS5, Xbox, PC, Switch)

Although horror isn't the biggest or most prolific genre in gaming, 2024 is still bringing some major releases within the genre, with big and spooky titles like The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered that kicked off the year and the upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2 set to launch in 2024. Following the well-received horror remakes and sequels of 2023, which included games like Dead Space, Resident Evil 4, and Alan Wake 2, 2024 is seeing the release of smaller original titles along the lines of Dredge and Amnesia: The Bunker, with genres ranging from more action-oriented survival horror titles to more exploration or text-based games.

As the year progresses, more games will be revealed, announced, and even launched that were not known about early in the year. For this reason, this list will receive periodic updates. Many upcoming 2024 horror games have received trailers to show off gameplay but have not given a specified release date. Some games which have been given dates for the year may end up being delayed, as was seen in 2023 with Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, both of which are now expected in 2024.

5 Every Horror Game Released Q1 2024

Horror Games Released January 1 - March 31

Many majorly popular or long-awaited titles, like The Last of Us 2 Remastered, and The Outlast Trials, were released in the early part of 2024. Notably, many of the horror games released within the first few months of the year are ports, remasters, or, in the case of Outlast Trials, a full release after a lengthy Early Access period. Meanwhile, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was expected to launch in the early part of the year and has now been delayed to November 20, 2024.

The list of horror games which released in Q1 2024 is as follows:

The biggest release of the first quarter was The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, which brought the game to the PlayStation 5 along with enhanced visuals and a new roguelike game mode, No Return, which allows for a larger variety of playable characters than the main game. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, is similar to The Last of Us in that it strays much closer to action with a horror aesthetic, but could still be a game to look out for, especially for those who are fans of developer Don't Nod's past work (Life Is Strange, Vampyr, Jusant).

4 Every Horror Game Coming Out In Q2 2024

Horror Games Releasing April 1 - June 30

Past the first quarter of 2024, only a handful of horror games have received definitively confirmed release dates, with the biggest name likely being Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. Others are likely to provide more traditional scares, including Post Trauma, a third-person horror game from developer Red Soul Games that takes heavy inspiration from the classics of the genre. The few trailers currently released for the game show off a combination of puzzles, fixed camera angles, exploration, and combat that bears heavy similarities to classic Silent Hill and Resident Evil games. Currently, however, the game doesn't have a confirmed release date outside of Spring 2024.

Still Wakes the Deep, from developer The Chinese Room, more recently had its release date nailed down in June, and takes the form of a first-person game about exploring a mysteriously wrecked oil rig. Unlike some of the other horror games set to release in 2024, Still Wake the Deep features no combat, leaning solely on exploration and survival, making it similar to some of The Chinese Room's previously released games, like Amnesia: Machine for Pigs and Dear Esther.

3 Every Horror Game Coming Out In Q3 2024

Horror Games Releasing July 1 - September 30

Typically, this period and the start of the fourth quarter, just before the spooky holiday time of Halloween begins, can fill up rapidly with horror games wanting to make themselves available for fans of the genre to get the most out of the season. Currently, however, there are only a few games anticipated in the third quarter of 2024. The latter half of the fall, however, is stacked with horror game releases, so this short drought is nothing to be scared of.

First, there's The Casting of Frank Stone, which was released on September 3. Developed by Supermassive Games of the Dark Pictures Anthology, this is an interactive horror drama set in the Dead by Daylight universe. It follows a group of would-be filmmakers who attempt to shoot a horror movie in an abandoned steel mill with a dark past. Choices matter in this deadly story with branching paths and various endings.

Zoochosis was released later that month, on September 30. In this terrifying bodycam simulator, players control a zookeeper tasked with stopping the spread of a rapidly mutating virus.

2 Every Horror Game Coming Out In Q4 2024

Horror Games Releasing October 1 - December 31

Things pick up greatly as October begins. Scheduled for release in the first week of October is the remake of Until Dawn, the first-ever interactive drama by Supermassive, which will be releasing on PC and PS5. The following week, the Silent Hill 2 remake and Alan Wake 2's second DLC, Lake House, share a release date of October 8. Despite being pushed back by several delays, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl developers now sound fairly confident in their latest release date of November 20, 2024.

All eyes have been on Silent Hill 2 since the remake was first announced. The original, a survival horror game that follows James Sunderland's descent into madness as he attempts to discover the source of a letter from his late wife, is considered a foundational text in the horror genre and one of the greatest games of all time. Its changes to combat and character designs, however, have been subject to controversy. All questions will be answered on its October 8 release.

Alan Wake 2 was released last year to great fanfare, and was named Screen Rant's best horror game of 2023. Lake House, its second DLC, is also due out in the later months of 2024 - specifically, on October 8. Lake House is expected to explore the Alan Wake series' connection to another Remedy game, Control.

Outside the higher-profile releases, Slitterhead may be interesting to Silent Hill fans - developed by Bokeh Game Studio, Slitterhead has the benefit of being worked on by the director and creator of the original Silent Hill, Keiichiro Toyama, and seems to feature similar third-person gameplay, albeit with a greater focus on action. It'll be released on November 8.

1 2024 Horror Games With Unconfirmed Or Delayed Release Dates

Horror Games Anticipated To Arrive In 2024

With 2024 rapidly coming to a close, it's a surprise to see so many horror games still having unspecified 2024 release dates. This includes both previously confirmed releases that were delayed indefinitely from their earlier dates, and several less-known titles like Dark Fracture and Hollowbody that never had release dates to begin with. Many of these games, especially those from smaller studios, currently have their console release statuses unconfirmed.

Other games, like Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, however, are somewhat less promising, with Bloodlines 2 in particular having faced a notoriously difficult development cycle, which has caused the game to be heavily delayed from its original 2020 release date. Bloodlines 2 was delayed to 2025 in an announcement this August, and will no longer be coming out this year. Little Nightmares 3, the third game in the horror puzzle-platforming series, has also been delayed to 2025.

The following table lists the game with unconfirmed release dates (or assumed to be releasing, in some cases) in 2024. Note that many of these titles previously had more specific release dates in 2024, but have been pushed back indefinitely. They could still come out this year, but at the time of writing, nothing has been confirmed.

Those are all the horror games confirmed for 2024 so far, but remember, this list will be periodically updated as new titles, release dates, and delays are announced. Either way, fans of the genre already have plenty of horror games to delve into, and the final few months of 2024 will offer an even greater variety during the Halloween season and beyond.