Release Date: August 22
This upcoming Dying Light title will play 13 years after the original title. In this zombie adventure horror game, you play as Kyle Crane, a legendary hero who breaks free after years of brutal experiments. Now, he must realize there’s more at stake than just revenge. | © Techland
Release Date: October 2
Directive8020 is an upcoming blockbuster. Developed by Supermassive Games. You are on board of a spaceship that is infected with an Alien organism lifeform that perfectly imitates its prey. It is terrorizing your whole crew... and you don't even know who to trust...
This game has a similar vibe as the old Alien movies put into modern cinematics and great gameplay, and I'm all here for it. | © Supermassive Games
Release Date: September 24
Silent Hill f is a new standalone Silent Hill game, set in the 1960s Japan. Konami is teaming up with NeoBards Entertainment to create a psychological horror game with intense survival gameplay.
You will slip into the role of Hinako Shimizu, a young high school student, who will be drawn into a nightmare as fog suddenly engulfs her hometown. This "Japanese-Horror-Game" is built around the concept of finding terror in beauty and will feature Japanese folklore as well as spiritual practices such as torii gates and red spider lilies (higanbana), which symbolize death and the afterlife. | © Konami
Release Date: Fall 2025
Cronos: The New Dawn is a sci-fi survival horror game by Bloober Team, set in a dystopian future after a mysterious event called “The Change.” You play as a time-traveling agent who jumps between the future and 1980s Poland to save key people. The game mixes brutalist visuals, creepy mutated enemies called “Orphans,” and strategic combat using unique tools like the “Harvester.” It’s all about surviving terrifying encounters while piecing together what destroyed humanity. | © Bloober Team
Release Date: Summer 2025
Little Nightmares III is the next creepy adventure in the beloved horror series, coming in 2025. Developed by Supermassive Games, it introduces two new kids, Low and Alone, who must escape a twisted world called the Nowhere. You can play solo or online co-op, using each character’s unique tools to solve puzzles and survive. With eerie visuals, a spooky “man in the mirror” teased as a possible villain, and expanded lore through comics and a podcast, this game keeps the series’ creepy charm alive. Available on all major platforms. | © Bandai Namco / Supermassive Games
Release Date: 2025
REANIMAL is a new co-op horror game from Tarsier Studios, the original creators of Little Nightmares. After splitting from Bandai Namco, Tarsier couldn’t continue the Little Nightmares series – so they made Reanimal, which feels like a spiritual sequel. You play as a brother and sister exploring a creepy, twisted island to save their missing friends. Expect stealth, survival, puzzles, and nightmare fuel visuals. Playable solo or in co-op, the game has branching paths, multiple endings, and that same haunting vibe that made Little Nightmares so iconic. We tried the Gamescom demo – and yep, it’s seriously disturbing. | © Tarsier Studios
Release Date: Fall 2025
Ritual Tides is a first-person psychological horror game from indie studio Vertpaint, made up of devs from Rockstar, CI Games, and TT Games. You wake up stranded on a creepy island off Cornwall and must uncover its dark secrets while avoiding disturbing, Lovecraft-inspired creatures. The game leans into slow-burn horror with a focus on exploration, atmosphere, and minimal combat. It blends cosmic horror with British folklore and avoids cheap jump scares in favor of deep, unsettling storytelling. Coming to PC in late 2025, with console versions planned later. | © Vertpaint
Release Date: 2025
The Occultist is a first-person psychological horror game where you play as Alan Rebels, an occultist searching for his missing father on the cursed island of Godstone. Abandoned after a ritual gone wrong, the island is haunted by spirits and dark secrets. Using occult powers, you'll explore the island, uncover its twisted history, and survive encounters with supernatural entities. The game mixes narrative-driven exploration with survival horror vibes. | © DALOAR Studios
Release Date: 2025
darkwebSTREAMER is a creepy indie horror game where you play as an occult streamer surfing a ‘90s-style dark web. Your goal: climb the ranks by showing off cursed items and performing rituals – while your haunted apartment gets worse. Every playthrough is different thanks to a fully random internet, NPCs, and story events. It’s part sim, part roguelite, and dives deep into streaming culture and the weird side of fame. Still no release date, but it’s one of the most unique horror games in the works. | © We Have Always Lived In The Forest
Release Date: 2025
ILL is a brutal first-person survival horror game set in a creepy research facility overrun by terrifying creatures called Aberrations. With ultra-realistic visuals and a heavy atmosphere, it throws you into a desperate fight for survival. Made by horror veterans with film credits like Longlegs and Until Dawn, this game promises to mess with your mind and push your limits. | © Team Clout inc.
Release Date: Unknown
OD is an upcoming horror game from Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios, starring Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier. Co-written by Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele, it aims to explore the idea of pushing players to "OD on fear." Blending gaming and film, it uses Xbox’s cloud gaming tech for a unique, experimental experience. While gameplay details are scarce, leaks hint at long cinematics, mixed gameplay styles, and player choices influenced by external info. Sadly there is no info about the release date, it could literally be anytime from 2025 to 2028... But we still put in here to hype you up ;) | © Kojima Productions
Release Date: 2025
ROUTINE is a first-person sci-fi horror game set on an abandoned lunar base with an ’80s retro-futuristic vibe. You play a cosmonaut exploring the base to uncover what caused its downfall, while avoiding hostile robots. The game focuses on immersion with full-body awareness, no traditional HUD, and a tense survival system where you run, hide, or use a defensive tool called C.A.T. Permadeath adds extra pressure. Developed by Lunar Software and published by Raw Fury, it had a long, challenging development history since its 2012 announcement. | © Lunar Software
Release Date: July 24
Killing Floor 3 is a co-op horror FPS launching July 24, 2025, on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC with full crossplay. Up to six players team up as Nightfall specialists to fight waves of smarter, deadlier Zeds – monsters with new abilities like wall-climbing Crawlers and jetpack Husks. The game offers 7 maps, 3 difficulty modes, and detailed gore effects. Players level up specialists, unlock skills, and customize weapons through mods. Maps feature dynamic traps and destructible environments, adding fresh tactics to the intense combat. | © Tripwire Interactive
You're a fan of horror games and already ran out of games this year? Don't worry, we checked out the best horror games releasing in 2025, so that you know what is coming.
