Soft-Horror // Creepy games with no jumpscares (mostly)

The paradox of being a horror enthusiast, but hating scares... If you appreciate horror games with a focus on ambience, psychology or story, or you're like me (a wuss) and you hate jumpscares (and the mediocre way some devs use them), then maybe you'll find this list useful.

A few jumps might slip by me, but they're most likely on the light side... and come on, it's horror anyway, you shouldn't feel 100% safe playing >:^]

Please feel free to recommend any other game to add!

72 Games

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0_abyssalSomewhere
Alan Wake
Alan Wake
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Anatomy
Anatomy
Added by @max_q
Anthology of the Killer
Anthology of the Killer
Added by @max_q
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Buckshot Roulette
Buckshot Roulette
Buddy Simulator 1984
Buddy Simulator 1984
Cardiac
Cardiac
Chakan: The Forever Man
Chakan: The Forever Man
Added by @Pilotin_67
Cherophobia
Cherophobia
Dark Earth
Dark Earth
Added by @Pilotin_67
Darkwood
Darkwood
Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight
Horror multiplayer game, so no jumpscares. Anyway, please don't play it.
Dead End Road
Dead End Road
Decimate Drive
Decimate Drive
Disconnected
Disconnected
Echo Night
Echo Night
Added by @Pilotin_67
The Enigma Machine
The Enigma Machine
Faith: The Unholy Trinity
Faith: The Unholy Trinity
Only chapter 1 and 2.
Feet in the Snow
Feet in the Snow
Fingerbones
Fingerbones
The Forest
The Forest
Haunted Cities
Haunted Cities
Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020
Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020
Hell
Hell
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Immortality
Immortality
Inscryption
Inscryption
Inside
Inside
Letter To A Friend
Letter To A Friend
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares II
Little Nightmares II
The Melting Apartment
The Melting Apartment
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro 2033 Redux
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Mundaun
Mundaun
Nightmare Creatures
Nightmare Creatures
Added by @Pilotin_67
Nightmare Creatures II
Nightmare Creatures II
Added by @Pilotin_67
No Players Online Classic
No Players Online Classic
Observation
Observation
Our Lady of the Drowned Lake, Zero Reporter
Our Lady of the Drowned Lake, Zero Reporter
Oxenfree
Oxenfree
Paratopic
Paratopic
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Overture
Perfect Vermin
Perfect Vermin
Prey
Prey
You might get startled by the first mimics, but you get used to it really quickly.
Reprobate
Reprobate
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2
Has its moments, but by the time it tries to scare you, you're more or less accustomed.
Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Edition
Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Edition
The Riverside Incident
The Riverside Incident
Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Scratches: Director's Cut
Scratches: Director's Cut
Security Booth
Security Booth
Shadow Man
Shadow Man
Added by @Pilotin_67
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse
The whole series, Added by @Pilotin_67
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
The Static Speaks My Name
The Static Speaks My Name
Stories Untold
Stories Untold
Subnautica
Subnautica
Sweet Home
Sweet Home
Added by @Pilotin_67
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Teleforum
Teleforum
Unsorted Horror
Unsorted Horror
One jumpscare in Control Room Alpha, pretty obvious, though.
VHS, 1986
VHS, 1986
Who's Lila?
Who's Lila?
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
Added by @NOWITSREYNTIME17

7 Comments

NOWITSREYNTIME17

25 days ago

Yume Nikki for the most part right?

max_q

25 days ago

Id add Anatomy & Anthology of the Killer

fancyynancyy

25 days ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17 Added, and thanks for reminding me that I need to play it.

fancyynancyy

25 days ago

@max_q Added, thanks. Funny enough, I was just about to play Anatomy right now, lol.

max_q

25 days ago

It is still really scary but uh kind enough not to be abrasive

Pilotin_67

18 days ago

Shadow man, nightmare creatures I and II, dark earth, splatterhouse games (si contamos las versiones americanas o su port a famicom), sweet home, night slashers, echo night y chakan: the forever man.

fancyynancyy

18 days ago

@Pilotin_67 Gracias! Buena selección. Esos juegos de ps1 me interesan bastante. El único que no voy a agregar es Night Slashers, que aparte de la ambientación no parece estar hecho para dar miedo en sí. Los demás perfectos.
fancyynancyy

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