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Horror Game Ideas

Fear comes from what you can't see. One rule, one light, and something just out of sight. Here are 12 horror game ideas you can build today, each ready to play in a few minutes.

Last Candle

Find the way out of a mansion before your only candle burns down.

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The Night Shift

Watch the cameras of an old toy store and keep the doors shut until 6 AM.

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Don't Look Back

Something follows you through the woods, but it only moves when you look away.

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The Lighthouse

Keep the light turning all night while something climbs the tower.

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Static

An old radio is your only guide. The static gets louder near what's hunting you.

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The Doll House

Every time you leave a room, one doll in the house has moved.

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Deep Dive

A submarine sinks into the dark. The sonar shows shapes that shouldn't be there.

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The Elevator

Every floor the elevator stops at is a little more wrong than the last.

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Hide and Seek

Hide in an empty school while the count gets shorter every round.

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Flashlight

Your flashlight scares the creatures in the forest away, but the battery drains fast.

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Mirror, Mirror

Your reflection moves a second late. Then it starts moving on its own.

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Snowed In

Keep a cabin warm through a blizzard while something knocks from outside.

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What makes a good horror game

Three things to keep in mind, whichever idea you pick.

Hide the monster

What players can't see scares them most. Sound, shadows and a light that's running out do the work.

One weakness

A candle, a battery, a radio: give the player one thing to protect and watch it fade.

Calm, then not

Quiet stretches make the scares land. Don't fill every second.

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Questions, answered

Yes. They're free to use in any engine, for fun or to sell. You don't need to credit us.

Yes. Press Build this on any idea and sign up free. Pixelfork designs the horror game, writes the code, makes the art and tests it, and you play it a few minutes later.

The first playable version takes a few minutes. Then you grow it by chatting: new levels, enemies, sounds or a whole new twist.

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