Themes
Best Existential dread Games
Confronting mortality, meaning, the void
48 games ranked by existential dread intensity
Total War: PHARAOH
WindowsmacOS
Map scaleMethodicalResource managementTech/research treesReal-time combat
SHENZHEN I/O
WindowsmacOSLinux
Automation designSandboxPuzzle solvingResource managementMethodical
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Windows
SandboxFantasy mythologyBase managementOpen worldAnime/manga
Frostpunk 2
WindowsmacOS
Base managementCity/empire buildingDialogue choicesResource managementTense
Ready or Not
Windows
ShootingTenseMethodicalPhotorealisticCo-op chaos
Outer Wilds
Windows
ExplorationOpen worldTenseSci-fi technologyMystery and detective
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveLinear storySolo contemplative
OMORI
WindowsmacOS
TensePixel artExplorationExistential dreadLinear story
Lethal Company
Windows
Co-op chaosTenseExistential dreadExplorationWhimsical
Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer
WindowsmacOS
MMO socialPick-up-and-playCo-op chaosWhimsicalExploration
Dead by Daylight
Windows
StealthTenseExistential dreadCo-op chaosResource management
Geometry Dash
WindowsmacOS
PlatformingTenseSkill masterySolo contemplativePick-up-and-play
Half-Life: Alyx
Windows
ShootingTenseLinear storyExistential dreadSolo contemplative
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Windows
ExplorationShootingTenseExistential dreadSolo contemplative
Prey
Windows
ShootingOpen worldSci-fi technologyExplorationStealth
People Playground
Windows
SandboxPixel artTenseDialogue choicesPhysics puzzles
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
WindowsmacOS
Anime/mangaTenseExistential dreadDialogue choicesLinear story
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WindowsmacOS
TenseOpen worldExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
Library Of Ruina
Windows
Deck buildingDialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storyTense
Sonic Forces
Windows
PlatformingAnime/mangaExplorationLinear storyFrantic
Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât
Windows
TenseDialogue choicesAnime/mangaPixel artExploration
Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
Windows
Dialogue choicesTenseExistential dreadLinear storySolo contemplative
Smile For Me
WindowsmacOS
TensePuzzle solvingWhimsicalExistential dreadLinear story
WEBFISHING
Windows
CollectionSandboxTenseExistential dreadCo-op chaos
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
Windows
TenseExistential dreadSolo contemplativePuzzle solvingLinear story
Peaks of Yore
Windows
ExplorationPlatformingTenseSkill masteryPhysics puzzles
Squirrel Stapler
Windows
TenseExplorationShootingPixel artExistential dread
International Space Banana
Windows
Sci-fi technologyExplorationWhimsicalTenseSkill mastery
Goop Loop
WindowsLinux
Skill masteryPlatformingTensePhysics puzzlesExistential dread
Hand Simulator
Windows
ShootingWar and conflictOpen worldWhimsicalTense
Ria's Hook
Windows
PlatformingExplorationTenseExistential dreadSkill mastery
POP OFF 2
Windows
PlatformingSkill masteryExplorationLinear storyWhimsical
I HATE MY LEGS
Windows
Skill masteryPlatformingExistential dreadPhysics puzzlesWhimsical
Gunz & Golf
Windows
PlatformingSkill masteryPixel artMeditativeCozy
Get Tilted! :)
Windows
PlatformingSkill masteryTensePhysics puzzlesStylized 3D
Ropebound
Windows
Skill masteryPlatformingExplorationTenseExistential dread
Night in the Woods
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationPlatformingLinear storyStylized 3DDialogue choices
Oxenfree
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesCosmic horrorLinear storyMeditativeMystery and detective
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
WindowsmacOS
TenseExplorationLinear storyMystery and detectiveDialogue choices
1000xRESIST
Windows
ExplorationAnime/mangaExistential dreadLinear storySci-fi technology
Patrick's Parabox
WindowsmacOSLinux
Puzzle solvingMethodicalMinimalistSolo contemplativeTense
Her Story
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationPuzzle solving
WORLD OF HORROR
WindowsmacOS
Cosmic horrorPixel artTurn-based combatAnime/mangaRoguelike loops
Crow Country
Windows
ExplorationTenseShootingExistential dreadLinear story
OneShot
WindowsmacOSLinux
Pixel artDialogue choicesExplorationAnime/mangaLinear story
Superliminal
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationMinimalistPuzzle solvingPhysics puzzlesSolo contemplative
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
Windows
Open worldVehicle controlPhotorealisticSolo contemplativePhysics puzzles
Alien: Isolation
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthShootingTenseExistential dreadSci-fi technology