It’s no trick: These games are full of scares, surprises, and hours of fun.

Take on terrifying automatons in Lies of P. Save humanity from a haunting apocalypse in Death Stranding. Stalk your prey under the cover of darkness in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

You’ll find plenty of frights in these top titles and more—and you can get each one at a discount for a limited time.

Not all titles are available to download on all devices. Some games contain mature content and may not be suitable for children under the age of 17.

Lies of P

Lies of P reinterprets the tale of Pinocchio, turning the famous character into a crafty warrior navigating a dark and deadly city. Equip your mechanical arm with gadgets like a grappling hook and an electrified fist to battle massive automatons. Assemble swords, axes, and other mighty weapons to take down maniacal puppets and mechanical hounds. And don’t forget to visit your kindly creator, Geppetto, to upgrade your abilities—you’ll need all the help you can get in this challenging adventure.

Control Ultimate Edition

In the Federal Bureau of Control, reality twists, walls shift, and supernatural threats lurk in the shadows—but you’ve got telekinetic abilities to help you survive. As you uncover the mysteries of the cryptic compound, you’ll use your powers to destroy walls, throw objects, levitate, and even seize enemies’ minds to turn them against each other. If all else fails, your shapeshifting service weapon puts an arsenal at your fingertips.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Set during the turbulent Azuchi—Momoyama period of 16th-century Japan, this gorgeous open-world adventure lets you play as both the stealthy shinobi Naoe and the powerful samurai Yasuke. While on a quest for vengeance, you’ll explore dark castle fortresses and haunting environments. Swap between strategic infiltration and cinematic combat—dispatching foes with precision or fending off waves of enemies with brute force. And you only grow stronger when it’s dark out: Don’t be afraid to snuff out a few lights to extend shadows and give you more places to move undetected!

Death Stranding Director’s Cut

You’re humanity’s last hope in this post-apocalyptic adventure from legendary game creator Hideo Kojima. As courier Sam Porter Bridges (portrayed by The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus), you’ll crisscross a dangerous wasteland to deliver packages and reconnect pockets of civilization. The bleak wilderness is home to myriad dangers, including terrifying bosses (like a flying whale made of goopy tar) and ghostly Beached Things (BTs) that explode on contact. Can you live long enough to unravel the secret of the event that nearly wiped out the world?

Pools

Where’s a lifeguard when you need one? Pools drops you into a vast complex of deserted spas and baths, daring you to find a way out. The relentlessly eerie atmosphere is full of shadowy alcoves, random thumps, and low growls. The more you stroll down strange corridors and wade through echoing swimming pools—passing giant rubber ducks and spooky statues along the way—the more alive these liminal spaces feel, even though there’s not another soul in sight.

Layers of Fear 2023

In this psychological horror story, follow the chilling histories of the Writer, the Artist, and the Actor while exploring macabre locations like a sinister mansion and a creepy ocean liner. As your heroes encounter possessed dolls, faceless phantoms, and squealing rats, they become more and more unhinged—as do the frightful scenarios. This version of the game combines a reimagining of Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 with bonus chapters and a new overarching story.

Dead Island 2 Ultimate Edition

Sunshine, palm trees, and decomposing celebrities: Welcome to HELL-A! Dead Island 2 drops you into a darkly funny zombie apocalypse, set among the glitzy mansions and sprawling sound stages of a quarantined Los Angeles. Craft electrified golf clubs, fire-starting nail guns, and other wacky weapons to battle the undead—or unleash supernatural skills like a ground pound that flattens nearby foes. Don’t forget to update your slayer’s outfit with sweet new looks. It’s the end of the world—might as well go out in style!

Inscryption

Inside an eerie cabin, a sinister figure beckons you to join him in a game of cards. Collect creatures like wolves, bullfrogs, and stink bugs to use in head-to-head clashes with your menacing host. Between matches, explore the ominous cabin to solve escape-room-style puzzles and discover hidden creature cards. Just when you think you’ve got Inscryption figured out, it hits you with another twist—like buying cards with the bones of your fallen critters or facing a new boss with wildly tricky tactics.

Darkest Dungeon

In Darkest Dungeon, lead a group of heroes through a series of hand-drawn, gothic dungeons filled with malevolent monsters—plus psychological effects like paranoia and irrationality that take their own toll. Drawing from playable classes like Plague Doctor, Crusader, and Bounty Hunter, you’ll invest in each hero’s gear—and mental wellbeing—to create a formidable team.

The Medium

Marianne is cursed with a useful gift: She can see dead people. Guide your cunning hero through a deserted resort full of mysteries, using your psychic gifts to explore both the physical world and a bizarre spirit realm where a giant monster relentlessly hunts you. The unique split-screen effect helps you solve puzzles spanning the worlds—and escape danger when your psychic blasts aren’t enough.

Alien: Isolation

Silence isn’t just golden in Alien: Isolation—it’s a literal lifesaver. This deliciously difficult survival-horror game traps Amanda (daughter of franchise hero Ripley) aboard a space station…alongside one of the famous dual-jawed Xenomorphs. Unable to stop the creature with the few weapons on hand, you have only one choice: evade it as you sneak through (and hopefully off) the doomed outpost.