Horror Tabletop RPG Systems

Horror games build play around dread, vulnerability, and the unknown, whether through cosmic mysteries, survival against monsters, or mounting strain on the characters.

54 systems in the catalog.

1. Call of Cthulhu Investigate cosmic horrors and try to keep your sanity Dice: d100 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
2. Vampire: The Masquerade Personal horror and political intrigue in the World of Darkness Dice: d10 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
3. Werewolf: The Apocalypse Garou packs wield Rage against ecological and spiritual collapse Dice: d10 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
4. Rifts Dimensional rifts flood a shattered Earth with magic and super-technology Dice: d20, d100 · Complexity: Very High · Cost: $$
5. Mage: The Ascension Awakened mages reshape reality while rival visions struggle to define the world Dice: d10 dice pool · Complexity: Very High · Cost: $$
6. Chronicles of Darkness Modern horror where ordinary people confront the supernatural Dice: d10 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
7. Shadow of the Demon Lord Dark fantasy where the apocalypse is coming and your choices hasten or delay it Dice: d20 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
8. Mothership Sci-fi survival horror: in space, everyone can hear you scream Dice: d100 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
9. ALIEN RPG In space, no one can hear you scream: survive the universe's most terrifying franchise Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
10. Monster of the Week Hunt monsters, save people, unravel mysteries: Buffy meets Supernatural Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
11. Monsterhearts Teenage monsters navigate desire, social power, and personal horror in high school Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
12. Candela Obscura Occult investigators hunting supernatural horrors in a gaslight-era gothic world Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
13. KULT: Divinity Lost Adult occult horror about piercing the prison of reality and reclaiming lost divinity Dice: 2d10 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
14. Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game Protect family, community, and home from eldritch forces stirring beneath early 20th-century Appalachia Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
15. Kids on Bikes Everyday small-town characters facing supernatural forces they cannot defeat or fully understand Dice: d4–d20 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
16. Mörk Borg A doom metal RPG about dying in a cursed world Dice: d20 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
17. Delta Green Modern Lovecraftian horror and conspiracy: federal agents confront the unnatural Dice: d100 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
18. Night's Black Agents Burned spies vs. vampire conspiracies: Bourne meets Dracula Dice: d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
19. The Walking Dead Universe RPG Survive the walker apocalypse: every push of the dice could attract the dead Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
20. Vaesen Investigate Scandinavian folklore horrors in a 19th century world where myth and industry collide Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
21. Dread Horror stories where every pull raises the pressure Dice: Diceless · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: $
22. Bluebeard's Bride The Bride’s divided selves investigate her new husband’s haunted mansion. Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
23. Thousand Year Old Vampire A solo journaling RPG where you chronicle the unraveling memories of an immortal monster Dice: d10 + d6 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
24. All Flesh Must Be Eaten Zombie survival horror where the dead rise and the living fight to survive Dice: d10 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
25. Pirate Borg Doom-metal pirate horror on cursed seas: Mörk Borg compatible Dice: d20 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
26. Eclipse Phase Transhuman secret agents resleeve into new bodies to fight rogue AIs, alien viruses, and existential threats across a fractured solar system Dice: d100 · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
27. Symbaroum Treasure-hunters and rivals push into the cursed forest of Davokar to plunder the relics of a fallen civilization Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
28. Band of Blades A doomed mercenary Legion retreats across a dying continent, hunted by undead armies and their fallen god-champions Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
29. Eat the Reich A unit of vampire commandos drop on occupied Paris with a single mission: drink Hitler dry Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
30. Public Access Former latchkey kids investigate a vanished television station through strange VHS tapes in 2004 New Mexico Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: Free
31. Brindlewood Bay Elderly mystery book club members solve murders while uncovering a dark cosmic conspiracy Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
32. Apocalypse Keys Monsters bound by fate, love, and power hold back the apocalypse while wrestling with the darkness within Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
33. DIE Flawed adults dragged into a cursed fantasy roleplaying game are transformed into warped takes on its classic archetypes Dice: d6 dice pool + d4–d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
34. Red Markets Post-apocalyptic zombie economics: the dead are everywhere, but rent is still due Dice: 2d10 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
35. Cryptid Creeks Cozy horror mystery: River Scouts investigate curses, befriend cryptids, and protect their small town Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
36. 10,000 Swords Against Heaven Cultivators confront gods and capital in a ruined science-fantasy archipelago Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
37. Belly of the Beast Cruel scavengers picking through the digestive guts of a world-eating monster that swallowed civilization Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
38. Porkin' the Void Gonzo grimdark sci-fi where doomed pig-scum explore a dying universe Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
39. R'lyehwatch Lifeguards battle eldritch horrors threatening their sunny California beach town Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: $
40. When the Moon Hangs Low Cursed hunters stalk monsters through Harrowmire, a decaying gothic city sealed off by plague Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
41. Fear of the Unknown Build a small town together, then play through the horror movie that tears it apart Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
42. Thrive to Survive Modern zombie survival with targeted combat, detailed crafting, and fortified settlements Dice: d20 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
43. City of Amber Urban fantasy noir in a 1948 New York City frozen in time, where the awakened see the hidden world beneath the gray Dice: d100 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
44. Zombicide: Chronicles Tough, gun-toting Survivors clear a zombie-overrun city district by district, alternating dangerous missions with shelter downtime Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
45. Outrunners Outrun the death you've foreseen before the Harbinger collects Dice: d4–d20 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
46. Odd Hours Clock in for the night shift at a haunted gas station where the horror is real and so is the absurdity Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
47. Shifters Step sideways into a fog-choked otherworld to hunt the objects that poison ordinary streets Dice: d4–d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
48. Loot and Scoot Incorporated Corporate salvage crews race through surreal industrial deathtraps Dice: d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
49. The Derelict Speaks A rescue crew faces a predatory derelict that recruits its victims Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
50. Bite the Hand Cyberpunk rebels fight ruthless cities with dangerous cybernetics, mounting stress, and lethal consequences Dice: d100 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
51. Asilo Single-session clinical horror where asylum patients lose themselves to the Behaviors their trauma unlocks Dice: d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
52. CAIN Psychic exorcists of a clandestine agency hunt monsters born from human trauma Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
53. Don't Rest Your Head Insomniacs hunted by Nightmares in a hidden city where sleep is the enemy Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
54. The Whispering Vault Immortal hunters pursue renegade spirits across history and mend wounds in reality Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $