The best horror games on sale to play in the dark

Horror is one of the genres that rewards a big screen, a dark room and good headphones. It also happens to go on sale often. Here are the frights worth your money right now on the stores we track.

• Resident Evil 4 — the remake of one of the greatest action-horror games ever, tense and endlessly replayable.
• Dead by Daylight — the definitive four-versus-one survival-horror multiplayer game, cheap and constantly updated.
• Phasmophobia — co-op ghost hunting that is genuinely terrifying with friends and a microphone.
• Sons of the Forest — survival horror on a beautiful, hostile island; unsettling alone, gripping in co-op.
• Dying Light — parkour by day, sheer panic by night, in one of the best zombie games on PC.

Horror games drop in price frequently, especially around seasonal sales, so it pays to compare stores and watch the all-time low. Check each game's live price on its page, set an alert on anything you are waiting for, and see the full list on the deals page. If you want the savings without the manual effort, our price-tracking guide explains how alerts work.