What is the best horror game app for iPhone?

Scary Teacher 3D, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.6 by 476,196 people.

Which horror game apps are free?

37 of 40 are free to download: Scary Teacher 3D (S), Ice Scream 1: Scary Horror (S), Eyes - The Horror Game (S), The Boiled One: Horror Game (S) and more. 19 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.

Which horror game app has the best App Store rating?

CloverPit at 4.9 from 6,252 ratings.

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Best Horror Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Scary Teacher 3D is the top-ranked of 40 horror game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 476,196 ratings.

1
Scary Teacher 3DS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 476,196 ratings · score 95
2
Ice Scream 1: Scary HorrorS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 90,476 ratings · score 94
3
Eyes - The Horror GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 14,800 ratings · score 93
4
The Boiled One: Horror GameS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 19,754 ratings · score 91
5
Death Park: Scary Horror ClownS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 16,614 ratings · score 90

What belongs in this list

Play a scary game that creates fear through dark settings, monsters and tension.

Not here: Zombie shooting with no horror atmosphere alone; Murder mystery or detective case solving alone; Crime or police games alone; A Halloween wallpaper or sticker pack alone; A scary title or icon alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Scary Teacher 3DS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 476,196 ratings · score 95 · best in class
2
Ice Scream 1: Scary HorrorS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 90,476 ratings · score 94 · best in class
3
Eyes - The Horror GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 14,800 ratings · score 93 · best in class
4
The Boiled One: Horror GameS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 19,754 ratings · score 91 · best in class
5
Death Park: Scary Horror ClownS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 16,614 ratings · score 90 · best in class
6
Ice Scream 3: Scary HorrorA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 18,975 ratings · score 90 · excellent
7
Backrooms Descent: Horror GameA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 6,402 ratings · score 89 · excellent
8
Ice Scream 2: Scary HorrorA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,185 ratings · score 88 · excellent
9
Identity VA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 132,896 ratings · score 87 · excellent
10
Antarctica 88: Scary GamesA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,679 ratings · score 87 · excellent
11
Mr. Meat: Horror EscapeA
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 12,622 ratings · score 86 · excellent
12
Hide in The Backroom: NextbotsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,979 ratings · score 83 · excellent
13
The Ghost - Multiplayer HorrorA
Free download · ★ 3.9 · 4,452 ratings · score 83 · excellent
14
Dark Riddle: Scary NeighborA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 13,085 ratings · score 83 · excellent
15
Ice Scream 8: Horror GamesB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 15,951 ratings · score 80 · good
16
Haunted Merge: Horror StoryB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,105 ratings · score 79 · good
17
Horrorfield Multiplayer HorrorB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 9,681 ratings · score 79 · good
18
Haunted Teacher Scary 3D GamesB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 7,319 ratings · score 78 · good
19
Mimicry: Online Horror ActionB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 6,572 ratings · score 75 · good
20
Death Park 2: Scary Clown GameB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,708 ratings · score 75 · good
21
Scary ImpostorB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 7,954 ratings · score 74 · good
22
CloverPitB
$6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 6,252 ratings · score 73 · good · provisional
23
Fridge Horror GameB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 32,756 ratings · score 71 · good
24
Hunt & SeekB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 204,644 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
25
Scary Monster in Horror ForestB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 10,542 ratings · score 71 · good
26
Five Nights At Shrek HotelC
Free · ★ 4.3 · 13,394 ratings · score 69 · situational
27
Hello NeighborC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 134,979 ratings · score 69 · situational
28
Cultist SimulatorC
$6.99 · ★ 4.8 · 4,255 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
29
Monster Play Time: Puzzle GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 15,315 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
30
Evil Nun - Horror escapeC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 15,106 ratings · score 68 · situational
31
Imposter 3D: online horrorC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 3,751 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
32
Horror Clown-Scary Escape GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,431 ratings · score 67 · situational
33
Horror Brawl: Ice ScreamC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,559 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
34
Stay Room: SilentCastle OriginC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 35,241 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
35
Backrooms Union MultiplayerC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,329 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
36
Horror legend - escape HotelC
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,699 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
37
Scary Granny Contact GameC
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 20,383 ratings · score 65 · situational
38
Bendy and the Ink MachineD
$4.99 · ★ 4.5 · 5,160 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
39
MurderhillD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,941 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
40
Horror Tale 1: Scary KidnapperD
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,654 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best horror game app for iPhone?: Scary Teacher 3D, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.6 by 476,196 people.
Which horror game apps are free?: 37 of 40 are free to download: Scary Teacher 3D (S), Ice Scream 1: Scary Horror (S), Eyes - The Horror Game (S), The Boiled One: Horror Game (S) and more. 19 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which horror game app has the best App Store rating?: CloverPit at 4.9 from 6,252 ratings.
How many horror game apps reach S or A tier?: 14 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.