Horror games that run in the tab you already have open

What is here

This page only lists games you can play without downloading anything. You click, the game opens in the same tab, and you can close it whenever you like without leaving a file on your phone. We pick with two questions: can it reach a playable screen within eight seconds on an ordinary mobile connection, and is it still frightening without expensive graphics. That is why you will see many small titles here — a one-room house, a single-floor map, one lamp's worth of light — because that is the shape that works on a small screen. Start with the zombie group if you want action, or with horror puzzles if you want to think.

Why it is arranged this way

• Sorted by the kind of dread Most horror sites sort by genre, and two completely different games can end up under the same label. Here the split follows what you feel in the first twenty seconds: something is chasing you, something is waiting for you, or nothing is happening at all and that is the frightening part. This lets you choose by the energy you have that evening rather than by a developer's label.
• Every title tested on a mid-range phone Our first test is not graphics but load time. A game that needs more than eight seconds to show its first screen on an ordinary 4G connection is removed, however good it looks on a desktop. The second test is whether it can be played with one hand while standing on a bus. Those two tests alone clear out most of the horror lists you usually see.
• No accounts, no newsletters You do not need to register to open any game here, and we do not ask for an email address. Progress is stored in your own browser, so closing the tab does not erase your record, and opening it in a private window sends nothing to us. That is not an empty promise: there is no sign-up form anywhere on this site, and no third-party tracking script.