Halloween is approaching, which was all the excuse Wargamer needed to publish a guide to the best horror wargames last week. The good gamers in the r/Wargaming subreddit had their own suggestions for games that were missing, and there’s so many cool looking games in there – including a few we can’t believe we missed – that we thought we’d share them all with you.
Check out our original guide to the best horror wargames if you haven’t done so already – we stand by our picks! But Reddit gave us suggestions for so many horror miniature wargames (and one war board game) that we’ve summarised them in a table:
| Game | Horror genre | Description |
| 7TV | Pulp | A flexible skirmish game inspired by pulp movies and TV of the 60s-80s. |
| Ambush Z | Zombies | A standalone set of zombie rules for Ambush Alley, a game of asymmetric modern urban warfare |
| Carnevale | Gothic and Lovecraftian | Parkour and monsters in rennaissance Venice |
| Chaos in Carpathia | Gothic | Skirmish wargame inspired by classic vampire and werewolf films and literature |
| Country Road Z | Zombies | Rural survival and community building in the zombie apocalypse |
| Fear and Faith | Generic | The horror version of the flexible Song of Blades and Heroes rules |
| Fear of the Dark | Lovecraftian | Solo Lovecraftian horror wargame |
| Forbidden Psalm | Fantasy | Grim and ridiculous skirmishes in the world of Mork Borg |
| Ghost Rangers | Ghosts | An expansion for Fear and Faith heavily inspired by Ghostbusters |
| Gothic Horror: Vampire Wars | Gothic | Humans vs vampires or werewolves |
| Malifaux | Steampunk | Competitive skirmish game with a hybrid aesthetic that blends horror, Steampunk, wuxia, and more |
| Nuklear Winter 68 | WW3 | A cold war gone hot boardgame set in a post-apocalyptic Europe |
| Pulp Alley | Lovecraftian | A flexible pulp wargame that easily accommodates Lovecraftian horror |
| Silver Bayonet | Gothic | Napoleonic skirmishes with European monsters |
| Skirmish Ragers | Zombies | Fast paced skirmish rules for the Zombie apocalypse |
| Stargrave: Quarantine 37 | Sci-fi | Rules for aliens and zombies for the sci-fi skirmish warband game Stargrave |
| Strange Aeons | Lovecraftian | A dedicated Lovecraftian horror hunting wargame |
| Sundown Slashers | Slashers | Expansion to the game Duel: players control one hero each, while a relentless Slasher hunts them down |
| Tales of Horror | Gothic | Expansion for Fistful of Lead: turns the game of Western shootouts into Universal horror |
| Verrotwood | Folk horror | A grimdark fantasy skirmish wargame inspired by folk horror |
| Zona Alfa | Sci-fi | Lead bands of mercs or scientists into a Zone of weird physics and strange creatures |
We’re honestly surprised that we forgot Verrotwood, which is just the kind of folk horror that we love. Then there’s Zona Alfa, which is based on the truly excellent sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers.
As this list shows, many horror wargames are skirmish games that only need a few figures. They’re a great excuse to get painting miniatures from outside your normal Warhammer 40k faction. Why not take a break from smashing out Space Marines and whip up a few zombies, survivors, and maybe a vampire or two?
If you want more creepy games to play, we have guides to the best horror RPG games and the best horror board games to try this Halloween.