Best Christmas horror games - a deformed evil santa from Claus Carnage

Best Christmas Horror Roblox games

Want some scares under your tree?

While the Holiday season is always a great time to huddle around a TV to watch some classics, it is also perfect for some gaming-related scares. And what better way to find them than to dive into some Roblox? Here are our hand-picked best Christmas horror Roblox games for you to combine Santa and scares in a single cozy package!

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What are the best Christmas horror Roblox games?

Horror and Roblox go together much like bread and butter, but what about that cinnamon taste of Christmas? Perhaps a little bit more difficult. Especially because the Marketplace seems to be filled to the brim with clone games where one just escapes evil Santa over and over again. In this list, I tried exploring different themes and gameplay styles to provide a bloody Christmas list for all tastes and age ranges. Get ready to wear Santa’s very, very red hat and let’s begin.

Claus Carnage

Santa's Workshop in Roblox
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Spare a thought for a poor elf who is trying to escape an evil Santa and leave the workshop alive. Too bad that elf is you! Complete tasks while trying to defend yourself from the quite scary zombie Santa trying to get in, create weapons and tools, and defend your freezing workplace for as long as possible.

Midnight Christmas

Talking with a worker in a fast food
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In this first-person horror experience, not only are you stuck doing a miserable midnight shift at Christmas, but there is a serial killer on the loose as well. What more could go wrong? A lot, apparently. This is a classic low poly PS1-like experience to play with friends or alone. Defend yourself from the killer with inventive items and weapons for that bit of Home Alone vibe.

Short Creepy Horror Stories

A mannequin standing in front of a boiling pot
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This collection of scary little stories played out in Roblox might provide just the right cozy collection of scares to tide you over the holidays. While there is only one short Christmas story, Krampus, it will keep you on your toes while you explore the house and try to escape from this horrifying creature.

Christmas Story

A crazy zombie Santa wielding a tree-like sword
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While this game probably won’t provide what one might call a “horror” experience, that zombie Santa is scary enough on his own! You are tasked to participate in an expedition to the North Pole, together with four other players, and have to save Christmas before that jolly ol’ lunatic ruins it for good. Many different gameplay styles and quite a lengthy experience as well.

Deep Descent

Roblox character in front of a blocky Christmas tree
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This is a great Roblox game clearly inspired by The Thing. While it probably does not feature a lot of Christmas spirit, you are still stuck at the South Pole in a snowstorm, so the icy atmosphere is there. Find out what happened to a previous polar expedition and try to bring back everyone alive. A chilling experience from start to finish.

The Grinch Story

Characters decorating a tree
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Guess who’s out to steal Christmas yet again? Indeed, it’s the Grinch, and we are going to try to stop him before he ruins the holidays for good. First, decorate a tree and have fun getting the presents in the right place, then face the Grinch. A cute experience with just the right amount of scares so that the whole family can enjoy it.

Sinister Christmas

Interior of a house at Christmas with a Uzi on a table
Screenshot by Destructoid

There’s nothing worse than being a kid stuck in your house at Christmas, all alone with chores to do, right? Well, no, it can get worse and quickly, especially because of that evil presence lurking outside, just waiting to get in. Complete your tasks and get ready to defend your house. Make it through the night to get back to your parents!

Sinister Nutcracker

Nutcracker following the player down a corridor
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As a direct sequel to the previous game, we made it through the night alright but somehow ended up in Santa’s workshop. How do we get back home? Well, first, we have to avoid the patrolling nutcrackers all around. You will need to use all your wits to defeat this powerful wooden enemy.

Where’s Santa?

A house with a Christmas tree and roblox characters around
Screenshot by Destructoid

Visiting your grandparents for Christmas is a great idea, especially for the good food. But what is going on, where have all the presents gone? Indeed, Santa has disappeared, and apparently, there is some evil force behind the kidnapping. Time for you, together with other players, to step up to the plate, get back the stolen goods, and get the jolly fellow back in his righteous place.

Survive Santa Claus The Killer!

A player with weapons facing a killer snowman
Image by Destructoid

This is a more straightforward experience that is accessible for younger kids, especially if they have already have some Robux to spare. Gain points by staying alive as much as possible, but also spend coins to play as either Santa or a killer Snowman, especially if you’ve always dreamed of knifing down your fellow Roblox players.


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Damiano Gerli
Damiano Gerli is a gaming historian and freelance journalist, born with a faithful Commodore 64 by his side. He has been writing about games for more than twenty years with articles on gaming history published on Kotaku, PC Gamer, PcGamesN and Retro Gamer magazine. Loves playing Ace Attorney and the Like a Dragon series plus, of course, anything retro. Say hi to him on Bluesky on damiano.bsky.social and his blog https://genesistemple.com.