Dread

The dread icon represents a feeling of intense fear or anxiety, often associated with a sense of foreboding or apprehension. It can be used to symbolize a character or entity that inspires fear or dread in others. In the context of game icons, the dread icon may be used to represent a monster, enemy, or obstacle that players must overcome.

In real-world applications, the dread icon may appear in software or platforms related to psychology, mental health, or horror games. For example, it could be used in a mental health app to represent a user's anxiety level or in a horror game to symbolize a terrifying enemy.

From a UX perspective, the dread icon communicates a sense of danger or unease, helping users understand that they should be cautious or prepared for a challenging situation. It can also be used to create a sense of tension or suspense, guiding users through a narrative or gameplay experience.

Dread is one of 4,123 icons in Game Icons, made by GameIcons and released under CC BY 3.0. It is drawn on a 512 × 512 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds DreadIcon to components/icons/game-icons-dread.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed DreadIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Dread icon, or any of 4,123 Game Icons icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 512 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Dread", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. DreadIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <DreadIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes, with credit: CC BY 3.0 asks you to credit the author (GameIcons) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY 3.0 asks you to credit the author where you use the icons, for example "Icons by GameIcons, CC BY 3.0" on an about or credits page.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Its tags are game, emotion, psychology, horror, anxiety and fear. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Dread in another set.