Table of contents:
- 1. Until Dawn
- 2. Alien: Isolation
- 3. Doki Doki Literature Club
- 4. Stories Untold
- 5. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- 6. Kraven Manor
- 7. Friday the 13th: The Game
- 8. Amnesia: Collection
- 9. Bloodborne
- 10. Outlast Trinity
- 11. Prey
- 12. BioShock
- 13. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Have yourself a real night of fear.
The goal of any horror is to scare you, and video games are perfect for that. If in films and TV shows you just watch the victim, then here you yourself become her. You have to make difficult decisions with shaking hands and run away from the horrors chasing you without looking back, trying to stay alive.
Technically, not every project on the list is horror, but there is something creepy and intimidating about each of them. If you want to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Halloween, you will definitely find something suitable.
1. Until Dawn
Platform: PlayStation 4.
Adventure horror, in which almost any of your actions have a direct impact on subsequent events. In the story, a group of teenagers trapped in a night forest is terrorized by a masked maniac, but he is not the only threat. Until Dawn will not only scare you, but surprise you more than once.
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2. Alien: Isolation
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
You play as the daughter of Ellen Ripley - the famous woman from "Alien", played by Sigourney Weaver. The plot of the project is directly related to the original film, released in 1979.
Alien: Isolation combines elements of horror and stealth, and looks as cinematic as Ridley Scott's masterpiece. It is easy to guess that the main enemy in the game is the xenomorph. But do not think that you need to be afraid only of him.
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3. Doki Doki Literature Club
Platform: PC.
In the first hour, you will wonder why Doki Doki Literature Club! considered a psychological horror. At first, the game resembles a standard visual novel, but then things start happening that are not found in similar projects. Take this warning seriously and you will never regret it.
Officially Doki Doki Literature Club! not translated into Russian, but you can easily find a crack for it - for example, here.
4. Stories Untold
Platform: PC.
A spooky episodic puzzle game that will make you nostalgic for paperback horror books, text quests and VCRs. If you like Stranger Things, then Stories Untold will also be to your liking.
The game is not available in Russian, but craftsmen are working hard to translate it. However, the project can be a great excuse to learn English.
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5. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
Despite the fact that the Resident Evil series has been going through hard times for a long time, the last part of it is one of the best representatives of the horror genre of recent years. The project returned to its origins: as in the first part, in it you need to wander around the creepy house, only occasionally getting out of it.
And if you own a VR headset, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is sure to be the scariest game on the list for you.
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6. Kraven Manor
Platform: PC.
The action takes place in a gloomy estate, the scheme of which can be changed by interacting with a small model of the house. You have to put the puzzle piece by piece in order to find out what happened to the owner. All this time you will be pursued by creepy mannequins.
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7. Friday the 13th: The Game
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
In this multiplayer project, you will have to play not only for the prey, but also for the hunter. The game randomly selects one person to play the masked maniac Jason Voorhees. He needs to have time to kill all the players before they escape from the Crystal Lake camp. Or until the time runs out.
Jason can quickly move around the map and use other abilities. Its victims, in turn, need to look for items that can help in survival.
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8. Amnesia: Collection
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
In Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the first game in the set, you wake up in a creepy castle and find out that your memory has been erased. A certain shadow is hunting you, and you need to get into the very depths of the castle to kill its owner.
The collection also includes an add-on called Amnesia: Justine and the sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. The latter is not a direct continuation of the first part, but its events unfold in the same universe.
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9. Bloodborne
Platform: PlayStation 4.
Bloodborne is hardly a full-fledged horror, but the game has such a strong spirit of Lovecraft's books that it definitely deserves a place on the list. Difficult battles with monsters await you, which amaze the imagination with their ugliness and live in gloomy locations in the spirit of the Victorian era.
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10. Outlast Trinity
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
All Outlast games are psychological horror stories full of blood and dismemberment. You cannot repulse the enemy - you can only run from him and hide. At these moments, which for the most part are projects, the soul goes into the heels.
The Outlast Trinity collection includes the original game, a prequel expansion and a full second installment. The console version of the set is available only on discs.
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11. Prey
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
Prey is a first-person shooter that is the spiritual successor to the legendary System Shock. It's more of an adventure game than a horror movie. But the aliens, taking the form of familiar objects, are able to scare so much that you will not want to pick up your favorite mug for a long time.
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12. BioShock
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
Another successor to System Shock, but this time more reminiscent of classic horror. The scene is a fallen underwater city. Among those to be feared are a deranged plastic surgeon, a sadistic artist, and a genetically modified big daddy with a huge drill for an arm.
On modern consoles, the game is only available as part of the BioShock: The Collection, which contains modern versions of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite.
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13. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Platform: PC.
A free game in which you have to run from room to room along narrow corridors. The cute cardboard monsters jumping out of the walls at you are completely harmless. But you can't say the same about the sounds coming from somewhere above.
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