There are many horror video games. Slightly scary horror games, very good horror games… even if the latter are a little less common. We’ve rounded up the best horror games of all time, from this year’s big budget titles to conversational adventure games. Yes, he is serious.
Turn off the lights, put on some headphones, make sure you have a change of underwear, and enjoy those spooky video games.
As left for dead, Phasmophobia is a first-person cooperative horror game for four people. But while Valve’s game leans towards action and shooting, Phasmophobia leans towards classic horror.
You will have to control a team of ghost hunters by traveling through various locations and using various tools (from ultraviolet lamps to EMF readers) to identify the type of ghost that is in the house. The sites are dark. Ghosts are not friendly at all.
It’s the best ghost game I’ve ever played, even though it’s still in its infancy. The cheats you use with the game’s voice chat can be truly terrifying.
More than a decade after its premiere, the saga Amnesia from Frictional remains one of the scariest on the market. This year, Frictional brought us a treat just for Halloween.
Amnesia: Rebirth It takes place in the Algerian desert in 1973 and you will have to put yourself in the shoes of Tasi Trianon, who obviously wakes up without any memory. The game’s developers call it “a harrowing journey through desolation and despair, exploring the limits of human endurance.”
Even better, Renaissance is the direct sequel to the legendary Dark Descent, and some locals remind us Somatwo more horror games to keep in mind.
In 2019, Bloober Team released two games, and the one I liked the most wouldn’t fit in this list. Layers of Fear 2 It’s a masterpiece of art direction, a fantastic homage to classic Hollywood, and a game I highly recommend, but it’s not scary.
Blair WitchInstead, it’s pretty intense. With the aesthetics of the films, you play as a former policeman who helps find missing people and finds himself, as expected, lost in the middle of the forest.
As always, Bloober accompanies the main action of another to change the current world, even if it is secondary. This game conveys the tension of being alone in the middle of a forest, with no way out. Sometimes the simplest concepts are the scariest, right?
A remake of the game Pathological from Ice Pick Lodge, Pathological 2 it’s kind of a sequel that contains a lot of the subtle terror of the original. There is a city. There is a plague. And there is never enough time.
And of course there are more traditional horror elements: encrypted conversations, otherworldly entities… But it’s more about experience. As “The Haruspex”, you will be able to solve all the mysteries it contains Pathological 2.
If horror games are meant to render the player helpless, then Pathological 2 is one of the best horror games of all time. Every small victory must be earned, and every reward is like a breath of fresh air for a dying person.
Resident Evil 2 It was one of the least appreciated episodes of the saga. While the first title and Resident Evil 4 have been remastered and even redone more than once, Resident Evil 2 was set apart for two decades.
Until Capcom came along. the remake of Resident Evil 2 is the role model now for all remakes as it brings the story and atmosphere of the original game into a modern space. The coolest change is that you can track your movement with a map, as well as get rid of iconic (but boring) links.
They have already decided to make a remake of Resident Evil 3 or release a new episode, they’ll have me there (as long as it works).
No Code’s latest project, Untold storiescreated the terror of the nightmares that arise from rewinding microfiche or adjusting the discs of an X-ray machine.
Observation it’s a little more active, but it retains something of that analog world. This time, you board a spaceship that travels in Saturn’s orbit. On the contrary, you are the spaceship. You are SAM, the ship’s artificial intelligence, and your window to the world is just the various security cameras.
I think No Code described it perfectly when they said that “Observation Is a kind of 2001: A Space Odysseybut you are HAL 9000″. If you add elements of cosmic terror to the Annihilationyou have everything for a haunting story that unfolds slowly.
Fans of the New Weird genre will appreciate Control, although it is not the most traditional horror game in the world. Plus, it’s not even the most traditional horror game Remedy has ever made. This serious Alan Wakerelease.
But Control is inspired by The Southern Reach Triologyin SCP Foundation, in leaf housein X-files there twin peaks. In other words, in sources considered horror or the like.
It’s not terribly scary, but it’s unsettling and fills you with an evil feeling that evil is coming to an empty office, a concrete wall, and, finally, people floating through the air without moving.
It’s the kind of terror that sticks in your mind, as if the world is turned upside down and about to show the abyss. And this is something very special.
In 2015, Supermassive adapted Telltale’s cinematic storytelling style to the horror genre. The result was Until dawnexclusively for PlayStation 4, a surprisingly entertaining horror story about doomed teenagers.
Fortunately, the anthology dark pictures which follows is made by Bandai Namco, which means it is also available for PC. The first chapter is Man of Medan, which tells the story of the historic ghost ship Ourang Medan, albeit from the perspective of a group of 20-year-old convicts.
It is sometimes an adventure game; a movie, other times. You’ll have to choose how the dialogues unfold and make decisions that could help keep your character alive, or end up causing someone’s death.
The storyline is quite predictable and some actors are a bit stiff, but you’ll have fun trying to outsmart everyone. And whatever you do, don’t open any coffins. What? You don’t want to die, do you?
The first evil inside it was chaos. Yes, it’s true he had brilliant ideas, but the result was terrible, with movement that stuck, a very poor and boring opening and a save system that made more than one person decide to leave after only one hour.
But The Evil Within 2 it’s excellent, and one of the best games of 2017. The more open world structure can take some getting used to at times, but in times when the story dominates, it’s a spectacle which will leave you speechless.
All of the ideas that were worthwhile from the first game are there too, and they come with a game that can be played well.
Afraid of a conversational adventure? Yes really. The story of a spooky mansion and a young couple anchor head It already has more than 15 years of history and owes a lot to HP Lovecraft.
Like a good horror novel, anchor head It’s not so much about scaring you into jumping, it’s about building tension, and it does that beautifully.
Plus, it’s free, like most modern conversational adventure games, and you can play it through your browser.
If you’ve come this far, it’s probably because you like being scared. We also advise you to take a look at our articles on the best horror movies and terrifying series on Netflix.
Original article published in PCWorld US.
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