What’s Your Favorite Horror Game?

If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that we’re scared of Something. If you’re saying right now, “I ain’t scared of anything,” well, come on, you know there’s that something It makes your spine tingle. For me, it’s death and suffocating spaces. Michael Myers? Fortunately, there aren’t any games based on Halloween out there for me to play (although the famed slasher is a playable killer in the excellent asymmetrical multiplayer horror, Dead by Daylight). 

However, there’s plenty of games where you die. Although you can lose in almost all games, those that stress the deaths of the characters most often leave me shaking. Add a touch of claustrophobia to the formula and you’ve created my nightmare. BioShock is my favorite horror title. Although it might not be something you would consider, I still find it terrifying. 

For starters, I’m claustrophobic and Rapture is perhaps the most claustrophobic in-game city ever made (you know, the whole completely underwater thing is quite suffocating). Then there’s the submechanophobia, which is the fear of mechanical objects underwater. I blame Disney World for this one – something about an animatronic moving underwater just freaks me out. Oh, and the Splicers are terrifying, too, of course. BioShock doesn’t scare me too much these days as I’ve played it probably near a dozen times, but if you haven’t yet played it, go in blind and enjoy. 

Other people get underneath my skin as well. Resident Evil 2 Remake has done the trick. Are you stuck in an incredibly hostile environment? Make sure you check. You are being eaten by zombies? You can check. Check. Take a look. Check. This is what you need to know. Are you being stalked by a huge menace? You can check. There’s this year’s Resident Evil Village, as well. I won’t spoil it here, but the House Beneviento segment in it is downright disturbing. Then there’s Outlast 2, which is perhaps the most disturbing and terrifying game I’ve ever played. I don’t go to church, but I felt like I needed to after finishing it. 

Other horror moments in my life include P.T. Resident Evil 7 Little Nightmares Friday the 13th and the hospital in The Last of Us Part 2. Condemned Criminal Origins was a video game that I played far too early. 

How about you? What’s your favorite horror game? Are there any games you’re too scared to play? Are there any games you’re too scared to play? Horror moments in games that aren’t horror-themedAre you interested? Please let us know by leaving comments!