Horror Game You Enjoyed?

[KittenNoir]

I finished playing - The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (PS5)

Spoiler: Spooky Image

My... was it good I was screaming at my character to run faster when spooky things were happening haha
I loved the graphics for a game made during the time it came out. I also played this in the dark very late at night hahaha

 

[Midoriya]

I'm not a huge fan of horror games, just like I'm not a fan of horror as a genre (it doesn't scare me, it just bores me), but I have played the SMT games if those count. There are some things in there that are pretty creepy...

 

[Drawdler]

Has nobody mentioned Inscryption? I guess it’s more “spooky” than “horror” but there are distinctly horror segments/elements to it. And honestly that game is a masterpiece, top 10 for me.

 

[skarmoury]

for solo games, im more partial to rpgmaker horror games

• ib
• witch's house
• ao oni
• off
• the crooked man
• omori
• mermaid swamp

very based reply from the based mistreil
im also a very avid fan of horror rpg maker games!! Ib was my first love (Mary my beloved), and my interest in the genre just grew! here are some other i’ve played personally or watched playthroughs of (mostly the latter because im a scaredy cat i cannot play most horror games myself LOL)

• Yume Nikki (another favorite of mine)
• Mad Father (Dio my beloved)
• Misao
• Corpse Party
• The Sandman, The Boogie Man (two spritual successors to The Crooked Man)
• Alicemare (really cute graphics, i love it)
• LISA: The Painful (more of gore horror than supernatural horror, lots of sensitive topics too but the story is good)

i would say misao & corpse party are fun to play for the jumpscare factor and general spooks, the man series (crooked man, sandman, boogie man) have really really great stories even with simple pixels (there’s a fourth game in the series but i forgot the name, i havent checked it yet), alicemare has a really lovely art style with good atmosphere, story, and characters, Mad Father has loveable characters (again, dio my beloved), and LISA: The Painful is such a slept on pixel game, it has such an impactful story amidst really mature topics that keeps you on your toes (their trailer literally says “lisa is dead” which is. so good. cuz lisa is so prominent in the story despite her already being long gone. chefs kiss)

 

[Hyoon]

i'm a fan of horror games so i've played quite a bit. in no particular order just naming games on top of my head :>

1. resident evil 4 remake: i really enjoyed the story so i was determined to play this. also leon kennedy is smoking hot i'm not a huge fan of shooters though... so i got through this one by playing it in the easy mode lmaooooo (pls no judge ok). overrall, a great entry in the resident evil series.
2. resident evil 2 remake: i played this after resident evil 4 because that felt like the natural choice to see leon's beginning. also another great remake. not as good as 4 but still very good nonetheless
3. resident evil biohazard: an amazing revival of the resident evil series that spawned all the other great remakes. it's quite different to all the other resident evil games thus far i believe and leans more towards psychological horror which i thought was a really nice switch up. the atmosphere was amazing and the baker family was truly terrifying. i've been meaning to play village as well but never really got to it.
4. detention/devotion: both by the same game studio and they're not sequels but they have similar themes and take place in similar times. both have amazing plots that felt really original. they're more like visual novels i think. the atmosphere and art is awesome. i hope to see more games from this studio in the future
5. paranormasight the seven mysteries of honjo: i initially bought this since i was surprised that square enix released a visual novel game. i really enjoyed this one and the branching storyline is really fun. trying to figure out how all the characters are interconnected made it also feel like a detective/mystery game. u would solve a problem in one timeline and it would help a character in their own timeline. very cool! all the characters were likeable and the story was also good. this is a great game overrall
6. doki doki literature club: i feel like everybody knows this one by now. another great horror visual novel.
7. fatal frame 2 crimson butterfly: a classic japanese horror game. it was truly spooky. the atmosphere is amazing. the fact that u aren't able to fight back also adds to the horror in this game. the plot is also great. i look forward to the newer fatal frame game coming out whenever it does.
8. soma: i would say soma is more on the psychological side of horror than traditional horror, but the ending really makes it more horrifying than any zombies/ghosts
9. mortuary's assistant: i think the concept of rng jumpscares is really fun. and i like dissecting different bodies everytime as well. the only thing is i suck at guessing who's supposed to be the bad one so i could never get the good ending lol
10. ib/mad father/corpse party: all classic anime horror games that i'm pretty sure any horror game fans already know about and have played a long while ago

some other mentions that i don't have particular opinions about but were good games anyways: the evil within, until dawn (and the dark pictures anthology in general), yomawari and its sequel, layers of fear, madison, what reminds of edith finch, and the vanishing of ethan carter.

 

[Khaoticnoize187]

most recent would be silent hill 2 and 3 now thats what you call a horror game.

 

[ShinkaiTheSeaWing]

If there’s a “horror” game I’ve played recently that deserves a seat at the top of some sort of podium, then it’s gotta be “POOLS.” It’s an eerie poolrooms liminal space game for PC that is ironically pretty chill, at least at the start. Unlike most backrooms-style games, there’s no in-your-face jumpscares, monsters, or cliche survival elements, it’s all the environment. Awesome experience, would recommend. Only about 3-3.5 hours of playtime to beat it.

 

[Khaoticnoize187]

very based reply from the based mistreil
im also a very avid fan of horror rpg maker games!! Ib was my first love (Mary my beloved), and my interest in the genre just grew! here are some other i’ve played personally or watched playthroughs of (mostly the latter because im a scaredy cat i cannot play most horror games myself LOL)

• Yume Nikki (another favorite of mine)
• Mad Father (Dio my beloved)
• Misao
• Corpse Party
• The Sandman, The Boogie Man (two spritual successors to The Crooked Man)
• Alicemare (really cute graphics, i love it)
• LISA: The Painful (more of gore horror than supernatural horror, lots of sensitive topics too but the story is good)

i would say misao & corpse party are fun to play for the jumpscare factor and general spooks, the man series (crooked man, sandman, boogie man) have really really great stories even with simple pixels (there’s a fourth game in the series but i forgot the name, i havent checked it yet), alicemare has a really lovely art style with good atmosphere, story, and characters, Mad Father has loveable characters (again, dio my beloved), and LISA: The Painful is such a slept on pixel game, it has such an impactful story amidst really mature topics that keeps you on your toes (their trailer literally says “lisa is dead” which is. so good. cuz lisa is so prominent in the story despite her already being long gone. chefs kiss)

I reccomend needy streamer overload if you hadn't played it yet

 

[Mayor Anthony]

Recently played and finished my first Resident Evil game. I like how immersive RE2 is. Normally I don’t play horror games but I have serious FOMO and felt that I was missing out on a great game. Initially the game did spook me but I quickly got used to the environment and challenges. Now I’m trying to unlock all achievements on the game. Im definitively playing the sequels.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I don’t know if it’s exactly horror but two game that I like that has some really dark things in them including death of children and monsters are the Kindergarten games. It’s hilarious how casually the other characters comment on kids being killed right in front of them as if nothing has happened. I mean a kindergarten teacher who is highly addicted to these pills in the first game and actually rewards you for killing off your classmates only for her to suffer withdrawal in the next game and has you killing more kids to get new pills is pretty hilarious.

 

[Neb]

I don’t normally play horror games, but I got into one called Hypnogogia: Boundless Dreams. It’s a PS1 style indie game where you enter worlds based on the developer’s actual dreams. The dreams start pleasant, but progressively get creepier and more grim the further in you go. The levels themselves are mostly linear, but a few of them have hidden paths that open up to secret optional dreams, the last one being the longest and most fleshed out. It was only a few hours, but it was one of the more memorable games I’ve played in the last few years