Today, you are here to see our list of the best Horror games out there. From guts and gore to death and insanity, we give you the top ten survival horror games.
10. Dead Rising
This game brings me back to Dawn of the Dead. The game's sequels have left the horror, but the first had it evened out with horrific suspense with some comedic relief here and there. The game had more than horror on it's side, it was the horde and the story. The horde was the hardest thing to beat if just began, but the tight spaces to run through as the horde wishes to feast upon you leaves you beat. The story is another thing that made players play more, you are a reporter that has covered wars, and feels the need to cover a quarantined town with little to know what's happened within the walls.
9. King Kong, the Official Game of the Movie
This wasn't intended to be a horror, but a suspenseful ride into the unknown island that holds the over sized beast, King Kong. The game was highly praised for that the game was said to be better than the movie. And I believe it! After hiding from Raptures, I didn't want to leave that little space! And with it's scarce supply of weapons and ammunition, this is what makes the game a true survival horror. This would be higher on the list, but since it didn't look or even was intended to be a survival horror, it's on our 9 list.
8. Doom 3
This was hard to debate. We were discussing this and remembering everything about this game to see if it had the survival horror feel. We saw that there were some-what scarce items, enemies and demons at every corner, and it was meant to bring a stalking feeling, so we said yes. This is one the best assembled horror games out there. I mean when you are all alone and you made sure you killed everything, you still have the feeling that there's something behind you are just hiding behind every corner. There is a mechanic that spawned demons and enemies at random so there was no relief. Everything in this game is what is a horror.
7. The Forest
me and my friends are true horror fans and Minecraft fans, but this makes the Night Hordes in Minecraft look stupid compared to the cannibalistic tribe hunters that never leave until your dead for the hunt! I mean the day part is beautiful and wipes out the horror factor, and it does it good. One you see it's night after wondering the woods for supplies, you remember how the night is. Cannibals looking for their prey to hunt for and, of course, they watch and stalk you as you mind you business! God, it's awfully creepy how they just watch you from a short distance. And they wait for a point to attack when they can and they all just join in and try to kill you. And not to mention the horrific ways the women look! I'm sorry if I offend you women out there, but just look at that!
It must be hard for the men to find a good love on that island. And that smile! God! Brush your freaking teeth, lady! We're moving on! I don't want to look at that!
6. SCP Containment Breach
This might be an old game and a game that has been praised too much, but the great thing about this game is that it's random;y generated. The map is never the same and all that is seen in one play through will be really different from the last. And the blinking mechanic where if you find "Billy" (As Markipier call's him) he will just stand there until you blink so he can just snap your neck in two. Doesn't sound like much, but imagine trying to open a door behind you, while looking at him in the middle of the room. And once he's out of sight, he'll move. And not just that, there's more creatures that lurk the halls, like the man that doesn't lik you seeing his face, the creature that kills you if your no paying attention, and the Doctor where he raises the dead in his favor to kill you. Sounds like a bad creepy pasta, but Mark doesn't like playing this game...
5. Silent Hill
There is literally no break while playing this game. I mean the eerie atmosphere makes you feel so uneasy and the radio static just makes you want to leave this game alone. Even though you can kill some of the enemies, their creepiness still doesn't let you have that thought in mind. There is little to say about this game, besides you are a person in hell and trying to escape it with you sanity intact.
4. Outlast
This game was titled as an Indie Horror, but the graphics and gameplay tell otherwise. The fact that you can't kill or defend yourself makes the entire game creepier, the camcorder you hold is the only source of light and it was designed extremely well. Anyone who's seen the movie Rec or Quarantine, knows that the night vision is creepier than it looks. And don't forget the atmosphere! The game leaves you paranoid if that thing in the corner of your eye was real, and mostly it is. It has you worry the patients of Mount Massive are going to hurt you, dead or just a NPC standing there just to make the room more horrific and crazy.
3. Subnautica
The game is another one of those crafting games, but if you hate the ocean, you don't want to touch that foreign ocean with little known alien species. The game has a beautiful, but fear-fueled atmosphere that has many dangers in it's large, vast ocean. Plus the fact that the ship was sabotaged adds a wonder if the game has more to reveal than the ship itself.
2.Alien Isolation
People were worried to what might this game bring us, but we were satisfied to what got! Most of the Alien games were shoot-to-kill type of game, but this game was all about running from the threat. You can't kill the alien, because it's the only one on the colonial space station. You can try to kill it with fire so it can runaway , but...
And the game doesn't just have the Xenomorph, it also has the crazed, paranoid colonial survivors in the place and the synthetic human androids. God, the androids...
Stare at that and not think that's creepy. And to add to this, the game had a scarce supply (as in other survival horror games) so you couldn't protect yourself with that pistol and flamer.
And now our honorable mentions...
And the one thing that we've been waiting for...
1. Fatal Frame 2
A game that made an old 60' snapshot camera a weapon, This horror was based on the old Japanese stories where the only way to kill a ghost was to snap a picture of it on film not digital. They believed that the film was a picture prison for any angry spirits, and they made this a great concept for this little game. The game had a creepy atmosphere that made the player feel so... watched. Whatever they did to make if feel, they did a great job! And all the horrific spirits they throw at you were just heart pounding.
What did you think of this list? Did you like it? And while you're thinking about that, can you beat Balloon Boy for me?
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