Little Nightmares is a creepy indie puzzle-platformer that is equal parts fun and deranged. If you want to dive down the rabbit hole of this video game with a serious cult following (and don’t mind quite a lot of jump scares) this is the game for you. Your actions are limited to operating a door and light in the security room and checking the security cameras to track the animatronics’ movements. Cheese-like pizza house while haunted animatronics attempt to kill you. The player must survive a night in a Chuck E. Five Nights at Freddy’s is a survival horror game with relatively simple mechanics. While Five Nights at Freddy’s as a series comprises several games, I think it’s fair to say that we can take the franchise as a whole for the sake of this list. Plus, best of all, take away the setting and tone, and you’re still left with an exciting, engaging, challenging video game. Lovecraft, Bloodborne seriously nails the horror genre and uses it to great effect. With inspiration from classic horror literature like Bram Stoker and H. The gothic setting of this action RPG feels like Tim Burton turned up to 11. But, Bloodborne is particularly perfect for Halloween. In addition to being difficult games, there are frequent moments of true dread and horror when exploring the beautifully detailed settings or fighting grotesque bosses.

Most of developer From Software’s games have a tinge of horror to them. If you’re looking for a good place to start with this survival horror/shooter franchise, we’d suggest the Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7, or Resident Evil Village. But, mechanics aside, the series has done a great job of establishing drama and tension through compelling storytelling.

It’s truly terrifying to try to survive in a murder house when you can’t turn your character around. There’s an argument to be made that, especially with the early games, poor game design may have added to the scary element. And, many of them, are extremely fun to play. It is perhaps the one series of video games that has continued to make horror games commercially viable to a mainstream audience. But, the accomplishments of the entire Resident Evil franchise, even if they’re not all great, deserve recognition. We’re cheating a little here by not selecting one individual game.

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