{"id":396175,"date":"2025-10-31T04:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/whats-your-favorite-horror-game\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T04:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:21:52","slug":"whats-your-favorite-horror-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/whats-your-favorite-horror-game\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Your Favorite Horror Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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If there\u2019s one thing we all have in common, it\u2019s that we\u2019re scared of something. If you\u2019re saying right now, \u201cI ain\u2019t scared of anything,\u201d well, come on, you know there\u2019s that <\/span><\/span>something <\/span><\/span>that makes your spine shiver. For me, it\u2019s death and suffocating spaces. Oh, and Michael Myers, too. Fortunately, there aren\u2019t 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<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s plenty of games where you die. You can die in most games, though, but the ones that really emphasize those deaths are the ones that leave me shaking in my boots. Add a touch of claustrophobia to the formula and you\u2019ve created my nightmare. My all-time favorite horror game is something some might not necessarily consider a game in that genre, but it spooks me nonetheless: BioShock<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For starters, I\u2019m 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\u2019s the submechanophobia, which is the fear of mechanical objects underwater. I blame Disney World for this one \u2013 something about an animatronic moving underwater just freaks me out. <\/span>Oh, and the Splicers are\u00a0terrifying, too, of course. BioShock doesn\u2019t scare me too much these days as I\u2019ve played it probably near a dozen times, but if you haven\u2019t yet played it, go in blind and enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are others that really get under my skin, too. The recent Resident Evil 2 Remake<\/a> does the trick. Stuck in a terrifyingly hostile place? Check. Zombies that want to eat you? Check. Jump scares galore? Check. Extremely graphic deaths? Check. Large menace that stalks you constantly? Check. There\u2019s this year\u2019s Resident Evil Village<\/a>, as well. I won\u2019t spoil it here, but the House Beneviento segment in it is downright disturbing. Then there\u2019s Outlast 2<\/a>, which is perhaps the most disturbing and terrifying game I\u2019ve ever played. I don\u2019t go to church, but I felt like I needed to after finishing it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some other horror highlights in my history include P.T.<\/a>, Resident Evil 7<\/a>, Little Nightmares<\/a>, Friday the 13th<\/a>, the hospital in The Last of Us Part 2<\/a>, and Condemned: Criminal Origins<\/a> (a game I played way too young).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What about you? What\u2019s your favorite horror game? Are there any\u00a0games you\u2019re too scared to play? What are your favorite <\/span><\/span>horror moments in otherwise non-horror games<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>? Let us know in the comments below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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If there\u2019s one thing we all have in common, it\u2019s that we\u2019re scared of something. If you\u2019re saying right now, \u201cI ain\u2019t scared of anything,\u201d well, come on, you know there\u2019s that something that makes your spine shiver. For me, it\u2019s death and suffocating spaces. Oh, and Michael Myers, too. Fortunately, there aren\u2019t 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).\u00a0 However, there\u2019s plenty of games where you die. You can die in most games, though, but the ones that really emphasize those deaths are the ones that leave me shaking in my boots. Add a touch of claustrophobia to the formula and you\u2019ve created…<\/p>\n

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