13 best horror games worth playing right now on PC and console

The best place to experience fear is your game console

There are very few things that can give you chills while sitting at home, one of which is horror games. While there are horror movies as well, the game gives you control over what happens.

When you are the one holding the handle and making the vital decisions, every moment is tense and important.

The game is now more than just gore and cheap ‘jump scare’, now they have improved a lot. Although the two factors above still play an important role in this series, the way developers approach it is now different.

And here is a list of the 12 best current horror games we think you can play on PCs and consoles. Get ready to ‘wet your pants’.

Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares is a good example of a game that has the ability to be scary and disgusting, but without the traditional use of blood or ‘gore’.

You will control a little girl named Six and move her character in a giant world, always being stalked by giant monsters.

You don’t have to fight them, you just have to creep around and hide to get past them. This is a type of puzzle game.

Little Nightmares is a good horror game, creating a feeling of hopelessness and weakness, but still letting yourself know that you can still escape. The game uses scenes that are familiar to everyday life, so that you feel safest and turn them into disgusting and dangerous.

Little Nightmares is available on PC, Xbox One and PS4

Until Dawn

We’ve seen a slasher murder movie, but this genre rarely appears in the gaming world. Maybe it’s because it’s so hard to make the genre good and engaging.

Fortunately, Until Dawn has succeeded in perfectly combining games and movies.

The PS4-exclusive title tells the story of a group of young men on a hike in the mountains, completely isolated from the outside world; and one by one is laid down by a force of horror.

You will have full decision-making power with the characters in the game. They live or not is entirely up to you. Make the wrong decision and your favorite character will have a tragic end. Until Dawn is a good horror game, not only because it’s horror, but will make you very excited when you immerse yourself in the game.

Until Dawn is now exclusively on PlayStation 4

Resident Evil 7

Resident Evil looked like it was going to be as disappointing as its predecessor, but fortunately, the game’s season 7 was a great success.

Resident Evil 7 creates a new breeze for this long-standing game. Resident Evil 7 brings a combination of horror movies and games while keeping the essence of Resident Evil.

By moving from third-person to first-person, the game creates more real and intense fear. In addition, it also creates a sense of horror when experienced in VR.

With an engaging storyline and intense gameplay, Resident Evil 7 is the sequel to the game we both expected and feared to play.

You can play Resident Evil on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Dead Space series

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Dead Space has for me currently 3 games, published by EA and developed by Visceral Games. This is a classic modern horror game series. The story begins with the abandoned space station being invaded by ‘zombie’ monsters. They are always waiting for you at the edge of the wall.

Following the classic Ridley Scott movie “Alien” formula helped Dead Space stand out.

Dead Space is one of the pioneering horror game series set in a modern setting, creating a shock in the horror game genre. And Dead Space’s success is thanks to a simple formula: an engaging story, beautiful graphics, and a steady rhythm.

You can play Dead Space on Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows.

Slender: The Eight Pages

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Launched in mid-2012, Slender relies heavily on prolonged silence to suddenly startle you. In other words: jump scare. It can be said that it is a horror movie turned into a game. Although it is cheap, but Slender will scare you.

The mission is quite simple: Don’t die, collect 8 pieces of a book and run. The “thing” chasing you – known as Slender Man (which later created the Slender Man effect on the Internet) – is a tall, thin, but faceless man in a black suit.

Basically, he’s the perfect villain for a horror game.

The game depends a lot on the main character (you) when there is almost nothing to support except the flashlight and the ability to run. Obviously flashlights and running won’t work at all, making escape extremely difficult.

Overall, Slender is a simple, fun horror game that is sure to scare you.

You can play Slender: The Eight Pages on Windows and OS X.

Left 4 Dead 2

Version 2 was released later, but it really confirmed the name of this game. Developed by Turtle Rock Studio and published by Valve, the game takes place in a world infected with ‘zombie’, with four characters seeking to survive by supporting each other. The game includes an online duel mode – including a PC mod – that increases the replay value of Left 4 Dead 2.

The game was initially banned in Australia because of its violence. But then the ban was lifted, horror game fans will surely enjoy in this post-apocalyptic world.

You can play Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox 360, Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Outlast series of games

Outlast and Outlast 2 are both developed by Red Barrels Studio and are on the ‘must play’ list of the horror game genre. Both games place the player in control of the journalist character. While the first takes place in an insane asylum, the sequel takes place more broadly, in a rural area of ​​Northern Arizona.

The Outlast series stands out for its adherence to the principles of horror games: the main character is always weak.

Like a breath of fresh air when the game market is flooded with ‘zombie’ and ‘aliens’, Outlast and its successor are games worth playing if you want to get away from the horror shooter series.

You can play Outlast and Outlast 2 on Xbox One, PS4, Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Alien: Isolation

Dozens of games have used the image of the monster ‘Alien’ for decades, but it was not until the publisher Creative Assembly that this Alien game really changed. The game takes place 15 years after the events of the movie Alien (1979), and puts the player in the role of Amenda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley.

Play in first person, and only have to face one monster at the space station in the dark. Isolation will make you reminisce about the first time you watched a horror movie. The atmosphere in the game makes it a great horror game, and Isolation makes you feel like you are in a movie.

Thanks to its intelligent AI, and lifelike graphics, Isolation will immerse you in this classic horror game.

You can play Alien: Isolation on Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, Windows, OS X and Linux.

SOMA

Born in 2015, by developer Frictional Games (famous for Amnesia), SOMA is considered more like an interactive movie.

There are no zombies or aliens in the game, instead a time-shift between 2015 and 2104. In 2014, humans were almost completely wiped out by a comet, and the character had to gain life underwater in An abandoned research station.

While SOMA may not seem as scary as Amnesia, SOMA is still a fun game, thanks to its gloomy atmosphere, fresh ideas (for horror games) and great sound quality.

You can play SOMA on PS4, Windows, OS X and Linux.

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Night at Freddy is definitely a completely different genre of horror game. The game forces the player to survive night after night in a children’s pizzeria. The context is completely different from other horror games.

Still, the game is worth playing, once you get over your fear of possessed robotic beasts. In general, players fight them with just CCTV!!

Five Night at Freddy’s, released in 2014, is the work of independent game developer Scott Cawthon. After that, there were many versions that followed, all of which received rave reviews.

You can play Five Night at Freddy’s on Windows, iOS, and Android.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Amnesia means amnesia, amnesia. True to the name, the plot will focus on forgetting everything – but players will certainly not be able to forget how scary this game is. This is a puzzle game, and sometimes the character will suffer unpredictable consequences (usually a tragic death).

Developed by Frictional Games, SOMA’s predecessor, Amnesia puts you in first person and tries to figure out what’s going on after waking up in the torture bunker. If you can’t escape, you will be ‘killed’ by monsters.

Someone said, “this is not a game, but a journey into the deep dark place within us. You won’t have a heart attack, but the horror part of the game will leave you in awe.”

You can play Amnesia: The Dark Descent on Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Lone Survivor

2D has never been seen as a compelling platform for making horror games. But with SuperFlat Games’ Lone Survivor, this has changed.

Unique gameplay with a curious, confusing, and somewhat unexpected atmosphere, especially the ending of the game, Lone Survivor will make you want to try it.

In this game, you are the last survivor of the pandemic, and are forced to wear a mask at all times to survive. There are a lot of things that go unanswered in the game – for example, what is the main character’s name – that will make you feel like you’re in a horror movie to play a horror game: you’ll jump up and down with scares and character’s secret.

You can play Lone Survivor on PS4, PS Vita, Wii U, Windows, OS X, and Linux.

The Evil Within

The Evil Within is molded by the founder of the Resident Evil series, Shinji Mikami. If that’s not enough to make you play this game, then you’ve probably run out of reasons to play horror games. This is a third-person ‘survivor horror’ game that will lead you into a terrifying world of fearsome and terrifying enemies.

This is a good time to give the title a try, as the next version will be out on October 13, 2017. The main character will return in a storyline that is sure to leave you satisfied.

You can play The Evil Within on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows.

Source: Techradar