Gone Home may also be worth a look, and that's not a horror game either.

Firewatch (PC, Mac, PS4, XB1) - Far from horror, but a genuinely tense and atmospheric 'walking simulator' that creates tension and keeps you questioning everything.

INSIDE (PC, PS4, XB1) - It's a puzzle platformer from the creators of Limbo, and though it's not a traditional 'horror' game there's something very unsettling happening throughout.

You play an elite commando for a unique covert operations unit hunting for a mysterious fugitive who commands a clone army. The plot gives you control of eight characters plucked right out of the post- Scream survival horror movies of the 90s and early 2000s. awakes in a dreary castle with no memory of his past and discovers that he deliberately erased his memory and must travel through the dark halls to kill the evil baron Alexander.

Bloodborne (PS4) - Hard-as-nails hack-n-slash action, but the enemy design and Victorian gothic stylings of the world just about qualify this as a horror game. Until Dawn ( CA) (PS4) Until Dawn isnt just a great horror game, it was one of 2015s best games overall.

Play it with the lights off, try to find all of the secrets, and experience Capcom's latest shift in direction for the series.

Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour Demo (PS4) - It's a demo, it's free, and it's terrifying.

With Halloween on the horizon, here are the best horror games for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC to play during the spooky season. Many gamers love Containment Breach and find Unity just as enthralling. The 20 Best Horror Games To Play On Halloween 2021.

Slender (PC, Mac) - A completely free downloadable game based on the SomethingAwful forums meme 'Slender Man.' It was followed up with the slightly disappointing Slender: The Arrival. Unlike most scary games you could play, all SCP games are free to download since everything SCP falls under creative commons.

But if you're reading this article, we thought you might want to hear about them. We'll finish up with a few honorable mentions which didn't make the main list. This is either because they're not full games, or they fall into another genre altogether but still contain horror overtones.

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