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below with what the most disturbing video game youve ever played was. While you ponder
that lets jump into todays list of the Top 10 Disturbing Video Games.
#10 Manhunt
Manhunt is a stealth-based survival horror video game developed by none other than Rockstar
North and published by Rockstar Games. The game had positive reviews from the critics
with most of their praise going to the games dark tone and violent nature. Due to the insane
level of graphic violence, Manhunt was actually banned in several countries and was referenced
by UK media outlets as the cause for driving a teenager to murder. The game has you sneaking
around deteriorating environments as your character murders criminals by surprise. Manhunt
is a deeply disturbing game that rewards you for brutal attacks for which it never really
steps off to make you think about your actions. This leads to an inherently ultraviolent video
game.
#9 Layers of Fear This disturbing video game is a psychological
horror unlike anything else. It was published by Bloober Team and has players control a
disturbed painter attempting to complete his magnum opus in a Victorian mansion. Now Im
sure like us youre thinking how could a game about paintings be disturbing, well just take
a look for yourself
The home around the painter is constantly shifting in a way that will frustrate and
really mess with your head. It forces you to try and make sense of this supernatural
home thats warping constantly with horrific imagery because if you dont make sense of
it that painting will never be finished.
#8 Sanitarium
Its not called Sanitarium for fun, its a game that will make you question your sanity. This
simple point-and-click psychological horror game was developed by Dream Forge Intertainment
and published by ASC Games. The game explores the levels and elements of being insane that
led to it becoming a legend amongst PC gamers. In a review by Destructoid they called Sanitarium
disturbing, but not scary. Adding that the games disfigured children, lonely freaks,
grotesque aliens, and mourning ghosts are far more unnerving. Its a game that requires
players to seek out hidden hints in the changing areas of the game as you attempt to connect
the dots of the plot. There are so many disturbing moments throughout this game that most people
upon seeing the guy pounding his head against a bloody spot on the wall say nope thats enough
and just shut it off.
#7 Dark Seed
Dont let the harsh 1992 graphics of this game make you think it will be a walk in the park.
Developed and published by Cyberdreams the game does an excellent job of balancing a
normal world with its dark counterpart based on artwork of H. R. Giger. Much like the layers
of fear this game takes place in an old mansion, but instead follows Mike Dawson a successful
advertising executive and writer. While in his new home, Mike begins experiencing brutal
headaches and horrific nightmares of aliens ripping apart his skull to control him. The
disturbing artwork of Giger is felt throughout this point-and-click adventure as you navigate
the strange environments to discover whether or not the nightmares are real. The game does
a terrific job of increasing your feelings of anxiety as you complete events within a
time crunch. If you happen to fail the event its back to the beginning for you, forcing
you to relive the disturbing images until you get it right.
#6 Dead Space 2
It is one of the most expensive video games ever made with a staggering 120 million dollar
budget that brings to life every creature from your nightmares. The entire series though
is meant to disturb even the bravest of gamers. If you havent played Dead Space, the enemies
are absolutely horrifying and on top of that your only way to survive is to dismember them.
For Dead Space 2 they really found a way to capitalize on the previous games strengths
while weeding out all the weak points. If you have a stomach of steel you can make it
through most of the game that is until one very specific scene where you have to stab
yourself in the eye with a needle. The reason why its so disturbing is that the player controls
the motion of jabbing the needle into your retina.
#5 Fallout 3
Post-apocalyptic worlds have been extensively explored in the video game world, but none
do it justice like the Fallout series. This action role-playing open world video game
was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The third
installment of the series really does an excellent job of confronting players with the disturbing
outcome of what really would happen if civil society met its demise. With all thats going
on in the game its easy to gloss over the disturbing portions. However if you wander
the town of Andale you can find a virtually pointless location, but one that will give
you some serious chills. As you explore the hidden town youll find horrific secrets involving
incest, violence and worst of all cannibalism. Fallout 3 may have scary moments, but if you
look deep enough even more disturbing aspects are around every corner.
#4 Trigger Happy Havoc
This visual novel adventure game was developed and published by Spike as the first game in
the Danganronpa series. Originally released in Japan for the PSP, it was later ported
to Android and iOS. Dont let the portableness of this game put you at ease, its quite disturbing.
Its very saw-esque in that the story is of a group of children who are imprisoned together
and forced to go through demanding tasks to stay alive. As you go, one by one the children
are executed all in extreme and intricate ways all by this psycho teddy bear. The most
disturbing part about this game is that you are essentially the one deciding on kids being
killed or not. It makes for a lot of second guessing.
#3 Outlast
Developed and published by Red Barrels, Outlast is a first-person survival horror video game
that revolves around a freelance investigative journalist. Your character takes it upon himself
to investigate a very remote psychiatric hospital deep in the mountains. What could go wrong.
Throughout the game youll come across in-patients who have now been set free to basically surprise
attack when you least expect it. The further you investigate youll learn that a lot of
them were subjected to cruel and inhumane experiments that left them disfigured and
mentally broken. All you have at your disposal to see in the dark corners of this insane
asylum is the night vision on your camera annnnd thats it. The game does give you small
windows of hope throughout, but for the most part you will struggle hard with the gruesome
scenarios youre faced with.
#2 The Silent Hill Series
The Silent Hill series is a survival horror video game published by Konami and developed
by Team Silent. The first game followed Harry Mason as he searches for his missing adopted
daughter in the town of Silent Hill. The whole series set the bar for creating that feeling
you get when your worst nightmares feel inescapable. They have created some of the most notorious
and disturbing creatures in video game history to help that along as well. Things like possessed
children, disfigured nurses and what would be the main antagonist Pyramid Head. They
combine every aspect that sets off the flight receptors in our brain. Everything from off
putting noises, jump scares and disturbing visuals that push you further into the nightmare
that is the Silent Hill storyline.
#1 Pony Island
Awe what a cute name for a game, why would this be our number one spot. Oh just you wait.
This isnt a game to take lightly. Developed and published by Canadian indie developer
Daniel Mullins it feels like Dan collaborated with Satan to create a demonic version of
My Little Pony. Kotaku even called the game - seriously twisted - Pony Island finds a
way to poison your expectations with imagery that will seriously mess with your head. In
Kotakus review they confirmed this by saying - At one point I was tricked into thinking
I had accidentally sent a horrible message to someone outside the game. The tricks Pony
Island played on me were so clever and effective that when I finally finished playing and closed
the application, I wasnt sure if I acutally closed it.- How dramatic of a review is that!
If a video game can actually plague your mind to the point where you fear your own reality,
then all we have to say is job well done Daniel Mullins.
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