Opening our list of Upcoming Horror Games of 2016 - 2017 is The Hum: Abductions
Horror games and Unreal Engine 4 are always a deadly combination.
The Hum: Abductions is a first-person horrorfest of extraterrestrial proportion.
If anyone doesn’t know, it’s a prequel to the Alien-Simulator game called “The
Hum”.
In this game, take control of a mother who’s simply trying to live a normal life but eventually
caught herself in the presence of a foreign disturbance.
Uncover the mysteries of the disappearance of your husband and protect the only thing
you care the most: your son.
No release date has been announced but everyone’s hoping for a late 2016 release.
9th place is Perception
It’s rare when a horror game takes physical disability to a spine-tingling approach.
From the developers of BioShock and Dead Space brings you a Kickstarter campaign that is
still on its way to becoming a reality.
Perception introduces a unique gameplay approach to horror: You are blind.
Embrace yourself in a world devoid of light and trust your senses because it is your only
hope.
A spectral entity haunts you throughout the game and survive through its horrific ordeal.
Support the game on Kickstarter.
8th is What Remains Of Edith Finch
This game feels like a series of horrific case files from the famed Warren’s.
It’s odd, and it’s unnerving.
Giant Sparrow, the makers of The Unfinished Swan, brings you a game that not only scares
the crap out of you, it also tells a different perspective of a story.
The game is set on a cursed family in Washington.
You take control of the lives of different characters in the form of short stories and
uncover the evil conundrum that lurks beneath it.
The game is set to release on 2016 (Hopefully!)
on the PlayStation 4.
Ranked 7th is P.A.M.E.L.A.
Dubbed as “A horror game straight out of Mass Effect”, though we would like to add
a bit of BioShock’s crazy atmosphere to its core.
This game takes the horror of Sci-Fi to a technological feat.
Survive through a futuristic world of Eden and do what it takes to live through the next
day.
The world is clamped with vibrant lights and you are plagued with the horrors of afflicted
citizens that only knows pain.
But throughout this nightmarish place, you are met with an A.I.
called PAMELA to guide you.
The game gets crazier with the use of the “Holopad” which serves as the game’s
central gadget.
These gadgets are necessary for your character… if you survive through it all.
The game is set to release this February 2017 and it’s currently in its Early-Access phase.
6th is Friday The 13th: The Game
Who couldn’t forget the memories that Camp Crystal Lake offers?
And who doesn’t want to control the most unkillable man in the history of Slasher Cinema?
The main focus of this game is the brilliance of its Mutliplayer.
Players are given the freedom to take control of 6 unlucky teenagers as they survive a night
through the clutches of Jason Vorhees.
Outsmart, fight, or run away from this presence.
For the game’s twist, players are also capable of controlling Jason.
In his gameplay, he is able to track these poor teenagers and slaughter them up until
their last breath.
You only live once?
Tell that to Jason.
5th place Telltale’s The Walking Dead (Season 3)
Heartbreaking is what this game is known for.
We’ve seen several PlayThroughs of famous YouTubers cry their hearts out when their
favorite character suffers an untimely demise.
From Season 1, we’ve seen a terrible death.
Season 2, we get to make a difficult choice.
But what awaits in Season 3?
Clementine is all grown up and she’s stronger than ever.
The world is still filled with the bloodthirsty walkers and Telltale’s mastery of choice-driven
adventure is still giving us the taste of its morally gray decisions.
The game is set to release this November 2016 on PC, MAC, Console and Mobile.
Fourth is State of Decay 2.
Zombie + Survival + Open world.
This combination has become a staple in gaming in past few years.
Now...here comes one of the pioneers!
State of Decay 2 is a sequel to the original zombie-survival title released three years
ago.
It promises a more in-depth take on surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
Player controls a whole community of survivors -- each with specific abilities and characteristics.
And you can now play with friends in multiplayer sessions.
The “horror” may be on the sideline but with zombies roaming around, it sure will
offer a lot of action-packed jump-scares.
Coming to PC and Xbox One sometime in 2017.
3rd place is Allison Road
How much longer must we wait?
This spiritual successor to the famed Silent Hills (May it rest in peace) has suffered
a lot.
It went from being cancelled to the last moment and until the time when they finally re-announced
its release.
Allison Road shrieks with terror by using the powerful Unreal Engine 4.
The flickering lights, claustrophobic hallways and blood-soaked walls are reminiscent to
what we really loved about Kojima and Del Toro’s legendary Demo.
Keep your fingers crossed, boys.
The game was recently revived and hopefully we’ll get a release date soon!
It will be released on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Number 2 in the list is Outlast 2.
Dark and damp corridors, creaking wooden floors and crazy demonic rituals are what awaits
the players in the sequel to the critically acclaimed horror game.
(Show clips of Outlast)
Developer Red Barrels has yet to reveal details of the game.
What we know so far is that it will feature new characters and a new setting.
A cornfield?
An abandoned farmland?
A secluded mid-western town of the occult?
What awaits the main character this time?
Set for release on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One in the first quarter of 2017.
Here are the runners-up before we reveal the number one:
And the most anticipated upcoming Horror game is Resident Evil VII: Biohazard.
There’s no denying Capcom’s biggest entry to the Horror-scene is promising.
Revealed on E3 2016 with nothing but a footage and a playable demo of a character trapped
inside an abandoned house.
Upon its announcement, fans are surprised by its deviation from the actual Third-Person
gameplay.
In VII, the First-Person element is giving us the very creeps.
No details have been given in connection to the previous games’ continuity but what
we know so far is the insanity this game showed during the recent trailer.
Jesus Christ, that was scary.
If anyone’s itching to play this game, download the Demo available only for the PlayStation
Plus users and embrace the terrors of viruses this January 24, 2017.