WARNING: daring to play the games listed here may result in screams of terror and cause
nightmares.
Hello again my fellow gamers, my name is Amanda McKnight and I am back for a limited time
only to be your host for this list.
Just kidding, I'll be back every now and then, popping up like a good jump scare.
Which makes sense as I am known for being the most terrifying.
Boo!
2020 is just around the corner and in honour of that, we'll be looking at the scariest
games from the past decade, the good ol' 2010s as we count down the top 10 scariest video
games of the decade.
Still sounds weird to say the 2010's.
It's not as satisfying as the 90's or the 80's.
The 2010s.
One day in the distant future, they'll probably just be known as the 10s or, like, the 2-10's
and I'll either be longe dead, or be a version of my consciousness uploaded into an android
who still hosts youtube videos.
Stay tuned to find out which.
And to find out which games made the cut.
And if you like horror games, be sure to give this video a lil like.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Blair Witch
Developed by team Bloober this psychological survival horror game takes you back to the
90s.
You are forced to visit the same woods as the teenagers in the fateful Blair Witch Project
film as you search for a missing boy.
You play as a former police officer, Ellis Lynch.
Armed with a cellphone, a flashlight that works some of the time, and reliable a walkie
talkie, you set out with your trusty animal companion and tracker dog, Bullet.
You can even pet him!
I know that's not what this list is about but also this dogs in games are the best.
And the bond you share with your dog both lulls you into a false sense of security and
helps to urge you forward as you explore the creepy forest and later a creepy abandoned
house.
The game also incorporates a cam-corder, evoking the original film it is inspired off of, which
you later use as a tool to explore in the world further.
Blair Witch was released in August of 2019 and is playable on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
9 Layers of Fear
In Layers of Fear you are a painter who has returned home after a court hearing to start
work on your magnum opus, a painter's masterpiece work.
The game is a psychological horror where your character's psyche is your own worst enemy.
You wander through your home experiencing hallucinations and uncovering more and more
about your character's twisted past and broken mental state.
The game also implores a few jump scares to freak you out.
Lots of walking down dark corridors in this game.
Gameplay centers around exploration and puzzle solving.
Layers of Fear has been spooking out players since it's release in 2016.
It was also developed by the Bloober Team and is playable on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PC
and XBox One.
8 Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 was published by EA Games.
The sequel to the first Dead Space, the game is played in third person and was released
in 2011.
It is playable on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Once again you are taking on the Necromorphs.
Dead Space is interesting as it is a game that could be best described as a slasher,
in fact you are encouraged to slice of the limbs of the necromorphs that attack you as
head-shots are often not as useful.
And you know the game you are playing is going to be gorey, like in Dead Space 2, when you
are rewarded for curb stomping monsters heads.
The game itself feels leaves you feeling tense and panic ridden as you often fight in dimly
lit narrow corridors and tight spaces.
7 Soma
SOMA was released in 2015 by Frictional Games and is playable on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
In it you are Simon Jarret the survivor of a car accident who is looking for help after
suffering severe brain damage.
David Munshi (Munchy), a medical grad student, offers to help you by observing the trauma
with an experimental brain scan procedure.
You pass out during the procedure and appear to wake up in the future after humanity has
been pretty much destroyed after a large comet struck the earth.
You are on Pathos 2, underwater in a research facility and work to uncover what has happened
both in this place and to yourself.
The game is heavily narrative focused, filled with puzzles and sneaking.
This game evokes the genre of psychological horror even more as each shadowy figure is
meant to symbolize some kind of emotional trauma.
And if you're wondering what soma means by the way, it's basically word meaning the soul,
spirit and memories of one's body.
6 Alan Wake
Alan Wake was first released in 2010 and is playable on Xbox and PC.
It's a game that evokes a Twin Peaks or a Twilight Zone vibe.
You play as Alan Wake, a writer who ends up getting trapped in his story.
The game constantly makes the player question what is real and what is illusion as they
explore the frighteningly surreal and eerie environment of the town, Bright Falls, in
Washington state.
Something that has always gotten me is how when running away from enemies you can still
hear their footsteps chasing you.
The jump scares and memorable characters make this psychological thriller meets action-packed
video games one of the creepiest creeps to creep about in.
5 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
This first person survival horror game with filled with monsters and puzzles was released
in 2010 by Frictional Games.
Though truly it was more psychological than survival based really.
This game is playable on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Amnesia was a brilliant game when it was released because it tricked you into doing the work
for it, almost.
The most terrifying thing in Amnesia isn't actually what you're running from, it's your
imagination.
This is a game where you run from monsters, barricade doors, hide in a closet, and let
your imagination go to work.
The sound is also great, the main characters breathing specifically terrified us.
Because you can lose your sanity in the game, you become more terrified.
The brilliant thing is there is no in game negative consequences.
The game makes you think there is.
But there isn't.
Your vision might change, you might fall down but that's it.
What the game does is it gifts you with the horror of paranoia, more akin to what it probably
actually feel like to go insane in a horrifying scenario.
And you know a game is frightening when you can specifically lean out your head in it
to to peak around corners.
4 Alien Isolation
Alien Isolation was released in 2014 and was published by Sega.
The game is playable on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
It's a first person survival horror game where you are Amanda Ripley, Ellen's daughter.
The game takes place 15 years after the original alien film.
You are setting out to try and retrieve one of the last recordings of your mother's voice
after finding it out it may still exist at a remote space station.
The only problem is once you are there you must battle enemies in the form of fellow
humans, androids and one near undefeatable foe, an alien.
As you cannot kill the alien on your own, you are forced to play a never-ending tension-fuelled
game of hide and seek with it.
And no matter how times it catches and kills you, it remains terrifying.
As promised, the game often leaves you feeling isolated in your journey despite running into
others on the ship, many of whom you are forced to watch die as fellow prey of the alien's.
3 Silent Hill 2
This game became iconic and it's tropes have been borrowed, used and recycled in so many
other games in honour of how terrifying it is and first was when it was released in 2001.
You play as the main character who has received a letter from his wife.
The only problem is his wife is supposed to be dead.
So of course, you set out to solve the mystery, hopeful that you will find your wife who you
suspect may still be alive.
The game was published by Konami and designed by the famous Team Silent.
This graphics may be a little dated now, but the game still stands as one of the greatest
horror games from the last decade and one of the most frightening at the time of its
release.
2 Five Nights At Freddy's
You have just started at the late night security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.
You are tasked with making sure no one breaks in and trying to survive the night.
Survive the night as the animatronic puppets come alive and attempt to kill you.
What makes this scenario even more frightening is the fact that you have really no way to
defend yourself.
The best you can do is run away and blockade doors.
The game is filled with tons of jump scares and while the premise may feel a little silly,
it is not a horror game to be underestimated.
The original FNaF was released in 2014 and the latest game in the franchise just came
out this year for VR called FNaF: Help Wanted.
The original is playable on PS4 and PC.
1 P.T.
Probably one of the scariest games that you will likely never get to play.
This game was designed by Hideo Kojima in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro and
was set to be published by Konami studios.
PT stands for playable teaser and all we ever got to see of it, was 30 minute demo.
And only those who downloaded the demo before the project was cancelled even got to play
it.
In the game you are basically stuck walking the same hallway.
And it is this repetition combined with the simple yet detailed game design that makes
it so terrifying and brilliant.
It's basically like watching a horror film, except from a first person perspective, where
you are the "star," aka the person who is about to get freaked the heck out, who has
no way of defending yourself against the hostile ghosts that surround you.
The playable teaser was released in 2014 but when Konami and Kojima split was removed from
Konami's listing.
It was available on PS4 originally but was removed.
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope some of these games freaked you out.
If you've played any of them and they did or even if they didn't, be sure to let us
know in the comments below.
I have never played P.T. but just watching playthroughs of it, scares me to bits so,
yes.
Also let us know if even just playthroughs of any of these titles have had that titular
effect on you.
And if there are some horror games who didn't make the cut but which you have found equally
terrifying, be sure to share with me in the comments.
I want to add some more horror games to my list so suggest away.
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Till next time this has been top 10 gaming and I'm your host Amanda McKnight reminding
you to keeping gaming on.
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