20 Scariest Horror Games Ever Made

• Dead Space. Many of the best examples of sci-fi horror rely on the terror of the unknown. From Alien to Event Horizon,...
• Resident Evil 4. Many words have been written (including a few of our own) about how Resident Evil 4 brought more of an...
• Silent Hill 2. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Granted, that...

The 14 Scariest Video Games Of All Time

• 15 The 11th Hour
• 14 Slender (The Eight Pages)
• 13 The Forest
• 12 Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
• 11 BioShock
• 10 Five Nights at Freddy’s
• 9 Fatal Frame
• 8 Until Dawn
• 7 Outlast
• 6 Dead Space
• 5 Alien: Isolation
• 4 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• 3 Resident Evil
• 2 Silent Hill
• 1 Honorable Mention: P.T.

^{What Makes a Good Horror Game?}

• I think the first element is obvious: sound. It has been scientifically proven we humans process information faster through our ears than our eyes.
• The next important element has to be visuals. Similar to sound, what our surroundings look like creates an immediate mood. ...
• Then we have the third element: story. Of course, there isn’t a rule that dictates horror games need to have a complex plot. However, it helps.
• They challenge you and your thinking skills in a fight or flight mode. The first Resident Evil managed to do just that, balancing action and horror in anxious-driven ways.
• Be creative! Horror games are all about atmosphere and using our own senses against us. ...