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[IbizaPocholo]

There was a good stretch of time where it was looking like horror games were on their last legs, where it seemed like the industry at large was moving further and further away from what made horror games, well, horror. In recent years, the pendulum has swung back, and horror games have come back with a bang, with one excellent release after another. Fans of the genre have been treated to no small amount of memorable games in the genre in the last few years, and best of all, it looks like things are going to keep getting better.

In this two-part feature, we're going to talk about what we feel are the thirty best horror games as of 2020, and cover the first fifteen of those in this first part (in no particular order). Given the embarrassment of riches we were picking from while coming up with this list, it goes without saying that we will have missed out on at least a few games that you feel should be in here, so if that's the case, let us know in your comments.

Without further ado then, let's get started.

Thanks mods for the title change

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

 

[ABnormal]

If there's not Silent Hill 2 on top it's meaningless.

 

[GymWolf]

I hope condemned 1 is on the top 10.

Also the final section of ff7 remake, never been so scared of going forward in a game...

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[D.Final]

There was a good stretch of time where it was looking like horror games were on their last legs, where it seemed like the industry at large was moving further and further away from what made horror games, well, horror. In recent years, the pendulum has swung back, and horror games have come back with a bang, with one excellent release after another. Fans of the genre have been treated to no small amount of memorable games in the genre in the last few years, and best of all, it looks like things are going to keep getting better.

In this two-part feature, we're going to talk about what we feel are the thirty best horror games as of 2020, and cover the first fifteen of those in this first part (in no particular order). Given the embarrassment of riches we were picking from while coming up with this list, it goes without saying that we will have missed out on at least a few games that you feel should be in here, so if that's the case, let us know in your comments.

Without further ado then, let's get started.

Thanks mods for the title change

A good list.
After all

 

[EverydayBeast]

Evil Within is the perfect horror game.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

Just say what their top 30 is, not clicking that vid

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[lame gag1990]

List please. Not going in a forum thread to click a video.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I wouldn't say Condemned was ignored. It was quite popular for a horror game, popular enough to even get a sequel.

 

[Varteras]

PART 1
Slender Arrival
System Shock 2
Pathalogic 2
Silent Hill 3
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Alan Wake
F.E.A.R.
Until Dawn
Outlast
The Evil Within
SOMA
Little Nightmares
Layers of Fear
Resident Evil 4
Outlast 2

PART 2
INSIDE
Bloodborne
The Evil Within 2
Resident Evil (remake)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Dead Space
The Last of Us
Resident Evil 2 (remake)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Silent Hill 2
Alien: Isolation
The Last of Us Part 2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Dead Space 2
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[IbizaPocholo]

 

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