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The 25 Best Horror Games Ever Made (as ranked by IGN)

Hawk The Slayer

Hawk The Slayer

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In no order

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 1
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 1 Remake
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 3
SCP Secret Lab
System Shock 2
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Run Like Hell
Extermination
Deep Fear
Carrier
Martian Gothic
Murder House
Friday the 13th
They Hunger
The Thing
Clock Tower
Dead Space
Resident Evil 4 Remake
 
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Astral Dog

Astral Dog

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GudOlRub said:
Why on earth is RE4 considered a horror game?
I'll never understand this, it's literally an action game, it's as scary as playing a COD Zombies :messenger_tears_of_joy:

And I won't even start with REmake 2 and RE1.

But oh well, this is always going to be quite subjective after all.
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RE4 is a great mix of survival horror and action gaming

The plot is a silly B horror movie, but the atmosphere in the village was groundbreaking at the time, the horror comes from being chased by a bunch of crazy villagers and a psycho wearing a paper bag with a chainsaw.



The soundtrack, visuals and bosses are great as well

I think the Remake is more of an horror game compared to the original game, and should be included as well, maybe even in place of it
 
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JimmyRustler

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DeepEnigma said:
CTRL-F Little Nightmares?
CTRL-F System Shock?
CTRL-F Silent Hill (original)?

Manhunt did not strike me as horror, at all.
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I honestly found SH1 always more scary than SH2. Come to think of it, the original is probably the scariest game ever made, even today. Something about those old graphics and the soundtrack creeps me out.
 
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N1tr0sOx1d3

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TommyCronin6969 said:
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What an absolute tool Ryan is. This will haunt him for the rest of his career.
 
Judge Magister

Judge Magister

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Hawk The Slayer said:
In no order

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 1
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 1 Remake
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 3
SCP Secret Lab
System Shock 2
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Run Like Hell
Extermination
Deep Fear
Carrier
Martian Gothic
Murder House
Friday the 13th
They Hunger
The Thing
Clock Tower
Dead Space
Resident Evil 4 Remake
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Don't be shy, Capcom made more Resident Evil games... ;)
 
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semiconscious

semiconscious

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ign: 'the most recently released game in whatever category is the best of all time'...

ps: no fatal frame?!...
 
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Swagballs717

Swagballs717

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www.ign.com

The 25 Best Horror Games Ever Made - IGN

How many have you played?
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When it comes to representing real terror and its consequences, it doesn’t get any scarier than Silent Hill 2. It’s an increasingly disturbing and psychological journey into the repressed thoughts of its unassuming protagonist, and the tortured souls he meets along the way. Emotional tragedy, guilt, anger, abuse, and the horrible ways the resulting trauma manifests are handled with a grace and maturity that only strengthens Silent Hill 2’s disturbing subject matter. The mounting feeling that you are fleeing from an inescapable mistake, all leading up to the haunting revelation at the end and a devastating fight against one of video gaming’s most menacing antagonists, makes Silent Hill 2 the scariest game of all time.

The original Silent Hill 2 is perhaps the bleakest, most sombre game ever made and Bloober Team has successfully recreated its miserable magic, ensuring the remake is a deeply effective descent into genuinely uncomfortable terror. With the 2024 remake, Team Silent’s nightmarish vision is preserved. It’s a modern reminder not just of an era where Konami was a master of survival horror, but also of the significant power of Silent Hill 2’s unrelenting misery.

There’s just something about that PS2 version, though, that keeps us coming back to its slightly pixelated fog and uniquely haunting atmosphere. It’s fair to say that we’ve been seeing that restless town in our dreams ever since we first stepped foot in it back in 2001. 23 years later, nothing has been more terrifying.
 
Swagballs717

Swagballs717

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Their complete list, for those interested:

1: Silent Hill 2 (2024)
2: Resident Evil 2 (2019)
3: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)
4: P.T. (2014)
5: Dead Space (2023)
6: Alien: Isolation (2014)
7: Outlast (2013)
8: Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
9: Resident Evil 4 (2005)
10: Five Nights at Freddy's (2014)
11: Resident Evil (1996)
12: Forbidden Siren 2 (2006)
13: Clock Tower (1995)
14: Soma (2015)
15: Alan Wake II (2023)
16: Until Dawn (2015)
17: Dead by Daylight (2016)
18: Phasmophobia (2020)
19: Visage (2019)
20: Inside (2016)
21: Manhunt (2003)
22: Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005)
23: The Evil Within (2014)
24: Slender: The Eight Pages (2012)
25: Stay Out of the House (2022)
 
digdug2

digdug2

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Synless said:
The fact a tech demo made the list honestly invalidates some of their credibility. P.T. Wasn’t that good, it just fucking wasn’t.
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I would argue that IGN has zero credibility as it stands. However, I think PT was rad. Was it overrated because it became incredibly niche and increasingly difficult to come by? Fuck yeah it was. It wouldn't be talked about nearly as much if it weren't for the controversy surrounding it.

Had Silent Hills actually been developed and released, it would have probably been utterly weird yet awesome, all because of Kojima.

Also, PT was influential as shit. Sure there's a bunch of PT-clone shovelware out there, but I would imagine that PT probably played a big part in the Resident Evil revival and subsequent move to 1st person gameplay.
 
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Vick

Vick

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Synless said:
The fact a tech demo made the list honestly invalidates some of their credibility. P.T. Wasn’t that good, it just fucking wasn’t.
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There always has to be one..

www.polygon.com

P.T. is, and always will be, the best horror game

Always, forever, unto the end of time
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com

www.vg247.com

"It's the scariest game ever made": how game hacker Lance McDonald is uncovering P.T.’s hidden secrets

News, reviews and opinions on the biggest video games.
www.vg247.com www.vg247.com

www.gamesradar.com

P.T. is still the purest horror game around, and one of the smartest on PS4

P.T. is the smartest game on PS4. Here's why...
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www.businessinsider.com

Here’s what it’s like to play the scariest game ever made — which isn’t even available to buy

It's Halloween! Get into the spirit and watch our coworker get frightened playing this mysterious game.
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P.T. not being in such a list would invalidate it instantly.

I'll never understand this, if someone's experience with P.T. is YouTube videos (almost always limited to the linear portion until its jumpscare, never showing the core of the game with its potentially infinite and still filled with secrets randomly generated final loop) or dumb incomplete recreations of it, is it really so damn hard trying to fight the urge to downplay literal God-tier material?

Even ignoring its otherworldly quality which is still literally unmatched after 10 years, this "tech demo that fucking wasn't good" is responsible for Resident Evil return to horror, sparked countless good "copies" of it, and its influence is not even limited to games only either as Ari Aster reveres P.T. and gave us the best horror movie since The Exorcist.
How hard can it be to have a little taste or show deserved respect?
 
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Agent_4Seven

Agent_4Seven

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It's deifinitely up there, but I call BS on #1 cuz SH is ways more scarier, with more oppressive, daunting atmosphere, mood and religious motives. Also, WTF a tech demo (which is not even a game IGN, guess what) from 2014 is even doing there FFS?
 
digdug2

digdug2

Member
Vick said:
There always has to be one..

www.polygon.com

P.T. is, and always will be, the best horror game

Always, forever, unto the end of time
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com

www.vg247.com

"It's the scariest game ever made": how game hacker Lance McDonald is uncovering P.T.’s hidden secrets

News, reviews and opinions on the biggest video games.
www.vg247.com www.vg247.com

www.gamesradar.com

P.T. is still the purest horror game around, and one of the smartest on PS4

P.T. is the smartest game on PS4. Here's why...
www.gamesradar.com www.gamesradar.com

www.businessinsider.com

Here’s what it’s like to play the scariest game ever made — which isn’t even available to buy

It's Halloween! Get into the spirit and watch our coworker get frightened playing this mysterious game.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com

P.T. not being in such a list would invalidate it instantly.

I'll never understand this, if someone's experience with P.T. is YouTube videos (almost always limited to the linear portion until its jumpscare, never showing the core of the game with its potentially infinite and still filled with secrets randomly generated final loop) or dumb incomplete recreations of it, is it really so damn hard trying to fight the urge of downplaying literal God-tier material?

Even ignoring its otherworldly quality (still unmatched after 10 years) this "tech demo that fucking wasn't good" is responsible for Resident Evil return to horror, sparked countless good "copies" of it, and its influence is not even limited to games only either as Ari Aster reveres P.T. and gave us the best horror movie since The Exorcist.
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I always look forward to what you have to say. You bring up very good points and I agree with many of them.

I still really do feel that had PT not been taken off the PS Store and become increasingly difficult to procure, it probably wouldn't be quite as lionized. But, let's face it- I could be wrong and it could have just ended up being even MORE popular. We'll just never know.

And yeah, there's really zero doubt that it resurrected Resident Evil. PT had to have been the whole reason why RE 7 & 8 went first person. CAPCOM saw the value in it and ran with it.
 
Shadowstar39

Shadowstar39

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This list is shit. None of the original Silent hill or resident evils are even on here.
PT was a tech demo, and dead by daylight is a fucking multiplayer game, with a horror skin. It's not scary at all.
Evil within also should be up higher.
Left4 dead 2, Its co-op , nothing scary about it. Its co-op with a zombie skin.
 
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