Many people are very fond of bright emotions and enjoy the feeling of fear – that’s why they play scary video games. In this review, we will talk about the scariest games that are popular today. And if you like less scary entertainment, then try playing blackjack games.

SOMA

In the history of the gaming industry, there have been criminally few underwater horror films. Bioshock can be called horror by a stretch, Subnautica scared selectively, and the indie project Narcosis caused bewilderment rather than strong fear. That leaves one SOMA – an intellectual horror with a strong sci-fi plot and strong existential twists. True, it has one small problem – it is more of a walking simulator than a horror that, like Amnesia, would keep the player on their toes. Monsters are rare here, easy to get around, and after a few deaths, you will no longer be afraid of them.

But SOMA can really scare. For example, she is able to convey the sensations that arise in the owners of neglected bat phobia – a painful fear of deep places. Like no other game, it conveys the feeling of the endless abyss, and what can lurk under the dark water column. And this feeling intensifies as each chapter passes because as the player progresses, he sinks deeper and deeper. If you are afraid of giant underwater monsters and huge sunken objects, then SOMA will definitely scare you.

Silent Hill 1

It may seem strange that the first Silent Hill is so low on our top, but there are several excuses for this. Still, now this game is much less scary than at the time of release – including because of the not very interesting design of the monsters. The remaining parts of Silent Hill by Team Silent have surpassed the first part, which started it all in many ways.

But it is definitely worth a pass for everyone who loves and appreciates horror. Firstly, because of the magnificent atmosphere of a nightmare, in which not everything is clear, and the logic sometimes fails. The graphics of the PS1 times only reinforce this nightmare – especially for the school, along the corridors of which incomprehensible creatures roam, resembling children with vagina dentata instead of faces.

Secondly, this is still the beginning of the cult Silent Hill, which gives, albeit not so much information about what happened to the cute resort town of Silent Hill, but explains what is shown in subsequent parts.

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Today it is difficult to surprise someone with traditional Japanese horror films. Little dead girls, ancient curses, youkai monsters, girls from the well, and other Japanese evil spirits have long ceased to scare the way they did in the 90s and zero. Therefore, the first part of Fatal Frame is now able to terrify only very impressionable players. Of course, the game is creepy and atmospheric, but it can hardly be called very frightening.

But in the sequel, the developers of Tecmo “twisted” the horror so much that after the game session, you want to sleep with the lights on. It would seem that a simple plot: the sisters Mio and Maya are brought into a cursed Japanese village, which has completely died out due to an unsuccessful ancient ritual. The village and the souls of the dead inhabitants are stuck in this purgatory, so they are doomed to “live” the last day of the ritual for centuries. A kind of Groundhog Day, but for ghosts. Mio and Mayu must break this curse and escape the village.

It seems to be simple, but it’s still creepy and uncomfortable to play. At first glance, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is an ordinary survival horror in the spirit of classic Resident Evil, but instead of weapons and zombies, there are ghosts and an old camera with a narrow view, and instead of brave operatives, fragile girls.