Gaming

Recently, some games that shouldn't have freaked me out, but did, were parts of Outer Wilds and Subnautica. Subnautica, in particular, got me with a very good jump scare that I think made me jump harder than any horror game has in the past decade lol.

I find games that induce dread really help with being scared. If you have any niche titles I would love to hear them too. I must have missed a lot probably anything prior to 2005. But even recent titles there's a chance I could have missed them too!

I've really liked my time with Signalis. It does some neat stuff with it switching between the top down sections and first person puzzles/segments.

Metro 2033 and Half-Life 2 lol, I cannot play horror games. I quit Metro, couldn't help myself.

But at least I completed all HL games apart from Alyx. With all achievements on base HL2 and EP2.

Ravenholm was manageable if I play without sound 🤣 But there was a long tunnel section in EP1 that was very uncomfortable and dark, felt longer than Ravenholm.

The first fear game really scared me when I was younger. I was 16 maybe and that's how I found out I don't like ghosts haha.

Playing in ym room at night alone in the dark. Ghosts coming out that I can't hurt haha

Fuck that was bad

Darkwood. Incredible 2d survival horror game.

Your ability to be scared has more to do with your ability to be immersed in the game. Some people need outlast and some people only need minecraft. But also if you play amnesia as it was intended it is very scary. You can also run around a table repeatedly and get a good look at tge monster if you are not in the "horror mood" nothing is scary.

Did anyone play the Blair witch game? I didn't find it too scary, but the woods in that game are phenomenal. I thought they did a great job with making it feel like you were actually in a forest.

It's gotta be Penumbra: The Black Plague and Amnesia: The Dark Descent back when I played them 12 years ago. Not many games have created the same amount of tension for me while playing.

Probably one of the VR ones.

Phasmophobia is tense and mostly because you can die and get no points, but there's plenty of VRChat horror worlds as well. The quality varies wildly though, and you often face the worst VR horror of all: awful frame rates.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice had such a vivid portrayal of auditory and visual hallucinations and the psychological aspects thereof, as well as being rooted in genuinely spooky themes. Playing it in the dark with headphones was a truly psychologically scary experience and it didn't really rely on jumpscares for the scary factor. ( which to me is a huge plus )