What is the best horror video game of all time?

Survival horror classics, psychological nightmares, and games that made you put the controller down at 2am — this genre has some of gaming's most unforgettable experiences. Which one scared you the most?

1. 1
   Resident Evil 2 Remake

   Capcom's 2019 masterful reimagining of the 1998 classic, following Leon and Claire through Raccoon City.
2. 2
   Silent Hill 2

   Konami's 2001 psychological horror masterpiece — James Sunderland searches for his dead wife in a fog-shrouded town.
3. 3
   Amnesia: The Dark Descent

   Frictional Games' 2010 first-person horror that perfected the defenseless protagonist formula — you cannot fight back.
4. 4
   Outlast

   Red Barrels' 2013 found-footage inspired horror set in a psychiatric hospital — you can only hide and run.
5. 5
   Dead Space

   EA's 2008 sci-fi survival horror set aboard a mining ship infested with reanimated corpses called Necromorphs.
6. 6
   SOMA

   Frictional Games' 2015 underwater sci-fi horror exploring consciousness and identity — more disturbing than frightening.
7. 7
   Alien: Isolation

   Creative Assembly's 2014 survival horror set 15 years after the original film — Amanda Ripley hunted by one perfect Xenomorph.
8. 8
   Bloodborne

   FromSoftware's 2015 gothic horror action RPG set in the nightmarish city of Yharnam — Souls-like at its most terrifying.
9. 9
   Until Dawn

   Supermassive's 2015 interactive horror where eight friends are hunted on a remote mountain — every choice matters.
10. 10
    The Last of Us

    Naughty Dog's 2013 post-apocalyptic survival horror — Joel and Ellie's cross-country journey across a fungus-infected America.
11. 11
    Five Nights at Freddy's

    Scott Cawthon's 2014 indie phenomenon — a night security guard survives animatronic animals hunting the building.
12. 12
    P.T.

    Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro's 2014 playable teaser for the cancelled Silent Hills — widely considered the scariest game ever made.