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?

Resident Evil 2 Remake

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

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Silent Hill 2

Konami's 2001 psychological horror masterpiece — James Sunderland searches for his dead wife in a fog-shrouded town.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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

3/12

Outlast

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

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Dead Space

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

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SOMA

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

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Alien: Isolation

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

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Bloodborne

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

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Until Dawn

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

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The Last of Us

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

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Five Nights at Freddy's

Scott Cawthon's 2014 indie phenomenon — a night security guard survives animatronic animals hunting the building.

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P.T.

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

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