Top 10 Best Horror Video Games

By far one of the scariest and most disturbing survival horror games out there.

Great story, crazy characters, horrific environments, and an eerie atmosphere make Silent Hill 2 my all-time favorite horror genre video game.

Silent Hill 2 isn't just the scariest game ever made. It is the most disturbing game ever made. It gets into your mind and goes for purely psychological horror instead of the usual and tired jump scares.

One of the most influential horror games ever, Silent Hill 2 is the one Silent Hill game that literally got everything right! It's pretty much the god of all horror games in a way!

Oh yeah, the fact that these creatures are just straight up stalking about in the dark while you wander around in an abandoned castle filled with monsters that will kill you with no way to defend yourself whatsoever is totally terrifying! Oh yeah, and you deal with all this while losing your sanity, slowly slipping into insanity with every moment that passes by while you explore that Godforsaken place!

Not only that, but multiple gamers, including the #1 subscribed channel on YouTube, PewDiePie, have gained fame from playing this game (or Slender, but we're not talking about that) due to the horror they had to face and share with the internet. Yeah, this deserves this spot since so many people peed their pants trying to escape this game.

While most horror games show no promise and are about zombies and the evil dead, Five Nights at Freddy's is actually not that stupid!

1. There is a great story in it.
2. The graphics are good.
3. There are actually bits and pieces of a story, which makes it much better than other games.
4. The characters are relatable.
5. The parts and places look and relate to a lot of things today.

To be honest, I love watching theories about FNaF and making theories. I don't even play the game. I just want to know all the secrets about it. It's so mysterious, and the backstory is scarier than the game, in my opinion.

It's about a Chuck E. Cheese-like restaurant. The animatronics are just normal animatronics that sing, dance, etc. They were normal until the Purple Guy came. So, there are the four main animatronics: Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy. But there's also Golden Freddy, which is a hallucination that the night guard sees rarely.

The Purple Guy is an employee in this restaurant, but one night when it was a child's birthday, the Purple Guy killed four children and also his son (we don't know why). After that, there's this puppet called Marionette. When the restaurant was closed, Marionette stuffed the bodies into the four animatronics and stuffed the son of the Purple Guy into Golden Freddy, which was an old animatronic with no endoskeleton they used in an older restaurant (Fredbear's Family Diner).

After that, a lot of people were complaining. Parents saw blood dripping out of Foxy's mouth, which is also why Foxy is out of order. When the restaurant was closed, Marionette gave the four animatronics stuffed with kids a gift, the gift of life. So the spirits of the children were controlling the animatronics. At night, they started to kill employees because the employees actually wore a purple suit. When they see an employee at night, they think it's the Purple Guy, the murderer, so they kill the employee. That's why they're trying to kill you when you're the night guard. They think you're the murderer.

Also, if you actually read all that, thanks. I want more people to have an interest in FNaF and become members of our big, beautiful fandom.

Best horror game by far, in my opinion. The story is good, the scenarios are horrifying, and the gameplay is great. It makes you feel very invested and really brings you into the game.

I would 100% suggest playing this game if you love survival horror games, or just horror games in general.

This game is phenomenal. The second one is even better scare-wise. Not as good story-wise, but I loved it. Definitely the scariest game of our time. Until Dawn was also a good horror game, though not scary, it was a fun story.

Man, I can't forget my first experience with this game. It's still unsurpassed in terms of how sick and twisted it is. The scariest game made so far.

Great atmosphere. RE5 was good only with co-op, and RE6 was a generic action game. RE7 plain sucked. It was more like Outlast or something. Where are the characters of the RE series? Resident Evil is dead.

This is a game you can finish 20 times and still not get bored of it. A true masterpiece.

I'm not much for violent video games, but I love this game!

Dead Space is such an amazing game. The horror and skill required to play a third-person shooter, combined with the kind of play style required for this game, make it both challenging and fun for any gamer.

The game is refreshing and was a great start to an amazing series.

It should be higher. It's just plain awesome.

I can't understand how this isn't at least in the top 10 on this list. The story, atmosphere, and pacing suck you in and keep you riveted to the screen until the very end - and even a bit after that too! Dead Space is by far my favorite survival horror game.

The best horror games are made in Japan. This game has an original gameplay and story.

Very suspenseful, because who wouldn't be scared when there's a guy with no face stalking you in the woods? And scary drums in the background that come from nowhere?

This guy is so hard I can't even collect all of the pages!

This game is very dated by today's standards and can be overwhelming if you've never played similar games before. However, I must say that this game truly changed my life and my preferences in gaming when I first played it.

I purchased this game on the last day of 2012 for my newly received PS3 as a Christmas gift, along with the first Metal Gear Solid (which is my all-time favorite video game, along with this and Silent Hill 2). Initially, I was actually scared to play it because I had never owned a horror game before. When I finally mustered the courage to play it, I was surprised by how old it looked, and I didn't expect it to scare me. But it did.

This game remains one of my all-time favorites, even though it can be challenging to follow at times. I love it so much that I recently purchased a mint condition original copy of it for the PS1, even though I don't own a PS1, just to have it.

If you enjoy adventure games, this is one of the best. If you want a game with class and style, this is it. If you want a game with great dialogue between characters, this may not be it, but you should still buy it anyway. It's one of those rare experiences that gives you a sense of accomplishment once you've finally completed it. And once you have, you can even move on to Silent Hill 2, which is, without a doubt, the greatest scary video game ever made. PERIOD.

It takes about 15 or more hours to beat on your first playthrough, and about 8-9 hours on your second (and I highly recommend playing this game multiple times). If you don't believe me, look up another review. There are plenty out there.

By the way, it doesn't matter what anybody says, Silent Hill is STILL better than Resident Evil.

The best game to get easily scared and pee your own pants.

This game is not so much about the jump scares or monsters as it is about the atmosphere. You always feel like something bad is going to happen. Just go play the demo (or even better, buy the game) and see for yourself. I highly recommend it.

This game is awesome. It has an amazing style. It isn't about night shifts or running away from some demonic thing. You run away from your own creations. It's amazing to see how something as simple as cartoons can make something so creepy.

The adventure and gameplay are what bring this game to life. The number of twists and turns will make you want to see and play through to the end. I highly recommend this game if you love cartoony game styles.

This game was one of the few horror games which really made my heart race. Why is it so low on the list?

My, my, this game! Whoever plays it, it remains in their heart forever.

Manhunt 2 is an awesome psychological horror game that is grueling to play.

Doom 3, for its time, had the best graphics and realistic lighting of any game and was easily the scariest sci-fi shooter of all time. Even today, it's still a horror masterpiece. While not quite on the level of, say, Amnesia, the exceptional FPS aspect of the game makes up for it.

Imagine walking through an eerily quiet, dark, metallic, and claustrophobic corridor, flashlight in hand. The radio is now quiet after a good 10 minutes of hearing your fellow marines scream and desperately cry for help as they are brutally slaughtered. As you turn a corner, you hear a shriek behind you and instinctively turn just as a fireball hits you. You pull out your shotgun, but with your flashlight gone, you can barely see the thing that is rapidly approaching you, ready to pounce. As the 12-eyed demon slashes at your face, you fire and blow him to pieces, his body turning to a pile of glowing ashes as he lets out a final ear-splitting shriek.

I've beaten this game so many times, and while it does get less scary, every playthrough is pulse-pounding and exhilarating. Amazing game!

I'm a cold-blooded person who plays horror games to laugh, actually. However, this is the only game I could NOT play alone. Just... scary as hell.

Scared the hell out of me when I played it for the first time. Very disturbing and scary atmosphere, and the jump scares are like, AHA!