Top 10 Scariest Reality Game Shows

Fear Factor

Fear Factor is an American stunt and dare game show that originally aired on NBC from 2001 to 2006. NBC revived the show from 2011 to 2012, and MTV aired another revival from 2017 to 2018. The franchise returned to television in 2026 with the Fox series Fear Factor: House of Fear, hosted by Johnny Knoxville... read more

My favorite stunt show as a kid!

Panic Button

What are you afraid of? Could you conquer your ultimate fear?

Total Blackout

It's like a combination of Panic Button and Exit, except it's in the dark!

Love this show, but it's difficult to find out when it airs.

Exit

All the rooms are so frightening. This could give you terrible nightmares!

101 Ways to Leave a Game Show

This is supposed to be one of the scariest game shows out there!

13: Fear Is Real

Waiting for someone to do something like this again. I never missed a second. Pioneer in a genre that I'm hoping will keep popping off some new series.
Sad though, I've waited close to a decade and the closest I've seen was BBC's "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse". I'm an American but had no problem watching it and even would love a sequel to this show. Nowhere to gobut up.

I really liked this show. Wish they would bring it back.

Hellevator

This is the only one I have seen that is actually horror-based, and the themes are amazing. The two hosts are amazing. I would have loved to be on it, but sadly, as far as I know, it went off the air.

This is basically Exit but cheesy at some parts. I love it. Only eight episodes out that I know of, but they're all terrifying and good. Takes place in a maze of a warehouse with different scary real-life themes (H. H. Holmes, etc.).

Not at all scary to watch, but the contestants are definitely terrified. It can be pretty hilarious.

The Exit List

This game is mostly on memorizing things. It takes place in an underground creepy maze below.

Trapped!

Estate of Panic

This game show is in a creepy mansion and makes each contestant ask themselves, what would you do for money?

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Killer Camp

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Relic: Guardians of the Museum

Fight of the Living Dead

A competition series with horror overtones, Fight of the Living Dead (FOTLD) is an unprecedented mash-up of the reality and scripted genres. The show will follow eight top YouTube stars as they attempt to survive the first 24 hours of a highly simulated Zombie Apocalypse. The only prize is survival.