Top 100 Best Horror Games
Here's a list consisting of numerous perspectives in terms of angles, ranging from first person to third person, but limited to the genre of horror. This list has been compiled based on games that have shown some of the greatest fear factor and proven to be successful in terms of replay value. Basically, this isn't a list based on popularity level, so the more frightening games are obviously listed higher than the most popular ones.
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- DirectorMakoto ShibataStarsAkemi KandaAyako KawasumiTsukiko AmanoTwin sisters try to escape a haunted village with the help of the Camera Obscura, a camera with the power to see the impossible.
- DirectorMakoto ShibataStarsKimberly BrooksKim Mai GuestJosh KeatonA professional photographer, still mourning the death of her fiancé, finds herself pulled into a mysterious "dream manor" whenever she falls asleep.
- DirectorMakoto ShibataStarsRumiko VarnesDominic AllenBianca AllenArmed with a camera capable of fighting ghosts, a teenage girl searches a haunted house in search of her brother.
- DirectorKeiichiro ToyamaStarsMitsuyoshi ShinodaNatsuki OkamotoMasaki TachiA group of people are trapped in the mysterious mountain village of Hanuda.
- DirectorTakayuki KobayashiMasashi TsuboyamaStarsGuy CihiMonica HorganDonna BurkeAfter receiving a letter from his late wife, from Silent Hill, James Sunderland heads towards the town to search for her, only to come across a terrifying road of truth and redemption.
- DirectorKeiichiro ToyamaStarsKiyokazu EbinaSeiko IwaidôErina MoribayashiNew Siren game takes place on a small island town in rural Japan. The town is quiet, and peaceful, until one night evil invades, and it's dark history surfaces.
- DirectorAlan PatmoreStarsMark BerryJohn Patrick LowrieJohn ArmstrongA death row convict must fight his way to freedom when nightmarish monsters invade the prison.
- DirectorDenis DyackStarsMichael BellEarl BoenCam ClarkeOver the course of two millenia, twelve men and women are linked together by an accursed book known as the Tome of Eternal Darkness.
- StarsRichard ToppingSam A. MowryBill CorkeryDaniel, a young man, awakes in a dreary castle with no memory of his past and discovers that he deliberately erased his memory and must travel through the dark halls to kill the evil baron Alexander.
- DirectorKazuhide NakazawaStarsHeather MorrisRichard GrosseDonna BurkeHeather is suddenly thrust into a strange alternate reality filled with demonic imagery and twisted monsters. She quickly comes to find that the events unfolding around her have something to do with her past.
- StarsTony DoupeAndré SogliuzzoAngel ParkerEthan Thomas, a former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, is brought back into action to hunt down the killer of his former partner and uncover the disturbing secrets behind an increasingly dark and violent city.
- DirectorSuguru MurakoshiStarsKaren StrassmanRobert BelgradeEric BossickHenry wakes up trapped in his own apartment. Forced to crawl a mysterious gateway on the wall, he's taken to grisly realities that holds both secrets and answers.
- DirectorKeiichiro ToyamaStarsMichael GuinnSusan PapaThessaly LernerHarry awakes from a car crash to notice his daughter, Cheryl, vanished. As he searches for her, through the eerie town of Silent Hill, a terrifying descent into the unknown is set.
- DirectorCraig HubbardStarsGreg BaldwinJock BlaneySusanna BurneyYou play an elite commando for a unique covert operations unit hunting for a mysterious fugitive who commands a clone army while mysterious things occur around you.
- DirectorNathan HendricksonPeter WyseStarsJohn ArmstrongDennis BatemanJock BlaneySgt. Michael Becket is tapped to investigate mysterious happenings within a private aerospace company before a nuclear explosion rocked the Auburn industrial district in the first game.
- StarsErin CahillEvelyn HuynhGavin HammonSet in Heian-era Kyoto, Japan. The game follows three different protagonists as they explore a feudal Japanese manor at night, as well as an old mountainside temple.
- DirectorManabu NagasakiStarsAya HisakawaFu SuzukiMinami TsudaThere's a woman who captures people and take their faces in a book.You then received the book with a camera to capture ghosts.You then try to find out what happened.
- DirectorMarwan A. AbderrazzaqMichael McCormickRobert TaylorStarsBrian BloomLlana BarronFitz HoustonAfter returning from war, a soldier returns to his hometown, only to discover the city deserted, and his brother and father missing, and he soon learns that Silent Hill may be behind the mystery.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsMichael Clarke DuncanRachel GriffithsRafeedah KeysThe Suffering: Ties That Bind is a uniquely American action-horror experience that surpasses the original in every way. You are Torque, armed with a deadly arsenal and your last shred of sanity, condemned to wage war against horrific monstrosities in a bloody battle for revenge against a hidden mastermind who holds the keys to your past...
- DirectorBrian GomezStarsJames HoranSteve BlumMichele SpechtA team of elite warriors with mysterious powers enter a city immersed in a sandstorm.
- DirectorTakeshi OhmoriMillennia, a young girl, is commanded by the immortal Timenoids (TMDs) to sacrifice humans using combinations of traps.
- DirectorMakoto ShibataStarsRio NatsukiYuki ChikaEmiko HagiwaraThe player controls Reina, a girl that was kidnapped alongside her family and taken to the island Alendar, where her family is killed. Reina must use the trapping powers she acquired to defeat her kidnappers and solve the mysteries of the pendant she wears, which other people seem to covet for unknown reasons.
- DirectorAkihiro ArahoriMakoto ShibataStarsSaki NakajimaTomoe HanbaMami KosugeWhile Allura (Alicia in the original Japanese version), the princess and daughter of King Olaf and his servants visits the grave of Allura's real mother, King Olaf was struck by a single knife thrown towards his back and dies. When the other backup knights arrive at the murder scene, Queen Catalina intentionally accuses Allura of the murder of her father, but Allura was not the murderer and Catalina was falsely accusing her due to her hatred of Allura. With Allura in a bad situation, her maid Rachel, helps her escape to the Black Forest. As the pursuers attempt to hunt down Allura, Rachel distracts the pursuers and Allura makes a run to the mansion. Just as Allura attempts the open the mansion's door, her right arm suddenly reacted with the Hand of Evil. Inside the mansion, Allura hears the voice of the Fiend, ordering her to kill anyone who tries to stop Allura. As the pursuers arrived in the mansion, Allura's right arm was revealed with the Hand of Evil which made the pursuers believe that she was the murderer of King Olaf. With this, Allura uses the magical power of Hand of Evil to control and set various deadly ceiling, wall and floor traps that would be her hope to kill off the pursuers going after her either to kill or capture her. As this crisis continues, Allura hopes to find the truth of who actually killed King Olaf and clear her name. Will she succeed?
- StarsJohn ArmstrongGreg GrunbergKimberli ColbourneFBI Agent Ethan Thomas is framed for the murder of a detective and officer. In order to uncover who murdered the two officers with his gun, he has to do whatever it takes and fight his way through violent, psychotic individuals.
- DirectorAlan ColtmanStarsDavid TuomiEmma PowellDavid LearnerTo uncover the secrets of his dead father's haunted mansion in order to find portals to other dimension like hell and heaven and stop a demon from taking over the world, Adam Randall has to solve puzzles and kill monsters. Or does he?