The Ultimate List: Top 20 Best Horror Games in Gaming History

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Ready to face your fears? 🎮👻 We’ve compiled the Top 20 Best Horror Games of All Time — from terrifying classics to modern masterpieces. These games deliver spine-chilling atmospheres, intense jump scares, and unforgettable horror experiences that every gamer needs to try.  Whether you love survival horror, psychological thrillers, or multiplayer scares, this list has it all. Which one is YOUR favorite? Comment below!  Don’t forget to like, share & follow for more Top 10/20 gaming countdowns

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00:00welcome to watchmojo and boy am i happy to get to narrate this these are the top 20 best horror

00:12games of all time we've taken the community feeling public opinion with a sprinkling of

00:17personal opinion to bring you this comprehensive list let's do it the mortuary assistant rebecca

00:23great perfect timing we're starting our list off with a newer indie entry you might not think this

00:29deserves to end up in the top 20 best of all time but play for a solid 30 minutes and tell me you

00:34aren't more on edge than you've ever been in your life in today's gaming world a simple creepy ghost

00:39isn't always enough to terrify players what sets the mortuary assistant apart is its chilling setting

00:44as the title suggests you play as a mortuary assistant working the night shift which is

00:49apparently a thing anyone with a fear of death should tread lightly when jumping into this game

00:53there we go pt

01:00there may be no more infamous video game demo in all of gaming history than pt and part of the

01:14reason why it's so infamous is because it was so damn good pt's brilliance lies in its ability to

01:20disorient players no matter how many times they navigate its labyrinth environment it's this

01:25sense of creeping madness that defines the game scares even though it's haunting visuals and

01:29disturbing events are petrifying on their own the only thing that makes this game suck is that you

01:34literally can't play it anymore unless you get it on ebay and get your hands on a console that still

01:39has it downloaded from 2013

01:47condemned criminal origins

01:55condemned tells the story of a federal investigator tasked with tracking down serial killers exploring themes that are

02:01surprisingly rare in gaming it leans more towards the psychological thriller territory like silent hill rather than ghouls ghosts and zombies

02:08this premise works perfectly as the killers mindsets and motives are reflected in the environment much like silent hill

02:14while none are as chilling as the department store where mannequins disguise themselves as killers

02:18each area's design forces you to delve into the twisted minds of these criminals to stop them

02:24much like silent hill

02:25it's truly a gem on its own but it's also very inspired by a certain game series

02:29think quiet mountain

02:31dark wood

02:40in dark wood you wake up with no memory of who you are where you are or what's happening

02:52all you know is that a sinister force relentlessly attacks your cabin at night

02:56to survive these increasingly violent assaults you must scavenge for supplies defensive tools and

03:01anything to keep the lights on for just one more night while the nighttime sequences deliver dark

03:06was most intense moments it's the time spent wandering through the endlessly dark forest in search of

03:11supplies that instills a profound sense of hopelessness dark wood balances the survival genre and the horror

03:17genre perfectly and deserves far more praise than it gets stalker shadow of chernobyl

03:37you might think the scariest part of stalker would be the mutants roaming the chernobyl wastelands

03:41few experiences are more terrifying than turning a corner and coming face to face with something so

03:46horrifying you can't even describe it but what truly sets this game apart are its survival elements

03:52you feel utterly out of your depth when you're looking at the resources you have

03:55as well as the resources that are available in stalker simply staying alive feels like a challenge

04:00often leaving you questioning why you even bother to keep going yet you do

04:04until dawn

04:13what now this is locked matt we'll break the door down will you whoa wait a second we start smashing

04:19down he's gonna hear us have you got any better suggestions i don't know a lot of these entries are

04:25wonderful because they were revolutionary they either started a new type of game or genre or perfected it

04:31until dawn is one of these games in until dawn your choices directly determine whether a character

04:36lives or dies you know how horror fans yell at the screen telling characters to run turn around or

04:41not go in there now you get to see how far that advice will actually take them while the novelty of

04:46this mechanic can sometimes overshadow just how frightening the game is until dawn masterfully

04:50uses jump scares to keep players on edge i don't know ma'am that could work but i kind of think that

05:00maybe we should get back to the lodge for now everyone's been split up for so long visage

05:15i'll be totally honest with you guys from the get-go this entry was going on this list no matter what it's

05:20somewhat of a personal pick and by that i mean i picked it personally and by that i mean i ignored

05:25and kicked a classic off the top 20 to get this entry in here but play this game and tell me i'm

05:29wrong while steam is filled with these types of titles only a few truly stand out visage is the

05:35scariest of them visage is divided into chapters each set in a different time period and introducing new

05:41central figures though the protagonist remains the same by tackling heavy themes and constantly shifting

05:47its approach to keep players on edge visage creates a deeply unsettling atmosphere and is in my personal

05:52top five horror games of all time

06:10the last of us something right with them i think they're sick

06:14i'm kind of sick jesus jimmy dad come here come here

06:23jimmy

06:27now although the last of us doesn't make horror its focus it's undeniably scary and if we're talking

06:31best horror games of all time we've got to acknowledge arguably one of the plain best games

06:35of all time in this list the last of us draws from established zombie fiction building tension through

06:41subtle environmental sounds and clever lighting before hitting you with the 28 days later style

06:46terror if you make a mistake the game teaches you to be deliberate with your movements but what truly

06:51makes the last of us terrifying is not just the clickers or tricky ladder puzzles it's the remnants

06:55of humanity that are far more unsettling and relatable than we'd like to admit

07:02there's too many of them

07:04this way

07:07alan wake 2. i felt a strange pull toward the tv

07:25the

07:40both alan wake games are frightening in their own way but the original 2010 release

07:45suffers from repetitive gameplay that eventually undermines its fear factor despite its strong

07:49narrative which i wouldn't traditionally call out but i gotta pick one so i gotta be tough the long

07:53awaited sequel improves on every aspect including its approach to horror unlike many games in the

07:59genre alan wake 2 doesn't rely on constant jump scares instead it delivers carefully timed moments of

08:05terror that are so well executed they leave players on edge long after they've passed

08:17outlast

08:23another entry that defined a genre let's talk outlast outlast takes a unique approach to survival horror

08:35while it does limit your resources your battery draining camera being both frustrating and your

08:39only real tool survival in outlast is more about mentally enduring its relentless scares some might

08:45wonder what's enjoyable about a game that largely involves hiding and running through darkness but for

08:50genre veterans outlast is a test of resolve and strategy imagine trying to thread a piece of

08:55thread through a small needle while all your ex-girlfriends scream insults into your ear

09:00that's how tense puzzle solving is in outlast

09:03bloodborne

09:23here's another game on our entry that lives in the same realm as the last of us sure it's not blood

09:27curdlingly scary but it's such a good game with solid horror elements that it definitely earns its

09:32place on the best of all time bloodborne is filled with human made beasts celestial monstrosities

09:38and other horrors straight out of a nightmare at one point you face a creature that resembles the

09:43biblical accurate specter of death most of the time though you find yourself wandering through a

09:47plague-ridden town haunted by the consequences of human failure vividly depicted as abominations that

09:53prowl the blood-soaked streets you know what i changed my mind this game is actually really scary

09:58fear

10:06fear was released during the peak of the scary little girl trend which gained traction after the ring

10:11became a hit in the us without a doubt the haunting figure of alma remains one of the best examples of

10:16the creepy child trope in gaming however it's easy to overlook that fear was also an innovative action

10:22game that raised the bar for enemy ai in first person shooters fear has some really cool innovative

10:27game mechanics that make it stand out as a phenomenal game regardless of the horror elements

10:37soma

10:52soma certainly delivers scares in all the traditional ways being created by the same

10:56team behind amnesia you can expect plenty of frightening visuals and expertly timed jump scares

11:02however soma is the kind of horror game that gets under your skin in deeper ways pun intended by the

11:08time you reach soma's incredible ending you'll be left staring at the screen wondering if you will

11:11ever reclaim the part of yourself that this game took away

11:21fatal frame 2 crimson butterfly

11:33fatal frame 2 adopts a unique and brilliant approach to confrontation in video game combat

11:38instead of traditional weapons the game equips you with a special camera capable of repelling

11:43spirits and i know what you're thinking how many times is this going to be done i'm worried this

11:47joke won't land nobody's ever done that this intimate style of combat combined with the grotesque

11:52design of the spirits leaves you feeling uncertain about your ability to defend yourself

11:57even though you're armed with the most effective weapon for the situation

12:16little nightmares

12:17there's something particularly unsettling about navigating a sinister world as a small child like

12:27six in little nightmares set in the more players will face various foes intent on capturing her

12:34armed only with her yellow raincoat six must rely on her ability to escape these dangers with an

12:39intriguing story and a host of imaginative monster designs little nightmares gets under your skin

12:44maintaining a constant sense of tension without relying on jump scares the second game improves

12:49upon the original in each and every way but we had to praise the og game and all of its beautifully

12:54terrifying dlc the evil within

13:14the evil within falls short in several aspects however when it comes to scares the evil within

13:31certainly delivers this relentless horror game features a range of funhouse style scares that are

13:36both effective and darkly amusing the second game lands harder than the first by improving upon

13:41everything it brings to the table shinji makami is a master of the genre and his genius earns his game

13:47the fifth spot on this list

13:58alien isolation we need to move this way get down this is bullshit man we should be looking for a way

14:05off are you crazy there's no way off at least we're safe down here it's surprising that it took so

14:11long for a proper alien horror game to be made and by proper i mean not alien isolation utilizes a single

14:18xenomorph more effectively than any other piece of alien media since the original film imagine that

14:23feeling when you spot a big spider in your room but it scurries away and you have no idea where it went

14:28now swap that spider for a xenomorph lying in wait ready to pounce as soon as it reappears that's the

14:33essence of the alien isolation experience this game from start to finish is so perfectly crafted it

14:40should end up as a yearly replay for every gamer

14:51resident evil 7 biohazard

15:03resident evil 7 is arguably the best entry in the franchise while there are several strong contenders

15:07for that title resident evil 7 successfully revitalized pure horror in the series in the

15:13most impactful way possible it reminded us that everything was going to be just fine in this

15:17beloved series the game's opening moments are among the scariest ever created a great survival

15:22horror game should instill a sense of helplessness and resident evil 7 does just that the series wasn't

15:28scared to go in a new direction they took a risk and boy did it pay off they won best vr game at the

15:34game awards and ended up number three on this list which do you think they're more proud of

15:39dead space where's max all right you have the lady take us in let's see what needs fixing gravity tethers

15:52engaged automatic docking procedures ago

15:58what the hell dead space is another entry on our list that defined a genre it introduces so many new

16:04concepts to gaming that are still used today it's honestly shocking just how many games from this

16:09year have been influenced by mechanics that were introduced in dead space and that is what makes

16:14dead space truly brilliant well the game's atmosphere and exceptional sound design have rightfully

16:18received acclaim over the years dead space really stands out due to how its enemy design impacts both

16:24the combat and the storytelling you'll never forget the first time you were caught off guard by a

16:28necromorph playing dead everyone remembers their first sleepy necro terrifying

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16:59silent hill 2

17:09with the remake dropping less than a month ago we feel even more confident that it's appropriate

17:13to give this game the number one spot silent hill 2 has established itself as arguably the most

17:19intimidating horror game ever made the game's intricate psychological narrative distorts your

17:24grip on reality while the visceral terror of entities like pyramid head ensures you won't find solace in

17:29any answers you might discover few games can scar you quite like silent hill 2 the original and the

17:35remake both leave players with the exact same feeling towards its conclusion and it's a feeling

17:40that has stuck with most players for over 20 years did you enjoy this video check out these other

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