

What else should I be playing: This has a lot more in common with something like Draugen, or even Everybody's Gone To The Rapture (which I consider pretty horrifying) in that the horror is largely drawn from the absence of people from a place they definitely should be, but are not. Old Gods Rising Previous position: 24 (-) As with Little Nightmares, monsters are very close to home.Ģ4. In the first game the hazards are uncanny grownups, but here there are enemies that are more straightforwardly authority figures (like a Teacher with a long, snaking neck), or school bullies, or just unsettling metaphor - gangs of faceless, TV-addicted adults forming mobs.

You're also joined by Six, the protagonist of Little Nightmares, though at this stage she's a bit less confident, and you have to work together to survive this grim, rainy world. In Little Nightmares 2 you play as Mono, a boy with a paper bag on his head, and nightmares about a tall man and television screens inside that head. It's taken a while, and some replaying, to acknowledge that actually it's probably better than the original - more polished, a more confident atmosphere, and better developed baddies. Little Nightmares 2 is a fantastic follow up to the first Little Nightmares, as well as being a prequel (no spoilers!). Others that spring to mind are Limbo and Inside, similar side-scrolling childhood creepshows. What else should I be playing: The original Little Nightmares is an excellent example of more of the same, and for a while it was top of this list. Little Nightmares 2 Previous position: 25 (-) Watch on YouTube If you prefer your scares to be accompanied by moving images and sounds, you can watch a video version of this article above. Great horror games are coming out all the time, so we'll keep updating the list, and if your favourite creepy game hasn't made the cut, you can recommend it in the comments. One caveat, though, is that all the games on the list are available to buy and play right now, so you don't have to buy something at inflated-rarity prices from an online bidding platform, or anything like that. A few of the games on this list are jump scare free! We take a bit of a broad view, but in general if a game scares us then it counts as horror and could turn up on the list. Whether you like gore, survival horror, text-based chills, a bit of action, or even a deck builder, this list has something for fans of all kinds of horror - including if you simply cannot stand a jump scare. From old classics to fresh new favourites, we've got everything that the discerning reader in search of a scare could possibly be looking for. If you ask us, it's never not the season for spooks and creep 'em ups, and that's why there's no time like the present to peruse our list of the best horror games you can play on PC right now.
