25 Scariest Video Games of All Time

"Over the past few weeks I have been writing articles about various scary video games. Some of them were very scary while others were less scary but could still be considered a fairly scary game. Today I bring you all of those and more in the list to end all lists. Most of these games will make you jump, and if you have a girl next to you could make that room in your lap a little less roomy. I would like to note that this list is not in any order from least scary to scariest, it’s merely a collection of the scariest video games ever made."

Cody @ VideoGameBlogger

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Manhunt is not scary.

Amnesia The Dark Descent or Penumbra Series are not in the list, is weird, because those games are the best when it comes to scary survival horror genre.

[codyodiodi]

They aren't games that I have really played personally or have looked into too much. Sorry that they aren't on there.

You can always add a comment on the website or bring it up in our message boards.

Thanks for your input though.

[CrescentFang]

At least you said something about not playing them, because you can't put them on the list if you have never personally experienced it, right?
Thanks for coming here and explaining why you didn't have them on the list :) You should go check the games out though

[Darkstorn]

They forgot about 'Amnesia - The Dark Descent' and 'Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.'

[ct03]

I totally agree. I'm currently playing Cthulhu, and it's pretty creepy indeed.

Amnesia is the only game ever that I have not been able to play myself. Am watching a playthrough on Youtube instead. Darn, this thing is scary.

[RedDead]

Sounds good I am installing it right now. Watching Exorcist directors cut right now :P Never saw the Dc version

[Ducky]

Looks like the list just about covers it. (Asside from Penumbra/Amnesia as already mentioned earlier)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (a PC game) is also quite scary, although it isn't mainly intended as one. Venturing into labs X18 and X16 is an adventure I dread in every playthrough. =/

Though the idea of horror itself is subjective... I actually found F.E.A.R. to be hilarious. =x

[Pandamobile]

Wow. Horrible list. No mention of Amnesia? Penumbra? Stalker? Metro 2033?

[Ducky]

Well, if you include Metro, then you might as well throw the two Half-Life games into the mix too.
=)

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Metro? Was more like action game.

[Xristo]

Any new scary game list without Amnesia: The Dark Descent instantly loses credibility and auto-fails...IMHO

[tigertron]

Dead Space, Siren: Blood Curse and Silent Hill 2 scared the crap out of me!

[spankipants]

The Siren TV ad was enough to deter me from ever EVER playing the game... So freaky...

The Fatal Frame series also scared the bejesus out of me. I'm going to have nightmares just thinking about them.

Then again, I AM a big wuss...

[morganfell]

I had Siren playing here last night. Couldn't believe how many people had never heard of it. And it had quite a few of them feeling nervous.

[Wolf873]

Alone In The Dark Series. Good for its time (early games at least) just like early RE games. Again and again I find people ignoring the obvious grand-daddy of 3d survival horror. If RE games can be mentioned, so can AITD games.

Agree on Cthulhu and Amnesia. Check out Shadow of Comet (another Cthulhu myth based game), DOS game but still one heck of a creepy tale.

[GLoRyKnoT]

Silent Hill 1-2-3 :o

[Pika-pie]

What about Phantasmagoria. I used to love that game and it did freak me out at the time.

[BYE]

Minecraft is brillant. And yes it is scary, I don't care what anybody says.

The scare factor doesn't come from scary looking enemies, but from the fear of getting ambushed at any time and lose an inventory full of valuable items. Kinda like Demon's Souls.

Siren Blood Curse and The Suffering are also excellent. Not a lot of people know them, but if you love horror, give them a try.

[BannedForNineYears]

This is how a top ___ list should be made.
Made from the authors opinion, not from others.
If you haven't played the game, don't add it to the list.

Also, I'll second "Minecraft".
I was playing it last night......The sound of the skeletons shooting their bows can be scary. xD
Also, the Nether is supposedly scary.....Haven't gotten around to farming obsidian though.....

[Run_bare]

If the 7th Guest is there, then the following is also need to be mention:

Phantasmagoria 1 and 2