By and large horror and competitive multiplayer don't work together as one is predicated on feelings of isolation and the other on quick rounds of action, but Indiegogo project Damned has a unique premise wherein one player inhabits an invincible ghost tasked with slaying up to four other players as they rummage around for keys to escape.
GameGrin's Luke Greenfield writes: "I have come to the conclusion that Horrors favourite letter is D. The Dark Descent. Doorways, DreadOut, Daylight, and now we have Damned, the most recent in the line of D titled horror games."
The survival horror genre saw a slew of bad games, more focused on the action than the scares. The indie scene is beginning to return the fear to our hearts. Fans of the genre are addicted to these scares, and rightly so.
PCGMedia's Tom takes a look at 5 of the best spooky, offbeat titles to play this Halloween.