{"id":187987,"date":"2021-02-07T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T21:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/scariest-underrated-horror-games\/"},"modified":"2021-02-07T21:01:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T21:01:18","slug":"10-terrifying-horror-games-most-gamers-have-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/07\/10-terrifying-horror-games-most-gamers-have-never-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Terrifying Horror Games Most Gamers Have Never Heard Of"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ever since\u00a0Capcom revolutionized the genre in 1996 with\u00a0Resident Evil<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>horror<\/a> games have gone from strength to strength, largely thanks to\u00a0improvements in\u00a0gaming\u00a0hardware that have allowed developers to create increasingly atmospheric, unsettling, and ultimately terrifying games than ever before.<\/p>\n

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Video games have the power to elevate horror stories to a level that books and films can’t, as they uniquely put players in the shoes of the protagonist. This powerful selling point has led to the horror genre being flooded with games over the years, many of which subsequently go under the radar. This list will\u00a0feature\u00a0games that received praise for how unnerving or downright scary they were but didn’t get the mainstream attention that they deserved.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Layers of Fear<\/h2>\n
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Initially released in 2016,\u00a0Layers of Fear<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is a psychological horror game that follows an unstable painter who is obsessed with creating a masterpiece. The game was well-received by critics, exemplified bit its\u00a078 score on Metacritic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Layers of Fear\u00a0<\/em>was developed by Bloober Team, who made a name for themselves with the 2019 survival horror game\u00a0Blair Witch<\/em><\/a>, as well as the recently released psychological horror title\u00a0The Medium<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Imscared<\/h2>\n
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The suitably named\u00a0Imscared <\/em>was initially released in 2012 before coming to Steam in 2016. The game offered an extremely unique experience<\/a> by continuously breaking the fourth wall\u00a0through\u00a0intentional crashes and by adding game files to the player’s PC.<\/p>\n

Imscared\u00a0<\/em>showed that high-budgets and impressive visuals<\/a> aren’t essential in scaring players, and that simply taking\u00a0gamers to a place that the genre hadn’t explored before was far more unsettling.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Fatal Frame<\/h2>\n
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Fatal Frame\u00a0<\/em>was released in 2001 on the PlayStation 2 before coming to Xbox in 2002. Like many horror games that were released in the years following\u00a0Resident Evil,\u00a0<\/em>the game puts players in an atmospheric mansion.<\/p>\n

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Fatal Frame<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was well received by critics, receiving Metascores of 74 and 77 respectively. The game inspired numerous\u00a0sequels and successors, the most recent of which is the Wii U title\u00a0Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water<\/em>.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Penumbra: The Black Plague<\/h2>\n
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Penumbra: The Black Plague\u00a0<\/em>was developed by Frictional Games and released in 2008, making it the second game in the\u00a0Penumbra<\/em> series. Swedish developer\u00a0Frictional Games are best known for their\u00a0Amnesia<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>series, which is today recognized as being among the horror genre’s most influential franchises, along with\u00a0Resident Evil\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Silent Hill<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Much like\u00a0Amnesia<\/em>:\u00a0The Dark Descent,\u00a0<\/em>2008’s\u00a0The Black Plague\u00a0<\/em>differentiated itself from other horror games at the time with its\u00a0lack of weaponry and emphasis on exploration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Stories Untold<\/h2>\n
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No Code’s Stories Untold<\/em>\u00a0is an episodic puzzle game set in England during the 1980s.\u00a0Despite releasing as recently as 2017, much of the gameplay is reminiscent of classic text-adventures.<\/p>\n

Stories Untold\u00a0<\/em>was well-received by critics, exemplified by its impressive Metascore of 81. Praise for the game was directed towards its excellent story<\/a>, atmospheric\u00a080s aesthetics, and grippingly tense pacing.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Clock Tower<\/h2>\n
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Clock Tower\u00a0<\/em>earns a sport on this list for having one of the most terrifying villains in gaming history,\u00a0Scissorman. The suitably named villain pursues the player with a giant pair of scissors and must be evaded or trapped due to players having no weaponry to fight back with.<\/p>\n

The point and click game is particularly notable for its impressive eight different endings, as well as its emphasis on puzzle-solving<\/a>, which was unique for a horror game at the time.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Soma<\/h2>\n
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Soma<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was released in 2015 and is the second game on this list developed by Frictional Games. The game is one of the most critically acclaimed titles on this list, exemplified by its\u00a084 Metascore<\/a>\u00a0on PC.<\/p>\n

Praise from critics was directed at\u00a0Soma<\/em>‘s story, which offered a bleak glimpse into a possible future akin to an episode of Black Mirror<\/em><\/a>. Although\u00a0Soma<\/em>\u00a0has numerous unsettling gameplay sequences, it’s the game’s thought-provoking story that provides the true horror.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Doki Doki\u00a0Literature Club!<\/h2>\n
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A quick browse through the Steam page of\u00a0Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em>\u00a0will likely give the impression that it’s little more than a cheerful dating simulator<\/a>. People wouldn’t exactly be wrong to think this, as the game presents itself in this way for a significant amount of its runtime before taking sharps turns into dark and horrifying directions.<\/p>\n

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The game was rewarded for its unique storytelling by the SXSW Gaming Awards<\/a>, which gave\u00a0Team Salvato’s game their\u00a0Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>SCP \u2013 Containment Breach<\/h2>\n
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Free and open-source indie game\u00a0SCP \u2013 Containment Breach\u00a0<\/em>was released in 2012 and had a development team of just one person,\u00a0Joonas Rikkonen. The game\u00a0is notable\u00a0for being based on the\u00a0fictional SCP Foundation<\/a>, as well as its unique gameplay.<\/p>\n

SCP \u2013 Containment Breach<\/em>‘s gameplay stood out with its procedurally generated levels, which were rare at the time, and its Boo-inspired SCP-173, which closes in on the player when they aren’t looking at it \u2014 this is made more difficult by the playable character’s need to blink.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Cry of Fear<\/h2>\n
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Team Psykskallar’s\u00a0Cry of Fear\u00a0<\/em>was released in 2012, initially as a mod for\u00a0Half-Life<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The game impressed players with its innovative gameplay mechanics, such as the player’s ability to dual-wield weapons or items.<\/p>\n

Cry of Fear<\/em>\u00a0is infamous for having one of\u00a0the most unexpected and terrifying jump scares<\/a> in gaming history, which has likely caused many players to swiftly uninstall the game and start searching for something more lighthearted to play; hopefully, such people don’t come across\u00a0Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em><\/p>\n

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