There seems to be a recent golden age of genuinely terrifying indie horror games that experiment with new ways to upset you.
Slender [PC/Mac, free], is based on the creepy
Slender Man mythos and has been garnering
rave reviews and videos of
terrified reactions as you try to escape the being that draws ever closer.
The 4th Wall [free or $1 on Xbox/PC] is a
even more abstract take on existential dread.
SCP Containment Breach [PC, free] features the very disturbing
Sculpture (even the picture in that link will creep you out) from the
SCP series, it follows another SCP game -
The Staircase. And there is more -
Which [PC, free] has you
stumble in the dark;
Ib [PC, free] places you in the shoes of
a girl in an abandoned art gallery, and
Candles [free, Win/Mac] is
all about atmospherics. On top of that, there are some cheap independent commercial games that generate great scares, such as
Lone Survivor [
online demo] and the
now-famous Amnesia: The Dark Descent [PC/Mac/Linux, $20], whose upcoming sequel
A Machine for Pigs, may have the best title of any game.
posted by blahblahblah
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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The Enigma of Amigara Fault is an absolutely compelling and terribly creepy short manga story by
Junji Ito about mysterious human-shaped holes exposed in a cliff by an earthquake, each perfectly matching the outline of someone who is then compelled to enter the confining, claustrophobic darkness. For more of Ito in English, there is
Falling. Make sure to read from right to left.
posted by blahblahblah
on Dec 10, 2007 -
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