Mine is Silent Hill 3. Its subject matter revolves around the fears of a teenage girl, like death of a parent, puberty, unwanted pregnancy (with a demon fetus, no less), mirrors (THAT ROOM shivers), and stalkers. The atmosphere is so oppressive and I cant play the game without having something else playing in the background, its that horrifying. I managed to finish Silent Hill 2 last year, which was like conquering my own fears. One day, I’ll finish SH3. One day.
- czech ( @czech@kbin.social ) 7•1 year ago
Subnautia is torture. I gave it another try after I got co-op going but my buddy quickly bailed.
- WookieMunster ( @WookieMunster@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
I really really wish I could play that game but this fear of something coming out of the depths and killing me is too much. It’s just a game ugh
- Khalren ( @Khalren@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
I had to stop when I started encountering warpers.
I visited that island way too early in the game
Such a beautiful game but I couldn’t stand being on edge the whole time. I’m stressed enough as it is.
Playing on the Nintendo Switch was an interesting experience, with a rendering distance so short that by the time anything dangerous pops into view it’s already too late.
- wagesj45 ( @wagesj45@kbin.social ) 6•1 year ago
Not quite an answer to your question, but if you enjoy horror games but don’t want to be too spooked yourself, I highly recommend the OhItsRobinM channel on YouTube and Twitch. She plays horror games and is absolutely unphased. She makes them bearable to watch for me.
- Saturdaycat ( @Saturdaycat@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
I subscribed to her thank you !
- nick ( @nick@forum.fail ) 6•1 year ago
I had to bail on Alien:Isolation because it was stressing me too much.
- Cuttlersan ( @Cuttlersan@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Seconding this! Huge Alien fan, loved the atmosphere of the game but I just couldn’t get past the first hospital sequence, stuck under a desk or locked in a box for far too long lolol flat screen or VR it was just too much.
- Ashigaru ( @Ashigaru@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
Outlast is 2spooky4me. Got pretty far in, but then just couldn’t get past the dread.
Never played it, but Alien: Isolation is a cool-looking game I’m not going to even bother attempting.
- thanevim ( @thanevim@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
Mine is SOMA. Not necessarily because anything about the gameplay is scary, moreso just because the ending is so… difficult, that it’s painful.
- iAmTheTot ( @iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
SOMA may be my second favourite game of all time. I highly recommend it to everyone. Even if you don’t normally do scary games (like me, I’m a total wuss), there is a safety mode where the monsters cannot kill you. This makes it tolerable enough for even people like me to experience the game, and its amazing atmosphere and story.
- Kill_joy ( @Kill_joy@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
I didn’t play much horror, but I always thought the FEAR games were badass. Lots of jump scares, crazy storyline, and solid game play. Also loved the Deadspace series… Not having a HUD but finding clever ways to provide information to the player was pretty ground breaking at the time.
- Cuttlersan ( @Cuttlersan@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
FEAR was great!
- Drewski ( @Drewski@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Oh man, Silent Hill 2 and 3 are some of my favorite games, the atmosphere is just perfect. I started playing Resident Evil 7 in VR and the part at the very beginning where you go down into the basement and I just noped out and haven’t tried it since. Will probably give it another go eventually…
- QuarterlySushi ( @QuarterlySushi@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Silent Hill 2… I’ve finished so many horror games including RE7 in VR, but for some reason I get to the apartment building in Silent Hill 2 and nope out.
- Ragnell ( @Ragnell@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
@Drewski I noped out of RE7 also. RE8 and the RE2 remake I could handle, but 7’s opening was too much for me. The first person thing plus the VR thing eek.
- Ambiguous8651 ( @Ambiguous8651@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
I’ve tried Dead Space on a few occasions but I can not stand more than a few minutes. I can’t help it but nopenopenope.
I tried to play Prey, but couldn’t handle the idea that everything might be an enemy.
- ZeroZeroOne ( @ZeroZeroOne@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I tried playing Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and although the gameplay was fun the story was just a little too dark for me. I quit about halfway through bc it just wasn’t a fun experience.
- TooL ( @TooL@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
You know I thought I was going to be unique with this one.
This game gave me so much fucking anxiety that I couldn’t finish it. The dark atmosphere and the constant whispering in your ear made me feel like I was straight up hallucinating. It fucked with my head so hard.
- Coinin ( @Coinin@kbin.cafe ) 2•1 year ago
It may be lame but alien isolation i have been booting up the same save for years and can never bring myself to play it long enough to finish.
- Khontis ( @Khontis@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
The two I have noped out of are “The Black Rose” and “The Designers Curse”
Both are indie horror and F2P so go for it and check them out.
- Eggyhead ( @Eggyhead@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Resident Evil 7 in VR was too much for me. I made it just past the garage battle and then gave the game away.
- savedr ( @savedr@forum.fail ) 1•1 year ago
That is absolutely the scariest game I’ve ever played and it’s not even close. And that wasn’t in VR even