Top Ten Scariest Video Games

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The Top Ten

1Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia is the scariest game ever to be put out. You're in a dark castle, and each corner you have to expect a monster to be there. The atmosphere really does you in. By the way, your character is going insane.
No weapons means more suspense around every corner. The music and the atmosphere will make You feel like You are The one going insane. No one votes For this game 'Cause no one has the guts to play it. Enemies are not thrown at You every minute, making you On your feet for a deadly Encounter at All times.
This game is terrifying.. The way the game mechanics work, you feel full immersion in the game. You feel like you are the character and you are screwed when it comes to surviving. Great game, and scary as hell.

Strokavich

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2Resident Evil 4
I don't mind Zombie games. This isn't a zombie game, this is a what IS THAT MUTATNT DOING WITH A CHAINSAW, or, wHAT IS THAT THING CRAWLING OUT OF THAT BODY. Don't turn that corner. Doom or Manhunt were a little creepy, and what is Bioshock doing on this list.
Be sure to piss before because during play you will piss in your pants.. :D
SCARED FOR 1 NIGHT. OMG! OMG! COULDN'T SLEEP!
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3Dead Space
To be more specific, the game is set on a giant mining ship that has sent out a distress signal and you™re part of the rescue team that™s been ordered to investigate. You soon discover that every crewmember has mutated into a violent monster. When most of your team is killed it™s up to you to rescue the dark and claustrophobic ship while aliens jump out at you from every corner. It™s tense, bleak and immersive, thanks to a superbly designed setting and some truly creepy audio.

Magnolia

This one is all about atmosphere. And a sense of hopelessness. That is what makes is scary to me. Lighting, or lack thereof, and creepy/strange sounds all add to a truly absorbing setting, and make you feel as if you could be attacked from anywhere, at any time, by pretty much anything. Also, you can feel the sheer terror of the supporting characters, which only adds to your own. Fantastic game.

Kazzong

Honestly, how can a game scare you that much?! I was literally sweating with fear, awaiting for something to pop out.
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4Doom 3

Holy God, I watched my dad play this, and I got scared to death.

jprg12

DOOM 3... THE GAME IS THE SCARIEST.. TURN ON THE VOLUME TO FULL... AND WATCH YOUR HEARTBEAT SWING.. EVERY TIME YOU GET A ZOMBIE... FROM AN UNEXPECTED PLACE... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE... EVEN SCARED ME IN PLAYING WITH CHEATS... AWESOME STORYLINE.. THE MARS CITY... AND EVERY LOGIC BEHND THE GAME IS... AWESOME..

Holy! @#$, this is terrifying! I've seriously never played a game that's scarier than this. It's ridiculously frightening, every single moment. There's not a second where you're not on the edge of your seat. Easily the scariest game of all time.

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5F.E.A.R.

Because it sets out the feeling of fear with Alma's apparitions and tricks and when I first played it gave me shivers down my spine

The best thing about this game is it has both ghosts and humans as enemies

6Silent Hill
Laugh out loud. This list is really sad. There are only a few actually scary games on here, and this is pretty much the only one I couldn't finish due to how scary it was. I really tried to finish, but I couldn't T-T
This game touched me deep inside, Besides the horror that scared the fritz out of me when I first played it at night and the down right sic monsters, the story showed so much! I stand to my answer, Silent hill is pure perfection!
Took me six years to get up the courage to finish this game. Even then, it took moral support: :"Open the door. No! OPEN THE DOOR! FINE! "
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7Fatal Frame 2
Hell ya I wanna play
Oh man its so creepy that there are little ghost girls saying wanna play?
No I don't wanna play you bitch

8BioShock

Dr stienman scared the crap outta me when I was fourteen and he still does and I still don't trust doctors

I have played the demo and that demo is scariest demo ever first person games are freaky

If you saw the scenes with Sander Cohen, Dr. Steinman, and Suchong and the Puppy(an audio diary), you would be freaked out. Not to mention big daddy fights. But Sander Cohen having you photograph corpses of his students for his "masterpiece" is just creepy.

Razor79

9Manhunt

This game gave me goosebumps!

10Resident Evil
The scariest in the entire series in my opinion. Plus I don't know if this is for REmake but that game was exceptional at what it set out to do and the additional scares from Lisa and the Crimson heads enhanced this creepy atmosphere while 4 is a good game, I really don't find it scary, at all!

The Contenders

11Slender
This game is the scariest one that I played. And I like it SO much because its a different kind of scary, it's simple, and scares the crap outta people. The simplicity of it makes it scary.
I watched Smosh play it on Gametime. They looked really scared, just saying. I was even scared and I was watching it in the dark!
I' guessing it's farther down because it's newer but I truly believe this is the scariest game out there
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12Left 4 Dead

the - zombies come out of no where

wellman

13Silent Hill: Homecoming

14Condemned Criminal Origins

15Twisted Metal

16Dead Rising

17Penumbra: Black Plague

18Condemned 2: Bloodshot

I watched another guy played it in full sun light and I was still... you know...

this game should be no. 1! everytime you turn the corner there's some weird or creepy thing waiting for you it just gives you goosebumps way scarier than resident evil.

whatsitsname

19Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Hail Cthulhu, lord of madness!

20Silent Hill 2

21Mortal Kombat Armageddon
The scary thing about this game is that the war of light and darkness will appear

22Luigi's Mansion
Playing it when you're little...

23Clive Barker's Undying

24Dead Space 2

Most beautiful graphics to see the blood & deads. Nice storyline to give you the adrenaline.
Its the future of horror.

25Slender: The Arrival
This is a fairly new game. However, I can honestly say this is the scariest game that has EVER been made, and it has really good quality too. If you haven't seen it yet then you are missing out. Go look at it!
This is not sacre dude I've plaed it

26Clock Tower II (2): The Struggle Within

27Call of Duty: World at War

Nothing is scarier than the reality of war.

aeromaxx777

28S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

29Scary Maze Game
By the time you're on Level 3, you start to get scared in case you die in the second half of the level, because there is that scary scream.

30Mortal Kombat Deception

31Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

32Clock Tower

33Aliens vs. Predator 2

34Deep Sleep

OH MY FRIGGN' GOD! THIS GAME IS MORE TERRIFYING THAN A NUCLEAR WAR! Oh, by the way, DO. NOT. ANSWER. THE. PHONE. Also, THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE FURNACE! Play at ArmorGames.Com

35S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat

36Constantine

37Fallout 3
When you are in a dark vault or metro with ghouls coming out at you from out of nowhere you will know what I mean.

38SCP: Containment Breach
If you are fond of your sleep, I suggest to not play this game.

39Alone in the Dark

40Resident Evil 5

41Gears of War 2

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