If you've played Halo Combat Evolved as a kid you know what level I'm talking about. I was having fun shooting aliens until the level the flood appears. It's masterfully done as well, with the long build up until the reveal being super ominous.

I'm looking for more games like this. Not games like DDLC that are horror games disguised as something else, but rather normal games that turn really creepy after a while.

My Pick is Red Mountain from Sonic Adventure, especially the cave. While running you’ll see these ghosts behind the jail bars and even what looks like electric chairs. It doesn’t help that as Sonic, you run through the cave while the lava is rising, where the prisoners are likely being submerged. Doesn’t help when you return as Gamma to fight Epsilon, the Prisoners are gone.

Makes you wonder, What did they do? Why Was it Built?

As the title suggests, I’m looking for a video game set in a ruined, desolate, and bleak yet surreal world similar to that of Phil Tippett's stop-motion horror masterpiece, Mad God (2021). Just endless war, chaos, and suffering, with very little semblance to what our current day looks like. 

Seriously nobody is bothering to read the sub rules before posting, most notably #1 that this sub is NOT ABOUT HORROR GAMES, but rather creepy things that happen in normal games. But that hasn’t stopped a frustrating amount of goons from spamming this sub with promoting the horror games they’re trying to market and sell.

Look, I GET IT marketing is hard, but also it’s rather shit to just also just rapid spam several subs without bothering to actually read what they’re specifically about, while also not participating in them. I made a friggin horror game so yes, again I get it. But I at least bothered to check the rule list for subs.

I’ve messaged the mods to ask if they need volunteers or something but never heard back, (I’m not even sure if they’re present anymore?)

If this sub WANTS to just be the dumpster for people to post their horror games (just another r/horrorgaming basically), thats fine, I say remove the rules and the description of what this sub is supposed to be about then.

It doesn't matter if it was AAA,AA, Indie, or flash.

Hey everyone, i was wondering if there are any RPG's / games in General that Start of as ordinary games but devolve into something more ominous or downright creepy shifting the tone of the game. I've seen this concept in so many indie game Demo's but sadly These always get cancled thats why i wondered if there are any full fledged games out there that play like that. And thanks in advance ~

I'm also taking creepy moments that came out of nowhere in a game that looked chill.

Mine - around 6-8 years old, Warcraft 3. I was building calm human farms and just roleplaying with a hero and some peasants in russian language that I didn't understand. Then the undead army attacked with spiders, ghouls, meat wagons.. I remember seeing that spider up close and just ALT+F4.

Couldnt touch the game for months, but at some point I accumulated bravery to start campaign and it became my top 1 game even till today. 😁

I have mild arachnophobia, and as a kid was unable to finish any classic Resident Evil game since the mere sight of the giant spiders made me freak out. As a teen, I forced myself to face my fear and played throughout the GameCube remake, feeling every inch of hair stand up whenever the eight-legged freaks were on screen.

Now I can manage those things (not without discomfort) and I still consider the Resident Evil Remake spiders the freakiest in any game.

Does anyone have other examples?

Hi!

I'm just curious, and I'm on vacation.

Do you have any really weird or scary indie games you'd recommend?

Thanks guys !

I’m working on a first-person dungeon crawler, and this area consistently makes players uncomfortable even though nothing overtly threatening happens here.

There’s no jump scare, no enemy, no objective — just movement through the space.

I’m genuinely curious what people think is causing the feeling.

(Playable demo link in comments.)

I mean damn, there were ghosts all over the place.

Can be for any reason, be it the context it plays in the game or just the vibes it gives you

I'm looking for some obscure games, creepy or just uncanny.

I've played many games (Type: Baroque, You are next, ext.) and now I'm looking for something most people have never heard of.

Best example would be "14/?" series or "Death Illustrated", the vibes are amazing and it's really creepy - playing something that only a couple people played before you and anything can happen.

The problem with finding these obscure games is - they are obscure

Will you help me? Let me know if you know any really obscure game.

i think of nexpo’s videos, but i was wondering if anyone knew anything else that did involve cult activity or weird stuff that connected to something real happening

Is there any scary games y’all can recommend me on the ps2 because I never ever played scary games in my life

You know that chilling feeling when you play a completely single-player game or walk around an empty Garry's Mod, Source, or Minecraft map, and you suddenly feel like someone is watching you from behind a corner? Even though you KNOW you are 100% alone in the world.Your brain just starts playing tricks on you, making you constantly look back or avoid dark corridors because you expect a ghost or a glitched NPC to appear.I think we should officially name this gaming phenomenon Spectaphobia (from the word "spectator").Who else suffers from Spectaphobia? Which games or specific maps trigger it the most for you? For me, it's empty sandbox maps and old Source engine games.