With Silent Hill f, Little Nightmares 3, and Bloodlines 2, horror fans got enough to stay entertained and frightened throughout this October. Still, fear of the unknown remains the coolest type of fear, so let’s look at some awesome lesser-known horror titles to make this Halloween even better.
Paratopic
In Paratatopic, you enter a modern-day town that feels somewhat off, and your mission is to find out what the hell is happening.
Paratopic is as simple-looking and easy to play as its story is cryptic and scary. Anyone who’s into horror but not so much into the gameplay mechanics required to avoid or kill hordes of demons should totally try this one out, as it leaves no one behind when it comes to delivering the chills.
If you don’t have much time to dedicate to horror games, then Paratopic is a great choice. One playthrough will take no longer than 40 minutes and will leave you scarred deeply touched by the experience.
Fear & Hunger
If there’s one genre where the player is likely to fulfill their hero fantasy, that’s the RPG genre. But that won’t happen in this RPG, as Fear & Hunger‘s whole schtick seems to be to subvert all of the player’s expectations and plunge them into a world of unexpected horror and despair.
Fear & Hunger pulls no punches when it comes to making the player feel lost and powerless, and, by virtue of not belonging in a game genre where you’d normally expect such horrors to inhabit, it earns even more points as a surprising horror gem.
Mouthwashing
When you think of space horror, aliens might come to mind. That’s not the case here. Knowing that, it is a horror game, so you can bet that the titular Mouthwashing has plenty in store for you. The scariest part, however, is how the true horror here comes from simple human nature at its worst, and Mouthwashing makes a great case for that to be the worst kind of horror one can experience.
It’s far from an obscure indie, but it’s just so good that more people need to know about it. Once again, this is a title that, aside from two sections, will require absolutely no gameplay reflexes to beat, so the only skill you need to see it through is the will and stomach to beat it.
No I’m not a Human
No better way to learn the gist of No I’m not a Human than to think of Among Us, the hit indie multiplayer title, where a group of players has to find the impostors before they murder everyone else. No I’m not a Human ramps things up, and has players managing a refuge home where not one, not two, but everyone can be an impostor on a mission to murder everyone else.
In Among Us, there’s the possibility of taking a breather by having fun with the impostor role, but in No I’m not a Human, all players have is the constant fear and dread of wondering whether they’re trusting someone, or something, that they shouldn’t be.
Echo
Few game thought experiments are scarier than imagining Metal Gear Solid through the POV of a guard. Knowing what you already know, you’re well aware that it’s only a matter of time until Solid Snake offs you. Echo pulls off a beautifully horrific twist on that idea, as it has the hyper-intelligent and super-capable playable character infiltrate a megastructure, only to realize all guards are like her. This also means that the better you get at the game, the better the guards get. When combined with the spectacularly haunting setting, this easily makes Echo one of the most enthralling lesser-known horror games out there.
Sadly, despite great reviews and player response, ULTRAULTRA, the studio behind Echo, went under due to low sales. Echo will, unfortunately, never give the people behind it the success they deserve, but will hopefully keep on growing in the great gamer subconscious via the echoes of the people who got to experience this amazingly unique title.
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