The world of video games has seen a lot of horror sagas, but what are the scariost horror games ever? Is it possible to make a ranking? Of course yes.
Just in a few weeks the Resident Evil 4 Remake will arrive, which while not being an excessively scaryhorror is one of the most important exponents of the saga (and you can buy it on Amazon).
It certainly doesn’t help to scare the LEGO version of the introduction, which, however beautiful, is anything but horror.
And while Silent Hill returns to the cinema with a reboot that has finally found its main actors, players wonder about the scariest horror games.
Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dead Space and the other horror sagas, who wins? The answer comes from a survey that gamers welcomed with great enthusiasm.
Among 27 thousand players, an interesting sample nonetheless, users were called choose the scariest horror games ever.
The ranking is not a big surprise, although it is practically dominated by a handful of names:
Silent Hill |
1999 |
4,098 |
DeadSpace |
2008 |
3,559 |
Resident Evil |
1996 |
3,129 |
Silent Hill 2 |
2001 |
3,118 |
Outlast |
2013 |
2,710 |
Dead Space 2 |
2011 |
2,364 |
Resident Evil 4 |
2005 |
2,363 |
Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
2010 |
2,272 |
Resident Evil 2 |
1998 |
1,957 |
Silent Hill 4: The Room |
2004 |
1,904 |
In the first place, with over 4,000 votes, there is Silent Hill, not even posting it.
The title born in 1999 has undoubtedly remained in the hearts of players, who since the PlayStation era have not yet forgotten the disturbing atmospheres of the Konami saga.
Second place, surprisingly, not Resident Evil but Dead Space. Another franchise never too praised that recently returned with a remake, which has done nothing but bring nostalgia back to fans of the saga. As well as scaring them again.
Following is the progenitor of the Capcom saga who, by a handful of votes, even beats the beloved Silent Hill 2 as one of the scariest horror games.
Konami’s franchise is still experiencing a new youth. There are many projects involving the Silent Hill franchise, including possible very courageous and interesting experiments.