But many horror games use them as their main selling point without thinking about the environment. Building horror through atmosphere, sound effects, and storytelling is generally more memorable.

What made this game so scary is its sound design and how it forces you to ... A dreamlike setting, there’s no worldbuilding or narrative required to deliver tense horror in Wrong Floor.

Following the sound ... games get so frustrating that they actually stop being scary. So they’re ironically great to play if you want to acclimate yourself to the genre. “There is no such ...

modern horror games are indebted to Dark Descent. Starting with the protagonist, Daniel, waking up alone in the dark castle of Brennenburg, he has no memory of how he got there, hence the name.

Though horror video games are rarely treated to the same all-night marathons, fan meet-and-greets, and ubiquitous merchandising that horror films benefit from, they aren’t any less impactful.