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Yet despite the body horror akin to the Parasite manga series (the alien, not the award-winning film), creator Keiichiro Toyama said the game “doesn’t quite fall into the horror genre”. When a game is advertised as “from the creator of Silent Hill”, it wouldn’t be wrong to assume good things. A few technical issues don’t detract from the overall look of the game, and the bumps will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. The stomach kicks in, however, and there’s a gripping story to tell.

Edited for the PlayStation version, while sticking to all the others, Martha Is Dead touted the “no press is bad press” angle when streamers and critics seized on it. Leading players through shocking revelations, these reverberate in some truly unsettling moments throughout. Yet contrary to simple naming convention, the story is anything but. As the war is mentioned, it serves as the backdrop for a broken family, told through the eyes of Giulia, whose twin sister Martha is… well, dead. Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|XĪ game set towards the end of World War II, Martha Is Dead deals with a completely different element of horror.The Spider-Train can strike at any time, keeping players on their toes and in their tracks throughout.įeaturing both literal on-rails and exploratory elements, Choo-Choo Charles seeks to evoke that Slenderman/FNAF creepiness with his terrifying mascot.

Players can customize their own train, plan missions in advance, and find the best way to keep the threat at bay. A horrifying concept, Choo-Choo Charles tasks you with eliminating the terror of the titular train. Combine the two and it’s already a scary thought, but trains? They don’t scare, normally, unless it’s a spider clown train. #8 Choo-Choo CharlesĪs many would agree, spiders and clowns are terrifying. Armed with small firearms and limited ammo, Daniel will have an uphill battle to survive the madness he has inadvertently fallen into. The game promises random scares, jumps, and “supernatural events,” making it harder for players to determine when they think something is going to happen.īlending action and horror, Stray Souls seeks to capture the element of survival more than gung ho. Of course, it’s not as simple as digging through Grandma’s Pieces, as protagonist Daniel gets caught up in bigger and much darker things.

Taking inspiration from Silent Hill, Stray Souls is a third-person story of a young man who returns to his grandmother’s old motel-like house in Bates. Possibly one of the best games on this list, Stray Souls looks as scary as it does pretty.
