Amazing horror game

Key Takeaways

• Horror games don't need constant fear; good times can provide relief.
• Titles like
  Night In The Woods
  SY
  Oxenfree
  mix horror with soothing vibes.
• Atmosphere in the game like
  Limby
  it can be scary but surprisingly comforting.

There are tons of video games that don't fit into just one genre; there are adventure puzzle games, platformer first-person shooters, and even strategy RPGs. However, “terrible” and “comfortable” It's not the kind of game that works well together very often, but when it does, it's a fun, yet relaxing thing to do.

Not all horror game based on survival; some are about the interactions the player makes with others along the way, or the player taking the time to explore each puzzle. Horror doesn't always need to be scary, and there are always moments of relief and respite. Usually, these dark and scary atmospheres in horror games will be strange when there are no monsters around. Here are a few a horror title that is terrifying.

8 Night In The Woods

A series of kidnappings in a cute cartoon town

Night in the Woods it may not be a traditional horror game, but it still explores the concept of fear. The game not only follows the events of a mysterious kidnapping, but also focuses on darker themes such as mental illness and depression, as well as the emotional and unsatisfying feelings of life in a small town.

The game follows Margaret “Mae” Borowski as she returns to her hometown after dropping out of college. After his return he witnessed the abduction of a teenager during the “Harfest” festival in the city. It's up to Mae to work through a painful psychological struggle and uncover the mystery behind the small kidnapping town of Possum Springs.

7 Weird horticulture

Giving Herbal Remedies for Supernatural Problems

if Weird horticulture It might look like just another farming simulator at first, in its occult theme lies the real deal. The player character inherits his uncle's shop, called Strange Horticulture, after his death. Players then deal with customers, with each new customer coming into the store with a mysterious problem they need a special plant to cure.

It is then up to the player to find and correctly identify each plant and its magical properties, assigning them to each customer according to their needs. Although the spooky atmosphere and ghost stories can be scary, going through the encyclopedia and identifying new plants in the game's vast fantasy map can be a fun time.

6 Cult of the Lamb

Hairy friends and horrible endings

Cult of the Lamb is a horror Roguelike game where players take on the role of Lamb. When the Lamb died and rose from the dead, he called the one who waits, another god of the world who crowned the Lamb, and asked him to pray in his name.

While the title may seem dark and violent, the cute art style does a nice job of softening the edges. Cult of the Lamb it works with the juxtaposition between cute characters with animal friends and the theme of demons, and turns it into a fun game for players to sit down and relax.

5 Oxenfree

Investigate signs from outside and make friends along the way

Oxenfree is a unique graphic adventure game that features 3D characters in a 2D world. The story follows Alex, a young man who travels to the fictional Edwards Island with his friend Ren and his younger brother Jonas. After settling in on the island for the weekend, Alex and his friends explore the caves at night. These caves are said to have radio waves that cause paranormal activity and visions. During a cave trip, Alex causes his radio to go off, causing an accidental side split.

Although the game features dark paranormal events, it can be easy to get lost in the light-hearted jokes Alex and his friends share time and time again. Oxenfree is about the paranormal, but it's also an upcoming title and ensures that the player's dialogue choices are as important as the story of Edwards Island.

4 This is not my neighbor

Find the Doppelgängers and keep them from entering a building

This is not my neighbor it's not just a job simulator, it's a horror one. This game puts the player in the position of a doorman in 1955. Although the job seems simple in this world, in the world of This is not my neighborthings are not easy. In this world there are doppelgängers. The doorman's job is to ensure that every tenant who enters the building is the real tenant and not a masked doppelgänger, ready to kill all the other unsuspecting tenants.

While some doppelgängers are realistic and look like their closest counterparts, others are not so good at imitating their targets as they are monstrous creatures.

3 Limby

Help the little boy solve scary physics puzzles

Despite the dark (literally) atmosphere and creepy art style, the world of Limby can become surprisingly comforting. The lack of music in the game puts the focus on white noise and adjusts the ambient sound.

As the game takes players through gloomy forests, industrial cities and other levels, the quiet atmosphere can become more peaceful than terrifying. That is, until the next monster comes along, of course.

2 Death and taxes

Take on the role of the grim reaper office

• Platform: Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS
• Date of publication: February 20, 2020
• Developer: Placeholder Gameworks, Pineapple Works
• Genre: Job simulator

Death and taxes puts players in the shoes of the newly appointed Grim Reaper, overseeing the city of Cosmopolis #4. Although it may seem like a tough and high-profile job, choosing someone living or dead to be the new Grim Reaper in Death and taxes work is relaxing.

Every working day, the player must go through several documents, pick and choose who deserves to live and who should die. Although the game gives players a few difficult choices to make, the guesswork and drudgery of daily newspaper work can be entertaining (when it's not guilt-inducing).

1 Dredge

A common fish for an Eldritch abomination

Dredge allowing players to explore the horrors of the unknown in the deep sea. that's it is a fishing horror game that runs on a day-night cycle. As if the dangers of the sea weren't enough Dredge horror, it seems that the small town of Greater Marrow and its surrounding islands are infested with scary spaceships and Lovecraftian monsters.

However, aside from the scary unknown depths of the sea, day fishing can be a great (and relaxing) pastime. Although there are dangers at sea, there is also time to relax and read a book.