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Amnesia. Even for veterans it's hardcore. Must be an incredible experience for newbies!

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Hmm... I haven't played many games that could really be considered "horror."

It's an old game, but what about Clive Barker's Undying? it seems to be highly regarded, despite having come out over 14 years ago.

I think that you should try Knock-knock. It has a great atmosphere and it has not screamers in it.

Did anyone mention Alien Isolation ?

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Start with Resident Evil 4. It's the perfect balance of horror and shooter and it's, for all intends and purposes, standalone. After that, you can go for the originals, 1-3. After those, I can recommend Clive Barker's Undying, The White Chamber, F.E.A.R. , Doom 3, Penumbra games. For the master class of horrors you can try Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Aliens vs Predator 2 (Marine campaign), Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, (if you have PSX/PS2) Fatal Frame games, Alien Isolation, etc.

Out of all these, AvP2 campaign still makes me cringe...

Among the Sleep, F.E.A.R.

I really like horror games, here's a little list of games that i like:

-Slender: The Arrival
-Amensia 1 & 2
-Outlast with the DLC
-Neverending Nightmares
-DreadOut
-Five Nights At Freddys (yeah, i like it, so what????!!!!)
-The cat lady
-Resident Evil HD Remastered

Well if you want to ease yourself into horror, try some games where you can defend yourself against scary stuff like FEAR and DOOM 3.

You could try play games like Outlast and Alien Isolation but still sorta ease yourself into it by playing it when the sun is still out and maybe have family and/or friends right there with you talking about how scary the game is. Or maybe even let them play and you can watch and talk about it.

I'm sort of a chicken as well as I don't play much horror games. I managed to complete Outlast playing in the dark passed midnight (bruise my knee after jumping out of my chair and slamming it against the underside of the table). But never managed to complete the Whistleblower DLC as I find it much scarier.

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Don't know much about horror, but maybe Five Nights at Freddy's might be a good start.

Would recommend not to play any. Not because they are too scary, but because gameplay on them is pretty bad. Also many of them hold on to cheap jump scares.

Dead Space is a good action and horror game

I would say Parasite EVE 2, or Dino Crisis 2, both of them are from playstation 1, even Resident Evil 3, those are good games, they are a bit old, but excellent if you want to try them out.

You can try Outlast. Its not exactly horror but... You will know when you play it

Also, give Slender Man a try. Its a short game and very small size, but the atmospheric effects are good. Have a good pair of headphones...

I'm with everyone on Bioshock. There is also Cry of Fear which is a more jump-scare free to play and works well with four players...it looks horrifyingly funny.

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I'm not a big fan of horror movies/games either, or at least those that rely too much on jumpscares and gore. Games/Movies/Books that create a good atmosphere that gets also creepy at times, those I love.
I recommend the Bioshock games like other here have already done, and also Alan Wake. Awesome little game, one of my favorites; cool story, great atmosphere and AWESOME soundtrack. Beautiful sceneries too.

I used to watch my dad and brother play Half-Life 1. And since then I was afraid of that game, I really don't know why.. but recently I managed to get over it and complete it. Playing on higher difficulity, definitely managed to make it scarier.
Bioshock 1 on highest difficulity, with properly set up brightness, maybe SweetFX for better graphics is creepy and scary as fuck man.
I haven't played DOOM 3, any ideas anyone if it's scary?
Oh yeah.. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and Metro are great. They're scary even on lower difficulities..
And final, but not least.. Bad Rats.

This is a great thread. :)

I don't often watch thriller/horror movies, because the ones I've seen didn't have much of an effect on me, but I have a feeling that I'll find games much scarier, and I'm reading some of the recommendations here to get an idea of where to start, myself. ;)

Chicken bump.