Whitelist Recruitment [+ Obligatory Giveaway]

I don't like horror very much, it scares me easily, but I liked returnal.

I'm not a big horror fan, so I have very few games in my list. The last one I tried to play and failed was SIGNALIS.
That said, if Little Nightmares could be considered horror, that would be my pick. I love the artstyle and the overall vibe of the game, the juxtaposition of your small character and the massive monstruous characters chasing you. Colors and lightning are so well done. Enjoyed every second of it, and best of all, it was a SG win :)

As favorite I would say it's Soma, I like its immersive sci-fi atmosphere with mind uploading concept, it gives some food for thought about future of humankind.
But the most memorable for me is Penumbra Black Plague, because it was very interesting and scary af at the same time when I played it as a child. It gave me some nightmares afterwards lol. Though the whole Penumbra series is good. After that tried Amnesia, but I found it boring and didn't complete even half of the game.

I gotta say, i despise horror games, but i still managed to have a really good time with Sea of Solitude even if it made me super spooked. The story and gameplay were well worth the occasional butt clench.

It's probably the evil within. I don't really like the horror genre, because in most of them the main character can only run away and there is a lot of absurdity. But in this game there is an atmosphere of nightmare, because the illogic is not evident. Plus a good story and gameplay. Although the game is weak as a horror. The old action RPG Arx Fatalis scared me more)

Well, horror games are not much my kind of game but I'd go with some resident evils I played back in the days and enjoyed them. Might step out of my confort zone sometime, and looks like Soma could be worth the shot for what I read here

Outlast is my favorite horror game and it's definitely on my top 5 games of all time. It is simply the scariest piece of fiction I've ever experienced. The first playthrough was terrifying, it is so scary that I can't even think of another game that comes close to how scary it is and I've played so many. But it's not just the horror that makes it my favorite but also the story and the worldbuilding. Usually, horror games use the supernatural as the main source of fear and the driver behind the scares but not with outlast. It understands that the scariest thing possible is a human being not a ghost yet it still pulls out the scariest ghost(rider) in a game ever. Let me put it like this: Outlast is so scary, it killed the horror genre for me. I've never felt any fear from playing any other game after I've played Outlast, everything pales in comparison including the sequel.

Little Nightmares
Great atmosphere, not so horrific.
Not a fan of first person horror games, too scary.

I've never really played any horror games. The closest that i could think of would be Dark Souls which is the series i love a lot.

Not sure it will count for WL recruiting, but the most scaring game I've played is Homefront and that's just because it representa something that could really happen and end the world as we know it.
That is scaring as hell...

Resident Evil 2 Remake. Because its awesome game, i think:)

Outlast. I love the idea of ​​the plot, gameplay. Of course, this feeling of helplessness is very depressing, since you can not punish the enemy, but it is a real horror that scares the tingles all over the body. I remember playing the game for the first time with a friend. Believe me, even a friendly environment did not protect me from fear:))

Alien: Isolation

Never felt that tense in any other game, the unpredictability of Xenomorph is so good, and the story is very fitting to the franchise

I'm new here so know I won't qualify for your WL, but wanted to say my favourite horror game is, without a doubt, Silent Hill. It had me on edge each time it went to the "old time". Hairs would stand up and heart would race never knowing what to expect... especially the first few times the "little people" appeared.

I'm not huge into horror, but I grew up on Doom and Doom II. Enjoyed the first few Resident Evil's as well.

i didnt play many horror games, but one i play recently and really liked, it was Song of Horror, i love lovecraftian storys and detective games and it mixed both :)

If you consider System Shock a horror game, that is my choice. I played it back in 1996 (yep, I am old), and back then it was the most immersive game I had ever played.

To illustrate that.... how do I do this without spoilers... let us say that at a certain point the game suggests a possibility of a quick good ending ("do this and you will be free!", sort of)... But you do know in the back of your head that you have onlly explored about 50% ot the map, so it can't be the planned end. Anwyay, the game was so immersive that I found myself rushing like crazy towards this "quick good ending", and when my intentions were (of course) thwarted by SHODAN, I found myself swearing at the screen something like "you f*cking vile bastard". Even if deep inside I knew it was just a game, and that no way that would be the end, I got immersed enough to play it "in character". That was great!

(And usually I am very cold, I don't think I EVER screamed at the screen before or after that.)

Cheers!

It's difficult to say since I'm not particularly a fan of the genre.
If I had to name one I would be between Clive Barker and The Suffering. Those two were really great at the time.

Horror is not my favorite genre but I enjoyed some spookier card games like Inscryption and Ring of Pain recently

I won't qualify, because level 4, but my favorite horror was Sanitarium, a DOS point and click with effective sound. Just did it well. Thanks for the giveaway.

I'm a big fan of Resident Evil and have played all of them since the first one on PS1. It's a horror game, but it's only scary in the beginning when you only have a knife or a handgun, but once you get a strong weapon like a shotgun or a grenade launcher, the gameplay changes drastically.
Thanks.

I always think I like horror games but then when I actually play them, yeah, not so much. I think The Cat Lady is my fave of all time but there might be a few more if I dig deeper!

I've been trying to start the Resident Evil series and started with Resident Evil 2 since it's on the PS+ catalog. Would say it's one of my favourites since I typically don't play horror games.. Little Nightmare was pretty good too imo.

Well i'm not a big fan of horror games but definitely play it sometimes. My favorite horror game of all times is the original Resident Evil 3 because of its story, gameplay, and memorable characters. Jill Valentine is one of my favorite female protagonist.

Scorn. I'm not a fan of the horror genre, but I couldn't keep playing it cause I got horrified.