We could also make predictions of games that will likely become obscure (looking at you Night of the Sacrifice, Asylum, and Lucius) but for now we’ll stick to our cut-off date. We also are making a cut-off date at April 2010 as a years time is usually a good period to determine how a title is doing, so this means some fantastic examples such as, “999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors” (which came out in the US last November) will be excluded for now. But Condemned and Suffering are a bit more main stream than what we’re looking at there are some fantastic games that sit comfortably in the middle ground of the known and unknown. Maybe you have heard of Condemned: Criminal Origins or The Suffering, maybe you haven’t. This has nothing to do with the quality of the game in particular but simply relays how well known and recognized the title is by the general populace. Fatal Frame, while popular, doesn’t have the same presence as Silent Hill, which in turn, does not have the same presence as Resident Evil. Some of these are more common to hear but unfortunately have not been played by many or never really get a chance to shine, but we want to get into the details of what makes these games great, what audiences may enjoy them, and why you should check them out.ĭefining an obscure game in the horror genre is a challenging task. For those horror game junkies, we want to present 17 gems out there that are rather obscure or ended up being that game you heard about but never played, but are completely worth checking out. Some of these are really unique, fantastic titles as well. Tons of horror games on every platform imaginable release every year without a bang or a boom and unfortunately go by unnoticed by it’s potential audiences. Horror games have existed for a long time, and while they have gained a lot of steam and popularity within the last decade and a half, it still is a very niche genre. While we have the established franchises like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Dead Space, etc, to pass on we really are just scratching the surface of what the horror gaming genre has to offer.
We receive fairly regularly the question of what horror games are worth checking out.
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