The first scene in the original Resident Evil on PS1 where you find the zombie eating Kenneth was scarring to me as a kid. I was 6 or 7 years old and that scene had me spooked. I remember playing it with my uncle and I was internally like “BE STRONG YOU CAN HANDLE THIS.” Much as it freaked me out, I felt badass as a kid for trucking through it haha
In the old school Diablo, you could walk into this room and there was this pig demon who was a butcher. As soon as you entered, you’d hear him scream “FRESH MEAT” with this gutteral voice before chasing you down the hallway.
I remember being 10 yrs old and playing clock tower on ps1 and I was in the corner section of my basement/family room and we had stuffed animals and dolls all along the shelf that wrapped around the room. It was a little freaky lol
Definitely the first silent hill. I remember some weird fighting game set in an asylum. Can’t remember the name though just that one of the characters was called Bella Donna.
I wasn’t a kid anymore but Condemned: Criminal Origins was the first game that I had to play with the lights on and some music playing to ease my mind.
Not a video game but Bloody Mary. I watched a gory homemade video where girls summoned bloody mary and all died in gruesome fashion (back when yt was the wild west) and i was TERRIFIED
First time playing RE2 was a scary experience. Until that point I had never played or even knew there were scary games out there! I still remember walking in a hallway with Leon as a character and then those freaking windows would break with zombie hands trying to grab me! Holy Jesus! Lol 😅😅😅
The Ouija board creeped me out. I don’t know if it was real or if I imagined it, but we had a kid bring hers to school and did it at recess. Someone asked when we were going to die, and I swear it moved ON ITS OWN to “N” “O” “W”.
I’m gonna be completely honest with you.. Any game that had you brushing someone’s teeth or popping pimples or putting needles in. It just grossed me out as a kid and when one of my friends would show me their iPad and it had a game like that on the screen, I’d start crying and screaming to the point where I had to get picked up from school or wherever I was. Here’s the thing, an actual horror game didn’t faze me a bit. 2015, I sat through half a playlist of Markiplier playing FNAF and I didn’t lose my shit like I did with those stupid app games that had me doing weird ass doctor shit. I also played Resident Evil with my cousin like 7 years ago (I was around 10 at the time) and the only time I got even a tiny bit scared was that fucking doll house scene. It had me shitting bricks for a second.
Halo Combat Evolved, specifically the first mission the flood appears. I was nervous walking around seeing all the dead Marines and covenant, and then the bodies start to move.
There was a PS1 game. I didn’t know what it was called because the game was a burned disk from my uncle, but i remember there were red hot chili peppers on the floor in one of the early missions. (Because I couldn’t figure out how to progress)
First jumpscare on Resident Evil PS1 had me immediately give that game away. Grand opening/grand closing! Almost 30 years later I still vividly remember it
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Slender Man. One shadowy figure chasing me through dark forests was enough to ruin sleepovers forever.
First Max Payne.
Five Nights At Freddy’s. Good times.
Conker’s bad fur day has a whole zombie stage. Years later I played again and was like “This polygonal pixels cannot scare ANYBODY!”
Harvester
7th Guest
Friday The 13th on NES.
The first Resident Evil or Silent Hill games, more so Silent Hill lol
X men 2 Wolverine’s revenge
The first scene in the original Resident Evil on PS1 where you find the zombie eating Kenneth was scarring to me as a kid. I was 6 or 7 years old and that scene had me spooked. I remember playing it with my uncle and I was internally like “BE STRONG YOU CAN HANDLE THIS.” Much as it freaked me out, I felt badass as a kid for trucking through it haha
Resident Evil.
In the old school Diablo, you could walk into this room and there was this pig demon who was a butcher. As soon as you entered, you’d hear him scream “FRESH MEAT” with this gutteral voice before chasing you down the hallway.
Earthbound. Shit was like a fever dream.
Silent hill and oddly enough GTA
I play resident evil 2 N64 in 1999 and I played it in the dark
Abe’s Oddysee on the ps1.
Hes just a little freaky.
Half Life! I tried playing it on my own and got too scared to face the face huggers.
Resident Evil
Dark Castle
I was so scared when I first open a Solitaire..
Majora’s Mask and certain aspects of Sims 2.
MOTHERFUCKING BEN 10 OMNIVERSE
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Granny. I was so scared I thought my grandma was her.
Slenderman must die
the first Alone in the Dark.
I remember being 10 yrs old and playing clock tower on ps1 and I was in the corner section of my basement/family room and we had stuffed animals and dolls all along the shelf that wrapped around the room. It was a little freaky lol
umm blue whale something idk😭😭
Ouija board. I will never touch one again.
That final boss in the Spider-Man on PlayStation, where Doc Ock and Carnage are merged into one, scared the hell outta me
Not the game itself, but the freeze zombies in Ocarina of Time were legit scary
Phantasmagoria
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee — A game dragged from a nightmare for the sole purpose of creating new ones.
I was too afraid to play Half Life as a kid, esp HL2 since that was more dystopia. Then I played it later in life and felt like I missed out.
Definitely the first silent hill. I remember some weird fighting game set in an asylum. Can’t remember the name though just that one of the characters was called Bella Donna.
chicken invaders
The Ghostbusters game
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. Still 100% worth playing, but it has grim themes.
I wasn’t a kid anymore but Condemned: Criminal Origins was the first game that I had to play with the lights on and some music playing to ease my mind.
My dad had a zombie game for PlayStation or PS2 when I was younger. The starting animations always gave me a pure fear response.
Eternal Darkness
Thief 1 & 2 creeped me out a bit
Not a video game but Bloody Mary. I watched a gory homemade video where girls summoned bloody mary and all died in gruesome fashion (back when yt was the wild west) and i was TERRIFIED
Clive Barker’s: Undying. My brother was playing it, I saw Aaron and I was out.
Definitely Majora’s Mask.
Emily The Strange- i played this on my DS and the music was so eerie
Ecco the Dolphin on the megadrive, there was a weird eeriness to it.
Slender Man. I didn’t really took a step in the game, we were too scared lmao
Whattup
First time playing RE2 was a scary experience. Until that point I had never played or even knew there were scary games out there! I still remember walking in a hallway with Leon as a character and then those freaking windows would break with zombie hands trying to grab me! Holy Jesus! Lol 😅😅😅
Silent hill! It still gives me the creeps lol.
Monopoly
Atari 2600 – Haunted House
Mr. Hopps Playhouse, I had nightmares about that game but now it’s one of my favorites
Minecraft spiders
Solo Minecraft was terrifying.
Dead space
GTA San Andreas
Maniac Mansion.
five nights at freddy’s
Glover used to give me the most fever dream nightmares omg
Heart of Darkness.
The death scenes still creep me out. Whoever rated that game E is insane. Great game, though, and I love the ending.
Far Cry 1 and the haunted village in Half Life 2
Body Harvest
The Ouija board creeped me out. I don’t know if it was real or if I imagined it, but we had a kid bring hers to school and did it at recess. Someone asked when we were going to die, and I swear it moved ON ITS OWN to “N” “O” “W”.
It probably was in my mind.
I keep telling myself that.
Sinistar
I’m gonna be completely honest with you.. Any game that had you brushing someone’s teeth or popping pimples or putting needles in. It just grossed me out as a kid and when one of my friends would show me their iPad and it had a game like that on the screen, I’d start crying and screaming to the point where I had to get picked up from school or wherever I was. Here’s the thing, an actual horror game didn’t faze me a bit. 2015, I sat through half a playlist of Markiplier playing FNAF and I didn’t lose my shit like I did with those stupid app games that had me doing weird ass doctor shit. I also played Resident Evil with my cousin like 7 years ago (I was around 10 at the time) and the only time I got even a tiny bit scared was that fucking doll house scene. It had me shitting bricks for a second.
Sorry for yapping 😭
Epic mickey
Condemned: Criminal origins
Police Quest: 2 I think. The one with the serial killer killing people in a pentagram pattern on the map.
Alien vs Predator 2. The start of the human missions was horrifying.
Intellevision Dungeons & Dragons.
When you got close to the dragons, you could hear them breathing before you could see them! Yikes! I still get chills thinking about it!😂
Obscure
majoras mask really gave me an unsettling vibe as a kid I wasnt scared but it definitely creeped me out. Dino Crisis probably a close second
1st dead space with an appropriate atmosphere. Lights out and a hungry cat prowling the house.
F.E.A.R, that game freaked me the hell out when I was younger. Fuck you, Alma lol.
Friday the 13th on NES.
Not what you’re looking for, but I’m an 80s kid, so I was traumatized by Perfection. If you know, you know.
Transylvania.
“Sabrina Dies at Dawn”
“A Menacing Werewolf stands before you”
I was a young kid and that werewolf was scary.
OoT
Hide the sausage
Halo Combat Evolved, specifically the first mission the flood appears. I was nervous walking around seeing all the dead Marines and covenant, and then the bodies start to move.
There was a PS1 game. I didn’t know what it was called because the game was a burned disk from my uncle, but i remember there were red hot chili peppers on the floor in one of the early missions. (Because I couldn’t figure out how to progress)
Any ideas on what game it was?
Oregon Trail. No matter what you did, you died a horrible death.
Turok 2: seeds of evil for N64
Fatal Frame
Outlast
First jumpscare on Resident Evil PS1 had me immediately give that game away. Grand opening/grand closing! Almost 30 years later I still vividly remember it