Scariest Games Ever?

With the recent release of Dead Space and halloween upcoming i would like to revisit the age old topic of what do you think are the scariest games ever?

Heres my top 10

10. Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube)
Capcom comes up strong with this one. Refrigerator Man, the chainsaw guys, and shooting the water before killing the fish boss are the most memorable scares.

9. Dead Space (Xbox 360)
This game gets an A+ for having the creepiest atmosphere of any game. The first few scares are pretty good especially having you running for your life in the start of the game. The scare tactics got predictable at the end however.

8. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Director's Cut (Xbox)
Any game that forces you to get as close as possible to ghosts so you can take a picture of them. The games main weapon is a camera that traps ghosts.

7. Condemned: Criminal Origins (Xbox 360)
Fighting crack heads in the dark with rusty pipes and 2X4's with nails sounds like the perfect formula for a scary game. Fighting your first fake mannequin in the old department store is sure to make you mess your pants. And last but not least the creepy visions make up the most memorable scares. Unfortunately the second game had better gameplay but was not scary and felt like it took a complete 720 from the original games story.

6. FEAR (PC)
Alma's sudden appearance at the end of hallways, in air ducts you were crawling trough, on the ceiling, behind you, and everywhere she managed to get always scared the biscuits out of you. This game also gets kudos for having the most elaborate and interactive scary visions of any game.

5. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Gamecube)
The creepy story and sudden environment changes always kept you on the edge of your seat. There is nothing like exploring a creepy mansion while trying to keep ypur character from going insane with fear. This game had the best scare tactics by making you thing your game was scratched, blacking the screen out while surrounded by enemies, and making you think you game save was erased.

4. Doom 3 (Xbox)
Hearing babies crying while running from a demon down a blood soaked hallway was a common occurrence in this game. The most memorable thing about this game was the fact that you could not have a flashlight and your weapon out at the same time. You fought most zombies and demons in a almost completely dark room 87% percent of the time.

3. Resident Evil (Gamecube)
The first time you see that zombie look at you while its eating you fallen comrade you realize this is not the same game you played back on the PS1. The creepy camera angles and the Barry Sanders like moves you had to pull of to run away from zombies usually made you dread seeing the undead. After encountering your first Crimson Head you always made sure you decapitated every zombie head after killing them.

Honorable Mention:
Fatal Frame 1
Clive Barker's Undying (PC)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
Silent Hill 4 (PS2)
The Suffering (Xbox)
Thief: Deadly Shadows (Xbox) - That hunted mansion was scary as hell
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)

Writers Note:
I have played all these games i have talked about including the honorable mentions. I would rate or rank any game i havent played. I worked kinda hard on this so please comment on anything you do or do not agree with! I will be happy with any feedback at all and please feel free to add your own list as well! Thanks for reading guys and girls!

P.S. Bioshock was not scary! I really dont see how it was scary at all.

Resident Evil for the gamecube is the scariest game i've ever played. It made me so uncomfotable that I had to stop playing.

Bioshock is another game that frightens me.

5-The Thing (XBOX)

4-Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube)

3-AliensvsPredator 2 (PC) You're right about this game, playing as the humans was terrifying.

2-Doom 3 (XBOX)

1- Dead Space (PS3) I know it's the new guy on the block, but I love this game. It may not be the scariest but the games atmosphere and design is unmatched.

More survival horror in space please!

well actually condemned 1 ,, on my firstn night playing it ,, a guy came out of no where hiding behind corner wack me with a 2x4 , real fast i actually was about to scream another scary one is resident evil 2, the part where the hands break through glass,

on my first try of course lol , n64

Fatal Frame 2

Fatal Frame 3

Every Resident Evil.. except the 4th, I just didnt find that one scary at all.

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill: Home Coming

Eternal Darkness

ObsCure had its "OH CRAP" moments and the atmosphere was actually creepy.

FEAR

FEAR files

Condemned

Condemned 2

Sneak King - that burger king game.... and the only reason being, the burger king guy is extremly creepy.. and you get to look through his mask which makes it even MORE creepy. XD

Manhunt

I know that I am missing a ton.

I dont wanna put them in ranking, because i dont know which spot each of them should be at, so ill just mention those i really liked and that got me jumping, and which had a very on your edge kind of atmosphere.

AvP 1, playing as a human in those games gave the most scares because you could identify with that species :) And avp 1 was just brutal, especially the original release which didnt have the save feature during missions.

AvP 2, once again, superb scary game.

Doom 3(pc version), love doom 1 and doom 2, classics, but i loved the direction doom 3 went. One of the best atmospheres ever in a game in my mind.

Condemned 1, that game really scared me, with its silent ambiance and then suddenly some of the most brutal sounds ever, very frightening game. I havent played the full condemned 2 game, only tried the demo, but from what i read and experienced in the demo, then i wasnt happy about that series going into a more paranormal area. It was more nice when it was trying to be realistic.

A mention to thief 3, great game, and with one of the most beautifully crafted horror levels in a game to date.

And another mention, this time to the new Alone in the Dark game. Going around in central park in that game always had me on the edge.

bioshock bouncer big daddys...

not scarey but how DAMN quick they where

i mean like er

*shooting big daddy* *hes on the other side of the room* *½ sec later* "DRILL IN FACE!!!!"

bioshock bouncer big daddys...

not scarey but how DAMN quick they where

i mean like er

*shooting big daddy* *hes on the other side of the room* *½ sec later* "DRILL IN FACE!!!!"

harrylily

lol, i agree. I didnt like that game though. I did think that the people walking around dead in their costumes was a little creepy.

5. Resident Evil 4

4. Condemned

3. F.E.A.R.

2. Dead Space

1. Silent Hill

I got Condemned for the PC because i thought it looked like a good crime scene/forensics game and it turned out to be a whole heck of a lot better than i have ever imagined it would be. I got the game around when it first came out i was just looking through the PC racks and there it was. I had no idea anything about it and never read any reviews, i just took it home.. (since thats what i do with all my games anyway) and it ended up being one of the BEST and scariest games i have ever played. kgansor

Haha, i bought condemned thinking it was some kind of csi game, i had no idea what was in store when i started playing it but i lived it!

The first Silent Hill game was the first game to ever scare me, so I'll always give that honourable mention.

But for best scares, I have to namecheck Condemned and Fatal Frame. Currently playing Dead Space, and for my money, it's definitely up there, but I've only done the first 2 chapters so far. Need to play more.

5. Dead Space

4. Silent Hill

3. Doom 3

2. Silent Hill 2

1. Resident Evil

RE4 was a great game, definately one of my favorites of all time, but not scary at all. I haven't played the Fatal Frame games, but will definately pick them up if I ever find them used (found them online for $40....no thanks).

The first Resident Evil doesn't scare now, but I was only around 7 or 8 when it first came out, and it traumatized me for a few years.

DeadSpace is very creepy (still playing)

Doom 3 for pc is probably the freakiest game i've ever played. the fact that its always pitch black and you only have your flash light really gets you jumping all the time.

As always any survival horror you play, i recommend playing with the lights out.

Am glad you included AVP2 (Great Game), I remember a part in the marine missions where you go into a sewer and its literally pitch black, all you have is a little shoulder lamp which runs out and you have to turn it off to recharge it. There are runner aliens coming at you out of the darkness. I'm not ashamed to say that scared the crap out of me.

Also Bioshock while not terrifying is very creepy and has jumpy bits where crazied zombie like people run and cream at you. Also amazing game great storyline (must buy)

Resident Evil remake and Resident Evil 4 as well F.E.A.R 1