Scariest xbox games

Created as a reboot of the Doom series, Doom 3 is a survival horror first-person shooter where the player controls a Space Marine who explores a scientific research facility on Mars after a teleportation experiment creates a portal to Hell. The Space Marine must now fight hordes of demons in order to stop Hell from leaving Mars and threatening Earth. While the graphics were revolutionary at the time and the story was the most developed, there were some slowdowns on the Xbox version because of the technological advancements.

The gameplay is extremely similar to the previous Doom games, which was either a hit or miss with players. Based on H. Lovecraft's novella The Shadow over Innsmouth and other related Cthulhu mythos, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a stealth survival horror game where the main character, a private detective named Jack Walters, goes to investigate the strange town of Innsmouth.

But, shortly after arriving, he starts encountering fish people and other frightful things as he struggles to stay alive. Even though the game has plenty of bugs and the gameplay is mostly linear, this title is notable for representing the main character's health by directly affecting the gameplay, audio, and visuals rather than just having a health and sanity bar on the screen.

Besides the annoying enemy A. The player controls a former servant of Dracula named Hector who returns to Dracula's castle in order to enact revenge. Issac, the servant of Dracula who Hector wants to fight, killed Hector's wife Rosaly because he believed Dracula lost to Trevor Belmont because of Hector's betrayal, and now Issac is trying to bring Dracula back to life. Since the player is not controlling a Belmont, Hector cannot use standard weapons like the whip.

Instead, Hector has a wide range of other possible weapons and, since he is a "Devil Forgemaster," he can create "Innocent Devils" that help him on his journey. Along with the great soundtrack, these varied gameplay options make up for the boring environments.

Both games follow Miku Hinasaki who goes to the Haunted Himuro Mansion to find out what happened to Mafuyu, her missing brother. As she explores the building, she ends up having to fight various ghosts using the Camera Obscura.

This port has a couple of extra things that make it the superior version. With updated graphics, more ghosts, and a new "Fatal" difficulty mode, this game is a must-play for new players trying to get into the franchise. At the end of , Silent Hill 2, which was originally released on the PS2 and is considered by some to be the best game in the series , had an enhanced port released for the Xbox titled Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.

Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror game that follows a young man named James Sunderland who somehow receives a letter from his recently deceased wife, Mary, telling him to meet her in the small town of Silent Hill.

While James explores the creepy town and fights monsters, he meets several strange characters, like a woman named Maria who looks similar to his dead wife, on his journey to find Mary. Besides the general enhancements to graphics and gameplay, this port also includes an extra scenario called Born from a Wish that takes place before James visits the town and has the player control Maria instead.

Although fans are divided on whether this is a good edition or not, it is still something that players should experience for themselves. The original game follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu who are being targeted by the spirits of an abandoned village as sacrifices for an ancient ritual.

In this port, the game has better graphics, better audio, and some extra costumes. Also, the port allows players to play the entire game in the first person, and there is now a shop players can use to buy equipment for the Camera Obscura. Anastasia Wilds is a freelance writer for Screen Rant. Rather than pit you one-on-one against hordes of zombies, Dying Light encourages you to run, especially come nightfall when the real monsters stalk the streets.

Heavy-hitting melee attacks, sparse firearms, unique abilities, and a crafting and weapon upgrade system round out your means of survival when you must take on the shamblers.

When tortured author Alan Wake brings his wife to a lake house in the small town of Bright Falls, WA, their getaway is interrupted by a living nightmare. Pursued by shadows and haunted by his own psyche, Wake has only one resource in his fight against the damned — light.

Heck, it even tops most that released on the Xbox One. At its core, though, the most startling moments of SOMA are psychological and not the physical dangers.

Not every horror game needs to feature some deadly fiend or a horde of nightmare creatures. Sometimes, the monsters you fear most can be your own mind. Layers of Fear has many twisting paths as you dive into the troubled mind of the artist and learn his deepest darkest secrets.

A mix of psychological horror and tragedy sends you on a rollercoaster ride of complex puzzles, jump scares, and disturbing imagery. The Evil Within 2 is a far more complex and complete game than its predecessor, leaving behind linearity in favor of a more open world filled with ungodly terrors. From our The Evil Within 2 review :. When Creative Assembly revealed they were working on a survival horror game set in the Alien universe, there were equal parts of excitement and skepticism.

Using the imposing size, intelligence, and relentlessness of the xenomorph, Creative Assembly delivered a tense game from start to finish. Unable to kill it, the crafty engineer uses handmade gadgets to distract and lure the ravenous being so she can accomplish her main goal — escape the Sevastopol space station and continue the search for her mother, Ellen.

With an entire system of vents running through the station, you never know when the xeno is going to show up. Just as you can hear it scurrying about, it can most certainly hear you and will react to the slightest noise, even the steady beep of your motion tracker.

The heavy-hitting gameplay and we mean that literally fits well into the gritty environment of the fictional city of Metro. Using funky gadgets and a keen eye, Thomas seeks out clues that can clear his name.

As you can guess, not everything is as it seems and there is something much darker brewing in Metro. To survive through the mass of psychopaths and cold-blooded killers, Thomas uses brute strength and anything from frying pans to taxidermy knives.

The weight of every strike may be the best part of Criminal Origins, but the game also succeeds in giving players quite a few scares. Red Barrels could have taken the easy way out with Outlast 2. It could have returned to the familiar setting of Mount Massive Asylum and made players explore more of the sprawling psychiatric hospital for the small payoff of a slightly expanded story.

Instead, it focused on the region of Coconino County, AZ and a series of villages caught up in cults, religion, and madness. Outlast 2 expands upon the lore presented in the original without coming across as a blatant repeat, though the gameplay is very-much-so the same.

Equipped with a night vision camera, players have to survive by running and hiding from the loons of the Supai region. Outlast set the stage and Outlast 2 did all it could with the source material to deliver a dreadful but still entertaining game.

It dares you to look away, to give in and watch a documentary about red pandas, but if you can look the reaper in the eye and steel your stomach, prepare to be absolutely blown away. EA Redwood Shores knew what it was doing when it reinvented the survival horror genre with the necromorphs, an extraterrestrial spin on zombies. They need to be dismembered — and there is only one man for the job.

Having to sever limbs adds a sense of urgency to every encounter which compounds the fear instilled by the incredible sound design that brings the USG Ishimura to life. Not to make the obvious comparison, but Dead Space was the Resident Evil of its generation.

You can easily lose that feeling of isolation that makes so many horror games scary. In Left 4 Dead 2, the waves of relentless zombies are equally as terrifying as being stalked by some lumbering beast, even if you are battling them with three other players at your side.

Then a Hunter comes hurtling toward you and you throw all caution to the wind. Even nearly a decade later, Left 4 Dead 2 still stands up against the surge of zombie shooters that have emerged since.

The first Silent Hill was a solid game, but it was its sequel that really helped the series flourish. From a more robust and heartbreaking story to a more memorable variety of twisted monsters, the overall experience simply resonated better with survival horror fans.