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So horror games are a thing, something that we usually talk about at great lengths come October when the end of the month turns spooky and we celebrate the darkness known as Halloween... Or go door to door against common sense and ask strangers for candy. As gamers, this is the time when we hope that the developers and publishers give us something new and scary to play either on our consoles, expensive PC rigs, or as has become common these days: VR headsets.
Personally I think the new wave of Virtual Reality that is being brought into our homes nowadays is pretty cheap. It's easy to make someone frightened when you have full control over their audio and visual senses like VR does. To hide something shocking right next to a player without anything else happening is cheap and lazy. Real horror comes from good storytelling, engaging characters and working with visual and sounds together to create moments that may or may not become real. So don't expect VR games, and that includes Resident Evil VII, to be anywhere on my list this time around.
One thing you won't find on this list is stupid ideas like "Counter-Strike is a horror experience" which some other sites I won't mention did recently in a list they made because they were bored and needed something to drive clicks to the site. So sit back, grab your most secure blanket, cuddle your teddy bear, and beware of that shadow in the corner as I present a Top 13 Horror Video Games list.
