Hey, just wanted to remind everyone that if a game you thought should have been included WASN'T, that probably just means I haven't played it. You're welcome to comment what games you think SHOULD have been in the list below in the case I decide to make a sequel, but please just be civil. I've gotten a surprising amount of comments that seem genuinely angry with me for not including moments from games I've genuinely never heard of. Just because I didn't include a certain moment doesn't mean I hate it or something! I'll be sure to include some of them in the future!
To be fair, you don't have to include these three separately. Undertale, Deltarune, and Oneshot's major haunting horror is "Two wrongs don't make a right, true justice is not vengeance, it's to defend, protect, and rebuild and learn. Your actions matter, agency is powerful enough to make or break everything, so chose wisely in all worlds!" And showing you for yourself the consequences of evil actions down to even the smallest of things.
super paper mario is infamous for randomly pulling the most horrifying and thought provoking stuff out of nowhere before going back to being "funny mario game :D" and i love it for that
Honestly when I saw Super Paper Mario in the comments I thought it was about to be those mf hands in the Twygz. Rare moment of kid me genuinely being freaked out in a video game. Did not mind Mimi.
@@DrGandW my strongest freakout in a nintendo game was a tie between the bottom of the well in ocarina and that one girl's father being halfway turned into a gibdo in majora. I mean honestly majora could fill this list on its own, but seeing the totk gibdos scared the shit out of me
Vanessa's scariness doesn't end there. When she was still human, she would obsess over the prince. She cut his hair while he was sleeping so they could match, she grew jealous of his teacher when he was studying abroad, and she even banned bacon because she thought he loved it more than he loved her. Eventually, when she transformed into the monster that you see in the game, she froze her entire kingdom into the wasteland you previously journeyed through, killing everyone. The subcon minions you see throughout the chapter are the souls of the dead who were given vessels by Snatcher.
I swear there are a lot of dark games out there on purpose, but none can hold a candle to this one that wasn't even purposely meant to be like that (horror genre, I mean) gave me the chills
That last one is fucking horrifying. Imagine searching for sprites out of a passion for the game, and the browser closes. Booting up a cheat engine to maybe get a better view of the stage (maybe you think it looks nice, or you're easter egg hunting and want to check out-of-bounds), and the stage looks like actual hell. Alter the game's code to maybe make a more custom playthrough (like making enemies harder to beat as a personal challenge), and now you can't actually beat the game because of the ghosts. Since you don't have much use for the game now you delete it. But it comes back. You do some research and it turns out the developer has your IP address to reinstall the game manually. Not only that, but they have your passwords and credit card information. And now you have to call them and get them to delete it and set you free, even though they could just as easily say no and keep all of your private info. I really hope the dev got arrested, simply because there's no way it's safe to even have one *trustworthy* person keeping all that information: if they get hacked, someone else who's likely much more malicious gets all of it too.
Genuinely unhinged behavior, dude turned his game into a trojan horse just to protect his pixels. Would have been so easy to just leave it at the game not working or getting freaky if you try something but he took it to an illegal degree, insane
@@pyroonbusinesschannel118 There's more passionate people in the sonic fandom than the mario fandom, so you wind up having people who are really, REALLY passionate about the series. Also doesn't help that they get bullied for being a sonic fan (irl and online)
Subnautica. Literally all of Subnautica. My first impressions of the game was you being stranded on an Alien Planet with goofy fish, but the game makes it clear that you are alone, hopeless, and surrounded by an entire ecosystem that wants to kill you that is simultaneously falling apart and facing mass extinction. And despite it being psychologically and traditionally horrifying, the devs even stated that its a survival game, not a horror game.
This is implying that UnderTale is not just a horror game in disguise. UnderTale can be multiple different genres of game depending on how you play it, what storylines you progress, and what easter eggs you encounter. It's a million different game genres wrapped up in a trench coat with a paper that says "rpg" taped to it.
Honestly? I feel like horror games work best as an RPG. Something about exploring an area in 3 dimenions while being stalked by a shadow creature, who could appear at any moment? I feel like you can play some horror games without seeing much scary shit, because it's about tension, not scares. Normally through chases, jumpscare, or POV gore (be it your own, or someone elses'). But unlike POV Horror, where you only get to see the monster for a second before you turn away from it. You don't get to see how it moves. Don't get to see how it hungers for you. Because you're too focused on the obstacles ahead of you. I prefer having a 360 view, so that planning out routes is more fun and rewarding, and we get to see how the creature moves, if you get creative with animations, this can be really good!
That game made me really anxious about messing up at the end because I didn't want to risk my favorite characters dying. The worst part, though, is the characters' reactions to their loved ones dying. Chandlo and Snorpy's monologues when the other dies get me the most.
There's been plenty of dark and somewhat scary or stressful moments in the Ace Attorney series But in my opinion the most disturbing scene happens in Duel Destinies, the fifth mainline Ace Attorney game, which is probably the reason the game is rated Mature instead of Teen like the other games. MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DUEL DESTINIES By the time this scene happens it has been established that one of the main characters of that game, Athena Cykes,'s mother was murdered by some sort of spy and that the person who confessed to the crime, Simon Blackquill, could not have actually done it. Also sometime before you go into court to defend Athena for a different but very much related murder, when talking about her mother and her mother's death it turns out that she's lying and Phoenix's Magatama reacts, showing black psyche locks (which mean that she's subconsciously lying), which have only ever appeared when talking to a very evil character a game before. During court you are questioning Blackquill about the murder and he continuously denies his innocence, changing his lies every testimony until eventually you whittle him down to the truth of what he saw the day Athena's mom was murdered. And what he saw was Athena's mom on an operating table meant for robots dead from a stab wound, the bloody murder weapon lying on the ground, and little eleven-year-old Athena covered in blood in between them. Athena looked at him with a smile and a far off look in her eye and said "Something's wrong with Mom, so I'm taking her apart to fix her!" Athena had no idea about this because she repressed the memory, so she thinks she actually killed her mother. Blackquill is upset because he was lying to protect Athena. It turns out Athena didn't actually kill her mother or take her apart on the operating table (though she was going to do the latter before Blackquill walked in because she thought that might save her previously murdered mom which is, well, yikes), but its still a terrifying visual and some pretty disturbing implications about what might've happened if Blackquill hadn't walked in at the moment he did.
Forgot to mention that Athena is a very joyful, friendly, and likeable character throughout most of the game and seeing the bloody image of her as a kid and her horrified realization that she might've actually killed her mom is chilling.
I loved Dual Destinies for going that far with it, between that and the race to get Simon freed the day before he’s set to be executed it’s super tense There’s also some horror in Maya being forced to channel the spirit of her attempted murderer and basically everything she goes through in 3-5
Oh this doesn't even talk about HOW the shot of Athena covered in blood is shown. You are using her own therapy tool so assets load in as the slides transition & right as the player is likely realizing what happened you get a CLOSE UP SHOT OF HER FACE WITH BLOOD & THE MOST DISSASSOCIATED EXPRESSION EVER
Not just that, there are parts of the story where children try to hep you in order to save thier kingdom. The twist? (spoilers) THEY DIE (Or at least heavily implied to)
Seeing Queen Vanessa’s manor on the list brings me back to when I had to play that level for my friend because they got too anxious playing it, that was fun.
@@Rollthedice115 I refused to play that level as well. There's actually a hidden passageway in between some of the barrels in the cellar that leads right up to the attic so you don't have to play the level. I used to use that skip but eventually made myself play the level and it became one of my favorites, despite how terrifying it is
I mean technically it's still a win, just a bad end. If anything speedrunners are just like "oh faster way" Real way would be for the game to have unskippable dialogue and force you back to the start; ruining your run
To be honest I think it's more depressing than sad. Been forever since I dived into that franchise but once scene I remember is the witch's wedding scene
@theoldspirt9280 the witch was the scariest zombie for me. I was young and I had already known that was the hardest enemy so I got pretty tense every time I see one.
You know what I want in the next Monster Hunter game? A quest that starts with the player stealing an egg from a maze-like cave but as soon as they approach the egg they get jumped by a monster and it steals their gear. Forcing the player to find their stuff without getting caught and then defeating the monster once they find everything
That sounds like something that can work in Monster Hunter Stories but not so much in the main line of the series. Although I could see them using that concept during Worlds after you group gets ambushed while going to a new region. Ya know, like they did at the start where you and your handler try avoiding some monsters in the wild as you head to the main camp.
Is it just a one time gimmick? Because if not I never fight it again because that sounds like a pain in the ass to try and grind for... That or speedruners find a easily abused glitch and everyone starts using it to make the fight quicker...
What would’ve made Mimi scarier is back when she’s still invincible and start running away from her, is that she’ll teleport precisely to a hiding spot of your choosing. For example: that small square room. (I was terrified that day… 😅)
Undertale really is creepy at times, not just from moments like the true lab, but from a thematic standpoint. The game plays with natural human curiosity in a really creepy way, plus sans being aware of the multiple timelines and flowey having done every route infinite times is pretty dark thematically. Then there's the ending of the genocide route, where you are forced to watch sans bleed out and ask his brother a question even though he's already dead. You are also forced to beat flowey to death, and the ending scene with Chara terrified me as a kid
Honestly, for me the most creepy thing is how game manipulates you. I bet, most people were caught by this trick on their first playthrough, killed Toriel, realized what they've done, and reloaded, just to be SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT ON THAT
I have a friend who has a similar trait of not being scared of horror games because, as you said, horror is to be expected. The only way to scare her is exactly this: horror in a non-horror game. So far, the things that I know scared her were A Hat in Time and Stray. There might be more, but I don't want to bother her. ...I wish I can handle horror well. ;w;
I actually like that I can't deal with horror too well. Only being able to be scared by horror in a non-horror game sounds incredibly difficult to manage if you want some fright. Then again, I'm the only person I know who has horror as almost 1/3rd of her personality, having grown up mostly with FNaF, CreepyPasta, and other horror games/stories for entertainment.
@@twilightmoon96 Understandable. I try to play horror games by myself, but the most I can handle at the moment is a Minecraft mod where Herobrine sometimes appears behind you (From The Fog)
Not to mention mimi literally either is or turns into a robot, cause if you flip into 3d while mimi (the spooky version), you can see some sort of mechanical things
Honestly Horror Games don't really scare me anymore, same as creepy videos because its so predictable but when something creepy in a *non* Horror Game happens it scares me because its not predictable. Like you cant tell if its there or not. Imagine chilliing playing a Non Horror Game then OAARR!! Jumpscare by creepy man, or you get sent to this secret disturbing part of a game with weird and creepy stuff and bad terrible things happens. like why? I mean i get if its a Non Game not for kids then they add a bit for horror but if its for *KIDS* in a *kids* game and some scary stuff is in it?! thats gonna give the children nightmares.
Cue flash games like "Lacey's Wardrobe", "Lights Out [Armor Games]", "Generic Fishing Game [also Armor Games]", "Verge", etc. At least Verge, that one Halloween Cool Math Games ARG, and a few of the other games clarified they are meant for kids 10 and up, and "can be considered a horror game"!
This is why DDLC is so good. Even if there are warnings at the beginning of the game, (which need to be there) the big twists and horror sequences are so horrifying and shocking, and that all because of the seemingly innocent & wholesome first act. If you don't already know much about the game or what happens in the plot, you are left not only horrified, but emotionally destroyed & devastated at the end of said first act. (I'm specifically talking about what happens to Sayori, but what happens to the other girls has the same effect, just not as strong.)
Seeing what happened to them may feel like a stab wound, it'll make you want to puke, and you may no longer want to hang around with the Visual Novel genre for a while...
1. Immediately added Hayseed Knight to my Steam wishlist. It looks so charming and I'm a sucker for animated VNs with voice acting. (See: Danganronpa icon.) 2. This isn't an intentionally creepy thing, but the thing that scared me the most as a kid was a glitch in the old MMORPG FusionFall. If your game crashed while you were in the loading screen before respawning, you'd never respawn. The game would just keep crashing. It was like a metaphor for purgatory, almost.
I can't believe someone in the wild mentioned FusionFall. I feel like very few remember or played it. FusionFall overall was a game that I hadn't expected to have such Dark tones in it. The game literally started off (originally) in the Bad Timeline, where the planet was LOSING. In fact Earth was basically already gone, and they are mere moments away from being wiped out completely on their little island of psuedo-normalcy until they send you back in time with Dexter's Time Machine. It's just a shame that the game didn't do well. It was such a charming art style, the way they seamlessly blending in multiple different IP characters into a conceivably believable way. Then there was the custom zones. The endgame zones were Lord Fuse had already taken over like the Badlands. The GIANT, beautiful waterfall, Megas XLR being stuck I'm a junkyard because of the green alien goo. It was such a great game. I wish they would have released it as a Single-player or Co-Op experience. My fondest memory was when players discovered an OOB glitch that allowed you to "time travel" into the "Old Future" which was the tutorial.
WANDERSONG MENTION LETS GO!! I love this game so much I made several tumblr posts on things I found including a gun u can obtain during the takeover on the pirateship (Kiwi won't use it - that's the name the devs have them btw 4 those who don't know!) and the reason the song doesn't work isn't the factory, it's bc Kiwi is too upset to remember the lullaby, actually singing it backwards - the song starts on the left, but if u go back to replay the version kiwi sings the first time starts on the right. It's such a small thing but I love it and the hidden dialogue u can get in the final act at the top of the tree
One that always sticks with me, even though i only briefly experienced it at a friends house way back, is the nightmare sequence from Forestia. The fact that a game aimed at littles kids who are just about old enough to play a video game has this out of nowhere sequence of the forest destroyed and your animals friends caged up or even potentially dead(may have been frozen in time/turned to stone) is pretty shocking. Hell for years i didnt even remember what the game was but I remembered that sequence clearly.
@@genericname2747 maybe it was meant for older Scooby Doo fans? So they will have something more for their age than just stacking a sandwich or hiding the ghosts behind doors? Who knows?
@@withered_angel992 The rest of the game was so normal though. But a Scooby Doo game for older fans would be cool, I want to solve mysteries while a scary monster tries to get me
That was Escape From The Coolsonian, a promotional game for the live action movie sequel. The jumpscare happens after you use the crowbar to open the sarcophagus in the second level (and read an ominous warning). It's entirely optional and absolutely intended to fuck with people.
The first Scarecrow battle in _Arkham Asylum_ takes place in the Morgue, and starts with Batman finding 3 bodybags that you *have* to open to progress the story. The first two trigger cutscenes (in first-person perspective, yay) of Thomas and Martha Wayne's rotting corpses popping out and asking why Bruce/you didn't save them. Open the third, and Scarecrow comes roaring out and grabs your head with a Freddy Krueger-inspired glove of syringes to start the fight. Honestly, all three(!) encounters start with some hallucinatory mind-buggery. It's just that the first one hits pretty hard when you find it, since you might not be prepared for this take on the character.
I might as well mention about the final one Sonic gather battle about the dev getting arrested yes that did happen and as part of Cosmic retribution all the Sprites were ripped
One of the most terrifying things I ever encountered is Love Town from Library of Ruina. Library of Ruina is a game set in a mega city where play as the librarians who invite people from the city to their Library and turn them into books... I know that sounds dark and the game hhas it's really dark moments, but for the point in which you get the Love Town reception, it's had a pretty light tone so far. There's a few time they make you sad and death is very common but mot of the time the tone is rather light... until you get to Love Town. You see 2 people enter a train that is supposed to take 10 seconds. Then 10 minutes pass. Then 10 hours pass. Then 10 days pass. Then 10 weeks pass. Then 10 years pass. And death isn't an escape either, all pain and cuts are permeant and no one can die even as they are a mound of flesh, this pain however is the only thing that is on the train so people start to brutalize each other and themselves to feel *anything* at all after so long trapped on the train. But the not the worst part, remember the 2 people we followed (Well not psychically but it's a bit hard to explain) well they happened to find a 2 doctors that said they can help them not go insane!... Combining both of them into a horrid monster with the emotional intelligence of toddler. But that all isn't the worst part, the worst part is that this was intentional. The delay, the people going insane, all intentional. The train never malfunctioned. The train works by leaving it's passengers trapped in this hell for so long and then just simply reversing them back to normal and wiping their memories.
You've also left some details that I'd like to mention - The WARP train uses technology in order to transport itself into a different dimension, which is why the doors and windows of the train are locked shut. - In this dimension, the mechanism to bring them back to the dimension of the City needs to recharge it's energy, which takes a total of (if I recall correctly) 2000 YEARS. - The moment the train leaves, your current physical state remains throughout the entire trip. One of the characters was asleep when the train took off, and this resulted in him being tired and about to pass out from exhaustion throughout the whole trip, if I recall correctly. - The company that runs these trains, WARP Corporation, has a specific department called the Cleanup Crew, which enter the trains in the other dimension a bit before the train is about to reach it's destination, and fix, clean and, let's say, rearrange the passengers and the train to how it was before it took off, putting everyone back in their seats and healing all of their injuries, before erasing their memories of the trip. - Time in the other dimension flows differently, so the 2000 years in the other dimension actually are 10 seconds in the City. And the most disturbing part of all, in my opinion, - First class passengers are put in preservation containers and are essentially unconscious and perfectly preserved for the whole trip. Essentially, if you buy first class tickets, your only perks are not suffering in the train for more than a dozen centuries. I've played all three games that this studio has made and even though I haven't completed any of them because of the sheer difficulty spike, I can sure as hell tell you that the City is INCREDIBLY fucked up because the WARP trains are just the TIP of the iceberg- (Edited to say "studio" instead of "company" because honestly I don't know why I called PM a company--)
@@_skyfall_multi_5848 Limbus Company: BEACH VOLLEYBURR, Ryoshu trying to crush someone under a chandelier only to hit nothing besides the floor, Frenchman Chicken Review, Christmas Episode Also Limbus Company: Gregor being a lab rat since like 15, Yuri, the Massacre of Calw, the fate of the League Of The Nine, just the entirety of The Great Lake, us basically not even being halfway through the Content Warning from the first trailer even though we're halfway through the game.
I feel like this could get a part 2! Here are some moments I can think of: The sewers in Stray, the Orphanage/Fire Room in Psychonauts, basically the entire ending of Bugsnax, at least something in almost every Kirby game but especially Fecto Forgo, and the final boss battle in Splatoon 3.
This may not be the most well known game, but I used to play the first Thief game when I was a kid and man, the undead and the Trickster levels always shook me. For context since it is an older game, you play as a... thief... that uses stealth mechanics, a first in 1st person games of the era, to rob medieval lords and nobles. Since you played as a thief, the game made sure to make you pretty vulnerable with most enemies being able to kick your ass in a head on fight, so you had to be really stealthy in order to avoid them outright. Suddenly, the game throws you on a mission to rob some crypts of some priceless artifacts and man, the mazelike architecture, the sounds the zombies and haunts made, how easy was to get lost in it. A kid like me felt they were going to pop out and kill me. Later on in the game, you encounter some crazy levels where the main antagonist is sort of a pagan cult named the Trickster. The Sword mission, where you enter the house of their lord to steal the titular sword, starts simple enough on the first floor, but on the second floor the architecture goes off the rails wildly, with a continuous giggle mocking you in the background. It always sound at irregular times and it sounds like it just comes from behind you, yet you turn around and nothing is there. Later games would cut down on the supernatural parts of the lore, relegating them to one mission or 2 at most, but the ambience in that game was superb. It made use of the sound like no other game did back then.
Nice! I always love hearing about disturbing moments in games that aren't even horror, Wish there could have been more obscure entrys tho like 3 and 4 are since I have heard of basically all of these before already, but overall tho I enjoyed this video!
Fun fact about queen Vanessa: one of the official multiplayer mode mods, both she and snatcher recruited various iterations of hat kid they both managed to capture in a game of attrition. Basically, snatcher wants his birthright back, and Vanessa is trying to keep it from him so that he remains cursed
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but one scene that sticks out as a horror scene in a game that generally isn't would be for me, in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword when you have to go underneath the goddess statue there are a bunch of undead bokoblins
Surprised Disgaea 2’s worst ending didn’t get on there. It is the mother of all shocking swerves. Most of the game: Comedic parody of anime and RPGs. Worst ending: Real Overlord Zenon possesses Adell. He then proceeds to brutally kill and eat his adopted siblings (ages 9 and 11). Complete with realistic gulping, slurping, and bone crunching noises.
Vanessa’s dumb jumpscare from fnaf security breach still makes me wheeze lmao Also isn’t hat in time the same game that randomly throws jumpscares at you? Like I’ve never played so idk but I’ve heard you literally might just open a door and get jump scared, also JESUS! That sonic battle fan game is CRAZY for a fan game, like sending you credit card info, leaking your ip, forcefully reinstalling itself so you don’t cheat IN A SINGLEPLAYER RANDOM SONIC FANGAME?? Like HOLY bro your OC is not worth this much illegal activity.
Huh, never expected to see Hayseed Knight in the wild like this, lol. Never seen the full game, but I adore the art from Piti Yindee in it. Guess I should take a look into it now.
I feel like Yo-Kai Watch deserves an honourable mention. It has a lot of just generally creepy things in it. Terror Time, Steptuple Step (at least to me), The Fox March (again, at least to me), Clown Time and I think the most infamous, The Infinite Tunnel. You could make a whole ass video on the Infinite Tunnel and Hazy Lane (they function the same)
@@gmaxjayden yeah I know. But considering that YKW2 was the probably the third game I ever played (Super Mario Bros for the 3DS and Pokémon X being my first games) it was definitely creepy for me to experience for the first time. Besides, you can't tell me that Dr. Maddiman actually wanting to steal the main characters heart to be kinda creepy
as a hl enthusiast i have got to bring up ravenholm. like it's far too easy of a pick to be included here, ive been hearing about how scary it is since before i even knew what the hell a half life was, but it GENUINELY lives up to it's hype. it is just as scary as people say it is.
I'm glad to see CutCafe getting this as a series, the Top *insert thingie* here for horror games. Or at least, horror or non horror games. I'd definitely love to see something like, Top underrated side quests in games or top beautiful endings to a horror game. I love your content on the horror games, Cut! Love the editing too! :D!
Oh yeah Snowdrake's mom Amalgamate is the creepiest because that's. their. mom! Anybody who has a good bond and relationship with their mom would be devastated to learn something like that happened to her. It's games like these that we have horror games, to give reason for the creepy and horror instead of it appearing in your cute game about a pink ball who eats everything then gains super powers.
Life is strange twist and the whole nightmare sequence is very well done because the game make you so focus in the storm and Chloe you forget about Rachel. Its really good and creepy
You should make a vid about 8 MOST UNDISTURBING THINGS FOUND IN HORROR GAMES Also good vid. I’m saying this before I watch all of it, but hey I don’t need to wait til the end to comment cause your vids are good to me anyways
Its very minor - and not that horrifying i admit - but in the game Okami, during the sunken ship stage, the faces of two previous bosses (crimson helm and spider queen) would stare closely at the screem as spirits/ghost. While they were not screamers/big jumpscares, the sense of having my personal space invaded and not being able to do something about it really made me anxious - specially with the spider queen, as she's a paled skin, black haired, eyeless creature with a large mouth, and she appears to inch closer than the helm
Honestly that section scared me too when I played the game for the first time as a kid. when i got to the part where the giant hand comes out of the water, I noped tf out of there and pretty much maxed out what i could before realizing I couldn't progress myself any further without going through the ship. then i put the game down for a couple of years before finally picking it back up and playing through the entire game.
@@alexursu4403 it's been a long time since I've last played, but I don't think you get the slow time brush before the sunken ship Eta: And even if we get it, they still "jumpscare" you
So happy to see Super Paper Mario get some love and recognition, as it's one of my favorite games ever. Personally, the World of Nothing is the darkest thing in the game to me. An entire universe wiped completely from existence, nothing left but a white void and the scariest music in the world. But yeah, Mimi chasing you in 2-4 was definitely horrifying to 7 year old me.
imagine you wanna look at a stage in cheat engine and it shows a real life interpretation of hell. you delete the game just for it to reinstall its self and then you fucking realize *THE DEV HAS ALL OF YOUR PRIVATE INFO AND CREIDT CARD INFORMATION.* fucking terrifying.
How did you not mention the Tane Tane Island hallucinations from Mother 3? That whole sequence is incredibly disturbing and the effects it must’ve had on the characters is so chilling.
Probably because it still hasn't been officially released outfit of Japan. I honestly don't know why Nintendo keeps keeping it out of the western audience, but it's getting pretty annoying.
One moment for me would be Halved Halved Halved from Noisz Starlivht, a mobile game that's both a rhythm game and a bullet hell avoidance at the same time and I love that game. So anyways you get to the most recent chapter added so far, chapter 5 (true heroes) and the song collection is absolute goated here, but then when you reach 5.III, you get a warning that the next song you are going to face contains some disturbing content. Lets just say it was not joking. That song is not just disturbing, but comes with one of the greatest rhythm game charts out there that is just as creepy as the song itself!
Another great video, however there is ONE moment that im a bit sad didnt get mentioned, and thats the Project Cynosure from Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty by the time you reach project cynosure you have dealt with some of the most difficult enemies the game has to throw at you, you are a certified killer and nothing should be a problem for you anymore. Suddenly, without warning, all your powers are taken away from you, you loose connection with johnny and are left with, for the first time since the start of act two, truely by yourself. the game then proceeds to turn into alien isolation without warning with a big, scary, murder bot right behind you being controlled by the cybernetic equivelent of a demon. its fast, its loud, and its constantly fucking talking to you "You have nothing to fear if you do not exist". theres something about going from the strongest person in the city to a scared worthless baby that makes it so terrifying still good vid though
@@ConnorTheUndying that's really great to hear! i'll be getting mine pulled soon, do you have any tips for getting through recovery or anything you think i should know before the prodecudre?
@@lawnmower-pq8vk Don't be anxious about it going into it, you'll do better if you go into it with a gung-ho attitude. And more importantly, listen to the aftercare instructions they give you. Like, to the T. Be cautious as you go forward with reintroducing foods to your diet, though not cautious that you think you can ONLY eat mashed potatoes for two weeks straight. I won't be the one to get advice from regarding recovery. My tips are as simple as listening to the instructions you're given, because that's exactly what worked for me.
the stanley parable should be on here, mostly because of some of the endings, like the confusion ending and the one where you jump off of a big staircase over and over. you could tag that as horror and i would 100% believe that.
I’m glad someone else acknowledged the Desert of Knaaran, I almost didn’t progress past it due to how scary it was, but also if I had to choose a moment, I would choose either the part where you find Peach in the desert, or the the vim forest/factory both from Mario and Luigi partners in time
The true lab form Undertale was a really scary sequence, for sure. But Omega Flowey really came out of fucking nowhere. When I loaded back the game and caught a glimpse of him, it scared the living daylight out of me.
The Amalgamates in Undertale deserve more fan content! I wanna be able to read fan comics or play fan games all about them- make them a creepypasta and give me so more lore its hard to keep up 👏👏👏 These other games look awesome by the way!!! Can't wait to check out some if them in the future!!!
FELLOW A HAT IN TIME ENTHUSIAST??? W!! also yeah vanessa’s manor scared the shit out of me the first time i played thru it ALSO YES PETZ DOGS 2 AND PETZ CATS 2 MY BELOVED!!!!!!! i want a sequel to it SO badly. i adored this game as a kid, played through it multiple times.. oh how i love these games
Dude I played petz cats and dogs as a kid and I was like “But where’s the first game, the others are just virtual pet care sims, AND THIS VIDEO SHOWED ME THE ACTUAL FIRST GAME. We’re two sides of the same coin brother
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Its a game where your the monster in the night so it shouldn't be too scary. Yet in comes the Mansion mission with its simple yet creepy atmosphere and terrifying music/ambience that still scares me to this day.
Gotta mention a slightly disturbing moment in a kind of vague non-horror game. In Just Shapes & Beats, a rhythm game, the main boss gets impaled in the skull twice. There is blood both times and the second time is def more dark as it does turn the boss into a sort of mindless monster. The implication that he survived dying as this monster also adds a disturbing thought. Hey, at least it’s just shapes tho so it isn’t super horrifying.
I remember watching people playing A Hat In Time when I was younger and being absolutely TERRIFIED when I saw the Vanessa level. The backstory of her and the Snatcher certainly didn't help. I'd love to buy and play this game for myself one day tho!
An obscure horror example for me is the Etrian Odyssey saga of games, in each one there's a secret postgame dungeon that's wildly different from the standard fantasy aesthetic of 90%. In the first one it was a dungeon of flesh, in the second is a forest where a mad god threw away his failed experiments, in the third is the resting place of an eldritch abomination and so on.
I played the Catz version of Petz Dogz 2 and my joy at seeing someone even acknowledge this game's existence and how scary it actually was is immeasurable.
Dude I 100% agree with you on Queen Vanessa's Manor, when I first played that level I was legit scared, and that whole situation just gave me goose bumps. I was honestly so glad it was over, but I still had fun with it though.
Here's one for you: the final area of Bug Fables, called 'The Giants Lair'. I won't go into detail because of spoilers, but the area and enemies are super freaky compared to the relatively cutesy artstyle the rest of the game is in.
About undertale distrubing moments, I would also mention death of Undyne on neutral. Not genocide. On genocide you kinda expect something not good, and genocide death of Undyne looks more heroic, while on neutral... She is freaking melting alive, I was traumatized when I saw this first time.
Heheh, I've actually known about Hayseed Knight for a couple years, and finally got around to buying it last month. Was surprised to see it mentioned here.
in my opinion the most creepy was omega flowey for me when it comes to creepy moments in kid games but if you want something that looks like out of hell just look at piracy screens cause some of them are just terryfying
Chapter 5 of Okage: Shadow King. You've been adventuring around, trying to find a way to restore the Evil King Stan to his former glory by defeating all the other (supposedly Fake) Evil Kings in the world, and finally one of them takes you to the thing that turned him into an Evil King, a Magic Circle. And Ari, the main character, is forced to step inside the magic circle. Suddenly, everyone just...walks away. Like, they comment on how that was a bust, but everyone, even Evil King Stan(Your shadow at this point, so shouldn't be able to leave you behind, but he does), just wanders away...and you begin to realize that everyone, everywhere in the world, has forgotten about you. This leads to a trip to all the towns where, if you don't assert yourself, if you just respond with ... to every question you're asked, you'll be forgotten forever. Mind, if you assert yourself, you find a town of people who have been likewise forgotten, and with the help of one of them, a woman with some mysterious power, you restore yourself...finding out that while you were 'missing', some of your party destroyed towns with their battles(Not everyone is with you for reasons that are good, some are downright evil). Worse is that the one who did this, who erased you, did so deliberately. He TRICKED the Evil King with the magic circle to get you to stand in it, since you're not part of 'His' world. You eventually learn he accidentally erased his own daughter with the power that allowed him to do that, 'Classification', and has since made a duplicate he parades around as the real thing, the world you know, and all the people in it, being under his influence to try and keep his 'not real' daughter entertained. It's horrifying, disturbing, and in the end, a little sad.
The last ones shady as hell them hacking your pc and causing actual pc damage is wrong and if they wanted to they can leak you ip and other important stuff and rob you it’s all types of shady and they should face legal actions for it
One of my all time favorite point and click’s is „Edna and Harvey: The Break out“ which was given a USK 0 (basically the German version of Rated E), but when the the collector’s edition came out, the devs put a bunch of swears in the developer comments, so that it had to be classified as USK 12 (Rated T). Spoiler warning for those who care. BECAUSE someone didn’t actually look at the game when they rated it, as some of the things in the game are: Edna’s (the titular protagonist) Father was executed for murdering a kid. (Not seen on screen but discussed) There is a section were the she is locked in a room with a guy who just murdered someone, and you have to use the corpse, which is still hanging partially on screen, to kill the murderer. One of the two ending has Edna push someone down a flight of stairs in an attempt to murder them. There is more but those are the first few things that popped into my head.
I'd honestly consider Girahim's first appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword really creepy, just... The way he talks to Link. Though, honestly with how creepy the series is I would consider the Zelda games a horror series
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Hey, just wanted to remind everyone that if a game you thought should have been included WASN'T, that probably just means I haven't played it. You're welcome to comment what games you think SHOULD have been in the list below in the case I decide to make a sequel, but please just be civil. I've gotten a surprising amount of comments that seem genuinely angry with me for not including moments from games I've genuinely never heard of. Just because I didn't include a certain moment doesn't mean I hate it or something! I'll be sure to include some of them in the future!
why are there no replies here, lemme fix that
To be fair, you don't have to include these three separately. Undertale, Deltarune, and Oneshot's major haunting horror is "Two wrongs don't make a right, true justice is not vengeance, it's to defend, protect, and rebuild and learn. Your actions matter, agency is powerful enough to make or break everything, so chose wisely in all worlds!" And showing you for yourself the consequences of evil actions down to even the smallest of things.
super paper mario is infamous for randomly pulling the most horrifying and thought provoking stuff out of nowhere before going back to being "funny mario game :D" and i love it for that
Honestly when I saw Super Paper Mario in the comments I thought it was about to be those mf hands in the Twygz. Rare moment of kid me genuinely being freaked out in a video game. Did not mind Mimi.
@@DrGandWsame
Remember when you had to walk through the ruins of a world that you’re unable to save after meeting some of its inhabitants? That was fun.
@@DrGandW my strongest freakout in a nintendo game was a tie between the bottom of the well in ocarina and that one girl's father being halfway turned into a gibdo in majora. I mean honestly majora could fill this list on its own, but seeing the totk gibdos scared the shit out of me
"Oh. Spider looks a little spooky. But FFFFFFFVCK THEM HANDS"
Vanessa's scariness doesn't end there. When she was still human, she would obsess over the prince. She cut his hair while he was sleeping so they could match, she grew jealous of his teacher when he was studying abroad, and she even banned bacon because she thought he loved it more than he loved her. Eventually, when she transformed into the monster that you see in the game, she froze her entire kingdom into the wasteland you previously journeyed through, killing everyone. The subcon minions you see throughout the chapter are the souls of the dead who were given vessels by Snatcher.
I swear there are a lot of dark games out there on purpose, but none can hold a candle to this one that wasn't even purposely meant to be like that (horror genre, I mean) gave me the chills
I can't tell if she needs therapy or a life sentence
@@oddie97 both
Talk about a crippling yandere complex
It's an utter tragedy, but I suppose that's what happens with a lack of personal worth mixed with infatuation.
I love how the most disturbing moment is LITERAL MALWARE
that's insane
*Cheats in a single player fan-game*
Oh boy, here I go stealing personal information again!
Okay, the anti-hacking part is ingenoius. the personal information part though, turns it literally criminal here!
That last one is fucking horrifying.
Imagine searching for sprites out of a passion for the game, and the browser closes. Booting up a cheat engine to maybe get a better view of the stage (maybe you think it looks nice, or you're easter egg hunting and want to check out-of-bounds), and the stage looks like actual hell. Alter the game's code to maybe make a more custom playthrough (like making enemies harder to beat as a personal challenge), and now you can't actually beat the game because of the ghosts. Since you don't have much use for the game now you delete it. But it comes back. You do some research and it turns out the developer has your IP address to reinstall the game manually. Not only that, but they have your passwords and credit card information. And now you have to call them and get them to delete it and set you free, even though they could just as easily say no and keep all of your private info.
I really hope the dev got arrested, simply because there's no way it's safe to even have one *trustworthy* person keeping all that information: if they get hacked, someone else who's likely much more malicious gets all of it too.
Genuinely unhinged behavior, dude turned his game into a trojan horse just to protect his pixels. Would have been so easy to just leave it at the game not working or getting freaky if you try something but he took it to an illegal degree, insane
@@DrGandW is it me or does sonic have weirder and more unhinged fans than mario?
@@pyroonbusinesschannel118 There's more passionate people in the sonic fandom than the mario fandom, so you wind up having people who are really, REALLY passionate about the series.
Also doesn't help that they get bullied for being a sonic fan (irl and online)
@@silverdededestruction2197 ah tru
Thanks for re explaining it, I did not get it the first time
This video is inaccurate, because it implies Super Paper Mario isn’t a horror game
Explain
Damn no replies??
Of course not, it’s a Love Story
@@advance64bro oh honey just watch a Super Paper Mario longplay
@@foxpokemonforever4775 it can be both
Subnautica. Literally all of Subnautica. My first impressions of the game was you being stranded on an Alien Planet with goofy fish, but the game makes it clear that you are alone, hopeless, and surrounded by an entire ecosystem that wants to kill you that is simultaneously falling apart and facing mass extinction. And despite it being psychologically and traditionally horrifying, the devs even stated that its a survival game, not a horror game.
no f-ing way they say Subnautica isn't a horror game- its so scary!!
the entirety of majora's mask.
man whenever I go to the void and hear ghost leviathan, I just pause the game and leaves
Which sounds like a false dilemma to me from the developers' part.
bro subnautica is what made me realize i have thalassophobia 💀
This is implying that UnderTale is not just a horror game in disguise. UnderTale can be multiple different genres of game depending on how you play it, what storylines you progress, and what easter eggs you encounter. It's a million different game genres wrapped up in a trench coat with a paper that says "rpg" taped to it.
"Proceed."
*"Noelle cast snowgrave."*
I agree.
Honestly? I feel like horror games work best as an RPG. Something about exploring an area in 3 dimenions while being stalked by a shadow creature, who could appear at any moment?
I feel like you can play some horror games without seeing much scary shit, because it's about tension, not scares. Normally through chases, jumpscare, or POV gore (be it your own, or someone elses').
But unlike POV Horror, where you only get to see the monster for a second before you turn away from it. You don't get to see how it moves. Don't get to see how it hungers for you. Because you're too focused on the obstacles ahead of you.
I prefer having a 360 view, so that planning out routes is more fun and rewarding, and we get to see how the creature moves, if you get creative with animations, this can be really good!
@@lourdespachla6516oh no
@@Fishwolfcrow
"Why are you wearing... My watch?"
*"In your dream."*
Bugsnax should have been on this list, the ending to that game is insane (in a good way)
THATS WHAT I WAS BOUTTA SAY ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ youre real as hell 4 that :3
That game made me really anxious about messing up at the end because I didn't want to risk my favorite characters dying. The worst part, though, is the characters' reactions to their loved ones dying. Chandlo and Snorpy's monologues when the other dies get me the most.
Bugsnax has two vibes
existential contemplation
And
bunger :D
Unfortunately Bugsnax is a psychological horror game so probably wouldn’t fit the list
@@RealCryptoTest Well the only reason it is a horror game is because of the ending and big reveal, so it could technically be on the list
There's been plenty of dark and somewhat scary or stressful moments in the Ace Attorney series
But in my opinion the most disturbing scene happens in Duel Destinies, the fifth mainline Ace Attorney game, which is probably the reason the game is rated Mature instead of Teen like the other games.
MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DUEL DESTINIES
By the time this scene happens it has been established that one of the main characters of that game, Athena Cykes,'s mother was murdered by some sort of spy and that the person who confessed to the crime, Simon Blackquill, could not have actually done it. Also sometime before you go into court to defend Athena for a different but very much related murder, when talking about her mother and her mother's death it turns out that she's lying and Phoenix's Magatama reacts, showing black psyche locks (which mean that she's subconsciously lying), which have only ever appeared when talking to a very evil character a game before.
During court you are questioning Blackquill about the murder and he continuously denies his innocence, changing his lies every testimony until eventually you whittle him down to the truth of what he saw the day Athena's mom was murdered.
And what he saw was Athena's mom on an operating table meant for robots dead from a stab wound, the bloody murder weapon lying on the ground, and little eleven-year-old Athena covered in blood in between them. Athena looked at him with a smile and a far off look in her eye and said "Something's wrong with Mom, so I'm taking her apart to fix her!"
Athena had no idea about this because she repressed the memory, so she thinks she actually killed her mother. Blackquill is upset because he was lying to protect Athena.
It turns out Athena didn't actually kill her mother or take her apart on the operating table (though she was going to do the latter before Blackquill walked in because she thought that might save her previously murdered mom which is, well, yikes), but its still a terrifying visual and some pretty disturbing implications about what might've happened if Blackquill hadn't walked in at the moment he did.
Forgot to mention that Athena is a very joyful, friendly, and likeable character throughout most of the game and seeing the bloody image of her as a kid and her horrified realization that she might've actually killed her mom is chilling.
@@infinityc2859 holy shit how did I forget about this moment- fsjfhbsjvbjhsvbjhsbjvh
I loved Dual Destinies for going that far with it, between that and the race to get Simon freed the day before he’s set to be executed it’s super tense
There’s also some horror in Maya being forced to channel the spirit of her attempted murderer and basically everything she goes through in 3-5
Oh this doesn't even talk about HOW the shot of Athena covered in blood is shown. You are using her own therapy tool so assets load in as the slides transition & right as the player is likely realizing what happened you get a CLOSE UP SHOT OF HER FACE WITH BLOOD & THE MOST DISSASSOCIATED EXPRESSION EVER
I was pretty floored getting to that scene as a kid, especially since the game is rated the equivalent of E10+ where I live.
It should be notable that in Super Paper Mario, the protagonists go to HELL at one point (in the chapter you unlock Luigi)
Not just that, there are parts of the story where children try to hep you in order to save thier kingdom. The twist? (spoilers)
THEY DIE (Or at least heavily implied to)
@@tsunertoo9149 Two people? How about an entire world?
Oh yeah, the Underwhere 😂 With the skeletal hands floating around in the River Twigz
Ah yes, Luigi in Hell, where he belongs.
You can now play as luigi!
Burn in hell.
Some times the disturbing things in non horror games they scare me because I can never expect them sometimes and some don’t.
Seeing Queen Vanessa’s manor on the list brings me back to when I had to play that level for my friend because they got too anxious playing it, that was fun.
I remember both of us were so scared, but I tried to power through because I wanted to help them.
@@Rollthedice115 I refused to play that level as well. There's actually a hidden passageway in between some of the barrels in the cellar that leads right up to the attic so you don't have to play the level. I used to use that skip but eventually made myself play the level and it became one of my favorites, despite how terrifying it is
I like that Wandersong has a "Screw You" towards speedrunners, that's a middle finger I can get behind. 😂
Yeah, because speedrunners inherently deserve bullying, unlike you.
rare speedrunner l
I mean technically it's still a win, just a bad end. If anything speedrunners are just like "oh faster way"
Real way would be for the game to have unskippable dialogue and force you back to the start; ruining your run
@@gorgeousfreeman1318 Eh, point taken.
While it has scary ambience, I don’t think Left 4 Dead is a horror game… UNTIL you turn the corner and see the tank *right there*
Yeah, it's a horde shooter with the traditional zombie theme. *That is until you reskin the jumping zombie as a Cloaker*
To be honest I think it's more depressing than sad. Been forever since I dived into that franchise but once scene I remember is the witch's wedding scene
@@ZyraX-21 "YOU CALL THIS RESISTING ARREST? WE CALL THIS A DIFFICULTY TWEAK!"
@theoldspirt9280 the witch was the scariest zombie for me. I was young and I had already known that was the hardest enemy so I got pretty tense every time I see one.
@wannajuanna8258 I don't blame you at all. It's just. That one particular one I felt so bad for. It was her big day you know?
You know what I want in the next Monster Hunter game? A quest that starts with the player stealing an egg from a maze-like cave but as soon as they approach the egg they get jumped by a monster and it steals their gear. Forcing the player to find their stuff without getting caught and then defeating the monster once they find everything
That sounds like something that can work in Monster Hunter Stories but not so much in the main line of the series. Although I could see them using that concept during Worlds after you group gets ambushed while going to a new region. Ya know, like they did at the start where you and your handler try avoiding some monsters in the wild as you head to the main camp.
Let's be real, egg quests are already horror games. Especially where an Astalos is involved.
Is it just a one time gimmick? Because if not I never fight it again because that sounds like a pain in the ass to try and grind for... That or speedruners find a easily abused glitch and everyone starts using it to make the fight quicker...
That's kind of half the plot of Symphony of the Night
So just Death Mountain in Skyward Sword?
What would’ve made Mimi scarier is back when she’s still invincible and start running away from her, is that she’ll teleport precisely to a hiding spot of your choosing.
For example: that small square room. (I was terrified that day… 😅)
This reminds me of Giratina jumpscare, Lumiose city ghost girl, and the Strange House from Pokemon
Undertale really is creepy at times, not just from moments like the true lab, but from a thematic standpoint. The game plays with natural human curiosity in a really creepy way, plus sans being aware of the multiple timelines and flowey having done every route infinite times is pretty dark thematically. Then there's the ending of the genocide route, where you are forced to watch sans bleed out and ask his brother a question even though he's already dead. You are also forced to beat flowey to death, and the ending scene with Chara terrified me as a kid
Honestly, for me the most creepy thing is how game manipulates you. I bet, most people were caught by this trick on their first playthrough, killed Toriel, realized what they've done, and reloaded, just to be SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT ON THAT
I have a friend who has a similar trait of not being scared of horror games because, as you said, horror is to be expected.
The only way to scare her is exactly this: horror in a non-horror game.
So far, the things that I know scared her were A Hat in Time and Stray. There might be more, but I don't want to bother her.
...I wish I can handle horror well. ;w;
STRAY REF3RWNFE
I actually like that I can't deal with horror too well. Only being able to be scared by horror in a non-horror game sounds incredibly difficult to manage if you want some fright. Then again, I'm the only person I know who has horror as almost 1/3rd of her personality, having grown up mostly with FNaF, CreepyPasta, and other horror games/stories for entertainment.
@@bonnietelocole6777 I mean, I also like horror, but I just can't play horror games and watch horror movies myself.
@@twilightmoon96 Understandable. I try to play horror games by myself, but the most I can handle at the moment is a Minecraft mod where Herobrine sometimes appears behind you (From The Fog)
better tell her to avoid majora's mask then. that entire game could fill that on its own
Not to mention mimi literally either is or turns into a robot, cause if you flip into 3d while mimi (the spooky version), you can see some sort of mechanical things
Honestly Horror Games don't really scare me anymore, same as creepy videos because its so predictable but when something creepy in a
*non* Horror Game happens it scares me because its not predictable.
Like you cant tell if its there or not. Imagine chilliing playing a Non Horror Game then OAARR!! Jumpscare by creepy man,
or you get sent to this secret disturbing part of a game with weird and creepy stuff and bad terrible things happens. like why? I mean i get if its a Non Game not for kids then they add a bit for horror but if its for *KIDS* in a *kids* game and some scary stuff is in it?!
thats gonna give the children nightmares.
Cue flash games like "Lacey's Wardrobe", "Lights Out [Armor Games]", "Generic Fishing Game [also Armor Games]", "Verge", etc. At least Verge, that one Halloween Cool Math Games ARG, and a few of the other games clarified they are meant for kids 10 and up, and "can be considered a horror game"!
I'm genuinely surprised that Psychonauts wasn't mentioned *once* here
it's definitely what I'd consider a meme game, so any scary moment from it could definitely make it on the list
This is why DDLC is so good. Even if there are warnings at the beginning of the game, (which need to be there) the big twists and horror sequences are so horrifying and shocking, and that all because of the seemingly innocent & wholesome first act. If you don't already know much about the game or what happens in the plot, you are left not only horrified, but emotionally destroyed & devastated at the end of said first act. (I'm specifically talking about what happens to Sayori, but what happens to the other girls has the same effect, just not as strong.)
Hang in there! :D
@@greenhydra10 Absolute devastation.
Seeing what happened to them may feel like a stab wound, it'll make you want to puke, and you may no longer want to hang around with the Visual Novel genre for a while...
@@Kyumifun Exactly!!
@@Kyumifun ...
Oh my God someone ACTUALLY talked about Mimi!
I was 11 when I first saw the Mimi scene and had NIGHTMARES FOR WEEKS, but no one ever talks about it.
Mimi showed up on at least a few top ten lists similar to this one in the early 2010's.
1. Immediately added Hayseed Knight to my Steam wishlist. It looks so charming and I'm a sucker for animated VNs with voice acting. (See: Danganronpa icon.)
2. This isn't an intentionally creepy thing, but the thing that scared me the most as a kid was a glitch in the old MMORPG FusionFall. If your game crashed while you were in the loading screen before respawning, you'd never respawn. The game would just keep crashing. It was like a metaphor for purgatory, almost.
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Animated is a bit of a stretch, but have you given any attention to Slay The Princess ?
@@alexursu4403 YES I ADORE IT
@@n00dl3gal Then we can throw her out the window.
I can't believe someone in the wild mentioned FusionFall. I feel like very few remember or played it.
FusionFall overall was a game that I hadn't expected to have such Dark tones in it. The game literally started off (originally) in the Bad Timeline, where the planet was LOSING. In fact Earth was basically already gone, and they are mere moments away from being wiped out completely on their little island of psuedo-normalcy until they send you back in time with Dexter's Time Machine.
It's just a shame that the game didn't do well. It was such a charming art style, the way they seamlessly blending in multiple different IP characters into a conceivably believable way.
Then there was the custom zones. The endgame zones were Lord Fuse had already taken over like the Badlands.
The GIANT, beautiful waterfall, Megas XLR being stuck I'm a junkyard because of the green alien goo.
It was such a great game. I wish they would have released it as a Single-player or Co-Op experience.
My fondest memory was when players discovered an OOB glitch that allowed you to "time travel" into the "Old Future" which was the tutorial.
WANDERSONG MENTION LETS GO!! I love this game so much I made several tumblr posts on things I found including a gun u can obtain during the takeover on the pirateship (Kiwi won't use it - that's the name the devs have them btw 4 those who don't know!) and the reason the song doesn't work isn't the factory, it's bc Kiwi is too upset to remember the lullaby, actually singing it backwards - the song starts on the left, but if u go back to replay the version kiwi sings the first time starts on the right. It's such a small thing but I love it and the hidden dialogue u can get in the final act at the top of the tree
One that always sticks with me, even though i only briefly experienced it at a friends house way back, is the nightmare sequence from Forestia. The fact that a game aimed at littles kids who are just about old enough to play a video game has this out of nowhere sequence of the forest destroyed and your animals friends caged up or even potentially dead(may have been frozen in time/turned to stone) is pretty shocking. Hell for years i didnt even remember what the game was but I remembered that sequence clearly.
Technically it is a horror game, but that one Scooby Doo game where a white screaming face jumpscares you after you open a coffin
That was literally the thing haunting me for years and I played that game like 10 years ago
@@withered_angel992 Why did they do that. So unnecessary!
@@genericname2747 maybe it was meant for older Scooby Doo fans? So they will have something more for their age than just stacking a sandwich or hiding the ghosts behind doors? Who knows?
@@withered_angel992 The rest of the game was so normal though. But a Scooby Doo game for older fans would be cool, I want to solve mysteries while a scary monster tries to get me
That was Escape From The Coolsonian, a promotional game for the live action movie sequel. The jumpscare happens after you use the crowbar to open the sarcophagus in the second level (and read an ominous warning). It's entirely optional and absolutely intended to fuck with people.
this has very big me watching scary top 10 lists on my laptop while my mom isn't watching in like 2014
Honestly, I was expecting “A Hat In Time” because queen venessa’s layer absolutely traumatized me when I was younger
The first Scarecrow battle in _Arkham Asylum_ takes place in the Morgue, and starts with Batman finding 3 bodybags that you *have* to open to progress the story. The first two trigger cutscenes (in first-person perspective, yay) of Thomas and Martha Wayne's rotting corpses popping out and asking why Bruce/you didn't save them. Open the third, and Scarecrow comes roaring out and grabs your head with a Freddy Krueger-inspired glove of syringes to start the fight.
Honestly, all three(!) encounters start with some hallucinatory mind-buggery. It's just that the first one hits pretty hard when you find it, since you might not be prepared for this take on the character.
I might as well mention about the final one Sonic gather battle about the dev getting arrested yes that did happen and as part of Cosmic retribution all the Sprites were ripped
One of the most terrifying things I ever encountered is Love Town from Library of Ruina.
Library of Ruina is a game set in a mega city where play as the librarians who invite people from the city to their Library and turn them into books... I know that sounds dark and the game hhas it's really dark moments, but for the point in which you get the Love Town reception, it's had a pretty light tone so far. There's a few time they make you sad and death is very common but mot of the time the tone is rather light... until you get to Love Town. You see 2 people enter a train that is supposed to take 10 seconds. Then 10 minutes pass. Then 10 hours pass. Then 10 days pass. Then 10 weeks pass. Then 10 years pass. And death isn't an escape either, all pain and cuts are permeant and no one can die even as they are a mound of flesh, this pain however is the only thing that is on the train so people start to brutalize each other and themselves to feel *anything* at all after so long trapped on the train. But the not the worst part, remember the 2 people we followed (Well not psychically but it's a bit hard to explain) well they happened to find a 2 doctors that said they can help them not go insane!... Combining both of them into a horrid monster with the emotional intelligence of toddler. But that all isn't the worst part, the worst part is that this was intentional. The delay, the people going insane, all intentional. The train never malfunctioned. The train works by leaving it's passengers trapped in this hell for so long and then just simply reversing them back to normal and wiping their memories.
You've also left some details that I'd like to mention
- The WARP train uses technology in order to transport itself into a different dimension, which is why the doors and windows of the train are locked shut.
- In this dimension, the mechanism to bring them back to the dimension of the City needs to recharge it's energy, which takes a total of (if I recall correctly) 2000 YEARS.
- The moment the train leaves, your current physical state remains throughout the entire trip. One of the characters was asleep when the train took off, and this resulted in him being tired and about to pass out from exhaustion throughout the whole trip, if I recall correctly.
- The company that runs these trains, WARP Corporation, has a specific department called the Cleanup Crew, which enter the trains in the other dimension a bit before the train is about to reach it's destination, and fix, clean and, let's say, rearrange the passengers and the train to how it was before it took off, putting everyone back in their seats and healing all of their injuries, before erasing their memories of the trip.
- Time in the other dimension flows differently, so the 2000 years in the other dimension actually are 10 seconds in the City.
And the most disturbing part of all, in my opinion,
- First class passengers are put in preservation containers and are essentially unconscious and perfectly preserved for the whole trip. Essentially, if you buy first class tickets, your only perks are not suffering in the train for more than a dozen centuries.
I've played all three games that this studio has made and even though I haven't completed any of them because of the sheer difficulty spike, I can sure as hell tell you that the City is INCREDIBLY fucked up because the WARP trains are just the TIP of the iceberg-
(Edited to say "studio" instead of "company" because honestly I don't know why I called PM a company--)
we don't talk about love town.
Now I regret
Wish we were dead
@@_skyfall_multi_5848 Limbus Company: BEACH VOLLEYBURR, Ryoshu trying to crush someone under a chandelier only to hit nothing besides the floor, Frenchman Chicken Review, Christmas Episode
Also Limbus Company: Gregor being a lab rat since like 15, Yuri, the Massacre of Calw, the fate of the League Of The Nine, just the entirety of The Great Lake, us basically not even being halfway through the Content Warning from the first trailer even though we're halfway through the game.
I love Wandersong! I never knew about this secret ending, but I love that it's there, it gives the true ending a lot more meaning.
I feel like this could get a part 2!
Here are some moments I can think of:
The sewers in Stray, the Orphanage/Fire Room in Psychonauts, basically the entire ending of Bugsnax, at least something in almost every Kirby game but especially Fecto Forgo, and the final boss battle in Splatoon 3.
i'd say the blender scene in splatoon 2: octo expansion is also a good contender
@@waddledeepaddy24 oh yeah! Idk how I forgot about that
This may not be the most well known game, but I used to play the first Thief game when I was a kid and man, the undead and the Trickster levels always shook me.
For context since it is an older game, you play as a... thief... that uses stealth mechanics, a first in 1st person games of the era, to rob medieval lords and nobles. Since you played as a thief, the game made sure to make you pretty vulnerable with most enemies being able to kick your ass in a head on fight, so you had to be really stealthy in order to avoid them outright.
Suddenly, the game throws you on a mission to rob some crypts of some priceless artifacts and man, the mazelike architecture, the sounds the zombies and haunts made, how easy was to get lost in it. A kid like me felt they were going to pop out and kill me.
Later on in the game, you encounter some crazy levels where the main antagonist is sort of a pagan cult named the Trickster. The Sword mission, where you enter the house of their lord to steal the titular sword, starts simple enough on the first floor, but on the second floor the architecture goes off the rails wildly, with a continuous giggle mocking you in the background. It always sound at irregular times and it sounds like it just comes from behind you, yet you turn around and nothing is there.
Later games would cut down on the supernatural parts of the lore, relegating them to one mission or 2 at most, but the ambience in that game was superb. It made use of the sound like no other game did back then.
FINALLY someone talks about Mimi. I couldn't get past world 2 for YEARS because I was so scared of her.
Nice! I always love hearing about disturbing moments in games that aren't even horror,
Wish there could have been more obscure entrys tho like 3 and 4 are since I have heard of basically all of these before already, but overall tho I enjoyed this video!
Fun fact about queen Vanessa: one of the official multiplayer mode mods, both she and snatcher recruited various iterations of hat kid they both managed to capture in a game of attrition. Basically, snatcher wants his birthright back, and Vanessa is trying to keep it from him so that he remains cursed
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but one scene that sticks out as a horror scene in a game that generally isn't would be for me, in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword when you have to go underneath the goddess statue there are a bunch of undead bokoblins
Surprised Disgaea 2’s worst ending didn’t get on there.
It is the mother of all shocking swerves.
Most of the game: Comedic parody of anime and RPGs.
Worst ending: Real Overlord Zenon possesses Adell. He then proceeds to brutally kill and eat his adopted siblings (ages 9 and 11). Complete with realistic gulping, slurping, and bone crunching noises.
It look too "anime" for him probably
Vanessa’s dumb jumpscare from fnaf security breach still makes me wheeze lmao
Also isn’t hat in time the same game that randomly throws jumpscares at you? Like I’ve never played so idk but I’ve heard you literally might just open a door and get jump scared, also JESUS! That sonic battle fan game is CRAZY for a fan game, like sending you credit card info, leaking your ip, forcefully reinstalling itself so you don’t cheat IN A SINGLEPLAYER RANDOM SONIC FANGAME?? Like HOLY bro your OC is not worth this much illegal activity.
Huh, never expected to see Hayseed Knight in the wild like this, lol. Never seen the full game, but I adore the art from Piti Yindee in it. Guess I should take a look into it now.
I feel like Yo-Kai Watch deserves an honourable mention. It has a lot of just generally creepy things in it. Terror Time, Steptuple Step (at least to me), The Fox March (again, at least to me), Clown Time and I think the most infamous, The Infinite Tunnel.
You could make a whole ass video on the Infinite Tunnel and Hazy Lane (they function the same)
I mean, the entire series is abt ghosts, and it’s mascot is a dead cat who loves chocolate
@@gmaxjayden yeah I know. But considering that YKW2 was the probably the third game I ever played (Super Mario Bros for the 3DS and Pokémon X being my first games) it was definitely creepy for me to experience for the first time.
Besides, you can't tell me that Dr. Maddiman actually wanting to steal the main characters heart to be kinda creepy
Damn, another yo Kai watch enjoyer
as a hl enthusiast i have got to bring up ravenholm. like it's far too easy of a pick to be included here, ive been hearing about how scary it is since before i even knew what the hell a half life was, but it GENUINELY lives up to it's hype. it is just as scary as people say it is.
I'm glad to see CutCafe getting this as a series, the Top *insert thingie* here for horror games. Or at least, horror or non horror games.
I'd definitely love to see something like, Top underrated side quests in games or top beautiful endings to a horror game. I love your content on the horror games, Cut! Love the editing too! :D!
Oh yeah Snowdrake's mom Amalgamate is the creepiest because that's. their. mom! Anybody who has a good bond and relationship with their mom would be devastated to learn something like that happened to her. It's games like these that we have horror games, to give reason for the creepy and horror instead of it appearing in your cute game about a pink ball who eats everything then gains super powers.
Life is strange twist and the whole nightmare sequence is very well done because the game make you so focus in the storm and Chloe you forget about Rachel. Its really good and creepy
You should make a vid about 8 MOST UNDISTURBING THINGS FOUND IN HORROR GAMES
Also good vid. I’m saying this before I watch all of it, but hey I don’t need to wait til the end to comment cause your vids are good to me anyways
Its very minor - and not that horrifying i admit - but in the game Okami, during the sunken ship stage, the faces of two previous bosses (crimson helm and spider queen) would stare closely at the screem as spirits/ghost. While they were not screamers/big jumpscares, the sense of having my personal space invaded and not being able to do something about it really made me anxious - specially with the spider queen, as she's a paled skin, black haired, eyeless creature with a large mouth, and she appears to inch closer than the helm
Honestly that section scared me too when I played the game for the first time as a kid. when i got to the part where the giant hand comes out of the water, I noped tf out of there and pretty much maxed out what i could before realizing I couldn't progress myself any further without going through the ship. then i put the game down for a couple of years before finally picking it back up and playing through the entire game.
Aren't the ghosts able to move even when you basically stop time to use the brush ?
@@alexursu4403 it's been a long time since I've last played, but I don't think you get the slow time brush before the sunken ship
Eta: And even if we get it, they still "jumpscare" you
@@IsMgb45 Not the sheep. I mean the brush mode where basically everything freezes so you can do stuff like properly using the Slash.
@@alexursu4403 Oh, got it! And no, didn't work either.
So happy to see Super Paper Mario get some love and recognition, as it's one of my favorite games ever. Personally, the World of Nothing is the darkest thing in the game to me. An entire universe wiped completely from existence, nothing left but a white void and the scariest music in the world. But yeah, Mimi chasing you in 2-4 was definitely horrifying to 7 year old me.
imagine you wanna look at a stage in cheat engine and it shows a real life interpretation of hell. you delete the game just for it to reinstall its self and then you fucking realize *THE DEV HAS ALL OF YOUR PRIVATE INFO AND CREIDT CARD INFORMATION.* fucking terrifying.
How did you not mention the Tane Tane Island hallucinations from Mother 3? That whole sequence is incredibly disturbing and the effects it must’ve had on the characters is so chilling.
Probably because it still hasn't been officially released outfit of Japan. I honestly don't know why Nintendo keeps keeping it out of the western audience, but it's getting pretty annoying.
some of the lategame story moments in mother 3 could quality as well
One moment for me would be Halved Halved Halved from Noisz Starlivht, a mobile game that's both a rhythm game and a bullet hell avoidance at the same time and I love that game.
So anyways you get to the most recent chapter added so far, chapter 5 (true heroes) and the song collection is absolute goated here, but then when you reach 5.III, you get a warning that the next song you are going to face contains some disturbing content. Lets just say it was not joking. That song is not just disturbing, but comes with one of the greatest rhythm game charts out there that is just as creepy as the song itself!
3:42 I swear I've seen that singing mechanic before in Aquaria.
Now I want that human bard to have singing contest with Naija.
Another great video, however there is ONE moment that im a bit sad didnt get mentioned, and thats the Project Cynosure from Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
by the time you reach project cynosure you have dealt with some of the most difficult enemies the game has to throw at you, you are a certified killer and nothing should be a problem for you anymore.
Suddenly, without warning, all your powers are taken away from you, you loose connection with johnny and are left with, for the first time since the start of act two, truely by yourself. the game then proceeds to turn into alien isolation without warning with a big, scary, murder bot right behind you being controlled by the cybernetic equivelent of a demon. its fast, its loud, and its constantly fucking talking to you "You have nothing to fear if you do not exist". theres something about going from the strongest person in the city to a scared worthless baby that makes it so terrifying
still good vid though
this video feels like something i'd watch 8 years ago
He has the transition of that one guy I forget his name
A Hat in Time my beloved...
Thanks for mentioning a stand-out moment in my favorite game!
i literally just saw you pinned on a glamrock dusty video. have you recovered from your wisdom teeth pulling
@@lawnmower-pq8vk I wasn't kidding about that, by the way. I'm past my third week of recovery, and I'm nearly fully healed!
@@ConnorTheUndying that's really great to hear! i'll be getting mine pulled soon, do you have any tips for getting through recovery or anything you think i should know before the prodecudre?
@@lawnmower-pq8vk Don't be anxious about it going into it, you'll do better if you go into it with a gung-ho attitude. And more importantly, listen to the aftercare instructions they give you. Like, to the T. Be cautious as you go forward with reintroducing foods to your diet, though not cautious that you think you can ONLY eat mashed potatoes for two weeks straight.
I won't be the one to get advice from regarding recovery. My tips are as simple as listening to the instructions you're given, because that's exactly what worked for me.
the stanley parable should be on here, mostly because of some of the endings, like the confusion ending and the one where you jump off of a big staircase over and over. you could tag that as horror and i would 100% believe that.
I’m glad someone else acknowledged the Desert of Knaaran, I almost didn’t progress past it due to how scary it was, but also if I had to choose a moment, I would choose either the part where you find Peach in the desert, or the the vim forest/factory both from Mario and Luigi partners in time
The true lab form Undertale was a really scary sequence, for sure. But Omega Flowey really came out of fucking nowhere. When I loaded back the game and caught a glimpse of him, it scared the living daylight out of me.
The Amalgamates in Undertale deserve more fan content! I wanna be able to read fan comics or play fan games all about them- make them a creepypasta and give me so more lore its hard to keep up 👏👏👏 These other games look awesome by the way!!! Can't wait to check out some if them in the future!!!
the floods introduction in halo ce should be on here genuinely one of the most terrifying levels in all of halo
Holy frick. There's a game just like The Dog Island??? I loved that game and 100% need Petz Dogs 2 now
Fun fact, if you use the dweller mask in the basement of Vanessa’s manor there’s a silhouette of the prince shackled to one of the walls.
Really glad you covered wandersong. Not enough people know about it.
Does Ader just..... permanently die or is it just a optional thing? Is it like a secret ending im so confused
I'm assuming that he eventually falls off the rope or something
8:10 I'm pretty sure this green...thing... is the reason why I was afraid of the dark for ages lol. (great video)
Gotta say, I've never been a huge fan of top (insert number here) lists, but your channel does them really well and i really enjoy them!
I always really appreciate it when a TH-camr takes the time to create actual subtitles. Thankyou so much
FELLOW A HAT IN TIME ENTHUSIAST??? W!!
also yeah vanessa’s manor scared the shit out of me the first time i played thru it
ALSO YES PETZ DOGS 2 AND PETZ CATS 2 MY BELOVED!!!!!!! i want a sequel to it SO badly. i adored this game as a kid, played through it multiple times.. oh how i love these games
Personally I think the entirety of deepnest deserves a spot on this- HOLD THE HELL ON THERE WAS A DOG ISLAND SEQUEL AND I NEVER KNEW???????
Dude I played petz cats and dogs as a kid and I was like “But where’s the first game, the others are just virtual pet care sims, AND THIS VIDEO SHOWED ME THE ACTUAL FIRST GAME. We’re two sides of the same coin brother
@@zotial5937 OMG do you want to fight a duel
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Its a game where your the monster in the night so it shouldn't be too scary. Yet in comes the Mansion mission with its simple yet creepy atmosphere and terrifying music/ambience that still scares me to this day.
Gotta mention a slightly disturbing moment in a kind of vague non-horror game. In Just Shapes & Beats, a rhythm game, the main boss gets impaled in the skull twice. There is blood both times and the second time is def more dark as it does turn the boss into a sort of mindless monster. The implication that he survived dying as this monster also adds a disturbing thought. Hey, at least it’s just shapes tho so it isn’t super horrifying.
I remember watching people playing A Hat In Time when I was younger and being absolutely TERRIFIED when I saw the Vanessa level. The backstory of her and the Snatcher certainly didn't help. I'd love to buy and play this game for myself one day tho!
I was going to be disappointed if True Lab wasn't in here. Vanessa's Manor somehow completely passed my mind.
The SpaceHamster influence is strong with this one...
An obscure horror example for me is the Etrian Odyssey saga of games, in each one there's a secret postgame dungeon that's wildly different from the standard fantasy aesthetic of 90%.
In the first one it was a dungeon of flesh, in the second is a forest where a mad god threw away his failed experiments, in the third is the resting place of an eldritch abomination and so on.
I clicked on this video 3 minutes after it was posted😭
I played the Catz version of Petz Dogz 2 and my joy at seeing someone even acknowledge this game's existence and how scary it actually was is immeasurable.
How is number 1 horror? It's literal malware.
Dude I 100% agree with you on Queen Vanessa's Manor, when I first played that level I was legit scared, and that whole situation just gave me goose bumps. I was honestly so glad it was over, but I still had fun with it though.
Here's one for you: the final area of Bug Fables, called 'The Giants Lair'. I won't go into detail because of spoilers, but the area and enemies are super freaky compared to the relatively cutesy artstyle the rest of the game is in.
About undertale distrubing moments, I would also mention death of Undyne on neutral. Not genocide. On genocide you kinda expect something not good, and genocide death of Undyne looks more heroic, while on neutral... She is freaking melting alive, I was traumatized when I saw this first time.
5:30 as soon as you managed a hat in time i started squealing out of happiness
I knew AHIT would be here :) I honestly wasn't expecting SPM though.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is slightly ruined. You didn't include the two bad endings from Smile For Me.
Heheh, I've actually known about Hayseed Knight for a couple years, and finally got around to buying it last month. Was surprised to see it mentioned here.
I am SO grateful for that Vanessa's Manor skip. I don't think I'd be able to complete the main story of AHiT without that.
in my opinion the most creepy was omega flowey for me when it comes to creepy moments in kid games but if you want something that looks like out of hell just look at piracy screens cause some of them are just terryfying
Vanessa’s manor scared me so badly as a kid, for the longest time me and my friends couldn’t finish the act because we were terrified.
Chapter 5 of Okage: Shadow King. You've been adventuring around, trying to find a way to restore the Evil King Stan to his former glory by defeating all the other (supposedly Fake) Evil Kings in the world, and finally one of them takes you to the thing that turned him into an Evil King, a Magic Circle. And Ari, the main character, is forced to step inside the magic circle.
Suddenly, everyone just...walks away. Like, they comment on how that was a bust, but everyone, even Evil King Stan(Your shadow at this point, so shouldn't be able to leave you behind, but he does), just wanders away...and you begin to realize that everyone, everywhere in the world, has forgotten about you.
This leads to a trip to all the towns where, if you don't assert yourself, if you just respond with ... to every question you're asked, you'll be forgotten forever. Mind, if you assert yourself, you find a town of people who have been likewise forgotten, and with the help of one of them, a woman with some mysterious power, you restore yourself...finding out that while you were 'missing', some of your party destroyed towns with their battles(Not everyone is with you for reasons that are good, some are downright evil).
Worse is that the one who did this, who erased you, did so deliberately. He TRICKED the Evil King with the magic circle to get you to stand in it, since you're not part of 'His' world. You eventually learn he accidentally erased his own daughter with the power that allowed him to do that, 'Classification', and has since made a duplicate he parades around as the real thing, the world you know, and all the people in it, being under his influence to try and keep his 'not real' daughter entertained.
It's horrifying, disturbing, and in the end, a little sad.
The last ones shady as hell them hacking your pc and causing actual pc damage is wrong and if they wanted to they can leak you ip and other important stuff and rob you it’s all types of shady and they should face legal actions for it
One of my all time favorite point and click’s is „Edna and Harvey: The Break out“ which was given a USK 0 (basically the German version of Rated E), but when the the collector’s edition came out, the devs put a bunch of swears in the developer comments, so that it had to be classified as USK 12 (Rated T).
Spoiler warning for those who care.
BECAUSE someone didn’t actually look at the game when they rated it, as some of the things in the game are:
Edna’s (the titular protagonist) Father was executed for murdering a kid. (Not seen on screen but discussed)
There is a section were the she is locked in a room with a guy who just murdered someone, and you have to use the corpse, which is still hanging partially on screen, to kill the murderer.
One of the two ending has Edna push someone down a flight of stairs in an attempt to murder them.
There is more but those are the first few things that popped into my head.
I'd honestly consider Girahim's first appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword really creepy, just... The way he talks to Link. Though, honestly with how creepy the series is I would consider the Zelda games a horror series
5:32 spice has some BARS
4:23
Me: “Don’t say it”
My Hollow Knight obsession: “…”
Me: “…”
My Hollow Knight obsession: “HORNET-“
I suddenly feel so old. A Hat in Time was published 7 years ago