Video games are easily the most versatile form of entertainment, with various genres to please even the most cynical of players. Similarly enough The horror genre is incredibly varied. Slashers, psychological thrillers and creature features all with filled with their own cliches and tropes.
but Nowhere does the horror genre live up to that promise more fully than through video games. Rather than watching someone maneuver away from a terrifying threat (be it at the movie theater or at your local cinema), you are tasked with making agonizing decisions, running from threats and, more importantly, staying alive.
While not every game presented here might not be technically classified as a horror game, there are enough blood curdling amazing tracks that make this stage of the Retro VGM Revival hour something to terrify all but the most strong-willed of players.
SO with the midnight hour close at hand, Let’s get started! But beware, once you enter these hallowed halls….you might never return…
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1.) BloodRayne: Betrayal – Jake Kaufman – “Betrayal (NES Ver.), Kagan & Dusk Falls (NES Ver.)”- September 6, 2011 – WayForward Technologies/Majesco Entertainment – PS3, Xbox 360 & Windows PC
2.) A Plague Tale: Innocence – Olivier Deriviere – “Orphans, Escape, Adulthood & The Wrath” – May 14, 2019 – Asobo Studio/Focus Home Interactive – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
3.) Days Gone – Nathan Whitehead – “Days Gone, Finding NERO & The Rager Bear” – April 26, 2019 – Bend Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4
4.) Dead Rising – Hideki Okugawa & Marika Suzuki – “Carlito, Cletus (Gun Shop Owner) & Adam (Crazy Clown)“ – August 8, 2006 – Capcom – Xbox 360, Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
5.) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Yuka Kitamura – “A Shinobis War, Strength and Discipline, Approaching Forces & Seekers“ – March 22, 2019 – FromSoftware/Activision – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One
6.) Blasphemous – Carlos Viola – “Dame Tu Tormento, Gélida Expiración, Taranto a la Hermana Mía & Que en Procesión Marchen” – September 10, 2019 – The Game Kitchen/Team17 – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
7.) The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan – Jason Graves – “Ghost Ship, There’s a Storm Coming & Bringer of War“ – August 30, 2019 – Supermassive Games/Bandai Namco Entertaiment – Windows PC, Xbox One & PS4
8.) Detention – Weifan Chang – “Murderous Intent, Cycle of Samsara (Ending Theme 1) & Left Alone (Ending Theme 2)” – January 13, 2017 – Red Candle Games – Windows PC, Mac OSX, PS4, Linux & Nintendo Switch
9.) The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia – GosT – “The Textorcist, Twisted Nun, The Pope & Furius At Coliseum“ – Feb 14, 2019 – Morbidware/Headup Games – Windows PC & Mac OSX
10.) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – Michiru Yamane – “Gears of Fortune, Luxurious Overture, The Executioners & Fear“ – June 18, 2019 – ArtPlay/505 Games – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
11.) House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn – Keitarou Hanada, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Tetsuya Kawauchi & SEGA Sound team – “Nightmare, Beginning of the End, For the SCARLET DAWN & The Chariot” – September 2018 – SEGA – Arcades
12.) The Mummy Demastered – Gavin Allen – “Regency of Shadows, Title Theme, Cryptometrics & Necrogenic Bloom” – October 24, 2017 – WayForward Technologies – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch
13.) Resident Evil 2 (2019) – Masami Ueda, Shusaku Uchiyama, Zhenlan Kang, Tadayoshi Makino, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Kentaro Nakashima, Syotaro Nakayama, Taisuke Fujisawa, Mana Ogura & Masahiro Ohki – “Raccoon City, Cerberus, Hide and Seek, Panic, Tofu on Fire & The March to Survive” – March 8, 2019 – Capcom – PS4, Windows PC & Xbox One
