5 best horror games with a cult following
Horror has long been a popular genre in video games. Games have always been around to frighten you, from the early days of survival horror in the NES' Clock Tower to subsequent masterpieces like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Amnesia, Dead Space, Fatal Frame, and BioShock. And that legacy will continue as the industry explores new technologies like virtual reality.
Horror games have been around for a long time, and while they've gotten a lot of traction in the last decade and a half, they're still a pretty specialized genre. Horror games, like their film equivalents, tend to appeal to a more specialized audience, but one that is nevertheless rather large.
There's a reason why there are so many horror games on Steam, people will take any opportunity to feel their hearts in their throats.
Henry Townshend, a guy who wakes up one day to find himself stuck within his apartment with no way out, is the protagonist of Silent Hill 4. That is until he discovers a hole in the wall through which he can go to dark and terrible locations.
Henry unravels one of Silent Hill's most horrifying storylines and looks into the background of the legendary local serial murderer, Walter Sullivan, as he visits abandoned subway stations, scary woodlands, and rusting kid jails.
The Room is undoubtedly unique among Silent Hill games. Players examine Henry's flat from a first-person perspective for a major amount of the game. Outside of the apartment, the game is played from a more familiar third-person perspective.
But the increased emphasis on fighting and the presence of unkillable ghost adversaries that annoy the player regularly, give the game a significantly different feel than previous iterations.
4) Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 is considered the gold
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