The 10 best jumpscares in horror games

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Horror lovers love the constant dread provided by horror games, but we all know nothing beats an expertly crafted jumpscare.

Let’s see if our readers can handle witnessing 10 of the best jumpscares in the history of gaming in one sitting.

Even with its messy writing and voice acting, the original Resident Evil does a great job of reminding players they’re in constant danger.

We get some relief right at the beginning of the original Resident Evil when the S.T.A.R.S. team makes it into the mansion and locks the dogs on the outside, but we later learn it’s but a ruse. Those goddamn zombie dogs somehow find the energy to jump through windows and get to us. This is one of the earliest — and still best — jumpscares in the history of gaming.

Nemesis is, in my opinion, the scariest monster in the history of Resident Evil. Capcom seemingly used actual Pavlovian psychology in an attempt to scare players even further than they did in previous games in the series, and I think they absolutely nailed it.

Nemesis has his greatest ever moment when he jumps through the window in the police precinct straight at players. This might be the best jumpscare in the series, as it’s a better-directed version of the already amazing dog scare from the original game.

No, I’m not talking about the adorable dog from the ending of Silent Hill 2. It’s about the one from this segment in the original Silent Hill.

The image above naturally became a meme, but for the people who were unlucky enough to experience that event through playing the game, and not via a harmless still frame coming from someone else’s playthrough, it also became a grueling memory.

This is the video game equivalent of one of those cursed photos taken right before tragedy strikes.