in honor of Halloween season what’s your favorite horror game for the sad?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨almar_quigley@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

Title. I’m looking to add some new games to the library to play I honor of my favorite holiday. What are some of your favorites? Bonus points for hidden gems!

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BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The new FIFA.

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I did enjoy The call of Cthulhu though. Not really scary, but I’m a Lovecraft fan (minus the racism/Xenophobia).

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CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
For the sad? Probably SOMA. It’s got a pretty distinct style of horror and even though it was really popular I don’t hear a ton of people talking about it any more.

I have heard the game Lisa is an interesting mix or humor, sadness, and horror.

There’s also some interesting games on itch.io amongst all Five Nights At Freddie’s style games. The Salt Order is one of my favorites.

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- Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Big boost to SOMA and Lisa: The Painful. Never thought of the latter as horror, but honestly it 100% fits; horror without the thriller.
  
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3migo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A few options that range from slightly spooky to pretty scary: Alan Wake, Oxenfree, Dead Space, Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach, Night in the Woods

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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m not super big in horror games. I think the genre doesn’t really lend itself to content longer than a few hours and way too many developers think “difficult=scary” which makes horror games pretty frustrating for me. That being said, I played The Iron Lung a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Short, cheap, with a crazy unique setting and game play mechanics. It’s worth a shot if you’ve got a few bucks and an hour or two to kill.

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BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The Cat Lady. It’s a point and click style game that was well recieved and has since become the first in a trilogy of sorts. Good writing, multiple endings, sad+spook with some good twists.

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rotopenguin@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There’s plenty enough sad in the real world. Costume Quest is the superior spoopy game.

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Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The Beginner’s Guide, a bit more walking sim than horror, but the spooky is there.

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Frylock@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Hardly a hidden gem, but Silent Hill 2, playable via PCSX2. Might get an abandonedware version to work on modern PCs. But PCSX2 + upscaling is sufficient.

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- BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Definitely should go with PC enhanced edition these days. Easy to get setup with the new install wizard. Loads of new features, graphical improvements, and bug fixes. Even fixes for bugs that persist in all console versions of the game.
  
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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Hard to beat the OG Resident Evil via PS1 emulation or the GameCube re-make.

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Drusas@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
What does Halloween have to do with being sad?

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- CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Could be lonely. Maybe they want something to cheer them up. A game that doesn’t have a “the dog dies” kind of ending
  
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cccrontab@lemmy.ninja ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Death’s Door

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MrMcGasion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Lots of good suggestions in these comments so I’ll throw a couple oddball suggestions out just for fun. Dredge isn’t exactly a full-on horror game, but has some Lovecraftian horror elements, but I really enjoyed it. Not sure that kind of horror really fits the holiday though, so I’ll also suggest Pumpkin Jack, which is even less of a horror game, but is a pretty enjoyable 3D platformer with a lot of inspiration from the season and holiday.

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lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The Quarry

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- Holzkohlen@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  No. Play the Dark Pictures Anthology instead. The Quarry is terrible. It would not surprise me to learn that the story was written by AI.
  
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  - lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Really? I should really get to it then
    
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WeebLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The first dreadout was pretty creepy and I don’t see it mentioned too much. Also, the new amnesia game, the bunker, is really good and sad.

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