10 Forgotten Horror Game Franchises That NEED A Reboot

10. Echo Night

Long before they made us all in love with dying over and over again to insanely hard bosses, the lovely folks at FromSoftware were producing more reserved, experimental fare. For those unfamiliar, the Echo Night series was a collection of horror-adventure hybrids in which protagonist Richard Osmond attempts to solve a series of mysteries, often being confronted by ghosts, supernatural oddness and even a hearty dose of time-travel. 

The series immediately went against the grain of established survival-horror gameplay, with combat being virtually non-existent. Players had to avoid ghosts by keeping track of their whereabouts on security cameras and clearing the mist they inhabit to by-pass them and find puzzle items to progress into new areas. 

This type of gameplay was fairly novel for its time and likely what a lot of players weren't looking for in their horror games, so the series has remained a cult curio with a dedicated following. Although in recent years, this style of gameplay has become increasingly more popular with games such as Layers of Fear, Soma and the legendary Amnesia series. Perhaps there's finally a place in the gaming landscape for Echo Night to truly thrive.