10 Horrifying Hellscapes That Video Game Heroes Call Home

10. The Trenches - The Darkness

A somewhat forgotten comic-book based shooter from the 2000s, this comic-book based game puts players in control of Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado. On his 21st birthday, Jackie learns that he is heir to a long and terrible legacy – he is the host of The Darkness, a powerful supernatural entity from the dawn of time.

This all sounds a bit silly, and it is, but the game takes itself deathly seriously as evidenced by the insane amount of murder, mayhem and…watching a movie…with your girlfriend?

Where the true terror of the Darkness really shines however is when your character dies and you are sent to this worlds version of hell; a cold, dreary place where World War I rages for all eternity. The soldiers here are much harder to kill – many walking around with wounds that would fell a mortal man. When they finally do die, they get to live it all over again. Here The Darkness itself resides and attempts to seize control of Jackie with a shadow avatar of himself. Add in cool cameos from representations of the biblical Four Horseman of the Apocalypse and The Trenches become the coolest part of this game.