10 Horror Games That Don't Rely On Jump Scares

10. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

In Hellblade, you play Senua who is making the journey through Hell in order to get the soul of her murdered lover back.

If that and the armies of undead monstrous vikings weren't enough, Senua also has to deal with some severe mental health difficulties that have only gotten worse since she lost her anchor to the world.

Those difficulties present themselves all throughout the game in many ways, but mostly through a series of voices in Senua's head that are with the player all the way through. They whisper to Senua, some of them assuring her, others telling her that she can only fail and that she causes all the problems she's encountering, plus the troubles those she loves have gone through.

In an inspired bit of gameplay, the voices are useful in combat, warning when an enemy is about to strike from behind, allowing the player to dodge or counter. Through the course of the game you come to rely on these voices, even missing them when they're temporarily gone.

You find yourself trusting the voices that tell you you're worthless, and everything wrong with the world, and that's genuinely horrifying.