10 Promising 2020 Video Games You Must Consider

10. Carrion

Carrion has got one of the best one liner concepts in recent memory: Carrion is a horror game where you play as the monster.

It’s a hugely intriguing premise, reversing the traditions of the horror genre, and while it’s not an entirely original idea, it’s a twist which is rarely used and which has never been as brutal as Carrion promises to be. Developers Phobia Studios have even described it as a reverse horror experience.

It takes place in a laboratory where a terrifying monster - you - has been imprisoned and experimented on. Your goal as player is not so much to escape the facility (though that is on the list), but to attack and consume enough to become an ever more powerful monster.

The creature in question is a Lovecraftian octopus, one which squirms and swings its way through that various pipes, vents and tunnels at the laboratory. You’d think being presented in pixel art would limit the creature’s effectiveness; higher budget games could create a photorealistic beast, for example.

However, the slippery, slithery nature of the beast at the centre of Carrion plays brilliantly against the blocky background and keeps it firmly in focus.