10 Terrifying Horror Video Game Openings

10. Song Of Horror

Song of Horror, a fixed camera, once-episodically released title, could initially be spurned as "just another homage" to what came before. Get past that initial scepticism, mind, and there's a truly terrifying tale to get through here.

Which is does by starting with one of the most effective, slow-build prologues in recent years. Our temporary protagonist, Daniel, is not a hard-boiled detective. He's a publisher.

So, when he goes to the house of presumed-missing author Sebastian P. Husher, he's naturally cautious when the lights are out. As he should be.

There are strange machinations going on at the house of Husher. Spooky, otherwordly goings on that mess with both the lights and the player's heads. There's a looming Presence in there with you (capitalised because that's its name), brought on by Husher's curiosity with a mysterious box.

Yet Song of Horror is less Cenobite-channeling body horror, rather the "lurking in the dark" kind. As such, Daniel's prologue is fraught with terrifying moments. It's set in 1998, so there's no mod cons or mobiles to call for backup on.

Just the player, dim light, and some very nasty things that go bump in the dark.