8 Horror Video Games That Broke The 4th Wall

8. Calendula

The concept of a game that refuses to be played seems, on paper at least, like the worst USP for any title on the market. After all, we choose video games as a form of entertainment so why would we want to be locked out of it?

Well, Calendula is no ordinary game, and from the moment that it refuses to let you play, citing issues with your own hardware, you know something is deeply wrong here. Calendula operates almost exclusively on fourth wall breaking moments and challenges the player to work out how to actually play this game all the while positing that there is an evil force behind all of this.

What makes all of this so unsettling is that when you do get glimpses of the "game" itself, you'll wish you hadn't as the images are disturbing, to say the least.

Still, because it teases out what is behind all the tricks and traps, you'll press on... although when you see what's in store at the end of Calendula, maybe you should just put the whole program in the trash.

What do you mean I can't?