8 Intense Games That Kept You On The EDGE OF YOUR SEAT

8. Alien: Isolation

It's telling that only around 15% of Alien: Isolation players have actually beaten the game, owing to not only its surprisingly lengthy play-time, but also how utterly nerve-shredding an experience it is.

A first-person survival horror Alien game was basically a dream come true for many of the series' fans, and yet, the end result could arguably be a little too stressful for its own good.

Rather than facing the xenomorph head-on, as Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda you're generally tasked with avoiding it at all costs. 

Yet this becomes increasingly taxing, as the game's ingenious AI gives the impression that the xenomorph learns from your actions throughout.

Every single interaction with the alien is a total pulse-pounder, all the more so as players are acutely aware that there's nothing they can do but flee this thing.

Between this, the shrewd use of jump scares, and general atmosphere of the space station Sevastopol, Alien: Isolation is a gut-wrenching experience that's genuinely tough to play for extended periods.