10 Best Visceral Video Games - Ranked

2. Dead Space 2

Taking all the lessons learned from the original and doubling down on body horror, Dead Space 2 certainly had more of a Resident Evil 4-style action focus, but also gave us some genuine nightmare fuel in the form of the "eye surgery scene".

Existing as the perfect middle ground between the first game's occasionally protracted slow-walk exploration segments and Dead Space 3's completely unnecessary Gears of War-ripoff feel, DS2 is the most "playable" of the trilogy, actually giving Isaac a personality and letting him voice the ramifications of surviving the first game's events.

Though you need to get through the first Dead Space for all the subsequent monologues, ponderings, sorrow and hallucinations to land properly, this reminds us that sometimes the best horror can be character-driven - a lesson so many jump scare-focused shock-fests can totally overlook.