10 Horror Video Games You Forgot Existed

The prohibition and great depression era is not a timeframe explored enough in video games but Nocturne uses this unique setting incredibly effectively.

Originally released in 1999 for the PC, you play as a character known as the stranger who works for a fictional government organisation referred to as "Spookhouse" who are tasked with investigating and eliminating monstrous threats from the United States of America.

The game sees you take on four individual cases which include vampires, werewolves, zombies and demons across a range of American or European locations. You'll find yourself battling the undead in a wild West town, accompanying a half vampire to explore a castle in Germany and taking on Al Capone's zombie mobsters in Chicago.

In terms of gameplay, Nocturne utilises pre-rendered backgrounds with 3D characters seen through fixed camera angles. The stranger uses a range of weaponry and the game features a manual or auto-aim setting to take down the monstrous threats on behalf of Spookhouse.

With innovative camera angles, stunning backgrounds for the time and high quality character models, Nocturne is a sadly lesser remembered survival horror classic that serves up a campy but fun monster hunting narrative.