10 Truly Disturbing Gaming Easter Eggs To Keep You Awake at Night
Some secrets are better left undiscovered.
Easter eggs are a bit of lighthearted fun between the developer and the player.
They’re mostly innocent references or small gags that you discover by poking around, but this said, some easter eggs are deliberately made to mess with the player. More specifically by scaring the living crap out of them!
Scary Easter eggs are a common occurrence in games. A developer might throw in a ghost in unexpected places or a cheap jump scare to get a quick laugh out of you. However, some creepy secrets push their scare levels to the extreme, and when you find them, they turn out to be so disturbing that most players have to put down the controller and not look at the game for a while.
The art of truly terrifying Easter eggs is a rare but deeply fascinating occurrence, especially when they happen in non-scary games. It amplifies the messed-up nature of what you discovered and can chill you to your very core, to the point where you might even consider quitting the game altogether.
If you stumbled upon the following Easter eggs, you know what true fear is. Their terrifying nature is unlike anything in their respective titles, and it puts regular horror games to shame.
10. The Night Folk - Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 is full of creepy and supernatural easter eggs, such as ghosts, aliens, and even demons. However, you might be surprised to hear that the scariest secret in the game has barely any supernatural elements at all.
The so-called Night Folk are a mysterious group of violent killers that stalk the swamps of Bayou Nwa at night.
Though rare, it is possible for the player to come across them, and these secret encounters are guaranteed to make your adrenaline go up!
Unlike other criminal gangs, the Night Folk deliberately set up ambushes on the player. They stay hidden in bushes alongside unlit roads and jump out when you least expect it. With their bodies and clothes covered in white paint, they look like ghosts, and when they give chase, they are just as hard to kill!
The Night Folk take two shots in the head to die, and they are faster than any other NPC in the game, easily capable of catching up to the player unless they are sprinting.
Combine that with their ghastly looks, murderous weapons, and the fact they suddenly swarm you in large numbers, and you can realize why some players avoid the swamps at night.