10 Video Game Areas That Scarred You For Life

Plenty of games capitalise on making players feel as uncomfortable as possible. Aside from the obvious games that do it very transparently, like Arachnophobia, many still capitalise on playing with concepts that we maybe never knew we found unsettling.

Hell, even non-horror games like GTA 5 and its torture scene like to see if they can turn your stomach for one brief moment.

And while some are ingrained into most of us - everyone's a little bit frightened of the piano in Mario 64, after all - plenty are less universal experiences for those who like to play video games.

But, the more obscure a strange or creepy area is, the more it can really sink its teeth into you, as you know trying to explain it out loud to someone who hasn't played the same game would probably have you looking like you're afraid of everything but a glass of whole milk.

Sometimes unusual or unsettling areas can freak you out even more than outright terrifying ones, as you can't quite put your finger on what exactly has you feeling so tense. That said, sometimes you're just straight up scared because you just saw a creature that's half aristocrat half mosquito, and that's also pretty damn fair.

As a game that was crafted in RPG Maker, many have likely underestimated the spook potential of Ib. This is possibly what Ib wants you to do, as if you go through it without expecting some genuinely creepy moments, you're going to leave with some new phobias at best.

Take, for example, the Doll Room, which takes every fear you've ever had about creepy dolls and then hikes them up to eleven.

The first, and perhaps most subtle worrying thing about the Doll Room is that Ib can't actually see the dolls themselves. She instead sees the room as an assortment of pink and white bunnies, meaning she has no idea why her friend Garry is terrified.

Garry is terrified, of course, because he can see the actual dolls, and their creepy little eyes. It doesn't help that you see these dolls either looming over you, or in another room hung up for some unknown purpose, adding a layer of mystery to your unease.

Which as it turns out was well-founded unease, because when Garry gets locked in the Doll Room, the giant red eyed doll then begins to come out of the painting at the back of the room to try and get you.

As such, you're stuck ripping open the paint-filled stomachs of the smaller dolls to try and find the key to leave as the creature slowly but surely rips its way out of the painting. Enjoy being scared of dolls forever.