10 Video Game Moments So Scary You Stopped Playing

7: The Groom - Outlast: Whistleblower

Potentially controversial opinion here, but even as a self-professed scaredy-cat I didn’t find the original Outlast too scary and I think that’s because in almost every situation running like hell is a totally viable strategy. Not with The Groom, though.

In the Whistleblower DLC you’ll come face-to-face with someone who is fairly easily one of the nastiest bad guys in video games. Not only is he your run-of-the-mill crazy murderous type, he’s a little lonely and, well, he wants to cut your junk off and make you his bride. I can’t think of a more chill way of saying that. As you can imagine you spend a lot of this DLC running away from him, desperately trying to hide when that fails, and it’s especially concerning as the stakes are pretty freaking high.

Because of the whole not wanting to have your junk cut off thing.

Outlast had already mastered its creepy night vision camera mechanic, mad dash running sections, and jump scares, but this section forces you to slow down and absorb the fear. Piling on dealing with the psychotic Eddie Gluskin, the twisted narrative, relentless panic, and sickening visuals makes this an experience you could be forgivably desperate to put down.