10 Video Games That Were Secretly Horror Franchises

Now, you might have had an inking that Death Stranding was a horror when you first picked it up, and noticed that its imagery appears to be a lot of skulls and spooky inky beasties.

But, after your initial encounter with a weird invisible creature, everything seems quite relaxed. You're in some luscious grassy landscape, with some sweet jams personally selected by your boy Kojima, and thus the vibe is less "ceaseless unending horror" and more "popped out for some groceries on a nice sunny day".

And then, suddenly everything is very different. You're thrown into the deep end, shown the full extent of how terrifying the "creatures" you now know as BTs are, after they circle you in the crematory, and things only get creepier from there onwards.

This is the clever part of the game - the fact you get so wrapped up in the beautiful landscapes you travel through (and often the monotony of doing so at slower paces) that when these moments hits they're still jarring, even when you know fully well to expect them.