15 'Horror' Video Games That Totally Failed To Scare Anyone

11. Amnesia: Machine For Pigs

With its medieval setting, claustrophobic environments and engaging story, Amnesia: The Dark Descent has slowly cultivated a fairly substantial following since its release back in 2010. As a result, a sequel quickly followed suit entitled A Machine for Pigs, developed by The Chinese Room (the guys and girls behind Dear Esther and Everybody€™s Gone to the Rapture) and released three years after the original.

Unlike the developer€™s other games, it wasn€™t a walking simulator, but it did strip away several of the first game€™s most prevalent features, including the sanity metre, which means you can now spend as much time as you want hiding in complete darkness, staring monsters directly in the eyes without having to deal with any of the consequences.

Besides that, the setting isn€™t nearly as memorable as the first game€™s, and the story is fairly predictable in comparison as well. Worst of all: instead of being savagely murdered when caught by baddies, you€™re locked away in a prison cell elsewhere in the city, so death isn€™t really an issue.

Play Instead: Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Formerly an assistant editor, Richard's interests include detective fiction and Japanese horror movies.