16 Horror Video Games You Must Play Before Halloween

3. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Although last year's A Machine for Pigs divided fans of the original thanks to a more sparse HUD and the removal of a certain mechanic that forced you out of the shadows and into the path of enemies, for Dark Descent these things were in full effect. Developed by Frictional Games - the guys who you might know from the cult-classic Penumbra titles - Amnesia was one of a handful of titles that ushered in the first-person horror revolution we're now seeing everywhere from P.T. to Alien: Isolation. One of the most commonly terrifying situations you could ever find yourself in is being trapped underground, and it's with this simple-yet-effective premise that like The Descent movie, Amnesia expertly plays on that sense of isolation and desperation amongst a plethora of hideous creatures around every corner.