20 Most Critically Adored Horror Video Games Of All Time
3. Condemned: Criminal Origins
Rating: 81
Created by Monolith Productions (who have a surprisingly great track record in horror games nowadays), Condemned provides a fresh approach to the horror genre.
Most notably, the first-person perspective offers the player an up-close look at the game's visceral melee combat; it's unbelievably violent, set in a hostile world which never lets up.
The game does psychological horror phenomenally well too - one sequence in a department store will leave the player permanently terrified of mannequins. It's the sort of game which dominates the mind of the player for days afterwards - a real nightmare inducer.