20 Most Terrifying Video Games Of All Time

17. Outlast

Outlast game
Red Barrels

Outlast's fundamental mechanic of only letting the player see in the dark through the use of a battery-eating video camera is utterly brilliant in its simplicity.

Spine-chilling entities lurk in the same pitch-black corridors that you need to traverse. Do you brace yourself and venture in without a light, or retrace your steps to find some camera juice?

 
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