8 Horror Video Games That Kill You In The First 10 Seconds

Whereas some of the games on this list might think they're doing something fresh and unique by killing the player in a matter of seconds, the X-COM franchise has been giving the player the finger and then burying said finger deep into the eyes moments after for decades, and while I'd love to harp on about the more recent titles, it's truly the 1994 original that earns the kill-quick crown.

For you see dear friends, it's not just very possible and very, very likely that you'll die within seconds of starting your first mission in this game, but you can doom yourself entirely depending on where you place your base at the beginning of the game, as if you're unable to stop UFO's with your intercepting aircraft thanks to being too far away, or posit yourself in an area with low funding, you'll be left adrift as the world burns down around you.

Still back to the action, and oh look I've been murdered right away by an advanced alien race firing off-screen at my guile-haired troopers who have just marched to their doom. Thanks to the random layout of the levels and the fact that the fog of war is so dense you might worry your squad needs a trip to Specsavers, you're going to be obliterated without knowing what shot you or where it came from.

Kiss the pavement, my friend, we all had to go through this.