8 Intense Games That Kept You On The EDGE OF YOUR SEAT
3. Subnautica
Subnautica pokes and prods at our lizard brains by so perfectly harnessing thalassophobia - that is, our primal collective fear of deep bodies of water.
Even those with a fond fascination for the ocean deep are unlikely to enjoy Subnautica as a purely serene adventure, though, given the ruthless emphasis on how utterly, oppressively hostile the world below can be.
This is often referred to as a horror game in disguise, because the further you delve into the drink, the more likely you are to discover some thoroughly pant-filling creatures primed to make short work of you - perhaps most famously the massive Reaper Leviathan.
Beyond this, though, it's the pervasive sense of loneliness, of bobbing around in a vast watery expanse that simply doesn't think about you at all, that makes Subnautica such an existentially terrifying sit.
And yet, per its god-tier atmospherics and gorgeous visuals, it's incredibly tough to pull away from.