Summary

  • Life is unpredictable and sometimes ordinary situations can turn terrifying in an instant.
  • Explore the creepy world of horror games where mundane tasks become life-threatening.
  • Step into the shoes of characters facing eerie challenges in everyday settings.

As we live out our everyday lives, nearly everyone will be hoping for an easy, uneventful day as we try to do our normal routines. Whether we are at work, hanging out at school, or at a small outing truly anything could happen to anyone at any time. Though, most would rather their plans go accordingly and uninterrupted.

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But such is life and people are not always so lucky, especially the ones on this list. If you would like to be put in someone else's unfortunate shoes for some time, here are a few games that make ordinary situations terrifying.

8 Five Nights At Freddy's: Into The Pit

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Adventure Point-and-click Puzzle Horror Released August 7, 2024 Developer(s) Mega Cat Studios Publisher(s) Mega Cat Studios Platform(s) Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S Powered by Expand Collapse

Five Nights At Freddy's: Into The Pit begins where you, Oswald, who is a ten-year-old boy, is waiting for his dad to pick him up from Jeff's, an old pizzeria. Oswald soon finds an old and closed ball pit, which also happens to be a portal to the past.

While most of that is normal, it turns out that Jeff's was a Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria and there's an animatronic going around killing kids and ultimately causing chaos. It gets worse. Oswald's dad gets kidnapped by said animatronic and replaces his dad in the present and it's up to Oswald to fix it.

7 Night Of The Consumers

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Night of the Consumers allows you to either finally experience the pressures of a retail job or relive the harrowing adventure that is dealing with customers in the store. It is your first day on the job and your coworker has decided he can longer take the pressure of the job and bails on you.

While it should be a normal shift at a grocery store, customers are unruly. One of the main goals is to restock the store, but you have to be ready to assist a frantic customer who will be loud and in your face. Truly terrifying.

6 Sally Face

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While the game has a horrifying start, Sally Face's typical setting is an apartment complex or school. You slowly unravel the complicated life of Sal Fisher and Larry Johnson, who are partners in crime surrounded by a whole lot of misfortunes.

Not only have the boys discovered a murderer and ghosts in their apartment, but they are also dealing with an ancient cult. Even though the game weaves a bit of normalcy in, Sal and Larry are in over their heads and their situation seems to quickly fall apart.

5 Killer Frequency

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Killer Frequency

Adventure Horror Released June 1, 2023 Developer(s) Team17 Publisher(s) Team17 Platform(s) Meta Quest 2, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S Powered by Expand Collapse

It's the 1980s and you have recently moved to Gallows Creek where you have taken the job as a late-night radio DJ. Pretty normal, all you have to do is keep the night owls of the town entertained with sweet 80s music, right?

That is until a serial killer begins to make his rounds through town, and since the police chief is dead, naturally, the late-night DJ is the one on call. You have to solve puzzles and assist your callers to save their lives, and it won't be easy.

4 Doki Doki Literature Club

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Doki Doki Literature Club!

Visual Novel Horror Released September 22, 2017 Platform(s) PC Developer Team Salvato Publisher Team Salvato Powered by Expand Collapse

Doki Doki Literature Club is an anime-esque "dating simulator" where you meet a few girls in a literature club you have joined in your high school. You are able to meet and get to know every girl in the club, it's a small club, while also being able to share poetry and literature.

But soon you will come to realize that there is something much darker about this literature club. The situation slowly develops into something deeply concerning and horrifying, and there's not much you can do to stop it.

3 What Remains Of Edith Finch

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What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure Released April 25, 2017 Developer(s) Giant Sparrow Publisher(s) Annapurna Interactive Platform(s) PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, iOS Powered by Expand Collapse

What Remains of Edit Finch is a story-rich adventure game that starts with you holding the journal of Edith Finch, who was a 17-year-old girl. She is investigating the curse of her family, which is the Finch family is doomed to die an early and unfortunate death.

The story unfolds in the eyes of Edith Finch when she returns to her family home. While it's not a horror game, the very aspect of being a kid and the last one alive in your family is certainly unsettling.

2 Life Is Strange 2

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Life is Strange 2

Adventure Released September 27, 2018 Developer(s) Dontnod Entertainment Publisher(s) Square Enix Platform(s) PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Powered by Expand Collapse

Life is Strange 2 is the second game in the Life is Strange series. It starts with a pair of brothers living a normal life. Sean is in high school trying to get through it all while dealing with his little brother Daniel, who is a stubborn nine-year-old boy.

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Their entire life is flipped upside down when their dad's life is taken and Sean and Daniel go on the run, believing they are criminals. They run into many scary situations that they have to deal with on their own with no guidance and little to no help.

1 Bloodwash

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Bloodwash is a first-person horror game that follows Sara, a college student who needs doing some laundry. Since her boyfriend is unavailable, she has to travel the city alone to go to the laundromat. Seems all fine and dandy.

After dealing with a creepy man on the bus, Sara makes it to the laundromat. But unfortunately, a serial killer is lurking in the shadows and has his eyes locked on Sara. Will you be able to keep her alive as she does her laundry?

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