Horror game franchises

I know there's already a bunch of topics on what are your favorite horror games and what horror games you're playing but now I just want to know if anyone knows any interesting horror game series I don't. I'm planning on making a series of blogs about them, maybe next year or so, with 31 best and/or recommended series leading up to Halloween in October of the year I actually get this done on. Procrastination ftw!

Note, that I said series, not singular titles. I might do one about those after this one.

Here's what I've gathered thus far:

• Resident Evil
  
• Silent Hill
  
• Project Zero
  
• Obscure
  
• Siren
  
• Dino Crisis
  
• F.E.A.R.
  
• Condemned
  
• Doom
  
• Clock Tower
  
• Alone in the Dark
  
• Parasite Eve
  
• The Suffering
  
• SystemShock/BioShock
  
• Amnesia
  
• Penumbra
  
• Dead Space
  
• Alan Wake
  
• Corpse Party
  
• Galerians
  
• Dementium
  
• Manhunt
  
• Darkest Fear
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• Call of Cthulhu (Dark Corners of the Earth)
  
• Eternal Darkness (Sanity's Requiem)
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• House of the Dead
  
• Castlevania
  
• Dead Rising
  
• Alien vs. Predator
  
• Left 4 Dead
  
• Dead Island
  
• Walking Dead

New stuff, thanks for Kino and ChrisSherry for help:

• Dark Seed
  
• Nightmare Creatures
  
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
  
• D
  
• OverBlood
  
• Phantasmagoria
  
• Shadow of the Beast
  
• Blood
  
• Elvira
  
• Necronomicon
  
• Haunted House
  
• Saw
  
• Alice

As you can propably see, I'm cutting a few edges with the list. Basically that means I'm taking into consideration games that are merely horror themed, as long as it's a prominent element, and also would-be-series. By the latter I mean series that were either supposed to be (Call of Cthulhu) OR are going to be (Walking Dead) actual series.

What I would like to get rid of on the list is Alien vs. Predator because those games (Alien, Predator AND AvP) are so numerous and scattered on so many platforms that researching all of them would be a total pain. Some other titles could also be replaced with "true" horror games.

Absent from the list is Chzo Mythos and other freeware horror series but that's only because I have other plans for those.


Further notice: If you're willing to help me write, gather information or to just share your knowledge on a title, I'll be happy to accept your help. Everyone who helped will be featured on said title's page. I'll be posting the blogs on Screwattack and possibly Tumblr.

I knew this all along! How about those monkies in a barrel? And procrastination has it's fun moments.

Fatal Frame = Project Zero

Fatal Frame/Project Zero is fun, the second one doesn't work for me and I want to get the third costume. Fudge Fatal Frame 1 ;_; I've gotten the first costume and that is IT.

ThomVD wrote:

Fatal Frame = Project Zero

I don't know what you're talking about. >-> *whistles*

Methsia wrote:

Fatal Frame/Project Zero is fun, the second one doesn't work for me and I want to get the third costume. Fudge Fatal Frame 1 ;_; I've gotten the first costume and that is IT.

I played the second one first, the close up of Sae when you lose the Camera Obscura is freaky, you can see where the rope was around her neck and her laugh is just horrible.

After some talking with Kino, I've got quite a few additions to the list:

• Dark Seed
  
• Nightmare Creatures
  
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
  
• D
  
• OverBlood
  
• Phantasmagoria
  
• Shadow of the Beast
  
• Blood
  
• Elvira
  
• Necronomicon
  
• Haunted House

(Edited because I misread/misunderstood what was really wanted. Sorry about that Mass, I saw horror and I got carried away. lol)

Devil May Cry,
American McGee's Alice,
Saw,

Okay, note that I said series, not singular games. That already rules out most of the games from that list. Some of those aren't really horror anyway.

I also don't look for freeware horror games because I already made a list of those: [link]

What I did, however, get from that list were Saw and Alice. So thanks for those.

Eternal Darkness is a series?

ThomVD wrote:

Eternal Darkness is a series?

I have it on hold, really. That's why I have it in it's own different space with Cthulhu. I was getting pretty desperate when I first made the list and found out that the game is actually supposed to have a sequel on Wii U.

Now I do, however, have quite a bunch of actual series to replace that.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Okay, note that I said series, not singular games. That already rules out most of the games from that list. Some of those aren't really horror anyway.

I also don't look for freeware horror games because I already made a list of those: [link]

What I did, however, get from that list were Saw and Alice. So thanks for those.

Oops, my bad... oh well. At least you got a couple out of it.

Personally, I think you could count Devil May Cry as a horror series. But it's your project.
Good luck! if I come up with anything else, I will let you know

Eternal Darkness never had a sequel. Those posted are very popular. I'm not convinced Dead Rising counts, though. I don't think having zombies in a game qualifies it as horror. Dead Rising is more like an open world adventure that just has zombies in it, but there's nothing really scary about it because nothing in those games invokes any sort of fear.

White Rock wrote:

Eternal Darkness never had a sequel. Those posted are very popular. I'm not convinced Dead Rising counts, though. I don't think having zombies in a game qualifies it as horror. Dead Rising is more like an open world adventure that just has zombies in it, but there's nothing really scary about it because nothing in those games invokes any sort of fear.

I know DR isn't really horror, that's why I'm scratching it off the list now that I've actually got some very prominent actual horror games. When I did the original list I was kinda running out of ideas for franchises.

Eternal Darkness is a placeholder merely for the rumors of a sequel for the Wii U. That game, too, will get replaced.

Speaking of a sequel to ED... I remember during the game, when it played tricks on your mind, there was a fake promo for ED: Sanity's Redemption. Too bad a ED sequel never happened.

White Rock wrote:

Speaking of a sequel to ED... I remember during the game, when it played tricks on your mind, there was a fake promo for ED: Sanity's Redemption. Too bad a ED sequel never happened.

According to Wikipedia...

"In November 2011, Silicon Knights claimed they wanted to focus on one of their most requested titles for the next generation of consoles. This combined with the fact Nintendo had trademarked the title once again, spawned rumours that another Eternal Darkness game would be made as a launch title for the Wii U."

Why hasn't there been another Siren game by now? Siren was a great alternative to the more recent RE games in that it required you to think about things and not just go all James Bond!

White Rock wrote:

Why hasn't there been another Siren game by now? Siren was a great alternative to the more recent RE games in that it required you to think about things and not just go all James Bond!

Good question. The last thing Project Siren developed was Gravity Rush on the Vita this year. Wonder what their next project is?

Mister Albert Wesker wrote:

Manhunt-Completed (1 of my favorite games) Remove this from list it isn't a horror game...

Actually it is listed as a psychological horror game. The type of horror might be different but it is, indeed, a horror game.

Mass Distraction wrote:

White Rock wrote:

Why hasn't there been another Siren game by now? Siren was a great alternative to the more recent RE games in that it required you to think about things and not just go all James Bond!

Good question. The last thing Project Siren developed was Gravity Rush on the Vita this year. Wonder what their next project is?

Mister Albert Wesker wrote:

Manhunt-Completed (1 of my favorite games) Remove this from list it isn't a horror game...

Actually it is listed as a psychological horror game. The type of horror might be different but it is, indeed, a horror game.

Oh ok then.

Thought there was supposed to be a new ObsCure game. At least according to its Wikia wiki. Oh well. Should have known anything on Wikia was hearsay as per usual...

ObsCure III = do want!

Just remembered a new one when posting a reply on another thread. Darkest Fear, a mobile horror trilogy created by Rovio. Yes, the same company now known for Angry Birds.

Silent Hill 3 is probably the only other horror-based game I've played, but then again I haven't been playing alot of games recently. The game in itself isn't scary, but that music wears down on me after awhile.

nightmare creatures is great. could dantes inferno be included? its not a horror game as such but there is some horrible things in it.

JamTyrantH wrote:

nightmare creatures is great. could dantes inferno be included? its not a horror game as such but there is some horrible things in it.

If Castlevania is there then I guess Dante's Inferno would work too. The only problem though: it's not a series

You should check Haunting ground and Rule of Rose.
Haunting ground has a similar gameplay to Clock tower,but with an extremely cute dog(but if you don't train him well,progressing in the game becomes difficult).The story is good too(though some might disagree with me) and leaves some unanswered questions.
Note:This game is really,really creepy.
Now for Rule of Rose...I'm not gonna lie to you - the gameplay is awful.The story however is very interesting and very confusing...very confusing.There is a dog in RoR too,but less useful than in HG.
BTW doesn't American MCgee's Alice and Alice Madness Returns count for a physiological horror?(it does acding to the wiki)The "Alice" series aren't scary,but quite disturbing;with a good,twisted story;awesome gameplay(the second game)