I’m feeling like trying a scary game thinking it could be therapeutic! I am a newbie to the genre though and don’t particularly want to be scarred for life. I have played Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and probably couldn’t handle anything scarier. What do yall suggest?

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    1 year ago

    SOMA has an easy mode that turns off enemy AI. Still scary on an existential story level, and the atmosphere is amazing enough to make a no AI playthrough still worth it.

    Dead Space is decently scary, but a pretty good one for newcomers since it focuses on action a lot more than horror. The sequels focus even less on horror, so it might be a good series as a whole.

    Alan Wake is also pretty good.

    Just finished Little Nightmares for the first time, and while it barely scratches the surface of horror, it still might be a good place to start.

    Subnautica isn’t necessarily a horror game, but I think I was more scared in certain parts of that game than any horror game I’ve played.

    Also “Stories Untold,” is a great one! Tense horror vibe, but nothing really nightmare inducing.

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      1 year ago

      What exactly does ‘no enemy AI’ mean? Do they just stand around and not engage?