The Official HDC Gaming Top 100

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Hello gamers of HDC and beyond,

This has been a long (read: overdue) project of our forums for which we had sat down together many times to zero in on Top 100 horror games, as chosen by members of HDC.

Big thanks go to everyone involved in this -

Vodstok (who started the project WAY back in January 2007),

Cheebacheeba/Phalanx (HDC's most ardent gaming fan),

Despare (BIG gamer, and a big contributor to the final 100),

The Flayed One (for the inspiration and the contribution),

Newb, VampiricClown, and many others who contributed to the Master List.


So here we go...after a really long deliberation by 5 Judges, and a long-gestating period of over 4 years.

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Alien Crush (Pinball console) (1988)

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Alien vs. Predator (1994)

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Alone In The Dark (1992)

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Amber: Journeys Beyond (1996)

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American McGee's Alice (2000)

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)

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Arkham Horror (Board) (1987)

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BioShock (2007)

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Blackthorne (1994)

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Blood (1997)

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996)

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BloodRayne (2002)

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Breakdown (2004)

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Broken Sword (1996)

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Call Of Cthulhu (RPG) (1981)

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Carmageddon (1997)

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Castlevania (1986)/ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)

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Clive Barker's Undying (2001)

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Clock Tower (1995)

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Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005)

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Cryostasis (2008)

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D (1995)

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Dark Wizard (1993)

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Dark Seed (1992)

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Darkstalkers (1994)

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Darkwatch (2005)

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Day of the Tentacle (1993)

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Dead Rising (2006)/ Dead Rising 2 (2010)

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Dead Space (2008)/ Dead Space 2 (2011)

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Deception (1996)

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Demon's Crest (1994)

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Devil May Cry series (2001-present)

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Diablo (1996)/ Diablo II (2000)

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Doom series (1993-present)

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Dungeon Keeper (1997)

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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)

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Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005)

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F.E.A.R. series (2005-present)

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Fahrenheit (aka) Indigo Prophecy (2005)

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Fatal Frame series (2001-2005)

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Forbidden Forest (1983)

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Gabriel Knight series (1993-1999)

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Gargoyles (1995)

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Gargoyle's Quest (1990)

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Ghostbusters (Commodore version) (1984)

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Ghosts 'n Goblins series (1985-present)

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Grim Fandango (1998)

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Half-Life (1998)

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Haunted House (1982)

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Haunting Ground (2005)

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Hexen (1995)

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The House of the Dead series (1997-2006)

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Killer7 (2005)

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Kuon (2004)

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Left 4 Dead (2008)/ Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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Luigi's Mansion (2001)

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Maniac Mansion (1987)

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Monster in My Pocket (1991)

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Monster Party (1989)

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Mutant League Football (1993)/ Mutant League Hockey (1994)

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Mystic Defender (1989)

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Nightmare Creatures (1997)

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Night Stalker (1982)

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Nocturne (1999)

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ObsCure (2004)/ ObsCure II (2007)

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Out Of This World (1991)

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Pac-Man (1980)

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Painkiller (2004)

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Parasite Eve (1998)

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Penumbra: Black Plague (2008)

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Phantasmagoria (1995)

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Postal (1997)

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Prey (2006)

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Quake II (1997)

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Realms of the Haunting

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Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)

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Resident Evil series (1996-present)

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Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)

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Revelations: Persona (1996)

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Rule of Rose (2006)

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Sanitarium (1998)

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Shadow Hearts (2001)/ Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2004)

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Shadow of the Beast (1989)

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Shadowgate (1987)

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Shivers (1995)

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Sid Meier's Darklands (1992)

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Silent Hill series (1999-present)

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Siren (2003)

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Soul Blazer (1992)

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Splatterhouse (1988)

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Sweet Home (1989)

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System Shock (1994)/ System Shock 2 (1999)

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The 7th Guest (1993)

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The Haunting: Starring Polterguy (1993)

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The Suffering (2004)/ The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005)

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The Thing (2002)

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Twisted Metal: Black (2001)

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Vampire: The Masquerade (1991)

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Veil of Darkness (1993)

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Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993)

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HONORABLE MENTIONS


Anchorhead (1998, Interactive/Published)

Cold Fear (2005, Multi Platform)

Dead Island (2011, Multi Platform)

Deep Fear (1998, Sega Saturn)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1990, Amiga/Atari/Commodore/DOS)

Project Firestart (1989, Commodore 64)

Resistance: Fall of Man (2006, PS3)

Scratches (2006, Windows PC)

Singularity (2010, Multi Platform)

The 3rd Birthday (2011, PSP)

[Despare]

Damn fine job, some amazing games up there... horror games have come a long way but some of the earliest examples of the genre are still some of the best!

[The Villain]

V you put so much work into this forum. I really commend you on that and all the others involved for that matter. Great list and some great games.

[horror2night]

I've never heard of many of these titles. Need to keep up. Thank you so much. Btw are they in chronological order from scariest to nonscary (If that is even a word) just because alice in wonderland can't be scarier than amnesia is it? Never tried it myself. So it would be great with some replies :D

[SuperFreddy]

I've just discovered this topic and it's awesome. Thank you so much V - I remembered a lot of games that I played or wanted to play. Hope my PS2 still works :).

[TheBossInTheWall]

Might want to add Vampire:Bloodlines, one of the best games I've ever played.

[LuvablePsycho]

Wait a second... How the heck is Pac-Man a horror game?! ::big grin::

Also I'm glad to see that Siren made the list. That is one of my favorite horror video games of all time but I feel like nobody has ever played it or heard of it besides me.