as if trying to survive wasn’t scary
enough welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 5 scariest survival games before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at the scariest darkest and most
unsettling survival games the scares
don’t necessarily need to come from
spooky monsters a dreadful atmosphere
tense situations and dangerous enemies
are all scary as well we also won’t be
including survival horror games on this
list as we already have a list for that
number 5 this war of mine I lived
through hell with these people we were a
group we would do anything to stay alive
this war of mine is a different type of
war game and it’s probably the scariest
of them all the game was inspired by the
real-life siege of Sarajevo the longest
modern siege of a capital city rather
than running around with guns and being
the hero
you play as starved and desperate
citizens caught in the middle of the
siege and must use your resources to
stay alive it’s not scary in the
traditional sense but the atmosphere is
one of the bleakest in modern gaming and
the very real possibility of dying
evokes empathy and horror for the real
citizens involved in the siege of
Sarajevo
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number four the forest
the forest is a brilliant little indie
game by n-night games that was inspired
by such movies as the dissent and
Cannibal Holocaust in the game you play
as a plane crash survivor who must find
his kidnapped son on a mysterious island
the gameplay follows a nonlinear yet
terrifying path as you must survive not
only dangerous creatures but the native
cannibals
there’s nothing scarier than standing in
the light of a fire as hungry cannibals
surround you in the darkness the final
act of the game also goes to some
dreadful places and the ending is sure
to stick with you long after you’ve
beaten the game
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number three the long dark there are
several types of fear some people are
afraid of the unexplained others are
afraid of real-world Horrors and yet
others are terrified of cold dark and
relentlessly unforgiving environments
this is the latter in the long dark you
must survive the frigid and dangerous
Canadian wilderness the game follows a
logical survivalist method as you not
only defend yourself from dangerous
creatures you must find food and hunt
animals monitor your temperature obtain
tools and star fires like this war of
mine the long dark isn’t traditionally
scary but reminiscent of horrible
realistic situations that could actually
prove scarier than anything conjured by
the imagination
number two don’t starve in don’t starve
you play as Wilson a scientist who finds
himself in a monstrous world you are
forced to keep Wilson alive and sane as
the monster is inhabiting this world are
scary enough to cause him to lose his
sanity
it’s very Lovecraftian and it’s very
awesome however it’s also very scary the
sanity meter is constantly dwindling and
filling you with dread and the various
monsters like the Giants are enough to
send players into a frenzy
plus the unknowable threat of them
leaves players in a constant state of
agitation and wonder you essentially
play the role of a Lovecraft protagonist
and it’s every bit as horrifying as you
would imagine number 1 subnautica
the ocean is a relatively unknown and
undeniably frightening thing vast
regions of the oceans remain unexplored
and the very idea of creatures living in
the dark cold miles deep void can scare
the Wits out of anyone
and while subnautica takes place on a
fictional planet it’s still rooted in
these fears of the deep unknown
especially since you don’t have any
weapons and your sight is extremely
limited the sound design is also
spectacular and the unseen creatures
make petrifying sounds that will make
your blood curdle the game taps into
your natural fears of the unknown to a
ridiculously successful degree and it’s
probably one of the scariest non horror
games ever released
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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enough welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 5 scariest survival games before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at the scariest darkest and most
unsettling survival games the scares
don’t necessarily need to come from
spooky monsters a dreadful atmosphere
tense situations and dangerous enemies
are all scary as well we also won’t be
including survival horror games on this
list as we already have a list for that
number 5 this war of mine I lived
through hell with these people we were a
group we would do anything to stay alive
this war of mine is a different type of
war game and it’s probably the scariest
of them all the game was inspired by the
real-life siege of Sarajevo the longest
modern siege of a capital city rather
than running around with guns and being
the hero
you play as starved and desperate
citizens caught in the middle of the
siege and must use your resources to
stay alive it’s not scary in the
traditional sense but the atmosphere is
one of the bleakest in modern gaming and
the very real possibility of dying
evokes empathy and horror for the real
citizens involved in the siege of
Sarajevo
[Music]
number four the forest
the forest is a brilliant little indie
game by n-night games that was inspired
by such movies as the dissent and
Cannibal Holocaust in the game you play
as a plane crash survivor who must find
his kidnapped son on a mysterious island
the gameplay follows a nonlinear yet
terrifying path as you must survive not
only dangerous creatures but the native
cannibals
there’s nothing scarier than standing in
the light of a fire as hungry cannibals
surround you in the darkness the final
act of the game also goes to some
dreadful places and the ending is sure
to stick with you long after you’ve
beaten the game
[Music]
number three the long dark there are
several types of fear some people are
afraid of the unexplained others are
afraid of real-world Horrors and yet
others are terrified of cold dark and
relentlessly unforgiving environments
this is the latter in the long dark you
must survive the frigid and dangerous
Canadian wilderness the game follows a
logical survivalist method as you not
only defend yourself from dangerous
creatures you must find food and hunt
animals monitor your temperature obtain
tools and star fires like this war of
mine the long dark isn’t traditionally
scary but reminiscent of horrible
realistic situations that could actually
prove scarier than anything conjured by
the imagination
number two don’t starve in don’t starve
you play as Wilson a scientist who finds
himself in a monstrous world you are
forced to keep Wilson alive and sane as
the monster is inhabiting this world are
scary enough to cause him to lose his
sanity
it’s very Lovecraftian and it’s very
awesome however it’s also very scary the
sanity meter is constantly dwindling and
filling you with dread and the various
monsters like the Giants are enough to
send players into a frenzy
plus the unknowable threat of them
leaves players in a constant state of
agitation and wonder you essentially
play the role of a Lovecraft protagonist
and it’s every bit as horrifying as you
would imagine number 1 subnautica
the ocean is a relatively unknown and
undeniably frightening thing vast
regions of the oceans remain unexplored
and the very idea of creatures living in
the dark cold miles deep void can scare
the Wits out of anyone
and while subnautica takes place on a
fictional planet it’s still rooted in
these fears of the deep unknown
especially since you don’t have any
weapons and your sight is extremely
limited the sound design is also
spectacular and the unseen creatures
make petrifying sounds that will make
your blood curdle the game taps into
your natural fears of the unknown to a
ridiculously successful degree and it’s
probably one of the scariest non horror
games ever released
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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