Summary
There are multiple genres of horror, with new versions of it being created that fit the modern world. One great example of this is the sub-genre of horror known as Digital Horror. This genre is a modern version of the genre some players may knowcalled Analogue horror.
Digital horror includes settings that are based on technology or the internet, such as making players search through websites or if they find themselves trapped within a video game. Since this genre is quite a niche at the moment, there are few games that fit this genre. However, these are by far the best digital horror games, ranked.
8Welcome To The Game
Searching The Deep Web Is Scary Both On And Offline
Starting off strong,Welcome to the Gameis a classic digital horror experience, with the original title being one of the best horror experiences for players to try. Players are tasked with finding several keys across the deep web in order to find out where a Red Room – a sort of live stream where people pay to watch someone be tortured – is located.
As the player is forced to search the deep web throughvarious questionable websitesto look for these keys, they will also have to keep the various killers that have found their IP at bay, creating an intense experience both in and out of the deep web.
Continuing with digital horror games that challenge the player to search the internet,Home Safety Hotlinegives the player the role ofbeing an operator for a companythat helps their callers evaluate what has got into their home and how they can get rid of it.
While some cases may be tame, such as informing a caller about how to get rid of an ant infestation, others are a lot darker with the likes of a mysterious invader in their home that is on the darker side, and uncovering what lives deep in a person’s home.
6KinitoPET
A Computer Forever Friend With A Dark Secret
A digital pet is usually better than an actual pet due to the player having fewer responsibilities when looking after it. However, in this digital horror ofKinitoPET, looking after this tiny pink creature is a lot more hassle than the player first expected.
This digital pet from the early 2000s on the player’s old computer may seem fun, with the player playing games with it, talking to it, and watching it adapt, like any good psychological horror, things will start to sour quickly.KinitoPETholds a dark secret that will begin to corrupt the player’s computer, though thankfully this is only in the game.
5Shipwrecked 64
Some of the most interesting digital horror games are the ones that act as if they were a mysterious lost game that has suddenly been found.Shipwrecked 64is a game in a game as players discover more about its supposed mysterious launch and witness the decay while they complete certain actions within the levels while playing as Bucky Beaver.
With anassortment of endings and actions to be completedwithinShipwrecked 64, there is plenty to discover within this digital horror title as the player attempts to save their friends and themselves within the game while wading through the dark imagery.
4MiSide
Trapped In A Video Game With Something Sinister
With some digital horror games having players play a video game from an external point of view,MiSideinstead has the player becoming trapped within a video game with the character Mita. At first, this title may seem rather cute as the player chats and does chores with an adorable anime girl, but like any horror title, when the player finally wishes to attempt to escape this video game, it won’t be easy.
Mita doesn’t want the player to leave and as the player attempts to persuade her to let them go, the world ofMiSidewill reveal that there is much more to it than the apartment the player finds themselves in with Mita.
3Simulacra
Explore A Phone To Get To The Bottom Of A Horror Mystery
There have been multiple found phone horror games, withSimulacrabeing one of the best. Players in this digital horror title are searching for a missing woman by lookingthrough her phone, but as always, not everything is as it seems.
Players must look through not only her messages and phone calls, but also her gallery, and her social media in the hopes of finding clues as to what has happened and how to save her. All the while, the phone itself seems corrupted with various glitches and moments of live footage of horrifying moments.
2I’m On Observation Duty 4
Spot The Difference With Live Surveillance
As mentioned, the digital horror genre doesn’t just include the internet but also technology, therefore the variousI’m on Observation Dutygames are also considered digital horror titles. There have been plenty ofI’m on Observation Dutygames created, with the type of spot-the-difference horror title becoming incredibly popular in recent months.
I’m on Observation Duty 4is arguably one of the best created with various locations for the player to explore with plenty of anomalies to spot. From the easy cases of objects being moved or duplicated, some moments may even give the player a fright as an unknown creature is found within the location as players switch between the live surveillance footage.
Out of all the digital horror games that have been created over the years, one of the greatest as well as one of the titles that truly started the digital horror genre has to beDoki Doki Literature Club. From an external point of view, this game masquerades as a dating simulator, where the player creates poems to swoon the love interests.
However, the game is incredibly aware, as it turns out that Monika, one of the girls in the game, is fully in control of the entirety of theDoki Doki Literature Clubtitle. Players will encounter various dark imagery as they attempt to talk to the girls until, eventually,there is just Monika, who doesn’t want the game to end.
