Top 5 Underrated Horror Games To Fulfill Your Halloween 2022 Spooks

As the month of October proceeds, the spooky noises are getting louder each day. With ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and monsters crawling up into the world of the living, spook fans are having the time of their lives this month. And what better way to celebrate this month of Halloween than with some underrated horror games that will make you lose your good night’s sleep?

The horror genre is a tough shell to crack, as it is really up to the viewer or the player what might actually scare them. Therefore, it is necessary that the games built on a horror atmosphere must be creepy enough to give a chill to the bones. Keeping that in mind, here are the top 5 underrated horror games that will give you creeps.

Inscryption

Developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital, Inscryption is a game of extreme wits and strategy. But it is just a scratch on an iceberg deeper than anyone can even think about. The entire game is actually an illusion and plays several tricks to fool you into thinking that it is complete.

But the matter of fact is, that the game is always trying to interact with the real world, and the developers had tried their best to make it as real as possible. With hidden codes and ciphers, the game brings the horror of being trapped in a video game to the real world. The game can be played on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5.

Iron Lung

The fear of the unknown, the fear of wandering off into an unknown world with blood-filled seas, Iron Lung is a game that will give you creeps for sure. In the game, the player is tasked with the job of finding a life source on an alien planet with seas filled with blood.

Trapped in a claustrophobic submarine, you must find proof of life as soon as possible to get out of the messy situation, while a behemoth roams the bloody sea. The game can be played on the PC only.

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The Smiling Man

A very short game that can take away your sleep at night. The Smiling Man is a perfect blend of creepypasta, PS 1-era graphics, and an eerie feeling. The game is set in a small town where the player has to go out at night to complete some tasks, while they encounter a stranger known as the smiling man in the distance, looking at them.

The Smiling Man might be a short game, but it has the potential to make you feel unsettled and creeped out. It can be downloaded from Softonic and is only available for PC.

Phasmophobia

A horror game best played with four players investigating several haunted locations. Phasmophobia is an indie game developed by British indie game studio Kinetic Games and is just well-crafted enough to give you that Halloween spook that you and your friends might be looking for.

The game got a lot of traction in 2020 around Halloween when Twitch and YouTube streamers played the game for some good spine-chilling moments. For those who have a knack for paranormal investigations, this game is perfect for them. Again, it is a PC-only game.

Mortuary Assistant

A game to be played only if the player has a very strong heart. Mortuary Assistant is a game well described as “DON’T PLAY”, because of how horrifying it can be sometimes. The game follows a newly appointed Mortuary Assistant who was tasked with doing a postmortem on a dead body that was once possessed by a demon.

With several jump scares and scary demons alongside dead bodies, the game is a perfect example of how horror games can make you sweat in winter. The game is available to download on Steam only.

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What are your thoughts on the above list of horror games? Do you have other games in mind that are scarier than there? Do share them in the comments below.