I'm a huge fan of flash horror, especially the kind of urban-legend making stuff that you can find via
CreepyPasta or the
SCP Foundation. They've spawned a multitude of boogeyman for the new generation, whether you like your monsters tall and well dressed or if you prefer them a bit on the existential horror side. I also love video games. If game designers were looking for ideas in that particular direction, they would definitely have a mountain of gold to sift through.
It's no surprise, then, that stories such as The Slender Man mythos gave birth to ongoing (and chilling) projects such as
Marble Hornets
Now efforts like these are all well and good in their slow-building terror (which they do very well, thank you very much) but I like my pasta a
little more interactive. Which brings me to my list:
The concept is almost ridiculously simple: Walk down some stairs. And keep going. And going. And going. It's pretty creepy and dark, I guess...kind of rusty and dirty. A few eerie noises and-
what was that? Oh
SHIT....Oh God, what the hell
is that? Ohgodit'sstaringatme D: AH SHUTTING OFF NOW.
And thus, the SPC-087 experience.
The predecessor to the presently popular alternative,
Slender,
Slenderman is really more Silent Hill meets Resident Evil. You are
tasked with exploring an eerie building while trying to navigate around
the aforementioned boogeyman and his minions while collecting items.
Having played this, the atmosphere is not quite as powerful as the other
games on the list; mainly because the tension is reduced by granting
the player the ability to shoot Slender Man upon encounter. A savy
player will be warned of his impending appearance via static
radio...sounds familiar.