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10 Perfect Horror Games for the Holiday Season That Will Chill You to the Bone

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10 Perfect Horror Games for the Holiday Season That Will Chill You to the Bone


Horror may not be the go-to genre for the holiday season, but horror fans can make even the most festive of occasions terrifying. When it comes to scary games to play during the winter, players may be interested in the setting and atmosphere. Many horror games take place in the middle of winter. The cold environment often adds to the scares. Winter days are short and winter nights are long, making for the perfect, spooky setting.

Winter is the perfect backdrop for horror, and not just because it gives game developers the perfect excuse to make everything dark and damp. Extreme temperatures are associated with the natural fear of freezing to death. Humans can survive in harsh environments, but as a species we’re not exactly built to be constantly exposed to the cold. These cold games are perfect for imitating how terrifying the harsh winter months can be.

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Silent Hill: Broken memories cover the eerie town in snow

A reimagined adaptation of the original Silent Hill

Harry Mason, the protagonist of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, shines his flashlight

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories revisits the original silent Hill (1999) in a new way. Players once again play as the original Harry Manson silent Hill protagonist, as he searches the city for his missing daughter. Broken memories is not, however, a remake. Instead, it reimagines Harry’s journey through Silent Hill by changing the main plot, characters, and timeline. This game takes place in 2008, unlike the original game, which took place in the 80s.

Franchise

silent Hill

Original release date

December 8, 2009

Broken memories changed the core of the game a lot, not just the plot. Harry visits Silent Hill in the middle of winter. The city is snowy and icy, frozen in a way that most silent Hill games never are. Even the game’s cover art depicts a child sitting on a swing, completely encased in ice. Harry also uses a smartphone to browse, take photos and receive disturbing messages. Even though fans agree that Broken memories isn’t as good as the original game, it’s perfect for the holidays.

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Resident Evil Village takes place in a cold, abandoned village

Well except for the monsters hiding inside

Lady D from Resident Evil Village

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Resident Evil Villagealso known as Resident Evil 8is a 2021 survival horror game that picks up a few years later Resident Evil 7: biohazard. For the most part, the resident Evil the games were released in chronological order, so it’s no surprise that Village is a sequel to RE7. What makes this game special is that it is the second game in the series to focus on Ethan Winters and his family. Ethan was introduced as the main protagonist of RE7 And Village concluded the Winters’ story.

Franchise

resident Evil

Original release date

May 7, 2021

As the title suggests, the game takes place in an isolated European village in the middle of winter. Players are forced to explore the dilapidated village, noticing the villagers strangely absent. Instead of residents, Ethan crosses paths with mutated monsters of all kinds. Ethan must endure the harsh weather and creatures that await him if he hopes to save his missing daughter, Rose.

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Kona takes place in a snowy district of Quebec

Players must fight the cold to survive

Kona takes place in Nord-du-Québec during the cold month of October. Although many parts of the Northern Hemisphere have yet to experience snow in October, It’s already quite cold in Quebec, so players will have to navigate the snowy city. Players control a private detective, Carl Faubert, as he searches the surprisingly abandoned town. A strange, potentially supernatural force lingers somewhere, waiting for Carl to discover it.

Franchise

Kona

Following

Sound II: Mist

Original release date

March 10, 2016

While wandering around Northern Quebec, Carl will have to explore different buildings, looking for resources such as tools and light sources. Buildings can also be used as shelter to protect Carl from outside weather. Kona not only uses winter as a backdrop, it forces players to worry about things like freezing to death. While Kona Metacritic scores could tend more towards the average, Kona has amazing reviews on Steam and PlayStation — Steam gives it a 9 out of 10 and PlayStation gives it a rating of 4.1 out of 5.

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The Thing is based on the infamous horror film

Players can experience this iconic game with a recently released remaster

The Thing MOVIE and video game

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The thing (2002) is based on John Carpenter’s 1982 horror masterpiece, The thing. Instead of being a recreation of the film, the video game acts as a direct sequel to the film. Captain Blake goes to Antarctica to investigate what happened to the actors in the film. Part of what made the film so terrifying was the isolated, frozen setting, an Antarctic outpost. Facing a disaster is one thing, but being in an isolated place where no one can help you is much worse.

The thing (2002)

The Remastered Thing (2024)

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The thing

The thing

Original release date

August 20, 2002

December 5, 2024

On December 5, 2024, a remastered version of The thing was released, bringing the terror of the original survival horror shooter to modern audiences. Reviews of the remaster haven’t lived up to the original, but modern players seem to enjoy the 2024 remaster even more than the 2002 version. There are few frigid games more perfect for playing this winter than The thing.

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Dead Space 3 takes players to a frozen planet

Visit Tau Volantis this holiday season

Isaac Clarke on the cover of Dead Space 3

Dead space 3 may not be a fan favorite in the series, but it provides the perfect chilly backdrop for a chill holiday horror game. As the title suggests, Dead space 3 is the third game in the action horror franchise, and it is also the last main game, not counting the 2023 one. Dead space remake. In this game, players still play as Isaac Clark, the main protagonist of the first two games. This time, Isaac and some allies find themselves on the frozen planet, Tau Volantis.

Franchise

Dead space

Original release date

February 5, 2013

Isaac and his companions must navigate the frozen world to find the source of the Necromorphs, a growing threat that, if left unchecked, can destroy everything. This game also supports online co-op. If players wish to play multiplayer, the second player will play as John Carver, a new character introduced in Dead space 3.

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Fatal Frame III: Tormented Snows players in a spooky mansion

This game gives a whole new meaning to ghosts creating cold auras

Images from Alien: Isolation, Alan Wake 2 and Resident Evil 4 Remake

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Fatal Frame III: The Tormented is a strong entry into the Fatal frame franchise. In this game, players can play as three different characters: Rei Kurosawa, Miku Hinasaki, and Kei Amakura. It also features a few different settings, including the Manor of Sleep, a dream world, and the real world, where players usually find themselves in Rei’s apartment. The Mansion of Sleep manifests as a massive, frightening mansion completely surrounded by snow..

Franchise

Fatal frame

Original release date

July 28, 2005

The dreamers cannot escape the mansion, not only because it exists in their dreams, but also because they are snowed in. After the death of her husband, Rei Kurosawa, a freelance photographer, began photographing haunted places to cope. . While taking photos, Rei comes face to face with the spirit of her husband, who takes her to the Mansion of Sleep.

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Don’t Starve challenges players to survive in a parallel universe

Survive alone or survive with a friend

Don’t starve is a stylish survival game that puts players in the shoes of a scientist who finds himself in a parallel universe. Wilson, the scientist, finds himself trapped in a dark, gloomy and unforgiving place. The main goal of this game is to survive as long as possible. Players will experience all kinds of trials, including combat, different day and night challenges, and difficult seasonal changes that will up the ante.

Franchise

Don’t starve

Original release date

April 23, 2013

One of these seasons is of course winter. As expected, winter is one of the hardest times of the year and will truly test the player’s determination and skills. While Don’t starve may not be a horror game in the traditional sense, the impending doom and dark atmosphere make it a haunting and sometimes terrifying experience. Originally the game was released as a single player, but in 2015 the game released an expansion called Don’t starve togetherwhich allowed players to play with friends.

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Until dawn rolls across a snowy mountainside

Players can’t expect help…until dawn

Until Dawn 2015 and remake

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Until dawn is a 2015 interactive drama horror game that follows a group of young adults up the side of a snowy mountain to honor their fallen friends. As the night wears on, the weather worsens, stranding the group on the mountain, but that is the least of their worries. Not only are they trapped on the mountain with a serial killer, but a supernatural mystery also lies beneath the surface of the snow.

Until dawn (2015)

Until Dawn remake (2024)

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Until dawn

Until dawn

Original release date

August 25, 2015

October 4, 2024

In 2024, Until dawn received a remake. Although fans and critics didn’t praise it as much as the original, the biggest complaint about the game was that it seemed “pointless” because it didn’t change enough. The remake is more easily accessible since it is available on PlayStation and Steam. The remake offers incredibly updated graphics, more accessibility features, and a teaser for a sequel that the original version never had. This game is also perfect for winter because Players will feel chills just watching their characters trudge through thick snow and ice. A few characters even dive into freezing bodies of water.

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Kholat was inspired by a true story

It is inspired by the Dyatlov Pass incident

The only way to make a survival horror game set in a remote and freezing location, the most terrifying thing is that it’s based on a true story. While kholat is a fictional story, whose premise comes from the Dyatlov Pass Incident, a very real event in which nine Russian students disappeared and were found dead on Kholat Syakhl (“Dead Mountain”). There was only one survivor, a tenth student who turned back during the hike because he felt sick and didn’t think he could make the trip.

Franchise

Standalone title

Original release date

June 9, 2015

In kholatplayers control a character who decides to retrace the steps of the nine dead students. As soon as the player embarks on his journey, the weather conditions become harsher. Still, the game encourages players to persevere, and they do. As they explore the mountains, strange and potentially supernatural events occur. The player finds documents, clues, and coordinates that lead them to even more clues. kholat plays on the age-old saying, curiosity killed the cat.

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Long Dark Strands players in the Canadian wilderness

Players will need to monitor their hunger and body temperature

A promotional art image for The Long Dark.

The long darkness is a survival horror game told in the first person. It follows a geomagnetic storm that causes the main protagonist, pilot Will Mackenzie, to crash his plane. Will survives the accident but finds himself stranded in the Canadian wilderness in the middle of winter. Alone and with limited supplies, Will must survive in the middle of nowhere, battling the elements.

Franchise

Standalone title

Original release date

August 1, 2017

This survival horror game places a lot of emphasis on the survival aspect. Players will need to focus on immediate issues that can easily kill them, like hunger, fatigue, and of course, body temperature. Players can choose between one of three modes: story, survival and challenge. The base game has 12 main locations to explore and survive. There is also a DLC called Tales from the Far Land this added four more regions. Unfortunately, this incredible game that focuses on the fight for survival against real threats never got a sequel.

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