description: playing as a girl named fiona, the game offers several perspectives into female sexuality through a horror narrative. as fiona tries to escape a castle that she finds herself waking up in, there are three different "stalkers" that chase after her, which each see fiona in a different light and offer different perspectives on female sexuality
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scary: 4/5 (chase scenes and graphic content)
story: 4/5

platform: ps2 (available with emulation on pc; free)

content warnings: stalking(!), abuse(!), bugs, sexual assault(!), torture, jumpscares(!), intense scenes(!), suicide, flashing lights(!), pregnancy, incest

description: a short free game where you oversee a medical process known as a "flowering" which connects people all over the world with some sort of fungus to make a unified consciousness
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scary: 5/5, the game features disturbing audio and descriptions
story: 3.5/5, although the lore is good, its not extensive and the bulk of the game's horror comes from the audio, visuals, and concept alone

platform: pc/mac

content warnings: medical procedures(!), body horror(!), audio gore(!), existentialism(!)

description: first game in the ethan winters line of resident evil games, where ethan winters searches for his wife at a creepypass family in the middle of the swamp
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scary: 4/5

story: 4/5

platform: pc/xbox/playstation

content warnings: blood(!), gore(!), bugs(!), body horror(!), torture, jumpscares(!), dead animals, abuse, spiders, cannibalism, dismemberment(!), needles, flashing lights

description: second game in the ethan winters line of resident evil games, where he goes to search for his kidnapped daughter in a medieval village
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scary: 3.5/5, 0.5 less than re7 solely due to the fact that re7 creeps the fuck out of me and made me almost throw up once

story: 4/5

platform: pc/xbox/playstation

content warnings: blood(!), gore(!), bugs(!), body horror(!), torture, jumpscares(!), dolls(!), pregnancy, human experimentation, dead animals(!), flashing lights

notes: some things will not make much sense if resident evil 7 is not played first

description: playing as a young girl, you take care of a "pet" which is called "grandpa" in your basement
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scary: 2.5/5, unsettling imagery at best

story: 4/5, although it may not seem like much on the surface, the lore and implications of the environment is very interesting and gives an amazing basis for truly terrifying things

platform: pc

content warnings: body horror(!), unsettling imagery(!)

description: as you explore a "blood sea" in a submarine known as the iron lung, you notice that you're not alone in the sea at all
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scary: 4/5, no jumpscares, quite slow but the atmosphere and sounds make up for it and provide for an anxiety-inducing experience

story: 3.5/5, the lore is interesting, though theres not that much from what i remember

platform: pc/switch

content warnings: ocean(!), bigass fish(!)