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The landscape of horror games has been shifting away from your typical jump scares.
Part of the movement to shift the horror game genre features atmospheric horror and liminal spaces.
Here, they will come face to face with horrors that are much more terrifying than your base horror.
SOMA
For the first entry on our list of the best horror games likePOOLS, here we haveSOMA.
This makes the game one that thrives in the more tense moments of the game.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
We are moving right along with our list with our next entry.
Here, we haveDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
The game follows the rather insane events of several students being trapped inside a death game.
If you are looking for one of the best horror games, definitely give this one a try.
SIGNALIS
We are taking quite a turn with our next entry.
Here, we haveSIGNALIS.
In a hostile future, players must find their own answers.
This will require them to solve riddles, explore, and more.
This gives the core gameplay ofSIGNALISa tremendous amount of variety.
So, if you are searching for a horror title that features a stellar aesthetic style, check outSIGNALIS.
Fran Bow
Our next entry is one that definitely ramps up the horror through its visuals.
Hidden behind the story-book visual style ofFran Bowis an unsettling story of fantasy, madness, and more.
Players are whisked away to a fantastical world, where they will slowly unravel their reality.
Players are cast in the role of Fran Bow, a girl who simply wishes to find her parents.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
This gives the game layers that can be slowly peeled back as you continue along your journey.
All around,Doki Doki Literature Club!is one of the best horror games likePOOLSon the market.
Phasmophobia
We are taking a turn for the cooperative with our next title.
Here, we havePhasmophobia.
This game not only brings with it a few novel concepts but blends them together wonderfully.
InPhasmophobia, players are able to team up with one another to locate and defeat several entities.
Lethal Company
Next up, we haveLethal Company.
Players are made to work for The Company.
In doing so, players will have to traverse hostile landscapes to make it loot items.
In doing so, each of these runs becomes more dangerous the further the player presses on.
This gives the game a great sense of progression that the player can feel.
All in all, if you are looking for one of the best horror games, check outLethal Company.
SILENT BREATH
We are moving swiftly along with our next entry.
Here, we haveSILENT BREATH.
This entry not only uses its unique perspective and visual style to its advantage but also does so wonderfully.
The game features a film-grain filter over many of its visuals.
The game also utilizes the player’s microphone to great effect, making for a bone-chilling experience.
The Exit 8
For our next entry, here we haveThe Exit 8.
The stripped-down minimalistic approach to horror this game presents is much in line with horror games likePOOLS.
If you are looking for a different take on horror, check that to giveThe Exit 8a go.
Escape the Backrooms
We are rounding out our list today of the best horror games likePOOLSwithEscape the Backrooms.
This is a title that was notably recognized for its influence onPOOLS.
In this cooperative horror game, players must learn how to escape spaces with seemingly no exit or ending.
In doing so, they will have to work alongside one another to survive.
Throughout the experience, players will be hunted down by various entities, each more frightening than the last.
Judson Holley is a writer that began his career as a ghostwriter.
Returning to the mortal coil to work among the living.
With some of his favorite games being tactical FPS games such as Squad and the Arma series.
When not attending to his wife, Judson often tends to his cats.
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