Scary (also known as Horror) is a genre of fiction, which has the capacity to scare, frighten, or disgust the players by inducing the feelings of terror and horror. Horror games usually take place in the breathtaking environment populated by unknown entities. These games are played from either a first-person or a third-person perspective, and the primary objective of the player is to fulfill the requirement of each level while facing or encountering strange creatures and survive as long as possible. In the game environment, the player is unable to arm or prepare his avatar. During the navigation, the player encounters different factors to make battle unattractive as primary choices, such as limited weapons, strong enemies, and more. Horror games deal with various elements such as shooting, exploration, survival, puzzle, and more.

12 Best Scary Games for Xbox 360

#1 Resident Evil 6

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Resident Evil 6 is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the ninth major entry in the series of Resident Evil and the first game available to play on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. The game tells the story from the perspective of protagonist named as Chris Redfield, who is a founder and former member of the Bio-Terrorism Security Assessment Alliance. In the plot, the world is invaded by an evil corporation named as Neo-Umbrella. The protagonist must confront the forces behind the terrorist attack with newly C-virus around the world. The gameplay revolves around four different interwoven storylines, each character has its unique styles and abilities. There are four different scenarios and each scenario offers one of four main protagonists such as Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Jake Muller and more. The player can select his character to get into the world where he has to fight for his life and complete a set of missions to progress through the game. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant visuals and superb story, Resident Evil 6 is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#2 Condemned: Criminal Origins

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Condemned: Criminal Origins is an Action, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game produced by Monolith Productions and published by Sega. The game offers exploration gameplay with a heavy emphasis on melee combat, solving-puzzles, including finding clues, searching for fingerprints and more. Unlike traditional first-person shooter games, the most of the game focuses on exploration, interaction with NPCs and environment. You can step into the shoes of the protagonist, a detective and your ultimate task is to explore the breathtaking environment around you to complete different missions. The game world is full of strange creatures, mysteries, and enemies, and you can use different weapons during the gameplay to kill enemies and earn points. There are exciting levels available, and you have to complete each one to progress through the game. During the gameplay, the player will encounter lots of deadly creatures, which scares and fend off you by completion of your missions. Condemned: Criminal Origins offers prominent features such as thrilling Environment, First-person Gameplay, heart-pumping Story, and smooth Controls. It is the fantastic game to play and enjoy.

#3 Quake 4

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Quake 4 mixes the Military-theme, Sci-fi, Horror-Survival and First-person Shooter elements created by Raven Software and published by Activision. The game serves as the fourth installment in the series of Quake video game and acts as the sequel to Quake II. It takes place in the same world like Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It has several modes available such as Capture the Flag, Death Match, Team Death Match, Tourney, Arena CTF, and more. There are several playable characters available, and the player needs to select one of them with the best statistics and weapons. The gameplay is much similar to previous titles, and the game puts the players against a cyborg alien faction called the Strogg. It centers on the struggle of a Marine Corporal known as Matthew Kane, who is joining a squad. The player explores the landscape from a first-person perspective, interact with non-player characters and can use a variety of weapons to kill enemies and aliens. There are insane missions available full of action, thrill and horror. It has fast-paced gameplay, in which the player needs experience points to upgrade his weapons as advance through the mission. Quake 4 offers core features such as Online Arena Style Multiplayer, Battle Outdoors, Fight against Aliens and more. Try it out, if you love playing military-themed games.

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#4 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse

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Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is an Action, Third-person Perspective, Horror and Single-player video game developed by Wideload and published by Aspyr. The game takes place in an open world environment and available to play on Xbox, Windows, and Mac platforms. In the game, the player can assume the role of the zombie and his ultimate task is to navigate the world from a third-person perspective, encounter humans to slaughter and eat their brains. The game rewards the player with XP points per kill human. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging. Fulfill your tasks, convert as many humans as possible into zombies and immerse himself in a violent gameplay experience. The world is populated with thousands of humans who are ready survive, but you have to take down them and complete your tasks. The Police chase the player as the player kills anyone, avoid them and maintain his health bar to survive longer in the 3D world. With prominent features, open environment, and brilliant gameplay with stunning graphics, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is the best game to play and enjoy.

#5 Clive Barker’s Jericho

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Clive Barker’s Jericho is an Action, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game released by MercurySteam. It offers an exciting gameplay revolving around seven team members that you have to control during the match. It takes place in the unforgettable world invaded by deadly creations and monsters. Your ultimate task is to control all seven members team known as Jericho and guide them through various environments. You have to survive as long as possible to dominate the world. The game offers new features known as Quick Time Events, in which you must press the buttons shown at the top of the screen to survive. Each member has both primary and secondary attack such as rifle, grenades, and fire while secondary weapon like a pistol, and more. Engage yourself in FPS gameplay experience show off your shooting abilities by defeating a set of vicious creatures. Clive Barker’s Jericho is the best game horror game for hardcore players. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#6 The Park

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The Park mixes the Psychological Horror, First-person Exploration, and Adventure elements developed and published by Funcom for multiple platforms. The game supports Single-player mode only and takes place in the creepy amusement park hiding a sinister and dark secrets. It puts you in one to two hour first-person horror experience, revolving around intense storytelling and navigation instead of action and combat. You assumes the role of the protagonist, who is searching for his missing child and his teddy bear. You must explore the environment in search of your son as the sun sets over. Amusement parks are places where the children participates in fun-filled activities, take rides, and jump for joy. But the history of the park turned it into a plagued full of drama and tragedy. You can manipulate the world from a first-person perspective, and can complete a variety of levels to find your son and earn points. During the game, you can interact with non-player characters, objects and environment to unearth the dark secrets about the amusement park. The Park offers key features such as Compelling Graphics, Explore the Park, Find clues, Solve Puzzles and more. Check out the game and have fun.

#7 The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left

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The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left is the Final Downloadable Content for the original game of Graphic Adventure, The Walking Dead and brings enhanced mechanics, graphics, story, and gameplay. The plot of the game takes place in the same universe, in which you as the protagonist must defend yourself from the members of your team and the treads outside the allies. You need to effort to lead the allies when some members of your group go against your leadership. The world is populated with deadly creatures like zombies who invaded the environment. You can navigate the environment from a third-person view as survival and communicate with other characters and struggle to solve the puzzles to become the master. There are a variety of levels present, and each level has its unique set of objectives that you have to complete at any cost. Lead your team in the brutal environment and each at the end of each level to progress through the game. With brilliant controls, excellent interaction system, and a variety of dialogues, The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left is the incredible game to play.

#8 Saw II: Flesh and Blood

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Saw II: Flesh and Blood is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. It is the 2nd installment in the series of Saw and focuses on Third-person Exploration elements. It offers a horrific gameplay based on the scary film of the same name and takes place between the 1st and 2nd part of the movies. The game introduces the son of David Tapp named Michael, as the new playable character. The primary objective of the protagonist is to find clues behind the death of his beloved father. He becomes the target of the brutal antagonist named Jigsaw Killer and his apprentice wearing a strange costume. The player manipulates the world from a third-person perspective and can interact with non-player characters and environment to find a way to escape. The player uses different weapons, items and can use melee combat to take down enemies. There are a variety of missions, and the player must complete each one by solving puzzles, objectives and more. With breathtaking gameplay, heart-pumping environment, and original sound effects, Saw II: Flesh and Blood is the best game to play.

#9 Shadows of the Damned

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Shadows of the Damned is an Open World, Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival and Stealth video game similar to The Evil Within. The games kicks off with the protagonist Garcia opening up his apartment door only to find out that his girlfriend Paula is being abducted by the Evil Demon Lord Fleming. Fleming corners Garcia and takes Paula with him to the underworld where Garcia follows him with his shapeshifting accomplice Johnson. A series of hardcore Action and Thrill filled battles starts up as Garcia gets deep into the underworld. Equipped with the weapons like Boner, a special Revolver, a Shotgun and his sidekick Johnson who shape shifts to anything Garcia wishes for, Garcia starts taking down Fleming’s minions and finally reached to the Evil Lord. After a number of close melee combats and Gun battles, Garcia finally gets to be able to kill the demon lord but Paula starts turning into a demon because of the dark spells of Fleming. She tries to kill Garcia but after a long lasting struggle he turns her back to Human form and the story concludes until the Devil calls them again. With an amazingly engaging story, Action and thrill filled game-play and all the amazing things, Shadows of the Damned is a super exciting game to play.

#10 Silent Hill HD Collection

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Silent Hill HD Collection is a compilation of remastered of two games such as Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 released for Xbox and PlayStation platforms. It is a Horror-Survival, Exploration, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Hijinx Studios and published by Konami. The game offers improved graphics, excellent mechanics and breathtaking environment where the game takes place. The story centers on the protagonist named as James Sunderland, who enters the sleepy town to find his deceased wife. During the exploration, the protagonist encounters the horrific creatures, and monsters in his way. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, and he must navigate the world of horror where he must survive as long as possible to progress through the story. In the game, the player must battle against the truth about his wife dead, and struggle to escape the demon Red Pyramid along with his fears. Silent Hill HD Collection offers prominent features such as Two Classic Games, Highly Detailed Environments, Epic Story, lots of Quests and more. Try it out.

#11 Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena

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Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena is a Downloadable Content Pack for Dead Island. The game offers a breathtaking gameplay and takes place on a remote Island filled with zombie-like creatures. The pack introduces Role-playing elements for character development and first-person melee combat. The player can assume the role of the protagonist, and his primary goal is to survive as long as possible to progress through the game. The player can manipulate the world from the first-person perspective, use multiple items to defend and weapons to slaughter zombies. Through weapon customization options, the player can modify his weapons for better performance and can purchase their upgrades. Explore the tropical island fulfill his tasks and try to rescue remaining people from bloodthirsty zombies. As the player advanced, the game becomes challenging to play. The player can play alone in Single-player mode or with up to four friends in Multiplayer mode. Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena offers brilliant features such as First-person Melee Combat, Local Co-op, Weapon Customization, Character Development and more.

#12 Vampire Rain

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Vampire Rain is a Horror-Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game with Stealth elements produced by Artoon and published by AQ Interactive. The game takes place in the fictional city in the United States, where vampires are responsible for the disappearance of the citizens. The AIB (American Information Bureau) recruited Special Forces and placed them on the streets of Los Angeles. You can assume the role of the protagonist who is haunted by the vision of a small girl, who you rescued during the previous mission. The game offers the similar gameplay to Metal Gear and Splinter Cell series. The primary objective of the player is to explore the world, fighting against enemies while avoiding vampires who want to kill you. Use a variety of weapons and slaughter horde of vampires to save the remaining citizens. There are different modes available such as deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, online multiplayer and more. Vampire Rain offers prominent features such as a variety of Missions, NPCs, Third-person Exploration, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.