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.

13 Best Scary Games for Xbox One

#1 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter

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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is an Adventure and Single-player video game in the series of Adventure of Sherlock Holmes created by Frogwares and published by Bigben Interactive. It offers the similar gameplay to its previous titles, and the major part of the game involves examining clues and exploring crime scenes. Once the player finds out the clues, it will be added to deduction board. The game casts the player in the role of the protagonist, who must explore the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with NPCs and objects to collect clues and combine them to solve mystery cases. It puts the player in the experience of action and adventure to test the limits of his intelligence and nerves. It takes place in the fictional London threatened evil, and the player must take down them by completing the missions. The player assumes the role of the brilliant detective, and his primary goal is to uncover the secrets behind the mysteries. The game is about exploration, interrogations, battles, chases, and infiltration. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter offers prominent features such as Play as Sherlock Holmes, Explore Open Environment, Challenging Missions, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#2 Extreme Exorcism

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Extreme Exorcism is an Action-Adventure, Platform, Co-op, Horror, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Golden Ruby Games and published by Ripstone. The player can assume the role of the protagonist named as Mae Barrons and the game takes place in the hunting house invaded by spirits and ghosts. Your character is loaded with a ghost busting weapons such as rocket launchers, sharp boomerangs, etc. There are over ten different areas in the hunting house, and each room in the house offers its unique hellish hazard. Your ultimate task is to explore the world, fight against ghosts and spirits using your modern weapons and smash them to clear the stage. You can play alone or with friends in multiplayer mode. The game becomes challenging, as you survive longer. Unlock other levels by completing previous and collect bonuses to improve your skills and upgrade your weapons. With exciting gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful visuals, Extreme Exorcism is the best game to play and enjoy.

#3 Kholat

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Kholat is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed by IMGN.PRO for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the breathtaking environment and the story follows the female protagonist, struggling to find out nine Russian missing students. It centers on a true event that involved ten Russian Students missing on Kholat Syakhl and nine of them were found dead. It mixes the Exploration, First-person Perspective and Interaction elements. The player assume the role of the female protagonist and her primary objective is to manipulate the world as soon as possible and effort to find missing students to progress through the game. Investigate the event, find clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles to immerse herself in exploration experience. It has several levels available and each level offers different theme, tasks and characters to interact. Kholat offers core features such as Non-Linear Open World, Challenging Exploration, and Inspired by True Story, Sophisticated Soundtracks, Stunning Design and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#4 Narcosis

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Narcosis is a Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective and Adventure video game with VR elements created and published by Honor Code, Inc. The game takes place in the surreal world, centers on the depth of Pacific Ocean. The story follows a group of survivors who stuck in the Pacific Ocean with limited tools and low light. They must take a desperate step to reach the surface before their sanity and oxygen give out. The player assumes the role of the character, who is in a dive with the task to explore the underwater environment to collect rare objects and complete variety of puzzles. During the gameplay, the player discovers a lot of creatures, and his primary goal is to finish a variety of tasks to complete quests and reach the surface before the game ends. Survive as long as possible to become the master. The stress situation will increase the intake of oxygen, sound, time and distort sight. Narcosis includes core features such as Terror Verite, Beyond Good and Evil, Hostile Water, Pressure Kills and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#5 Hello Neighbor

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Hello Neighbor is an Action, Stealth, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild Games. The game takes place in the fictional land and introduces a variety of levels. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to sneak into the basement of his neighbor’s home to unearth the terrible mystery. Each neighbor has its unique behavior, depending on the past action of the player. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself moving into a new home across the street of strange neighbors, who seems to be keeping a mystery in their home’s basement. The ultimate task of the player is to get into the home, collect objects needed to access and unlock the basement of the home. During the exploration, the player needs to move carefully without making any noise, otherwise the neighbor will chase and catch him. There are four inventory spaces available, same kind of items can’t be placed together in the same space. With superb gameplay, immersive soundtracks, high detailed graphics and smooth controls, Hello Neighbor is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#6 The Solus Project

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The Solus Project is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Exploration video game with VR (Virtual Reality) elements. The game supports Single-player mode developed and published by Teotl Studios. It is the successor to the previous installment of The Ball developed by Teotl Studios. It takes place in the beautiful environment and puts the player assume the role of an astronaut, who is on an epic mission to save humanity. According to the story, the player stuck on a mysterious alien planet called Gliese-6143-C, due to a crash landing. The primary task of the player is to survive as long as possible while facing challenging factories such as thirst, hunger level, weather condition and body temperature. The planet is full of exotic places and ancient temples. The player can explore the world from the first-person perspective and can interact with environments and objects to progress in the game. The player must find a colony, grow plants, harvest resources to survive as long as possible and save the humanity. Discover new technologies, change the weather from scorching to chilling storms and more. The Solus Project offers prominent features such as Exploration, Crafting, Dynamic Weather, VR, Linear Gameplay, Adventure, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#7 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Capcom for multiple platforms. It is the 11th installment ad twenty-fourth title overall in the franchise of Resident Evil. It is the first game in the marvelous series available to be played from the first-person view. The story centers on the protagonist named as Ethan Winters, as he finds his beloved wife named as Mia, which leads him to a plantation by the Baker Family. The protagonist crafts weapons and other tools to face off Baker Family and the Molded, a form of bacteria. The primary objective is to explore the world from the first-person perspective and fight against zombies and other creatures using handguns, flame throwers, chainsaw, and shotgun, etc. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of certain objectives to progress. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to fight against enemies and the Baker Family to rescue his wife Mia from dangers. With enhanced mechanics, engaging gameplay and brilliant controls, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the best game to play and enjoy.

#8 Deadlight: Director’s Cut

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Deadlight: Director’s Cut developed by Tequila Works and published by Microsoft Studios is an Action, Side-scroll, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the Seattle in 1986 and revolves around the story of the protagonist named as Randall Wayne, who is a former park ranger. The protagonist is looking for his family in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. He left the group whom he has connected, and the protagonist must struggle to traverse the fictional world to find the safe zone, where he believes his family will be saved and waiting. The zombies threaten the world and the player can assume the role of the protagonist. His ultimate goal is to explore the world, avoid zombie hordes and survive as long as possible to save her family. The player can navigate the world from the side-scroll perspective and can move from right to left and left to right. The protagonist can crouch, long jump, walk, roll, and can perform more acrobatic moves. With superb various of puzzles, exciting story, and engaging gameplay, Deadlight: Director’s Cut is the best game to play and enjoy.

#9 The Bunker

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The Bunker is an Adventure, Psychological Horror and Single-player video game developed by Splendy Games and published by Wales Interactive. The story revolves around the protagonist, who has been lost his memory. It takes place in the fictional world and puts you in the role of John, the protagonist. Your ultimate task is to follow the daily routine of the protagonist when an alarm is triggered. Explore the area around the bunker and attempts to recover the memories of the protagonist and unearth the mysteries of the Bunker. The game is a mix of Adventure and Point and Click elements and using the first and third-person perspective while manipulating the world. It offers the protagonist with live action throughout a variety of levels and allows you engage yourself in adventure gameplay experience. The Bunker offers prominent features such as an Incredible Cast, Hidden Secrets, Live Action, fantastic Soundtrack and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#10 Metro: 2033 Redux

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Metro: 2033 Redux is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game created by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It brings an exciting story, in which the world was destroyed by an apocalyptic event, destroying almost humanity and transforming the planet Earth into a wasteland. The civilization of human entered into a new dark age with lots of challenges and dangers. It takes place in the future 2033, where a new generation was born and rise in an underground environment, and try their best to survive. You as the playable character can assume the role of the protagonist named as Artyom, who born on the last day before the devastation and raised underground. Your ultimate job is to manipulate the world, fight enemies who are the responsible for the destruction and kill them to restore your land. The environment can be explored from a first-person perspective, and you can use a variety of weapons to kill enemies and earn points. Two Play Styles (Survival and Spartan), Multiple Modes, Huge Arsenal of Weaponry, etc. are core features in the game to enjoy.

#11 Outlast 2

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Outlast 2 is an Adventure, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Red Barrels for multiple platforms. The game serves as the sequel to the game Outlast, released in 2013. The story follows the protagonist, a journalist named as Blacke Langermann, who is freely roaming the Arizona along with his wife named Lynn, to explore the murder of his a pregnant woman, Jane Doe. During exploration, the protagonist and wife get separated due to a helicopter crash, and now, the protagonist has to find his missing wife while traversing through a haunted village full of the sect. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor and takes place in the Northern Arizona. The player controls the protagonist, a journalist in the game, who must explore the environment to find his missing wife while facing multiple challenges. It offers thrilling gameplay that takes the player in the height of terror. The player can run, hide, sit and jump his way through a variety of levels to progress through the game. Outlast 2 offers enhanced graphics, breathtaking gameplay, and heart pumping soundtracks. Try it out, if you love playing the Horror-Survival game.

#12 Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition

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Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition offers four Downloadable Content Pack with Ultimate Open World Environment developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. It is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Beat ‘em up video game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes. It takes place in the zombie-apocalyptic, and the game lets the player step into the shoes of the previous title’s protagonist named as Nick Ramos and navigate the world from a third-person perspective. In the game, the primary objective of the player is to search for weapons and supplies to battle undead creatures and fulfill the requirements of different missions. Throughout the game, the player can save his progress anywhere. There are lots of challenging missions, and each mission needs a completion of individual objectives. The player will receive points for complete mission and can use them to unlock additional content. During the gameplay, the player will experience the horror, exciting open world and supply shortage. With the massive open environment, detailed graphics, brilliant controls, and realistic sound effects. Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.

#13 Little Nightmares

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Little Nightmares is an Adventure, Puzzle-platform, and Single-player video game with Horror scenarios created by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The plot takes place in the terrific environment known as The Maw, populated with powerful, strange creatures. The story of the game centers on a nine-year-old girl called Six, who is stuck in a strange environment. After waking up, the protagonist finds herself in Maw’s depth and makes a strong decision to explore the world, try her best to find out the way which leads to her home.

Soon the protagonist discovers about Janitor, who captures the innocent children and sends them on an overhead hook using a conveyer belt. You assume the role of the female protagonist, and your primary task is to manage food to satisfy your hunger, solve complicated puzzles and find a way out. There are numerous levels available, and each level needs the completion of individual objectives to progress through the entire story. Immerse yourself in a horrific journey where you encounter many deadly creatures, complex, challenging, and mind-bending puzzles.