Top 10 Hottest Horror Games Based on Real Places and Events
Horror games have become an important part of the gaming world, expanding into many subgenres, styles, and locations. Horror games can evoke a wide range of emotions, from disgust and panic to existential feelings of fear that last for days. A large number of fictional locations in the game, despite having a hellish scenario, are in fact based on real-world locations to increase the horror of the player. You know, sometimes, the real world can be as terrible as fiction. Here is a list of interesting games that readers may not have known that are inspired by real-life locations and events.
1
Outlast
Outlast Full Official Trailer
Outlast is a survival horror game whose main character is a journalist who is investigating an abandoned refugee camp deep in the Colorado mountains. Mount Massive Asylum is named after a real mountain in the Colorado Range, and the building itself is modeled after the "H. H. Richardson Complex" in Buffalo, New York.
The rough actions of the villainous Murkoff Corporation in the game are heavily inspired by Project MK Ultra. In the United States in the mid-50s, MK Ultra involved the creation of biological weapons on humans, mind control through drug use, torture, and information overload. In Outlast, the Murkoff corporation starts from where the government left off and continues its terrifying experiments.
Genre: horror, survival
Platforms: Cross-platform (including Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, OS X Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Red Barrels
Release year: 4/9/2013
Game Price: $19.99
Download link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/238320/Outlast/
2
Chernobylite
Chernobylite - Official PC Launch Trailer
This game is certainly not the first to be based on the devastating disaster in Pripyat, but the latest. Chernobylite is a sci-fi survival game set in a nuclear power reactor that exploded in the mid-80s and caused a terrible chain of events that claimed many lives and ruined the region. for many decades to come. While not specifically listed as a horror game, those who understand the disaster and its impact will appreciate its scary side.
In Chernobylite, the player takes on the role of Igor, a scientist who must enter this forbidden area to find his long-lost fiancée. Feelings of haunting and melancholy provide a glimpse into the true cruelty of the unfortunate event.
Genre: survival, shooting, action, indie
Platforms: Cross-platform (including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S...)
Publisher: The Farm 51, All in! Games, Perpetual Europe
Release year: October 16, 2019
Game Price: $20.52
Download link: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21999/Chernobylite_Deluxe_Edition/
3
Silent Hill
Silent Hill Trailer (1999)
Silent Hill mentioned on this list isn't exactly a pleasant affair, and certainly not a place people would like to believe exists. However, it is based on a real location. Silent Hill was inspired by the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
Centralia is entrenched in its own tragedy. Once a prosperous mining town, it was unable to withstand a fire that broke out in the mines below the town. The fire could not be controlled, creating sinkholes in the ground. The fire is said to still burn to this day and the town's population has dwindled to almost none. This tragic story fits well with the nightmare scenarios in Silent Hill. Thankfully, the only monster in Centralia is the flame, not anything like a zombie nurse.
Genre: Survival, Role Playing, Action, Horror
Platform: Cross-platform (including PlayStation 2/3, Xbox, Windows)
Publisher: Konami
Release year: January 31, 1999
Game Price: $25.57
Download link: https://oldgamesdownload.com/silent-hill-al3/
4
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village - Announcement Trailer
Some fans may not know that the most recent Resident Evil installment has a location based on a real-world location. Resident Evil Village is about a family of vampires named Dimitrescu who live in Dimitrescu Castle atop a dark village.
The inspiration for this Dimitrescu Castle was Peles Castle, located in Transylvania. Fans in Romania and near Transylvania even came to the castle to take photos to compare the two locations. The castle is really impressive, is a great building to serve as a base for a game location, and it complements the story wonderfully.
Genre: horror, survival, action, adventure
Platform: Cross-platform (including Windows 10, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, XOne ...)
Publisher: Capcom
Release year: 7/5/2021
Game Price: $19.99
Download link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196590/Resident_Evil_Village/
5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Atari 2600
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Atari 2600
The 1983 game "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Atari 2600" is based on the movie of the same name, but it still comes from a true event "Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
The terrible inspiration for the series was the killer, "Butcher of Plainfield: Ed Gein." Although he is not from Texas, his violent and heinous actions are the basis for the Chainsaw Massacre films. The setting of the houses and the main plot, both based on the life of Gein, who is known for creating furniture from human parts.
Genre: Action
Platform: Atari 2600
Publisher: Wizard Video Game
Release year: 3/14/1983
Game price: because this is a game that has been released for a long time, the price of the game is now "for sale" at a fairly high price compared to when it was first launched. Currently, the highest price I see people bidding is at $392.54
Download link: https://wowroms.com/en/roms/atari-2600/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-usa-proto/31000.html
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