Probably betraying my age here... When that T-rex emerged from the darkness in the original Tomb Raider...man. Brilliant.

Resident Evil 3. The first time Nemesis follows you into a "safe" area, and your entire body tenses up as you mash the buttons going "Shit-shit-shit-shit-shit-shit-shit-SHIT!" 😂

Every time I replayed RE Village I dreaded having to play through the baby part again

The dogs jumping through the windows in the original Resident Evil. Made worse by the stupid capcom controls. I panicked, pushed left to turn and run and all that happened is I turned in circles until I was mauled.

Nothing has made my heart stop more than Man-Bat in Arkham City.

Dead Space 2 segment was very memorable. The first game had such an impact that you could feel neck tightening just walking the ship again.

The Kakariko Village well from OOT. The idea that this whole torture dungeon with monsters (and Dead Hand) was hiding just underneath this idyllic village was terrifying to me as a kid.

I have such a funny memory about the FEAR ladder. My dad was playing the game when I was a little younger and I swear, I have never seen a man punch his escape key so fast and hard from Alma popping up, so he could catch his bearings, just to unpause go down the rest of the ladder and getting jumpscared by that second guy and him ALT+F4'ing. He's not really a man who gets scared easily and he played a lot of horror games before, but FEAR was one of the only games I saw him play that brought that type of reaction out of him. I found it funny watching that happen😄

"A panic attack made manifest" is such a great phrase!

A moment like this for me would be the introduction of the Flood in Halo: Combat Evolved. For a majority of the game, it's your standard sci-fi shooter. You're a super soldier fighting aliens on a ring-shaped planet with a group of space marines, nothing really special about that. Until you meet the Flood. All of a sudden, you're pulled out of the non-stop run & gun action shooter and dropped into a freaking horror game, facing off against hordes of ninja zombies. After several hours fighting the Covenant, the Flood came completely out of nowhere, and it was a terrifying experience. What's awesome is it still holds up 23 years later.

When I saw a Feral Ghoul Reaver for the first time in Fallout 3, in the subways for the president to escape. It's head was stuttering and flopping around as it was attacking me, I was terrified. I genuinely thought Reavers would be like that, then I learned that Reavers are just tough Feral Ghouls, and the stuttering flipping around was just Bethesda's incompetency. Scarred me for life though.

I miss games like Manhunt and the era it was made in. I truly wish some studios would come along again and make "adult" games again - they are sorely missed.

Fear 2s school hallway deserves a mention too, that moment was worse for me than any of the ladders in fear or side spooks

One of my biggest moments of tension was when playing Dying light 1 and knowing that the sun has set and i am far from shelter, and out of nowhere a volatile person passes by, he sees me, he screams and calls for help And my biggest jumps care was in Madison, those sudden appearances.

The Forest, for what it is, the first true run through the game and not knowing much, had a many intense and jumpscare moments for me. And I don't get jumpscared easily, ever. Plus , the AI in that game, for the time, was very well done especially for ambusing/watching you. To just be roaming through a forest at night, trying to farm materials and you see a cannibal just staring at you through a treeline was mint intensity !

The only time a game ever really freaked me out was a bad glitch during Harry Potter Half Blood Prince where Snapes mouth turned into solid black pixels and the pixels kept expanding across the screen. He looked like a demon. It was so unexpected in a HP game haha

For me it was the workbench ambush in The last of us 2. Definitely caught me off guard:P

That Xenomorph AI is easily the best AI I ever seen in a game.

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i fear open water, i fear deep water. i fucking finished subnautica twice and its sequel! nothing is stopping me from playing a survival

Playing Alien Isolation in VR definitely added to the experience. At some point you do start to get used to the alien, that is until the level where the station is on fire. Seeing the alien materialize through the smoke in a narrow hallway really put the fear back in me.

Allen isolation should be number 1. Jump scares are good, but that game kept you terrified.

The Forest and Evil Within had some crazy moments as well

The department store in Condemned is a solid mention. Walking through a dark deparment store wirh druggies dressed as mannequins attacking you was terrifying.

Surprised Condemned: Criminal Origins wasn't a bonus mention. Especially when the scariest part ISNT the weeping angel mannequins, but actually a freaking BEAR!

One of my favorites is the first night a.k.a meeting Volatiles for first time in Dying Light, at that moment the game basically told you "your objective: survive and RUN for your life!".. The other one is from Condemned: Criminal Origins where you are inside a department store and all the mannequins move behind you if you don't look at them..

Seeing price of Ubisoft games

Fear is the -mindkiller- heart stopper

Great video. I always find it interesting that Condemned: Criminal Origins is barely mentioned in today's lists. I felt like that game introduced me to the horror genre in a way other games didn't.

The dentist in Bioshock got me the first time around as I was playing the game in the early hours of the morning, lights out, and headphones on. I don't remember there was any indication that there's a person behind you and when I turned around, got me good. Same thing with Man-Bat in Arkham Knight. Got me the first time but even though I know what's coming on replay, I still get startled.

I still remember the constant feeling of dread re entering the Ishimura in Dead Space 2. Such a brilliant part of the game and the entire series.

For me it has to be the “Look behind you” moment in P.T. I’ve never gotten goosebumps from a video game until that moment.

For me Alien Isolation is one of the if not the best Survival Horror games I've ever played. I wish we would at least get a Next Gen update.

The German Shepherds in Medal of Honor Allied Assault always scared the crap out me as a kid. They almost had no eyes ( cuz of 2002 technology ) & it freaked me out.

Dying Light 1, the first mission at night. Man, that was quite something!

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is the most criminally underrated game of all time. The water monster made most people stop playing.

Gameranx has become a part of my daily ritual now. Stay awesome guys (and the best bird of gaming).

The Psychomantis fight in MGS1. It wasn't as scary, as anxiety inducing. When the game screen would go black with "Hideo" on it, or reading your save file, or making you figure out to switch controller ports - completely screwing with your expectations of what a Boss fight can be.

For me its probably meeting the Night Folk in RDR2 for the first time, the basement infected sequence in The Last of Us, or meeting the Divider for the first time in Dead Space 1

I'm not super into horror games, but I think the moment where I felt the most anxiety and palpable sense of fear was the hospital basement/parking garage in Last of Us Part 2. Floor by floor you descend, and with each floor, the fungal overgrowth becomes more and more. There's this sense of something around the corner, stealthing around making sure there are no sleeping clickers to bump into or stalker around a corner. Until you get down to very bottom floor and there are spores everywhere, growth so thick it consumes everything. You think surely there's something coming. But there's not. So you get into the parking garage and find the ambulance and think "great! Here we are! That wasn't so bad." And then it's "GOOD FUCKIN LORD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!?!" Boom, Rat King.

Manhunt and Piggsy mentioned. I'm a happy man. ❤

Just in time for my lunch break! Thx!

This has been a legendary list, my only confession here is that only the xenomorph filled me with enough fear that I freeze

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Absolutely loved Outlast 2, so much better done than first one. And one of the scariest games ever that really can be dreadful is Cry of Fear.

subnautica is definitely a horror game cause they definitely had intent to scare the players with the giant leviathans

Bioshock has one very similar scare, where you turn on the light and you see a creepers shadow on the wall in front of you. When you turn around it immediatly attacks you while screaming. One of the most memorable scares I experienced.

Dead Space 1, I was playing it with a friend when Issac entered a corridor with sticky liquid on the floor. We started laughing about how he walks funny, next second he's getting dragged around by a giant arm and we're both having a heart attack. 100% effective jump scare, unforgettable.

The worst part in alien isolation to me is WAITING for the tram as the tension slowly rises, you know the xenomorph is out there, you know you can't escape until the tram arrives, all you can do is wait, hide, and pray. I'd love to see a list of similar absurd tension moments, that kind of terror is so much more effective to me than the in your face jumpscares, just... waiting The DS2 Ishimura sequence is a very similar thing at first

Falcon... i hate to stir the pot. I hope Gameranx is paying you heavenly because cot dang, you make these top 10s so entertaining.

Excellent topic for this vid! Love basically all of your stuff! Great work!

Great list as always Falcon my man. Two moments for me will always be THAT safe room in the original Resident Evil 2 and the end of the first Fear game. They really mess with your stress levels.

#8 the reaper leviathans are WAY more terrifying than ghost leviathans

My personal greatest horror gaming moment is in The Last of Us part 2. The part when you stuck in pitch black room and there are many stalkers. These guys are insanely creepy. They don't just attack you. They move around. They wait, and wait, then boom behind you! I was so scared that I plant many bomb traps down to cover my back. So good.

Great Video. I really miss those great gaming moments, they seem to get rarer the older I get.

Oh my God the ocarina of time one! Core memory unlocked, I remember playing that as a child and being legitimately terrified of those things.

No video game moment will ever be more impacting and unsettling to me than when the Blood Moon dawns in Bloodborne. Everything from the scenery of the lake to the crying baby in the background to Queen Yharnam with the blood on her dress to the moon itself. Iconic

ALIEN: ISOLATION. No comparison.

I'm glad you guys put the redeads as number 1 on your list as they really creeped me out as a kid. That screeching sound literally made my sensitive air drums scream and gave me the chills as well.

Clock Tower, SNES, was the original heart stopper. I'll never forget The Slasher crashing through the sky light and the sound of the shears scraping across the wooden floor.

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Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly deserves a place on this list… that game had some great scares!!!

I'm surprised your first encounter with Laura from The Evil Within wasnt on this list, that is a good one!

Not a jump scare but a moment of realization. Mass Effect 1, when you speak with Sovereign for the first time and realize that something the size of a Star Destroyer is a sentient alien. Gives my chills every time.

Great watch just before bed time.......

This video brings back a lot of memories lol

Brainsucker from Bloodborne deserves a shout out. Never know when they are going to turn and sprint. I have played through the game at least three times, and I am terrified of those things every time.

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Half Life 2, We Don’t Go To Ravenholm Anymore was one of the scariest video game experiences of my life when I was a kid.

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I finished Subnautica, and not only the Leviathans terrified me, but the Warpers did too 3:08

I’m so happy to hear Manhunt get mentioned! I loved playing that game growing up and I still play it on my ps4 til this day lol I really miss that era in video games

Great video. I'm surprised the haunted mansion level from A Hat In Time didnt get a mention. That amount of terror in what is essential a kids game is uncalled for.

I don't usually ever run away from a video game, no matter how scared it makes me feel. But RE Village did just that. In House Beneviento, the first moment you hear the giant baby before you actually see it. That house already had me so on edge that after hearing those sounds I turned around, ran straight to the closest save point and noped myself right out of there for the rest of the day. And of course, as one honorable mention I have to bring up Anima from The Evil Within 2. I'll never forget about the very first time I encountered her because she perfectly toys with my long-lasting fear of your typical, long-haired ghost girls.

The first thing that chases you in Evil Within 2 with all of the people and that spine is engraved in my mind.

got a bit of an obscure one; monkey island 2 lechucks revenge - the bunker ending sequence where lechuck is stalking you with a voodoo doll constantly and you can’t escape until you make a voodoo doll of him - you’d randomly be teleported to a room and you’d have no idea how close he was to you or if you’d stumble into him looking for items - also remember i was 5/6 years old back in 96/97, when my dad played this for me and my brother. something about the pixelated red eyes, lurching walk and his moving, living beard - i’ve had recurring nightmares for years even though to me now its a nostalgic MS DOS game

I think Dying Light's first night mission belongs to this list. That's the first time you are introduced to volatiles and they are chasing you in pitch dark!

Thanks for unlocking a core nightmare memory from my childhood with that Legend of Zelda one. I completely forgot about that freaky zombie things great!!!

Nice list I’ve actually experienced most of these lol

Fear had tons of great moments. The hall, the ladder, the vent, the office space. Alma just has that good way of scaring the crap out of you.

Thanks Falcon! I had actually subconsciously forgotten about "that ladder" in FEAR. lol Now I remember it all too well. Dropping my controller and yelling at a tv screen like a crazy teen lol

"Bonecurdling scream". Ah yes. When something is bone chilling and blood curdling :P

Honorable mention. Returning to House Beneviento in the Shadows of Rose DLC. That in and of itself brought back memories we believed abandoned. But then suddenly... mannequins are moving. I remember playing it before I had to goto work, because I had an hour before the time I left home to get to work. I saw the first mannequin and thought "Oh Lord its gonna move". But even though I saw it coming, it freaked me out so damn bad I said screw it and went to work an hour early.

Subnautica is a terror craziness.......I totally agree. The devs did good

0:18 I wouldn’t know about the medical bay. I got so spooked by waiting for the tram (yes the one right there at the beginning) that I haven’t gotten any further into the game 😂

Ahh subnautica one of the best games I've ever played ❤

Dying light 1’s Airdrop mission and the first encounter with the volatiles was one of the scariest moments for me the first time I’ve played it I ran like my life depended on it

The most heart stopping moment is when you’re memory card wouldn’t read and you think you lost all you’re saves

4:15 if you are the kind of person to fear open water then PLAY this game if you are into that sort of thing. It adds a lot to the experience. The leviathans aren't really scary once you realize that they always just patrol certain locations and never stray away from them though. You know that you are perfectly safe as long as you don't enter that particular area that usually doesn't have anything important in it

good choice for #1 i def have memories of those redeads

Honorable mentions: The moment in Resident Evil 4 when you have to give Ashley a piggyback ride in the castle and then protect her. That was really stressful. Outlast 2, The Evil Within, Amnesia, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 7 also had some amazing moments like that.

After finally taking years to beat Isolation I can firmly say yes, the alien made me clench for a good like 6 - 8 hours pretty consistently. But I have never made the sounds I made when getting violated by a facehugger.

Almost all of Alien: Isolation is one big jumpscare. The xenomorph could get you anytime, even when you try to save.

The locker room in Silent Hill 1 is probably one of the most effective uses of jumpscares ever First time, you're faked out by a cat jumping out of the locker, then hearing it being eaten by something in the hallways of the school The second time, in the dark version of the school, you think be a monster cat or something in the locker, but nothing is inside except some blood Then a body falls out of one of the bigger lockers the second you turn away to leave the room No enemies either time, but just clever uses of fakeouts to get your heart racing

the chill that when down my spine every time i walked through market in OOT as a kid was unlike no other.

Dead Space Remake is one of my favorite PS5 era games. I want a second one so bad ❤

Senua's Sacrifice and the crazy voice close to the end of the game is one of the most upsetting things I've ever experienced in a game.

The moment CyberScam 2077 was released.

The first chase from Dying Light should’ve made the list

Dude...the Outlast series deserves most of these spots, imo lol that game series is by far the scariest, for me! Love it!