Are there any good horror games that rely completely on atmosphere? As in zero or almost no jumpscares

Are there any good horror games that rely completely on atmosphere? As in zero or almost no jumpscares.

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No that'd be stupid. Honestly it'd probably be worse then a game that's all jump scares and no atmosphere.

Amnesia is all about the atmosphere. You always know when the monsters are coming, but you need to hide from them rather than facing them head on because you can't kill them.

No because those games don't sell well

No.

Amnesia has jumpscares in it.

Siren on PS2.

Stuff like that doesn't bother me. It's shit like the wolverine in Until Dawn that I hate.

On PS4 now too.

metro / stalker

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Silent Hill 1 has maybe one jump scare

That's a wendigo you fucking mong

pathologic and the void

u wot m8?

no. because good horror games don't exist.

>LELELE PLAYING TENSE MUSIC 24/7
>EBIN JUNMP SCARES ECKS DEE

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I don't understand all the hate against jumpscares. I think they're fine in a horror game; being wary of them is part of the fun.

If a game was guaranteed to have no jumpscares from the start, and you knew it, I think it would feel a lot less tense. It's good to have that uncertainty.

nah that looks more like a fucken wombat then anything else mate.

Amnesia has jumpscares, like the first enemy you see in the game(he turns out to be an illusion but still) or the time you meet the brute for the first time when he barges through the door to fuck you up

are there any horror games that are totally just vile and nasty, with enemy designs that make your skin crawl?

the forest

Jumpscares are okay if there is a threat behind them.
Something going boo isn't that awful.
Something going boo then mouthraping you is pretty upsetting

boo!

the soundscape in the apartment and flat areas was super unsettling to me, that use of knocks and footsteps like they're right around the corner was creepy as shit.

...

WHAT THE FUCK, MAN.

I'd like the game to make me afraid of what's in the game, rather than make me afraid it'll play a sudden and loud noise to shock me.

Did SH2 have any real jumpscares? I can't remember.

HOLY SHIT THIS

Cursed Mountain and aside from the battle system (might be different on PC) it's pretty good.

jumpscares are the absolute lowest form of horror
rather than making something genuinely and interestingly scary, it relies on the basic human trait of being filled with adrenaline under sudden threat

it takes absolutely no skill whatsoever to pull off

That's clearly a rascal

>Are there any good horror games that rely completely on atmosphere?
Shit yeah.

P.T.

Eternal Darkness.

Was that scary? That look like some "artsy" crap game like "The Path"

i dont remember any jumpscares besides the first time a synthetic grabs your leg, but alien isolation has some fucking amazing atmosphere building

step out junior, the adults are talking.

The alien is a jumpscare you mong.

The forest is a fucking comedy adventure from what I've played.
>Kill some assholes
>Build a totem of their limbs with a friend and call it modern art
>Roast some arms and eat them while the baddies dance around our fire.
Quality game it was.

not really, the first time you see it, it just plops quietly from the vents with no real ceremony, and for the most part theres no actual jumpscare to the alien itself, since you either know where it is or know where it should be

That's not true. The alien shoots up right in front of you if it gets you.

The Cradle level from Thief3 was spooky as fuck, but had no jumps IIRC.

Well if literal nothing scares you then OK

that isnt a jumpscare though, the alien itself is always visible when that happens except for in the vents, and you're able to see when they're there so its not like you cant expect it.

It can get you from behind.

Which is always accompanied by very loud screeching, footsteps and your motion sensor having a fit. The alien is literally the most predictable and easy to manipulate thing in the game

>The Void
>artsy crap

While it is "artsy", it's not crap, and has an actually interesting gameplay, unlike modern museum simulators.

There's a lot of complaints to make about Alien Isolation but "Jumpscares" isn't one of them.

>wild exaggerration
>loud screeching sudden attack not jumpscare

Okay boyo.

I agree but there are still a few jumpscares in the game.

If Amnesia, with it's 2-3 jumpscares counts then so does alien isolation.

Stalker series mainly relies on atmosphere.

Subnautica, while not a horror game, can get really intense if you have thalassophobia. Most creatures announce their presence with cries that carry for hundreds of meters, so they'll never really get a jump on you.

Penumbra

>As in zero or almost no jumpscares.
Wow what an awesome game
>Walk around area
>Nothing to threaten the player
>No jumpscares, just MUH ATMOSPHERE
Sounds boring as shit. I'm glad you don't make games

>saving
>instant death

Frequent and/or lame jumpscares can get pretty bad, but having zero jumpscares is just blueballing players, period. People like you never seem to understand this.