Some of the best horror games share something in common: and that is The ability to deliver a feeling of fright and unease upon pressing start on the title screen. Luckily, there’s no shortage of video game titles designed to send you into a tailspin of terror. Be it games from the past or present; The one thing they all share is that they’re designed to make you feel like anything could be lurking around the shadows with just a simple press of a button.

This is why THIS stage of the Retro VGM Revival Hour has chosen the most haunting tracks from various horror themed games to get your blood pumping this Halloween season.


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1.) The 7th Guest – George Alistair Sanger (David Sanger for "Skeletons In My Closet") – “Dolls Of Doom, Rain, Skeletons In My Closet (vocals by Kris McKay) & The Game (vocals by Robert Harrison),“ – April 1, 1993 – Trilobyte/Virgin Interactive Entertainment

2.) Resident Evil 3 (2020) – Saori Maeda, Masami Ueda, Ryo Koike, Takumi Saito & Azusa Kato – “The City of Ruin, Free from Fear, Fighting in the Flames, Laboratory & Surrounded by Terror“ – April 3, 2020

3.) Mortal Shell – Simon Heath – “Deep Roots, Dark Father & Under a Broken Sun“ – August 18, 2020 – Cold Symmetry/Playstack

4.) World of Horror – Pawel Kozminski – “Seaside Mystery, Seaside Combat & Home“ – Feb 20, 2020 – Pawel Kozminski/Ysbryd Games

5.) Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Kevin Collier – “Intro“ – January 1, 1994 -Psygnosis

6.) Bendy and the Ink Machine – theMeatly – “Build Our Machine, The Searchers, Sammy Jam, Little Devil Darling & Drawn to darkness“ – February 10, 2017 – Kindly Beast/Rooster Teeth Games

7.) Castle of Terror – Neil Brennan – “The Village“ – 1984 – Beam Software/Melbourne House

8.) Outlast – Samuel Laflamme – “First Chase, Male Ward Chase, Now My Son & Surgeon Attack“ – September 4, 2013 – Red Barrels

9.) Dead Space 2 – Jason Graves – “Padded Room With A View, Class Dismissed & War and Pieces“ – January 25, 2011 – Visceral Games/EA

10.) Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion (Spooky’s House of Jumpscares) – Akuma Kira – “The House That Spooky Built (Main Theme), VIOLENT, Your Consenting Mind (Clean ver.) & A Smile Beneath Your Skin“ – October 24, 2014 – Lag Studios

11.) Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet – Philippe Vachey – “Path To The Calvary, Illsmouth Theme 1 & Welcome To Illsmouth“ – March 25, 1993 – Infogrames

12.) Carrion – Cris Velasco – “Eternal Adversary, Appetite for Destruction & Attack of the Peacekeepers“ – July 23, 2020 – Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital

13.) Alone in the Dark – Philippe Vachey – “In the Eye of the Storm, The Battle Against Evil, Gramophone Part 3 & Run for Your Life“ – 1992 – Infogrames

14.) OverBlood – Hiroaki Iwatani – “Earthquake Damage, Crisis & Last Fight“ – August 2, 1996 – Riverhillsoft/EA

15.) Maid of Sker – Gareth Lumb & Tia Kalmaru – “Calon Lân (Pure Heart), Sanctuary, Relentless & Suo Gân (Welsh Lullaby)“ – July 28, 2020 – Wales Interactive

16.) Blair Witch – Arkadiusz Reikowski – “Prologue, The Scent & I Am Here But You’re Not“ – August 30, 2019 – Bloober Team/Lionsgate Games

17.) Agony – Jeroen Tel, Tim Wright & Martin Iveson – “High Score, The forest (Level 2) & Intro/opening“ – 1992 – Art & Magic/Psygnosis

18.) Conarium – Onur Şamlı & Oral Şamlı – “Antarctic Base Theme 1, Tension & Rememberance“ – June 6, 2017 – Zoetrope Interactive/Iceberg Interactive

19.) Penumbra (Black Plague, Overture & Requiem) – Mikko Tarmia – “Penumbra theme, Overture Theme, Requiem Theme & Spider attack“ – March 8, 2007 – Frictional Games/Lexicon Entertainment


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