Jeff Brutlag

2023 was an incredible year for horror games, making me thrilled to see what 2024 has in store for us gamer ghouls. I’m amazed at how these developers are bringing their own touch to the genre, giving us so many different experiences while we get the sh*t scared right out of us. I love so many different types of games, from the fantasy worlds of Final Fantasy, to the mind-soothing antics of House Flipper 2, but there’s a special type of magic in the horror genre that never fails to bewitch me.

Whether you just got into horror games recently, or want to play more in 2024, here are my favorites of 2023 that I feel are definitely worth playing. I did my best to rank them based on my personal enjoyment, but they’re also like my babies, so just know I love them all very, very much!

7. Lethal Company

The fact that this game came out of nowhere and took the gaming world by storm is so fascinating, and I’m thrilled to see such a fun, kooky, and spooky game take off the way that it did.

In Lethal Company, you play as scrap collectors hopping from planet to planet to collect random junk and sell it to an entity known as “the Company.” While collecting scrap, players must avoid these planets’ creatures, from shadow-like specters hell-bent on snapping your neck, to mannequins that swiftly stalk you when you’re not looking. Players have to meet a quota that steadily increases by selling scraps, or else they’re ejected into space for failing to feed “the Company.”

This might be one of the most addicting co-op experiences I’ve had in gaming. Not only is it genuinely scary to be hunted by the extraterrestrial horrors, but the amount of wild shenanigans that ensue will have you going from jump-scared to laughing in no time at all. Even if you’re sensitive to horror, recruiting a friend to meet quota for the Company will absolutely create so many wacky memories for everyone involved.

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