Roblox encourages users to become game creators. This platform empowers its primarily younger user base to create games and experiences that have broad appeal. It also offers in-game monetization and advertising.
In addition to in-game help, Roblox uses facial age estimation and ID verification to allow users to play only age appropriate experiences. Parents can also activate content restrictions for their kids.
1. The Outlast Trials
Despite being a bit repetitive after a while, The Outlast Trials is a satisfying live service horror game. Its stealth gameplay is a blast to play with friends and its enemy AI feels legitimately intimidating as you chase after them in the dark, around noise traps, and even inside of failed minigames.
Its grotesque lineup of villains is impressively consistent as well, from the prison guard with his shattered mirror mask to Mother Gooseberry and her grotesque hand puppet duck. The Outlast Trials manages to deliver the low-light scares and managing night vision battery life that fans of the franchise will love, and its creepy asylum settings are also a treat to explore.
It’s an excellent multiplayer horror experience and a great return to form for Red Barrels. The only thing lacking is more story content to keep players occupied after they’ve completed everything the facility has to offer.
2. The Headliners
The Headliners is a co-op horror game that casts you and up to four other reckless journalists as they explore a city overrun by deadly creatures in an attempt to snap spine-chilling pictures. With death lurking around every corner and a finite number of runs available, it’s essential to bring in a friend if you want to make it far.
The Headliners plays very similar to Lethal Company and Content Warning, but adds a photo gimmick as well as the ability to review your shots. It’s almost as if the developers took all the best parts of these two games and crammed them into this twisted survival horror experience. One feature that makes The Headliners stand out from its contemporaries is that it rewards you with bonus points for pictures that include your friends being dismembered, chased or killed by monsters.
3. The Evil Within
Developed by Shinji Mikami’s Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within features unrelenting survival horror, grotesque abominations, and an unsettling meta-narrative twist that will keep you on edge even after the credits roll. Grainy lantern-lit visuals, eerie sound design, and an unsettling atmosphere make this a must-play for fans of psychological horror.
Fatal Frame is a terrifying Japanese mansion strewn with antiques and strange contraptions. This first-person creeper uses odd camera angles and jarring sound effects to maximize your paranoia, with grotesque transparent apparitions and a story that’ll have you clutching your stomach.
Powered by its love of classic horror games, Signalis uses a top-down 2D pixel universe to create an atmosphere that’s constantly on the verge of terror. Perfect for players who enjoy dark humour and unpredictable scares.
4. The Walking Dead Season 2
The Walking Dead Season 2 is the second game of Telltale’s series based on the popular AMC TV show. Like the first, it features gruesomely violent scenes of beloved characters getting ripped apart or shot, countless zombie hordes, and hard moral decisions that pit you against other survivors.
It also features a wide range of gameplay options and a variety of settings. It’s available for PC, macOS, Android devices, iOS, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One X|S, and HTC Vive. Roblox features millions of user-generated games (“experiences”) and has a huge community. However, it has been criticized for its darker themes and lack of parental controls. This has led to it being banned in certain jurisdictions. It does feature child safety tools and a commitment to safety. You can learn more about how it protects users’ privacy here.
5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Released in 2015 to monumental critical acclaim The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an epic medieval fantasy role playing game that set the bar for immersion and storytelling. It’s a big, beautiful world where you can wander the open world exploring forgotten ruins and caves, fight treasonous generals and devious witches, and make choices that have far-reaching consequences.
It’s a game that contrasts the sacred with the profane, beauty with blood; there is no other like it. Even if you’ve played the game before, the next-gen update is worth a look for its visual enhancements and a few other improvements.
Roblox proactively monitors the games (“experiences”) on its platform, but with hundreds of millions of active users, there is always the risk of inappropriate content. Kids under 13 are automatically barred from “Moderate” experiences using facial age estimation and parents can activate additional controls to regulate their screen time.
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Roblox is a massive online platform with millions of user-generated games (or experiences) made by users and amateur developers. Kids can play these games on their smartphones, tablets and computers, communicating via text chat in groups with friends or strangers. They can also access age-appropriate experiences based on their ESRB rating, which is automatically activated by facial recognition or ID verification.
The Legend of Zelda series has a long history of experimentation with horror elements, including a haunted garage sale N64 cartridge, an unspeakable creature from another dimension and a creepypasta story inspired by the Elegy of Emptiness statues. The upcoming Breath of the Wild II, which is set near the end of the series’ timeline, builds upon these themes.
The trailer for the game shows Zelda and Link exploring an unlit cavern underneath Hyrule Castle, encountering a desiccating corpse that’s bound by a bright blue force.
7. The Evil Within 2
Roblox (T for Teen) is a game-creation platform with millions of user-created games, virtual worlds and social hangouts. It has a strict age rating system and offers tools for parents to monitor screen time.
The Evil Within 2 is a survival horror game from Shinji Mikami, the mastermind behind Resident Evil. The sequel is a much more focused and well-paced experience that capitalises on its predecessor’s strengths.
The story revolves around a cop named Sebastian Castellanos who is plugged into an evil version of the Matrix to save his daughter. He gets to explore a spooky small town where he faces off against standard-issue zombies and much weirder creatures. Craft traps, sneak or run and hide to survive the onslaught of horrifying creatures who are determined to rip you apart. It is an excellent game that is very scary, even for older players.
8. The Walking Dead Season 3
Based on Robert Kirkman’s black and white comic book series, this gritty drama portrays life in the months and years following a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead is unrivaled in its ability to shock its audience with the sheer brutality of its violence and its willingness to leave no character unscathed.
In season 3, Rick, Daryl, and Michonne find themselves stranded in Woodbury when they are separated from Lori after she kills Merle. They encounter an obnoxious, arrogant Governor and his henchmen, including the ass-kicking and katana-wielding Michonne.
Roblox is a massively popular online gaming platform that allows players to build and create their own virtual worlds (“experiences”) for others to play in. While most experiences are designed for general gameplay, some do contain mature content and may require age estimation or parental controls to be activated.
9. The Evil Within
The Evil Within is a bleak return to survival horror from Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil and System Shock. It features a rehashed story of a psychological horror and improved gameplay that’s reminiscent of Resident Evil 4.
The game’s gritty visuals, menacing sound design, and grotesque monsters are sure to make your heart skip a beat. From a derelict hospital ward splattered with blood to a ravaged urban zombie apocalypse to an old creepy house, the game will keep your stomach churning as you make your way through its nightmarish world.
While it may not have as many scares as other horror games, it’s still a great choice for players who want to test their skills and teamwork. Just watch out for the mannequin factory level with gallons of gore and a giant valley full of creepy baby heads that’s more a joke than a serious scene.
10. Dark Souls
If you can stomach the unforgiving difficulty of this series, which is well known for its YOU DIED screens, Dark Souls is an incredible horror game. Its unyielding gameplay, backtracking and creative monsters make it an intense experience.
This remastered version of the 2011 game runs at 60FPS and features a 4k resolution. It is a must-play for fans of the franchise and anyone who’s interested in checking out this classic.
Its open world consists of fetid swamps, grandly dilapidated towns and castles, magma-carved tunnels and trap-filled dungeons. Unlike modern games, which handhold players through the mechanics, Dark Souls expects you to understand its complex systems on your own. The game even has a player-versus-player system that lets you invade the world of another person and, if they’re in Human form, assasinate them, writing their name into the Book of the Guilty.
