10 Extremely Underrated Horror Games That You Need To Play

1) Deadly Premonition

What’s that? Deadly Premonition is one of the most underrated horror games of all time? You betcha. Japanese developer Swery65 and Access Games’ cult survival-horror opus released in 2010 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and went on to become the Guinness World Record’s “Most Critically Polarizing Game Of All Time.”

The title is infamous for its B-movie charm, open-world ambition, hilarious dialogue, catchy music and surprisingly well delivered narrative. The latter point is especially impressive considering that the game is set in a massive, living and breathing open world. You play the role of crackpot FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan, who has been assigned to investigate the Raincoat Killer within a small rural American village called Greenvale.

A little like Grand Theft Auto — albeit, with a much, much tighter budget — Deadly Premonition can be explored on foot or by car and there are a ton of kooky, memorable characters to meet and creepily intriguing places to visit. It even has in-game shaving and washing, and if you don’t shower enough, you’ll be hounded by a horde of bothersome flies. Nice touch!

Deadly Premonition is basically Twin Peaks: The Game, so if the sound of that gets your heart racing, then you should absolutely check this horror gem out. It’s undoubtedly one of the most unique, most bizarre and most memorable titles I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. And it’s also unquestionably one of my favourite games of all time. Isn’t that right, Zach?