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HORROR

Some doors are locked for a reason. We open them anyway. CRIMENET dives into horror games built to disturb, stalk and occasionally make you reconsider that perfectly innocent noise behind you. From psychological nightmares and survival horror to grotesque monsters, merciless killers and games where you become the thing everyone else should be running from, this is where gaming gets dark, strange and wonderfully unpleasant.

best horror games to play right now

THE BEST HORROR GAMES TO PLAY RIGHT NOW

The best horror games for sleepless nights, terrible decisions and discovering exactly how fast you can run when something starts breathing behind you.

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Endure sadistic Trials, escape Murkoff's experiments and try to keep your friends alive while deeply unpleasant people attempt to turn therapy into a contact sport.

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Grab your gear, enter haunted locations and figure out what's stalking you before the investigation becomes considerably more personal.

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