Summary
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Horror games often use prisons because of their claustrophobic atmosphere.
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Some horror games focus solely on prisons and keep players locked up.
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Games such as Resident Evil Revelations 2 and the suffering stand out to create eerie prison environments.
Horror games often use prisons as one of their many creepy and investigable areas. It is only natural, since the claustrophobic and oppressive nature in the prison environments is perfectly suited for the horror play of the sad atmosphere is so skilled at creating.

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The atmosphere in these horror games alone can scare even the bravest players.
However, prisons are often just a ball point in a long list of places in a single game rather than being its point of contact. The games below then differ from other titles in the genre by setting their stories only within or largely around the prisons, keeping players locked behind rusty bars and concrete walls for the majority of their Runtime.
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Resident Evil Revelations 2 – Episode One: Penal Colony
Resident Evil's first steps back to their heyday
Release date |
February 25, 2015 |
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ESRB |
M |
Developer |
Capcom |
Genre |
Horror |
With Resident Evil Revelations 2 Being divided into individual episodic payments that can be enjoyed as their own small packages, it felt appropriate to mention it only when talking about the horror game prisons. After a mysterious group of armed individuals abandon them, serial veteran Claire Redfield and newcomer Moira Burton wake up to be caught in a decay prison.
With Revelations 2 comes from the burning heels of Resident Evil 6Barley and barley in the imprisonment of this opening section felt like the first step towards Capcom to return to their previous heyday of Resident evil – a process that would be completed two years later with the release of Resident Evil 7.
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Kletka
Falls into depths in a gigastructure
Kletka See players who assume the roles of prisoners who have been convicted of serving their time in the title prison, called by developer callback and in404 as a “giant structure.”
As one has already guessed, Kletka is no ordinary prison, whereby it is an endlessly expanding building filled with supernatural deviations. To be a co-op horror play, KletkaThe game will feel familiar to the fans of its ILK, focusing on the cleaning of fuel to drive a carnivorous lift reminiscent of the scrap of collection of Lethal Company.
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The manufacturer of masks
Surrealist prison's nightmare
Release date |
November 6, 2022 |
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ESRB |
N/a |
Developer |
Felix.kraus |
Genre |
Horror |
The manufacturer of masks Is an indie game developed by Felix.kraus during a horror game. The title sees players dangle in a mysterious prison at the end of a meat hook before they then have a mask hammered on their face.
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Sometimes the best horror games are the shortest. These titles deliver all major fears and a huge impact within short playing times.
The manufacturer of masks Is one of the games that feels immediately exciting in their opening minutes, sucks players with their eerie atmosphere and disturbing images. Free and less than an hour long, there is no excuse for players not to explore The manufacturer of masks.
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Alien 3 – SNES version
Bug hunting platform
Release date |
June 1993 |
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ESRB |
T |
Developer |
Acclaim Studios London, Bits Studios |
Genre |
Platform player, horror |
Based on the movie by the same name, Foreign 3 Has players assuming control over the iconic heroine of the franchise, Ripley, when she tries to survive the prison colony Fiorina 161.
Foreign 3 Got a number of gates to different consoles that each seemed to interpret the game in their own way, but it was the SNES version that stood out among the rest. The SNES version combined platforms with side collers and saw players who blasted through the prison as they completed their assignments, who were unique at the time when they allowed players to approach goals in the order they chose.
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Callisto protocol
Caught on Jupiter's dead Moon
Callisto protocol was released 2022 to mixed reception thanks to its inability to live up to the legacy of its leader developer, Glen Schofield's second interstellar nightmare, Death space. In spite of its shortcomings, Callisto protocol still delivered on their attitude.
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Players assume the role of Jacob Lee when he is imprisoned in a prison with high security that is exceeded with mutated monsters. Infected with fleshy growths, sprayed with gore and fall apart in the seams, CallistoThe prison setting feels fine -tuned in its chaos.
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Suffering
Fighters of the revelation of executed prisoners
Suffering is a horror bead that went overlooked when it was released in 2004. Players assume the role of torque, a man who is imprisoned after he murder his ex-wife and two children, a crime which he cannot remember, however. Just as he is being executed, the prison falls into chaos when there is an attack by monsters.
The said monsters are unique in their design because they are the living embodiment of various forms of execution that are practiced in prison. The design choice of the game's enemies perfectly complements the depressing and haunting atmosphere of the prison, which makes Suffering Stand out among horror plays based on pictures alone.
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Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Caught on a prison island
Just as she will do in Resident Evil Revelations 2 15 years later, Resident Evil Code: Veronica See that Claire Redfield is captured and captured on the distant island, rock fort.
As expected with prison settings, the complex Claire is held on the island obsessed with an atmosphere that feels dark and sad, which stands out even among others Resident evil game. Although the game eventually moves to a research facility in Antarctica, Code: Veronica Keeping their players caught in Rockfort's walls during the majority of their driving time.

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