Great Western Horror Games inspired by J-Horror, ranked

Summary

• Visage draws inspiration from PT and J-Horror and offers intense and punchy horror.

• Mortuary Assistant delivers powerful horror through J-horror-based workplace's supernatural meetings.

• The media stands out in modern horror games, mixing reality and a hell world in a unique way.

At the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, Japanese horror media exploded in popularity around the world and became its own distinct sub -genre known as “J-Horror.“It was known for their extremely punching scary, eerie atmosphere, focus on an increasingly digital world and really cursed atmospheres. It is no surprise, since many Western games have since decided to use J-Horror as an inspiration.

Whether it is games that explore the new digital limit for horror production, or simple tributes to J-Horror Foundations, there are many games that celebrate the big sub-genre. This list is ranked both by the quality of the games and how much they were affected by J-Horror.

8

Countenance

PT successor

It is difficult to reject the enormous effect of PtReleased in 2014 as a playable demo, which took a simple concept of a domestic ghost invasion and made it possible one of the scariest games ever made. It is simple, but effective, and its cancellation and disappearance from stores made players hungry for more.

It's there Countenance comes from. Clearly inspired by Pt and PtJ J-horror influence (especially onryo yokai visual impact), Countenance delivers promise of what could have been. It is a stunning horror game full of worrying details that are heavy on the fears, which makes it a good time for all J-Horror fan.

7

Death assistant

Bad day at work

Sometimes it is not just a matter of catching attention, but to catch attention through the game's game. IN The death assistantThe pure obvious power of the intimidation is evident from the moment players start the game.

In the game, perfect for horror, players take the role of a Morgue assistant who has a pair of run-ins with some very not nice demons while trying to do her job. The game plays on J-horror tropes of the supernatural in a workplace environment, and the fears are as powerful as everything in a Jewel film.

6

The medium

Spirit

The Bloober team, although controversial among some fans communities, is undoubtedly on the foreground for modern horror games. They not just strained the infinite Silent Hill 2, But constantly drives out new horror games that always deliver on the horror factor.

J-Horror is often about the overlap between the dead worlds and the living. The medium Make it overlap extremely obvious, with parts of the game that take place at the same time in a hell of a world and reality. It is a new gaming concept supported by a fantastic story that makes The medium stands out from their competitors.

5

Darkness

What lurks in the dark

The first person, and to a lesser extent, third person games, is tailor made for horror, which puts the player in the protagonist's shoes to make scary extra affecting. So it seems that a top-down perspective would do the opposite … right?

Darkness is a fantastic statement to the opposite and delivers one of the most oppressive atmospheres and scary gaming experiences in the 2010s, everything from the top-down perspective. With an emphasis on uncertainty, supernatural spirits, shadows and uncertainty, J-horror effects are clear.

4

Lonely survivors

Isoophobia

In the early 2010s, Indie Gaming experienced its first major boom period, with several games created by small studios that break through to mainstream and gave AAA games a run for their money. In the horror space, Amnesia usually gets credit here, but Lonely survivors also deserves their warehouses.

Lonely survivors is a perfect encapsulation of the LO-Fi Gritty digital camera aesthetics of the best J-horror, in a game story that is clearly inspired by such as such Quiet hillprovided an adrenaline shot of inspiration to the horror genre at a time when it was catatonic. This one is a must for horror fans who have not experienced it.

3

Cat lady

Cat friends

The early 2010s are still the golden age for indie games, with new digital platforms such as Steam that provide unobstructed access to new developers, and even the large console that begins to lower the entrance barrier. In modernity, horror fans tend to consider Cat lady One of the biggest weavers in that era.

In the point-and-click game with an adventure style with incredible writing, players take control of a depressed woman who is under a demonic unit determined to torture her. It is an emotional game that is defined by its grungy J-Horror aesthetic that makes it stand out from the crowd, and a beloved sweetheart of the horror indie boom in the early 2010s.

2

Fasmophobia

Bust some ghosts

While the early 2010s were undoubtedly a golden age for the indie game space, it never disappeared, only developed into new territories. In the early 2020s, Indie Horror Games began to make a push into the co-op world. This may seem like it would reduce the horror, but instead it opened a completely new popular subgenre that has reasoned with players.

Fasmophobia Is the standard carrier for the new wave of co-op indie horror play. In it, players are tasked with chasing a list of scary ghosts with the help of an inferior digital equipment that ghosts are moving with. It is a great reinterpretation of the digital/analog tensions that are explored in classic J-Horror, and the ghosts themselves are clear broadcasts by Onryo Visual Archetype.

1

Incryption

Play your cards right

Daniel Mullins is well known to drive the boundaries for which gaming genre he works with. It was never more true than 2021 when he released Includes, Perhaps the first horror card game video game that was amazingly inventive and delivered some incredible horror.

In order not to destroy some of the game's biggest turns, but it becomes clear when the game progresses that the player is dealing with the game on several levels of digital reality, barking back to J-Horror roots like Pulse, that do the same thing. It is a stone-called classic and without doubt one of the best horror games of the 2020s so far.