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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

I feel like Doom or Quake are cop outs here, but they are perennial replays, and they have some great horror aesthetics

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

I'm not sure how old old is, but SOMA is always such a delight to play through.

Another somewhat older game is Duskers where you control drones one empty human ships, trying to find out where humans went.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I don't like horror games but Viscera Cleanup Detail I can accapt.

The only horror elements are the aftermath of a big and bloody gun fight and you're tasked to clean up the mess. ;p

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you like point-and-click adventure games, there are a bunch in spooky territory:

The Colonel's Bequest

Grim Fandango

Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle

There are more, but these are the ones I'd start with if you haven't played them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Ooh, I loved Grim Fandango as a kid, but my disk kept breaking around the end of the game. I'll have to go replay it, it has probably been long enough to forget most of the puzzle solutions. I recently replayed Day of the Tentacle and loved it. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The Monkey Island game that came out a year or two ago was pretty great too if you want a modern take on the genre.

I imagine you've played some of the others, but if not you should do 1 & 2 immediately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

I know I played Curse of Monkey Island, but I don't think I played the first two, I'll certainly give them a try. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

MediEvil. It's not a horror game, but I always think of it as the game that carries the Halloween feeling the best.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I was thinking the same thing. I quite enjoyed it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Came here to say this.

I like me some horror games around Halloween, but this is by far my favorite actual Halloween game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Depends on what you call old and fitting for Halloween, but I can recommend Alice: Madness Returns .

[–] Die4Ever 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Of course, The 7th Guest! And The 11th Hour! I'm actually a bit obsessed...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

7th guest VR is fantasic!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's not old, but I saw someone post their playthrough of Pumpkin Jack, which you play as a jack-o-lantern in a spooky-themed game.

I haven't played it myself, but I'm a fan of fun platformers so I may check it out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I played about an hour of it, and it's okay. Expect a little less platformer and more action.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I don't know about Halloween as such, but ghost-themed, I guess Ghost Master. Twenty years old now, but try to make use of various ghosts with different abilities to drive people out of various buildings and houses.