Cosy horror for dark nights
Same nightmares. Different stories.
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Horror where you have to walk down the corridor yourself. An outrageous thing to ask of anyone, frankly.
A horror-game shortlist needs more than a lovely sinister cover. Here’s how I’d compare the actual playing, Xbox compatibility and edition extras before Black Friday starts making everything look tempting.
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
A noise behind a wall can be worse than a monster in plain sight. I look at how horror games ration what we hear and see, and what to notice before opening the next door.
16 October 2026 · 1 min read
The honest answer to what horror games are worth your dark evenings this month, plus the one I keep going back to with every lamp in the flat switched off.
9 October 2026 · 1 min read
No one to jump-scare with is not the same as no one to hide behind a cushion for. Here's what I'm actually loading up when the flat's empty, the heating's on, and the only company is whatever's chasing me on screen.
2 October 2026 · 1 min read
The best horror games, for me, aren't new ones. It's the one game I already know inside out, back on my laptop the second the evenings start drawing in.
26 September 2026 · 1 min read
I finally sat down with Phasmophobia expecting to feel brave. Instead I learned, in under ten minutes, that I am constitutionally unsuited to hunting ghosts, even pretend ones.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
I finally played Alan Wake 2, badly, mostly through my fingers, and it turns out the scariest thing in my flat this month was a video game.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.