101 Scariest Video Game Moments Of All Time

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Published 2023-10-27

The world of video games can be a delightful place full of stunning artwork, exciting action, and friendly characters, but it can also be a place where all of your worst nightmares come to life. Alas, it turns out that some players actually really enjoy it when a game is able to give them a genuine fright, and there are even those that seek out the horror on purpose. For today’s big list, we’re taking a look at a number of moments, 101 to be exact, where video games have chilled us to our very bones, leaving us unable to sleep at night for fear that the boogeyman, in whatever form it may take, might come and get us. Here are the 101 Scariest Video Game Moments of All Time.

Games featuring the 101 scariest video game moments of all time:
• Alice: Madness Returns
• Alien: Isolation
• Alone in the Dark
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Batman: Arkham Knight
• BioShock
• BioShock Infinite
• Bloodborne
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
• Clock Tower
• Condemned: Criminal Origins
• Control
• Control: AWE
• Dead Space 2
• Dead Space/Dead Space Remake
• Death Stranding
• Doki Doki Literature Club
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
• F.E.A.R.
• Fable II
• Fallout 3
• Fatal Frame
• Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
• Final Fantasy VII
• Gone Home
• Grounded
• Half-Life
• Half-Life 2
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Heavy Rain
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Immortality
• Layers of Fear
• Left 4 Dead
• Limbo
• Little Nightmares
• Mass Effect 2
• Max Payne
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3
• Metro 2033
• Outer Wilds
• Outlast
• Outlast: Whistleblower
• P.T.
• Pokémon Platinum
• Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow
• Pokémon X/ Y/ Alpha Sapphire/ Omega Ruby
• Prognostic
• Psychonauts
• Quake 4
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2/ Resident Evil 2 Remake
• Resident Evil 3
• Resident Evil 4/ Resident Evil 4 Remake
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose
• Resident Evil: Village
• Resistance: Fall of Man
• Silent Hill
• Silent Hill 2
• Silent Hill 3
• Slender: The Eight Pages
• Soma
• Subnautica
• Super Mario 64
• The 7th Guest
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Evil Within
• The Forgotten City
• The Last of Us: Part II
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• The Walking Dead: Season One
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Thief
• Tomb Raider
• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
• Undertale
• Until Dawn
• Visage
• Visage
• Watch Dogs

VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude) & Ashton Matthews (@ScrambledAshton)
Script: Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Ciaran Henry

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All Comments (21)

@HDzav 9 months ago

Man I really love triple jump they’re always putting so much effort into their videos and the music in the background is so relaxing
@stashmerkin9576 9 months ago

Oh yeah! Here we go! Scare Time! Now I've never played a horror game but I'm going to give it my all!
@M00SHTY 9 months ago

Love it. I really like your massive lists and scariest moments is right up my alley.
@devonbrandenburg6193 9 months ago

I gotta say, ranking and any other arguments aside, nothing has given me more nostalgia than TripleJump. Keep up the excellent videos!
@Cynicayke 9 months ago

Looking forward to remembering all the ways Majora's Mask traumatised me as a child.
@steelcurtain187 9 months ago

This was quite the undertaking 😮 you outdid yourself on this one!
@galahadortiz3258 9 months ago

Awesome list and glad to see some of my suggestions on there. I wish I would have included the first appearance of Michael Davies in Faith, and the following Mortis that ensues.
@tobywhitford2440 8 months ago

The cave episode was some of the best YouTube I’ve seen in a very long time feels like it’s finally getting good again Thankyou!
@luliby2309 9 months ago

Hey! It's nice to see this list finally arrive after seeing that community post. I'm glad to have contributed. I am disappointed that nothing from any Metroid game made it. There's...so many options to pick from. :(
@SuperChucky007 8 months ago

Awesome video. Just subbed. Keep up the awesome stuff
@TheConcertMack 9 months ago

this is an incredible video. I don't agree with all, but agree with a lot. video games are great, and love your content!
@Becauseimbrian 9 months ago

Another outstanding effort. Well done all!
@yemuz925 9 months ago

Man did I hope you'd include shadow of rose. This was the scariest resident evil experience of my life. The monster baby part of the base game was scarry but the moving dolls were downright terrifying for me.
@patanpuerco2125 9 months ago

Shoulda named this list "102 scariest Legend of Zelda moments" instead. SHEEEEEEESHHHH!!!
@KingKool2099 9 months ago

I was waiting this ENTIRE TIME for number 9. I am glad it made it in, and I no longer have to write a letter.
@chefbreccia2642 9 months ago

The Licker in RE2 jumping through the one-way mirror got me _every single time_.
@JustinZarian 9 months ago

I was so excited to contribute ideas on that YouTube community post for this video. It was fun to research and suggest! And yes, it was a long list. I just wanted to make sure you guys had as many options as possible to make the best video you could. I am going to watch through this all right after work. Hope you are all well, Team TripleJump!
@handleunavailable 9 months ago

I feel like one of the main reasons behind letting multiple moments from the same game in has to be Resident Evil. Seeing the first zombie and the first encounter with the dogs both have to be in this list if we're being real.
@carlosperen4238 9 months ago

A great list, though I would have loved to see Dredge on here, and/or a wallmaster/gloom hand from Zelda shudder
@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq 9 months ago

I'm a horror fan so I always look forward to videos showing moments which gamers enjoy a lot . 👍👍