What Are Some of the Most Disturbing Video Games Ever Made?

I have seen some good suggestions already in this thread, among them are Spec Ops: The Line, This War of Mine, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Silent Hill 2. But many of the other games like Manhunt, Hatred, and Outlast are not (in my opinion) disturbing so much as shocking or frightening.To me, a game that is disturbing has to have moments of realization, or reveal, like a good magic trick.

Disturbing games need to have a building of awareness about the horror youre facing. Without spoiling too much, all three of the above bolded games has a slow reveal of how horrifying the situation of the character truly is, and the player is forced to slowly come to terms with that horror.With that definition established, here are some of the most disturbing games I have ever played that most people arent mentioning.

All of the following are available on Steam or the Humble Store, and most are available on GoGA Wolf in Autumn, Fingerbones, The Moon Sliver, The Music Machine These four games, by the same single developer (David Szymanski), are extremely disturbing. Szymanski focuses his game creation on making emotionally impactful and narratively focused horror, and does it extremely well. The Moon Sliver is technically a prequel to The Music Machine, but you can play them in whatever order you want.

The experience of playing each is hard to describe, but A Wolf in Autumn is about the experience of being trapped in an abusive situation, and the three others are about uncovering mysteries in very foreign worlds. They are well worth their (quite cheap) prices, and I highly recommend all of them.Fran Bow Fran Bow is a story about a young, mentally ill girl on a quest to return to her family with the help of her cat.

Her journey is extremely strange, and disorienting to the player, and Fran. I actually have not finished it yet, as some of the puzzles can be quite complex, but it has been quite an experience so far.Lone Survivor Originally created as a pixel-graphics tribute to Silent Hill, Lone Survivor is a delightfully disturbing game all on its own, and one of my favorites.

Your character is a survivor of some deadly disease that has ravaged his apartment complex, and the rest of the world. He must survive and find other survivors, but his isolation is steadily driving him mad and as the player, less and less of what you see and think you know about the world can be trusted as you progress.Knock-Knock Knock-Knock is a very strange game by Ice-Pick Lodge with very simple gameplay.

It is not hard to beat, but it is extremely uncomfortable to play (I highly recommend headphones for the full experience, dont worry there are no jumpscares). You spend your sleepless nights wandering your house looking for the sources of noises, but awake in the forest outside every morning, and every night when the noises return, the house is a bit different than the last time you awoke.Everybodys Gone to the Rapture In this game, you play a person who explores a small English village where an astronomical phenomenon has caused everyone to disappear.

All that is left behind are peoples belongings, and strange echoes of the last moments and encounters of the people in the village. It is a very disturbing experience walking through such an empty place listening to the last life that existed there.Pony Island I cant tell you much about this game without spoiling the surprises in it, but I highly recommend it, I think its very fun to play and well designed, and its a bit more light-hearted than the other entries on my listHonorable mentions: These are games that are very disturbing, but for one reason or another I cannot recommend.

Most of the time, I cant recommend them because they are extremely confusing and overwhelming to new players looking for a purely disturbing experience. Others I simply havent played yet, but look very promising. Pathologic The Void The Grandfather The Cat Lady Uncanny ValleyThanks for reading, I hope you enjoy my recommendations!

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Do psychopaths know they are psychopaths?

I understand that I may be wired differently than most people.I may have psychopathic tendencies and yes I am fully aware of them.

Things I do that other people may find disturbing I take for granted and I dont realize most of the time why some people become troubled by my actions. I have sporadically hurt many people throughout my life (including members of my immediate family) not so much physically, as emotionally and mentally.I have used people for money and to ooze material things from them.

I have destroyed peoples lives in certain aspects, I have interfered with others relationships, I have instigated conflicts and other things I care not discuss here. The fact, that I can do these things, and not feel guilty or remorseful and at times not even realize why I am doing something, as I will often act impulsively and without thinking things through.I live a parasitic lifestyle, as I dont like to work and only want to do the things I like doing.

At the same time I want to live a comfortable and effortless life, in which case the ends justify the means. I have difficulty keeping a job long enough and sustaining healthy relationships.I dont plan ahead, and there are other things I simply dont process, cant understand or may often misinterpret entirely.

I have no genuine need for human interaction, emotional bonding or support (this isnt the case for most people)I hold no sentimental/emotional attachments to people or objects, given the text book definition of these words I have not experienced these feelings. Certain other factors come into play, when other people expect me to feel and address the things I dont process.Feelings such as love and empathy, shame, guilt and remorse.

I can only tell you the textbook definition of these words. This of course does not mean that I dont feel anything at all.I am not made of concrete.

I am a human being, obviously I feel things. But I feel them differently than a neurotypical does and in ways I can not explain. I can be very reserved and calm and then an invisible switch is flipped and I become a loose cannon.

This is mainly due to impulses, that in spite years (decades) of psychiatric intervention I still find hard to control and maintain at times.Ive engaged in reckless behavior a number of times, failing to assess the dangers, or what may come as a result of my actions. I may often get lost in the moment and have no clear understanding of why I am doing something.

Purely by chance, given the number of things Ive done, a quiet number of them illegal, I have not been arrested once and have managed to keep a clean criminal record up to this point.Weird part of it all is that I dont care. People tell me this should bother me, but It does not bother me at all, as I simply flip the page and continue on unaffected by the outcome, in spite of what the outcome may be.

I dont learn from past experiences and quite often I repeat the same mistakes and this again according to my psychiatrist, is due to impulses and my failure to assess the consequences of my actions.I dont think anything of these things, I dont dwell on them. I merely view them as life occurrences, something that already happened and cant be changed.

So how do I remedy this?I limit my contact with people for their own sake, as well as my own. Of course this isnt a vaccine.

And this urge to go out, meet new, unsuspecting people and f#ck with them, even when suppressed, is always present in me, as it stimulates and excites me in ways I can not logically explain. The same with sex, as I am not able to get properly aroused by conventional love making, I always need something extreme (of sadistic nature) and intense to get myself off.So on top of that, I am also a sexual deviant, (add that to my resume) although I personally dont see anything deviant in my behavior, because its normal to me, this is what I like and unapologetically take pleasure in.

(sex with random strangers in dark alleys and inside underground S&M sex clubs. Sex with women, trannies, men. Bisexual orgies, with leather whips, chains, handcuffs, you name it, Ive done it all.

Its like music to my ears, it makes me feel alive and it stimulates me in ways I can not put into words).This is enough for me to understand, that I may have a different wiring, than most people. I dont need an assessment of sort to tell me that