Summary
Urban legends have been a source of fascination and entertainment worldwide. Some tales were meant to spark fear in children to keep them safe, and some were simply twisted tales passed on from generation to generation. With the internet reaching nearly every corner of the world, we know more folklore from different countries and communities than ever.
Video games have become another format for telling urban legends; pretty much all are thrilling horror games. Implementing urban legends into video games has brought them to a whole new level, as gamers can now immerse themselves in the world of terrors and urban legends.
8Bigfoot
Be The Bigfoot Hunter You Were Always Meant To Be
Bigfoot is a survival horror gamebased on the urban legend Bigfoot, which is a legend about a massive hairy man-like creature that inhabits densely forested areas in North America. The dense forest setting creates a terrifying feeling that Bigfoot could be creeping around anywhere, especially at night.
In Bigfoot, you can choose whether to play by yourself or with your friends. If you choose to play with your friends, you have the opportunity to take on your friends as Bigfoot and defend your home from those who hunt you.
7Slender: The Eight Pages
Find The Eight Pages Before He Finds You
The Slenderman games were extremely popular horror games during their launch. The games, Slenderman: The Eight Pages and Slender: The Arrivaltake place in a forested area, usually with a few spare buildings around. Slenderman, a tall, faceless, slender figure, is a more recent urban legend that originated from the internet.
The goal of the Slenderman games is to find eight pages around the map before Slenderman gets you. He is often peering at you behind trees, or his presence is given away by the static that fills your view. Slenderman grows more agitated, and the pages grow harder to find as you progress.
6Unforgiving- A Northern Hymn
At What Lengths Will You Go To Survive
Unforgiving- A Northern Hymn is a first-person open-world horror game that takes place in the northern forests of Sweden. You play as Linn, whose brother essentially just kidnapped her and is taking her into the woods. Soon, Linn finds herself stranded and not quite alone in the woods.
Unforgiving- A Northern Hymn includes some sensitive topics, such as addiction.
Unforgiving- A Northern Hymn utilizes Swedish folklore and Nordic mythology, incorporating creatures such as trolls and the Skogsrå, which appears as a beautiful woman who tries to lure people into the woods. It’s a short but panic-inducing game.
5Until Dawn
Survive Until Dawn
Until Dawnis a survival horror game about a group of friends who travel to a mountain lodge to catch up on their lives and friendships. You play as multiple characters, making important decisions that could determine whether theylive or die. There are many different outcomes and endings to experience.
Wendigos, which are the creatures that are hunting the group, are from the North American Algonquian tribe. They are a large, cannibalistic, and emaciated humanoid creature that relentlessly pursue everyone on the mountain.
4Cryptid Coffeehouse
Romance The Mothman Of Your Dreams
Cryptid Coffeehouse is one of the few games that involve cryptids that is not a horror game. This game is a dating simulator where you just so happen to meet Artemis, who is also the Mothman, in a small Midwest town. Cryptid Coffeehouse is a slow burn romance story that allows you to explore and meet other cryptids.
Mothman originates from a story of people sighting a massive moth the size of a man flying outside a vacant nuclear plant in the area of Point Pleasant in West Virginia, and now you can finally romance him in Cryptid Coffeehouse.
3The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Cutest Yeti Couple Around
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princessis an open-world adventure game that starts with Link in his home in Ordon Village. Like in Legend of Zelda Games, Link becomes the chosen hero, destined to save Hyrule, but this time, he is also after his childhood friend, Ilia.
Eventually, in Twilight Princess, Link will meet two yetis, massive humanoid creatures with white fur that originated from the Himalayas. Yeta and Yeto live in the snow temple Link will have to face, and while they aren’t as aggressive as yetis are said to be, they are still a bit frightening.
2Vampyr
Doctor Or Angel Of Death
Vampyris an open-world action RPG game that takes place in 1918 London during the Spanish flu. You play Doctor Jonathon Reid, who has returned to help cure the citizens in surrounding areas. In a horrible twist of fate, Jonathon was turned into a vampire.
It is up to you to decide what life Jonathon will live in his new vampire life. Will he kill recklessly, or will he resume his duties as the doctor and resist the urge to feed on those around him?
1La Llorona Wants Your Soul
Solve The Mystery Of La Llorona
La Llorona Wants Your Soul is an adventure horror game based on the legend of La Llorona. La Llorona is a crying woman who roams rivers and lakes, awaiting her next victim to drown.
La Llorona is rooted in Mexican culture, but there are traces of her story in other cultures such as the Aztecs and Guatemala. This game takes place in modern-day Mexico, and you play as paranormal investigators who are in the midst of solving the mystery of La Llorona and freeing the tormented souls around her.
