10 Tips for Playing Horror Games Alone for Scary Gamers

Horror has become a popular game genre today, especially after the emergence of games such as Five Nights at Freddy’s, Alien Isolation, Outlast and Resident Evil 7, all of which successfully stole the attention of gamers. But despite its popularity, this genre is more of a genre that is more often watched than played live. The reason is of course because not all strong people are affected spooked.

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As a person who often plays horror games, maybe some of the tips below can help you not to be afraid to finish horror games by yourself and directly, not from watching let’s player videos on Youtube. Alright, without further ado, here are tips for playing horror games yourself for cowardly gamers.

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1. Turn on the light or even play during the day

I don’t know why darkness always makes everything feel better spooky, so it’s a good idea to play horror games with the lights on or even in broad daylight. It seems like an instinct in itself where during the day it seems calmer and more peaceful to play horror games. After all, what kind of demon roams around during the day?

2 If the game suddenly becomes calm and quiet, be prepared for possible jumpscares

Jumpscare is an easy and cheap trick to scare people, but until now it has always been effective. There’s a reason Five Nights at Freddy’s was such a sudden success, and that’s because its successful jumpscare took players by surprise. But don’t you find a pattern when jumpscares in this horror game often occur? That is when the conditions are quiet, quiet, and calm. So if the game suddenly looks like that, get ready to be surprised by a jumpscare.

3. If you are walking in a long corridor, be careful

Yup, this one still has something to do with jumpscare because jumpscare seems to be the main reason people are afraid to play horror games today. But as I explained earlier, jumpscare often comes in a separate pattern, namely when it’s quiet, quiet, and calm. Long corridors are a time when this often happens. In this long corridor, there are often moments of being “chased” by the monster or being attacked by the monster. So prepare yourself if this happens.

4. Increase the brightness to maximum

Darkness is the developer’s main trick in making the game look more spooky, but they sometimes still provide a brightness option that makes the game so bright that you can see what’s in the dark room in front of you. So yeah, if you’re afraid of the dark, maybe this can help.

5. Turn down the music audio in the game or play other music in the background

Another trick to frighten players off is to give horrible music or loud jumpscare sounds. So turning down the audio in games or even muting the audio might help. If no sound makes you feel lonely and scared, maybe try playing your favorite music in the background while playing. But don’t blame you if you catch a monster in the game because you don’t know the monster is coming from behind.

6. Let yourself die being caught by the monster

Maybe it sounds funny and you want to ask “why did I let myself be caught by the monster?” Because you are not afraid of the monster, but afraid of what will happen if the monster catches you. Let’s think for a moment what happens if you get caught by the monster, just game over no? After that you will be returned from the checkpoint to repeat the segment.

Then it’s not wrong to let yourself be caught by the monster, and see what happens. Now you know when the monster comes, what it will be like if the monster manages to catch you and maybe think of a strategy on how not to get caught. Your fear will be reduced because you know what’s going on, and also you know what the monster looks like when viewed up close. Maybe the monster looks cute to you or even has a crush on the monster.

7. Give the monster a cute name

Who can be afraid when the monster has a funny name? Just imagine the monster in Amnesia The Dark Descent named Mr. F*ckface or The Peepee Poopoo Man, doesn’t sound scary anymore, does it? Or try to imagine the monster in a cute state, like Pyramid Head but only in underwear. The point is to make the monster in the mind less scary at all costs.

8. Run fast towards the objective like a thief being chased by the police

Don’t you realize that the slower you move toward the objective in a horror game, the scarier the game will become for you because you’re getting more and more overwhelmed by your fear of thinking something will happen every 5 seconds? Then give it a try rush to your destination regardless of what happens in front of you later, and maybe your expectations of being scared by the game will be lost.

9. Get used to being afraid, and you won’t be easily afraid in the future

The more often you play horror games, the more things you can guess, and the scarier the game will be to you. This has happened to me personally, making it hard for me to find a game that really scares me. The same thing happened to the famous Youtuber, PewDiePie, who is famous for being afraid and “exaggerated” about his fear reactions, now he rarely plays horror games because he admits that there are fewer games that are scary for him because he has played too many horror games.

So yes, there will be times when you will get used to the formulas used by horror game developers and it will become increasingly difficult for you to spooked by horror games.