Blair Witch
© Bloober Team
Blair Witch is a newcomer in comparison to other games on this list, having recently released at the end of August this year. If you’re looking for something you haven’t played yet, we highly recommend giving the Blair Witch game a try. Developed by Bloober Team (the mad geniuses behind Layers of Fear and Observer), Blair Witch fits well into a franchise born from the cult classic 1999 film, The Blair Witch Project.
While the connections to the cinematic universe are slim, the game does a phenomenal job differentiating itself from its source material while also conveying the core themes you’d expect from a Blair Witch property. The end result is a respectable, fun game that’s scary as all hell. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why exploring creepy woods at night is so effective (despite being done to death at this point), but the setting immediately makes you feel on edge.
You know something is watching you, and the audio convinces you that something is crunching along behind you, even if you turn and see nothing there. We recommend wearing decent headphones while playing Blair Witch to get the full, creepy experience. As far as jump scares go, we guarantee that the first jump scare will cause you to stand up, prepared to flee.
You’ll be tempted back in by the game’s story, only to be scared again, and again, and again. The jump scares make it hard to reach the game’s powerful conclusion, but trust us when we say the Blair Witch game is a roller coaster that’s well worth your time.
