Until Dawn & Man of Medan
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We had a hard time picking between Until Dawn and Man of Medan, as both are similar games with different, worthwhile stories. The jump scares in each title aren’t as prominent as ones found in Outlast, but are just as effective. Both Until Dawn and Man of Medan pull you in with their interesting concepts and deep relationship mechanics.
In each, there’s an element of mystery where you want to learn more, but you also want to be careful as you could wind up making permanent mistakes. It’s possible to kill the main characters, or save them all for a “happy” ending. Because of this, you get so sucked into what you’re doing that, when a jump scare happens, it forces you to pause and catch your breath.
We’ll admit that we had to take several breaks in order to complete Until Dawn as well as Man of Medan because the jump scares messed us up that badly. If you’re wondering whether these games are scary, they definitely are. We recommend playing them in order with Until Dawn first and Man of Medan second, but if we had to pick between the two, we’d say Man of Medan is slightly scarier.
