Best Horror Video Games Releasing In October 2024

Looking for a new spooky video game to kickstart the scary season? No problem! We have listed the 5 new video games hitting our consoles in the lead-up to the most frightening day of the year, so the second that 31st day rolls around, you are equipped with the ultimate frightening video game partner. Let’s take a look at what is releasing…

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Until Dawn Remake

To begin our list, let’s start with the first horror addition we will see in October 2024. The upcoming slasher, horror video game on PS5, is Until Dawn Remake. Releasing October 4th, the game takes the form of the frights in the films and games, and transforms them into this terrifying experience, with the player being able to control certain events themselves, it gives a feeling of self-doubt with the impact of the player's actions being responsibly held on them.

In the game, players take control of eight adults who have to survive overnight on Blackwood Mountain until they are rescued at dawn. Exploration, teamwork, and quick thinking are necessary to survive the night.

 

Silent Hill 2 Remake

Next up only a couple of days later on October 8th is Silent Hill 2 Remake, the survival horror, puzzle game for PS5. It is the perfect addition to the horror genre, with gore, tension and surreal atmosphere, it has all the elements to leave the player feeling vulnerable and terrified! Players follow James Sunderland (a widower) who returns to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his deceased wife, Mary who is claiming to be waiting there for him.

 

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

Did you love A Quiet Place on the big screen? Then you’ll love this video game adaptation! The next game is based on the popular movie A Quiet Place, where characters have to survive a monster in the town who is attracted to any form of sound. A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is releasing on October 17th 2024 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and is an action, adventure game. In the video game specifically, gamers follow a young woman who is attempting to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where she must remain silent to avoid the deadly monsters.

If you loved the anticipation of the films and felt you could do better than the characters themselves, this game is for you! Put yourself into the shoes of the bravest characters as you fight for your survival, but remember, keep quiet.

 

Forest Hills: The Last Year

Nearing the end of the month we see Forest Hills: The Last Year releasing on October 22nd. The game is an action, horror game available on PC. Described by many as a ‘never-ending nightmare’, get ready for terrifying discoveries and horrific enemies along the way of your adventure. With various horror genres throughout the game, you can ensure your frights will change as the game progresses. So get ready to enter the nightmarish world of Forest Hills, where you and four other Displaced try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend!

 

No More Room in Hell 2

And finally, our last video game of the month is No More Room In Hell 2, the shooter, fighting video game releasing October 22ndalso. In this PC game, ss the player you and your fellow survivors must make your way through a diseased world that has seen the dead rise to feast on the living. When there is No More Room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. Find your friends in the dark and survive, playing with others levels up the fear as it isn’t only you who you have to ensure makes it out alive, it’s the rest of your team.

 

Other horror games released in 2024:

• Still Wakes the Deep
• Zoochosis
• The Casting of Frank Stone
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
• Alone in the Dark
• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

 

Conclusion:

There are plenty more non-horror video games releasing this year, make sure to check out our blog on the most anticipated video games of October 2024. But if you have found the new video game calling your name, let us know in the comments… happy Halloween!