Murphy’s Law is well-known as a humorous observation about bad luck. It’s a saying – “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” – that reminds people to be prepared for the worst.
Video games often create a sense of escalating tension. Developers frequently put players in difficult situations that become increasingly challenging as the game goes on. Just when you feel secure, something unexpected happens, drastically increasing the stress and changing the gameplay – and this is especially common in horror games.
Horror games are known for constantly surprising you with new threats. Just when you think you’re safe and making progress, something even worse appears. They rarely let up, throwing one challenge after another at players, which can be especially tough if you’re new to the game.
If you’re new to these games, be prepared for things to go wrong – it’s practically built in!
10. The Mortuary Assistant
Demons Mess Everything Up
The Mortuary Assistant puts you in a uniquely stressful situation: you’re an intern at a funeral home preparing bodies for cremation, but you’re also battling demonic possession. It’s a race against time to complete your work while fighting off the demons that are trying to take over.
These forces will relentlessly pursue you, determined to control you and pull others down with you. They’ll even cause intense hallucinations if it means disrupting your life and preventing you from accomplishing your goals.
As you get closer to finding the right person, the obsession will grow stronger. Expect difficulties and things to not go according to plan. You’ll need to be prepared to adapt and improvise constantly, because things will go wrong.
What began as an ordinary workday quickly descends into a chaotic nightmare, and the journey will be filled with one frustrating obstacle after another.
9. Silent Hill 2
Either the Remake or the Original
The Silent Hill series is known for things constantly going wrong, and Silent Hill 2 – including the recently recreated remake – really showcases this. What begins as a sad journey quickly becomes a masterclass in psychological horror, and the experience only gets more intense as you play.
As players investigate the mystery, they discover a level of brutal honesty they weren’t expecting, creating an experience that is both terrifying and deeply upsetting. The reason for visiting the famous town of Silent Hill gains a completely new and devastating significance once you understand James’ story – it represents the absolute worst possible outcome, even if you already know what happens.
James is really in a tough spot, and things keep getting worse – even before you consider the complications of the Otherworld. Dealing with the Otherworld always seems to trap people in a complicated and dangerous situation, and the more they struggle, the more entangled they become.
Prepare for a really tough experience, no matter which version of the game you play. It’s going to be incredibly challenging, and you’ll face setback after setback.
8. The Last of Us
“But it Grows All Over the Brain”
Witnessing the end of the world is like watching everything that can go wrong actually do go wrong, and The Last of Us doesn’t shy away from showing just how terrible life becomes afterward. You play as Joel, twenty years after a devastating fungal outbreak wiped out most of civilization, and you’ll quickly realize that even with many survivors, true humanity is largely gone.
Things take a turn for the worse the moment you’re responsible for getting Ellie, a seemingly healthy 14-year-old, across the country. Prepare for a series of unfortunate events and heartbreaking experiences unlike anything you’ve ever imagined.
The game creates a consistently bleak and hopeless mood, and that feeling rarely changes. As the story unfolds through the seasons, things just keep getting harder for the main characters, reinforcing that sense of despair.
And even better, the story and acting are so phenomenal, you feel every single gut-punch.
7. Doki Doki Literature Club
Everything is Fine … Until it’s Not
Okay, so Doki Doki Literature Club totally tricked me at first. It starts out feeling like a normal, cute anime dating sim – I honestly thought that’s all it was going to be! But then, around Act 2, things take a major turn. Seriously, that’s when it goes from sweet to seriously scary, and there’s no going back after that.
From that point on, things just go absolutely insane.
Doki Doki Literature Club! uses unpredictable scares – what happens changes with each playthrough – creating a consistently unsettling experience. As the characters become more unstable, the horror escalates, and just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do.
This doesn’t even begin to cover the bigger story behind it all. But no matter what, you’re in for an exciting experience.
6. Still Wakes the Deep
The Cost of Capitalistic Greed
I’ve been playing Still Wakes the Deep, and it’s seriously messed up. It really hits home how quickly things can go wrong with just one bad call, especially when big companies are putting profits over people. But it’s not just a disaster movie – there’s this creeping horror, these… things, that are beyond anything I’ve ever seen. It’s like Lovecraftian monsters are a result of corporate greed, and the regular folks are the ones who pay the price. It’s intense.
Spoiler alert: it leads to the worst workplace accidents, ever.
Honestly, playing this game just felt… hopeless, the whole way through. You’re really thrown into the shoes of these oil rig workers, and any little bit of hope you see? It’s not real. It’s just this beautiful, but ultimately terrifying, illusion – something they call ‘The Shape’ – that ultimately leads to more despair.
It’s maritime horror at its best, because everything goes wrong when the ocean is involved.
5. Dead Space
Can’t Repair These Issues
By the time you reach the Ishimura in Dead Space, everything has already gone terribly wrong. And things are about to get even worse for Isaac with your arrival.
Even without considering the story or build-up, the basic premise of the game is terrifying: you play as an engineer trying to survive on a ship that’s literally falling apart. That situation alone is a nightmare, and anyone who’s worked a hands-on job can probably relate – often uncomfortably so.
Even though things are difficult, Isaac is determined to get through the day and find his girlfriend, Nicole. He accepts that things won’t go as planned, and understands that the game’s events will unfold regardless of what he knows.
Just a word of advice: don’t underestimate the enemies.
4. Resident Evil 3
Nemesis is Relentless
I was really thrilled when Nemesis crashed into Jill’s apartment at the start of the Resident Evil 3 Remake, expecting a truly terrifying experience. Unfortunately, the scary cutscenes are pretty much all the menace Nemesis brings. He doesn’t pursue you nearly as relentlessly as he did in the original game, where he constantly ruined Jill’s plans and felt like a constant threat.
Man, the original Nemesis was terrifying. He just would not stop following you, it was impossible to lose him. The worst part? He’d literally wait right outside the safe rooms, just hanging around, knowing one wrong move on my part and I was dead. It was brutal!
A lot of fans have noticed that Nemesis isn’t nearly as relentless in the remake compared to the original game. In the first Resident Evil 3, he constantly disrupts any strategy you try, and it’s really tough to get anything done. New players might not realize just how much more challenging it used to be!
Nemesis is essentially Murphy’s Law in action, and it’s disappointing the remake didn’t capture that. Imagine how scary the remake could have been with a Nemesis that stayed true to the original game’s backstory! It would have been almost impossible to beat, just like the original was famously difficult.
3. Alien: Isolation
The Xenomorph Learns You
In Alien: Isolation, you can use various strategies to survive the Xenomorph, and they can be surprisingly effective, offering a moment of relief. However, this feeling doesn’t last – the alien will eventually figure out what you’re doing.
No matter how carefully you play or what difficulty level you choose, the Xenomorph will eventually track you down, and getting caught is not an option. Even when you think you’re in the clear, don’t relax until you’re absolutely certain you’re safe, because the game constantly throws unexpected challenges your way – and it’s incredibly exciting.
Now that the teaser for the sequel is out, now is as good a time as ever to get the hype going.
2. Resident Evil Requiem
Grace’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Before the release of Resident Evil Requiem, many criticized Grace Ashcroft for showing fear, which felt realistic given the circumstances. However, after playing the game and understanding everything her character went through, people realized her reaction was understandable. Angela Sant’Albano’s exceptional performance as the character only strengthened this perspective.
Grace is having a truly terrible couple of days. Everything that could go wrong, is, and it keeps happening night after night.
No matter how carefully Grace tries to play, things will always spiral out of control. Situations quickly go from bad to much, much worse – it’s amazing how quickly they escalate.
And Leon is having just as rough a time, but he’s used to this being his job, so he’s taking it in stride.
1. Silent Hill f
Just Take a Capsule
Man, playing as Hinako in Silent Hill f was rough. Seriously, the stuff she goes through is intense and honestly left me feeling a little sick to my stomach. It was so messed up, even McDonald’s tweeted about it! They said she could have all the pancakes she wanted after everything she’d been through. Seeing that right after I finished the game was just… weirdly funny, I’m not gonna lie.
While the game uses symbolism to explore anxieties about marriage, losing yourself in relationships, and growing up, these themes are presented in a disturbing way. It often takes players a significant amount of time – sometimes even a second playthrough – to fully understand the underlying meaning, particularly as the story continues in New Game Plus.
The game begins like many horror titles – with a sense of unease, but still feeling relatively normal. However, that quickly falls apart, and the pace is relentless. Things become truly chaotic when the game introduces its alternate dimension, The Dark Shrine, reminiscent of the classic Silent Hill series.
This game is a true masterpiece and my all-time favorite. Interestingly, it also seems to perfectly illustrate the idea that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
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