/r/creepygaming
This subreddit is a place for creepy and out of place things surrounding video games. A home for video game mysteries, myths, obscure games, ARG's, creepy secrets/easter eggs, creepypasta, personal stories relating to scary experiences, and general strange/creepy things surrounding games not otherwise meant to be creepy in the same way.
This subreddit is a place for creepy and out of place things surrounding video games. A home for video game mysteries, urban legends, obscure games, ARG's, creepy secrets/easter eggs, creepypasta, personal stories relating to scary experiences, and general strange/creepy things surrounding games not otherwise meant to be creepy in the same way.
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Hello everyone.
I'm looking to test out some horror games on my new TV that will creep me out. I have my PC hooked up to my TV, but I'm lying in my bed while playing, so it has to have controller support.
Also, I've never really been creeped out by monsters, meaning that games such as Dead Space and Alien Isolation haven't been so effective in creeping me out. I don't mind ghosts or demons though. A recent game I've played that creeped me out a lot was The Mortuary Assistent.
You guys have any good suggestions?
I had always enjoyed exploring the deep, dark caves of Minecraft, finding the thrill of uncovering hidden dungeons and rare ores exhilarating. It was in one of these adventures that I stumbled upon something that would change my perception of the game forever.
It started as a normal mining session. I was deep underground, my diamond pickaxe cutting through layers of stone and dirt. I had just broken into a new cavern when I saw it – an old, decrepit bookshelf. The structure was unusual, not generated by the game itself. Someone had been here before me.
Curiosity got the better of me, and I approached the bookshelf, breaking it open to reveal a single book titled "The Following." The book's cover was worn, its title scrawled in a shaky hand. I opened it, expecting to find an elaborate prank or a player's personal diary.
Instead, I found a tale of terror.
Day 1: I started noticing strange things in my world today. Blocks seemed to move on their own, and I heard footsteps when I was alone. I thought it was just my imagination or maybe a glitch.
Day 3: I saw it today. A dark figure, just at the edge of my vision. It disappeared before I could get a good look. I tried to tell myself it was another player, but my server is set to single-player.
Day 5: The creature is following me. I know it is. No matter how far I run, how deep I dig, it’s always there, lurking in the shadows. Watching. Waiting.
Day 7: I can’t sleep anymore. Every time I close my eyes, I see it. That figure. It’s getting closer. I can hear it whispering my name, its voice echoing in the caverns. I’m afraid to leave my base. I’m afraid to stay.
Day 9: It’s inside. I don’t know how, but it’s inside my base. I saw it standing in the corner of my room, staring at me with those empty eyes. I tried to log off, but the game wouldn’t let me. It’s like it wants me to see something. To witness something.
Day 11: I found a hidden message in the walls of my base today. It said, “I see you.” It’s taunting me now, driving me to the brink of insanity. I’m losing track of time. The days and nights blend together. I can’t tell what’s real anymore.
Day 13: I’m going to end it. I can’t take this anymore. If anyone finds this book, please, whatever you do, don’t look for it. Don’t let it follow you too.
As I finished reading, a chill ran down my spine. It was just a story, right? Some creative player trying to scare others. But as I closed the book, I noticed something that made my heart race. The light in my cave flickered, and for a split second, I thought I saw a shadow move at the edge of my screen.
I tried to shake it off, telling myself it was just my imagination. But then I heard it – footsteps, faint but unmistakable, echoing in the darkness behind me. I spun around, my heart pounding in my chest, but there was nothing there.
I quickly mined my way back to the surface, desperate to escape the oppressive darkness of the cave. As I emerged into the sunlight, I breathed a sigh of relief. But the feeling of being watched didn’t leave me.
That night, as I logged off, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. My game was still running, my character standing in the middle of my base. But something was different. There, in the corner of my screen, was a dark figure, staring at me with hollow eyes.
I tried to exit the game, but my screen froze. The figure began to move closer, its whispers filling my headphones. "I see you," it hissed.
Panicking, I pulled the plug on my computer, plunging the room into darkness. I sat there, heart racing, trying to convince myself it was all just a bad dream.
But when I turned the computer back on the next day, the book was still in my inventory, and the whispers had followed me into the real world.
After that night, I couldn't shake the feeling that something was fundamentally wrong with my game. The whispers, the shadows – it all felt too real. I considered quitting Minecraft for good, but my curiosity – or maybe my fear – drove me back. I had to know more about the creature that seemed to haunt my every move.
It was a few days later when I discovered the second book.
I had decided to return to the cave where I found the first book, hoping to find some clue or explanation. My pickaxe cut through the stone with mechanical precision as I tunneled deeper and deeper into the earth. The air grew colder, the light dimmer, but I pressed on.
Eventually, I broke into a new chamber. Unlike the others, this one was different. The walls were lined with obsidian, and in the center stood a lone lectern with a book. As I approached, I felt a chill run down my spine. The book's title was "The Watcher."
My hands trembled as I opened it, revealing text written in the same shaky hand as the first book. But this time, the perspective was different. This was the creature's story.
Day 1: I awaken in the void, formless and empty. I am called forth by the whispers of another, drawn to their world, their presence. I am the shadow in the dark, the watcher unseen.
Day 3: I find the one who called me. Their fear feeds me, their paranoia sustains me. They cannot see me yet, but they will. Soon, they will.
Day 5: The one is aware of me now. They sense my presence, feel my gaze. I linger at the edges of their vision, a fleeting shadow. They try to escape, but there is no escape from me.
Day 7: I am inside their sanctuary. Their futile attempts to hide amuse me. I leave messages, marks of my presence. Their fear grows, and with it, my power.
Day 9: The one is breaking. Sleep eludes them, and madness creeps in. I whisper their name, a constant reminder that they are never alone. I am always watching.
Day 11: I leave them a final message. They know what must be done. Their end is near, and with it, my task will be complete. I am the darkness that follows, the end they cannot escape.
Day 13: The one is gone, their essence consumed by their own fear. I am sated, for now. But I remain, waiting for the next call, the next soul to break.
Day 14: A new presence. They have found the first book, and now they too are aware. The cycle begins anew. I see you.
My heart pounded in my chest as I read the final line. The creature knew I was here. It had been watching me, waiting for me to find the book. A creeping dread washed over me, and I felt the oppressive weight of unseen eyes upon me.
I closed the book and backed away, my mind racing. I had to get out of here. I turned and sprinted back through the tunnels, the whispers growing louder, more insistent. "I see you," they chanted, over and over.
When I finally emerged into the daylight, I thought I was safe. But the whispers didn't stop. They followed me, growing louder each day. The creature was still watching, waiting for me to break.
Desperation set in. I deleted my world, hoping to rid myself of the curse. But when I created a new world, the whispers returned. The creature had followed me beyond the game, into my very mind.
I can't escape it. No matter what I do, it's always there, lurking in the shadows, waiting. And now, as I write this, I realize the truth.
I am not alone. It sees me, and it sees you. If you find these books, destroy them. Don't let the creature into your world. Don't let it follow you.
But if you're reading this, it might already be too late.
Hey! So I've been getting into ARG, online mystery and disturbing media hunting not too long ago. I've done a couple of videos on it and just released a new one and would love any feedback/criticism. With that I mean feedback on the editing, pacing, story telling... Any type of mistake I can correct I'd love to know about. It would be appreciated and hope you enjoy the video if you do end up checking it out!
The video:
https://youtu.be/nI_v2K3fhR0
It's the Old Dinosaur Game Called Escape: Triassic Hall, The CD-ROM Disc That Runs in Windows XP. The Horror Game Was Made By Gamenetic That Sagan Hawkes Wants to Have Recently Discovered What Game it is Real? The Creepy Dinosaur Game, Escape Triassic Hall.
I was looking for some channels that do those kindo of long, in-depth analysis, brerakdown and presentation of cool viddeogame mysteries. There´s a lot of icebergs and top 10 videos but im aching for something more fleshed out.
Im thinking of things like PowerPak video of My.House.wad with a more sinister tone and more perfomartive like presentation
https://youtu.be/5wAo54DHDY0?si=eB2wZa6TvH8bwfuA
Or just a classic documentary like video, like Fredrik Knudsen Down the rabbit hole (it´s not creepy mysteries but serves as a great format example)
Do you guy know any good ones? Thank you!
For me, GTA SA myths and legends used to be the scariest since I basically grew up during the time it peaked. Me and everyone just hopping on our consoles and doing our own search for the "Bigfoot" or "Leatherface" but we'd end up running back to our safehouses because Back O Beyond was genuinely a creepy location, or even that one cabin on Mt Chilliad.
However after recently watching drb0sch's out of bounds ARG on Fallout New Vegas, that was probably one of the best series I have ever seen and made out of bounds so much more creepy, like a combo of Fallout and Silent Hills psychological horror.. venturing so far off the map, descending through all these abnormal locations and rooms that don't coherently link together to finding someone "alive" so far outside the main game world. It felt so eerie and uneasy to watch and I enjoyed that.
I wish there was more stuff like that, so amazing!
You can check it out here: 3D Workers Island
Just click or use the arrow keys to move through the comic. Enjoy!
As you can probably expect, I watched the cod iceberg where this is mentioned, long story short there was extremely rare instances where you would hear wailings and creepy unknown music in black ops 1 for Wii, nothing has been confirmed but this is the first Creepypasta that scares me in years because of how possible it sounds, I imagine devs of the game had too much free time and put this as a way to spook kids as a joke? Or was it a bug/glitch were you would hear this sounds that were meant for zombies? Recently a Redditor posted he experienced the same thing and the wailings came from a female, there's no female zombies so I doubt it was a bug, also the creppy music that apparently sounds like drums? Idk, it may be just a fake copy paste but the tiny possibility that this is actually real makes me shiver
Guy on this sub named Robocharmy posted a star fox glitch he'd been looking for answers about for years and someone here replied with a video showing said glitch that happened to him.
Was wild to see just one reply with his same experiance gave him the clarity he'd needed for years.
Inspired me to share weird story of mine.
Right after you get passed the intro sequence of Majora's Mask and are the Deku Scrup entering clock town, you can walk up to the guards blocking the exits To Terminal etc...
Once I walked up to one of them and switched to first person to view the guards face in the very front of the clock tower exit and his face instantly switched to Majora's Mask within less than a frame of time.
I got so horrified I shut my Nintendo off and restarted it minutes later
That's never happened to me again but the background even turned black (and no the game didn't reset to the intro cutscenes with the mask spinning) cus the face of the guard would halfway clip in.
Anyone else remember anything even kind of similar??? Prolly insanely spooky glitch but as a 10 year old I think I almost cried cus I'd played the game so much and knew that was NOT normal 🤣🤣🤣
So, it was around 2:30 in the morning, and I couldn’t sleep. I thought, why not play some GTA V to kill time? Nothing serious, just a quick round before bed. I logged in and, for some reason, I ended up in a public lobby all by myself. Weird, right? But at first, I didn’t think much of it—probably just a random glitch. No big deal.
I decided to head over to my hangar at the airport, like I usually do. But then things started getting... strange. As I got closer, my game began to lag like crazy. At first, I figured it was just bad internet or server issues, but then I noticed something off. Out of nowhere, bodies started spawning all around me. Not other players, but NPCs—dead ones. They were everywhere.
Then, I heard screams. Not the usual background noises of NPCs yelling or honking their horns. These were terrifying, like something straight out of a horror movie. I opened up my map, and that’s when I saw it—an enemy player marked right there near me. But... I was supposed to be the only one in the lobby.
Just as I was trying to figure out what was going on, boom—my internet cut out, and I got kicked from the lobby. At this point, I was freaked out. I went to check my Fritzbox, thinking maybe my Wi-Fi was acting up, but nope—everything was working perfectly. No errors, no issues.
Now I’m sitting here wondering if this is some kind of hidden Halloween event or something. I mean, I know Rockstar does weird stuff around Halloween, but this felt... different. More personal. And, to be honest, I’m not a big fan of Halloween anyway. I’m super jumpy, and I can’t handle horror games at all, so this kind of freaked me out more than I’d like to admit.
Please, someone tell me I’m not the only one who’s had something like this happen. I don’t want to believe it was just me.
It is located in the forest in the eastern area…This is really creepy and disturbing
One time when I was playing Star Fox Adventures I went into the store in the game, you have to go underground to get there and slide down two set of ladders. First one I went through it was fine, then all of a sudden I fell into water and saw just the water in front of me, no store, just water. I freaked out and instantly reseted my GameCube because I thought my disk just broke and the store was back to normal then, I wish I would have explored more, did anyone else experience this? I can't find anyone else who did so thought I'd post it here