8 Best Scary Art Horror Games

Chilla's Art is a Japanese development company started by two brothers that makes mundane horror games about everyday life. These games routinely involve minimum wage work, the risk and isolation of working alone, and the fear of strangers.

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Chilla's art specializes in horror, capitalizing on some of the 'janky' or unpolished elements of their game design. The eccentricity of the game has evolved into an instantly recognizable style in short-form video game horror. Chilla's Art has 22 games available on Steam and here are a bunch of great ones.

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Convenience Store | Night event

No job is worth it

who have played The Convenience store And bugs may be surprised to see this game on the list because of the slow pace and the middle left. But the sheer terror the game creates is worth following through to the end. There's also no save function, so it takes some dedication to get through an hour or two of experience.

This helps establish two common tropes of Chilla's art games, late-night minimum-wage work and a bleak vision of a hostile urban environment. The protagonist works at a convenience store and begins receiving strange VCR tapes. It soon becomes clear that something is deeply wrong with the convenience store and her new job.

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Caregiver 終焉 care,

Raven beware

Caregiver A supernatural horror follows elderly care workers as they try to survive a terrifying house call. Souichi is an 83-year-old man whose health is failing and needs care at home. But the workers who go to check on him mysteriously disappear. It is a horror atmospheric game that takes inspiration from yokai as its folklore inspiration.

It's a much smoother gaming experience The Convenience storeBut still there are some annoying bugs and no saving feature. It is recommended to set aside two hours to play the entire game, just in case.

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Jisatsu | self

A filmmaker is tasked by his boss to obtain footage of a creepy urban exploration of abandoned buildings. Unfortunately, the filmmaker stumbles upon a supernatural mystery, complete with ghost possession and creepy dolls.

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It relies on analog horror and found footage to instill a sense of fear and uncertainty in the player. The player must discover five tapes to uncover the truth of what happened in this abandoned house. As one of the recent games from Art of Shout, the gameplay is more player-friendly, but the head bob is a bit distracting.

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Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号

Wait, was that woman smiling before?

It's the developer's foray into the anomaly-hunting genre that's been raging over the past few years. to remind 8 Exit But with its own spin, the anonymous player-character must walk through the compartments of a moving train looking for changes in the environment and passengers. Some of these changes are impossible to miss and others are devilishly difficult.

The goal is for the player to make it safely through the vehicles until they reach their station. It can be seen as a spiritual successor to their previous game, The ghost train. It's a similar narrative and first-person perspective of someone trying to get home, rather than a departure derived from the typical narrative style of Chilla's art.

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Bathhouse 地獄銭湯 restored version

Free accommodation. Shower not included.

Those who played the old version may know that there was a game-breaking patch, and it was taken from the store. But the developers restored it, and it returned to all its terrifying glory. Bathhouse The most story-rich game from the Art of Shout. Maina works in a village bathhouse. One of the perks is free housing, which seems appropriate for her, even if she has to shower in a bathhouse. Like most games on this list, the NPCs are generally unpleasant, and the work is monotonous.

However, it doesn't take long for things to start getting weird. Aside from awkward encounters with patrons straight out of the uncanny valley, the bathhouse seems haunted. Maina must keep up the pace of her work despite the mysterious voices of long-dead employees and the screeching of supernatural monkeys from the bathhouse's empty rooms. There are two endings to unlock and it's worth replaying to see both.

3

Parasocial Parasocial

The horrors of doxxing

Parasocial is a game with a paratextual dimension. This supports the popularity of the art of shouting with streamers and gaming YouTubers. It is a strong game in terms of meaningful branching story and replayability.

The protagonist is a Vtuber who hides his face in live streams, representing himself as an anime avatar. This seems to be a security precaution that serves to preserve her anonymity until one day she is hacked, and her face is revealed on the stream. It's a doxing and stalker story full of tension and foreboding that maintains the suspense till the end.

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Closing Shift | store closure event,

I'll go with a matcha chillappuccino.

closing shift The art of shouting is one of the best entry points into games. It showcases everything that makes these games so unique. The protagonist is a young woman who is rostered on the closing shift at a cafe. The game emphasizes the vulnerability of people who work alone at night and the particular fear of unwanted attention that some women face.

in closing shift, A violent man is stalking a young woman. He must navigate the mundane routine of a minimum-wage service job in addition to the ever-present threat of an unstable and predatory personality fixating on his every move.

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Ghost Train | 幽霊列車

Don't get stuck on the wrong platform

ghost train It tells the story of Kensuk, an insurance broker who does the same job day and night. He is a creature of habit who has a routine behind his work; He goes to the toilet, he drinks, he smokes, and then he catches the subway home. He also has his favorite seat in the second carriage. But on July 25, things start to go horribly wrong.

ghost train Chilla is a fun atmospheric game that showcases the art of J-Horr at its best. It has branching stories, memorable characters, and a haunting sense of loss. Kensuke is a man who feels like he's wasting his life away and the supernatural fear of a ghost train might be just the thing to bring him back to life. This is a must play for horror game fans.

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Parasocial

Parasocial Parasocial is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

Main features:

Immersive Experience: Atmospheric, believable environments intensify the horror experience.

VHS Film Aesthetic: VHS Aesthetic emulates the look and feel of a CRT screen, with phosphor screen trails and bleeding, VHS tape noise, interlacing, and jitter in the analog video signal adding further immersion to the horror experience.

Psychological Horror: The game will drive you crazy.

Japanese Theme: Environment art inspired by Japanese horror films.

automatically savings: Each chapter auto-saves.

systems

PC-1

issued

August 26, 2023

developer(s)

The art of shouting

How long to lose

2 hours

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