Horror game

A horror game is a video game genre centered on horror fiction and typically designed to scare the player. The term may also be used to describe tabletop games with horror fiction elements. Unlike most other video game genres, which are classified by their gameplay, horror games are nearly always based on narrative or visual presentation, and use a variety of gameplay types. The genre's appeal often stems from its ability to evoke fear through both narrative dread and gameplay mechanics that reduce the player's sense of control, creating what scholars describe as intraludic transgression.