The World is Hell: Hopeless Vidya

Inspired by the Letterboxd list for films here: https://boxd.it/2R2F6

Video games that carry a bleak, gloomy, pessimistic, or nihilistic worldview through their tone, story, or even gameplay content in some instances.

127 Games

Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Postal
Postal
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Hatred
Hatred
Doom 3
Doom 3
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
LSD: Dream Emulator
LSD: Dream Emulator
This War of Mine
This War of Mine
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac
Gears of War
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2
Manhunt
Manhunt
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Harvester
Harvester
Limbo
Limbo
Inside
Inside
Max Payne
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3
L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
DEFCON
DEFCON
Fallout
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Drakengard
Drakengard
NieR
NieR
Quake
Quake
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
Metro 2033
Metro 2033
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Pathologic
Pathologic
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Soma
Soma
Mafia
Mafia
Mafia II
Mafia II
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Observer
Observer
The Darkness
The Darkness
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 2
Get Even
Get Even
Outlast
Outlast
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast II
Outlast II
Braid
Braid
The Suffering
The Suffering
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Killzone
Killzone
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II
SWAT 4
SWAT 4
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Twisted Metal: Black
Twisted Metal: Black
Bad Mojo
Bad Mojo
To the Moon
To the Moon
Eversion
Eversion
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Danganronpa Trilogy
Danganronpa Trilogy
School Days
School Days
Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2
Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse
R-Type Delta
R-Type Delta
Killer7
Killer7
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
12 is Better than 6
12 is Better than 6
This Is the Police
This Is the Police
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War III
God of War III
Homefront
Homefront
Grave Prosperity: Part 1
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
Dark Seed
Dark Seed

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ShumaSegata

7 months ago

Add: Disco Elysium, Higurashi, Higanbana, Planescape torment, Serial experiments lain, Deus Ex, Bioshock, Mohter Russia Bleeds, Katana Zero, The Hex, Half Life 2, Silver Case, Siren, Far Cry 3, Dead Rising, Batman Arkham Knight
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