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

12 is Better than 6
12 is Better than 6
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
Bad Mojo
Bad Mojo
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight
The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac
BioShock
BioShock
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Trail
Blood Trail
Braid
Braid
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: World at War
Danganronpa Trilogy
Danganronpa Trilogy
The Darkness
The Darkness
Dark Seed
Dark Seed
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Dead Rising
Dead Rising
DEFCON
DEFCON
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium
Doom 3
Doom 3
Drakengard
Drakengard
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Eversion
Eversion
Fallout
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Gears of War
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2
Get Even
Get Even
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War III
God of War III
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grave Prosperity: Part 1
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2
Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach
Harvester
Harvester
Hatred
Hatred
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
The Hex
The Hex
Higanbana
Higanbana
Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry
Homefront
Homefront
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Inside
Inside
Iron Lung
Iron Lung
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Katana Zero
Katana Zero
Killer7
Killer7
Killzone
Killzone
L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Limbo
Limbo
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
LSD: Dream Emulator
LSD: Dream Emulator
Mafia
Mafia
Mafia II
Mafia II
Manhunt
Manhunt
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
Messiah
Messiah
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metro 2033
Metro 2033
Mother Russia Bleeds
Mother Russia Bleeds
The Museum of Anything Goes
The Museum of Anything Goes
NieR
NieR
Observer
Observer
One Chance
One Chance
Outlast
Outlast
Outlast II
Outlast II
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast: Whistleblower
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
Pathologic
Pathologic
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment
Postal
Postal
Prototype
Prototype
Quake
Quake
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Resistance 2
Resistance 2
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man
R-Type Delta
R-Type Delta
School Days
School Days
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3

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ShumaSegata

8 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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