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

Blood Trail
Blood Trail
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight
Dead Rising
Dead Rising
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
BioShock
BioShock
Siren
Siren
The Silver Case
The Silver Case
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2
The Hex
The Hex
Katana Zero
Katana Zero
Mother Russia Bleeds
Mother Russia Bleeds
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment
Higanbana
Higanbana
Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium
Iron Lung
Iron Lung
One Chance
One Chance
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: World at War
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
The Museum of Anything Goes
The Museum of Anything Goes
Messiah
Messiah
Prototype
Prototype
Ultima VIII: Pagan
Ultima VIII: Pagan
Dark Seed
Dark Seed
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
Grave Prosperity: Part 1
Homefront
Homefront
God of War III
God of War III
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Chains of Olympus
This Is the Police
This Is the Police
12 is Better than 6
12 is Better than 6
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Killer7
Killer7
R-Type Delta
R-Type Delta
Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach
School Days
School Days
Danganronpa Trilogy
Danganronpa Trilogy
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Eversion
Eversion
To the Moon
To the Moon
Bad Mojo
Bad Mojo
Twisted Metal: Black
Twisted Metal: Black
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
SWAT 4
SWAT 4
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
Killzone
Killzone
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Suffering
The Suffering
Braid
Braid
Outlast II
Outlast II
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast
Outlast
Get Even
Get Even
Resistance 2
Resistance 2
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man
The Darkness
The Darkness
Observer
Observer
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Mafia II
Mafia II
Mafia
Mafia
Soma
Soma
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Pathologic
Pathologic
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Metro 2033
Metro 2033
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
Quake
Quake
NieR
NieR
Drakengard
Drakengard
Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Fallout
Fallout
DEFCON
DEFCON
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne
Max Payne
Inside
Inside
Limbo
Limbo
Harvester
Harvester
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Manhunt
Manhunt
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2

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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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