Some of the most memorable console games are among the horror variety. Something about the horror genre in gaming usually lends itself to deeper, more gripping stories, more emotional involvement from the player, and, of course, plenty of scares. While there’s no shortage of horror games for the Xbox One, we thought giving the time of year it would be appropriate to take a look at the scariest games available. Here’s our top 10.

State of Decay

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State of Decay is an amazing survival horror game. It’s definitely for the zombie lover–but is more Walking Dead than Dead Rising. That’s because there are heavy RPG elements to the game and the game takes place over multiple towns and locations, including a national park. The goal? Keep a group of survivors fed, alive, and safe in the zombie apocalypse.

Outlast

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I can’t think of a place I’d rather not be than an abandoned insane asylum–but it makes an excellent setting for a horror game. In the game you play a journalist intent on finding out just what is happening at a mysterious insane asylum on the outskirts of town. But instead of just roaming around Silent Hill style, the game relies a lot on night-vision mechanics, which makes exploring this hellscape terrifying.

Alien Isolation

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This excellent thriller is based off the original 1979 Alien movie. In it you play Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda trying to discover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance. The survival horror sees you among a disparate group of survivors on Sevastopol, a decommissioned trading station on the fringes of space, trying to salvage an existence under the constant threat of a lone Alien. You’ll feel isolated and terrified, but have a great time nonetheless.

The Evil Within

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This a third-person survival horror was directed by the Resident Evil series creator, Shinji Mikami. The game follows protagonist Sebastian Castellanos as he transverses a distorted world full of surreal locations and nightmarish creatures. Played in a third-person perspective, you savage for supplies and must learn when its best to fight or to run to survive. And excellent score tops off this game’s creep factor.

Walking Dead The Complete First Season

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This is the game that put game developer Telltale on the map. It’s a truly engrossing story that takes place int he comic book universe of The Walking Dead. In the episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game you play Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who is in the back of a police car when it wrecks at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Unlike many episodic games, Walking Dead The Complete First Season (it’s called that because it includes all five “episodes” of the game) focuses on story and character development over puzzle solving. You’re forced to make hard, more choices, which decide what storyline the game will progress down. The ultimate aim is to protect one of the best video game characters of all time, an orphaned little girl named Clementine, who you will come to care about as if she were a real person.

7 Days to Die

This horrifying survival horror video game is set in an open world that will give you the creeps. Set after a nuclear Third World War destroyed much of the world, the game takes place in Arizona, you play a survivor who needs to survive by finding shelter, obtaining food and water, and scavenging for supplies while fighting off the zombies that were created as a result of the nuclear fallout.

Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare

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Red Dead Redemption is one of the greatest video games ever made, but there’s a chance its expansion pack Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare is even better. Undead Nightmare sees a zombie and all around horror plague sweeping the west. Some of the scariest moments of the game are when you are riding your horse through the countryside at night only to turn around to see there’s a horde of pioneer zombies running right at you in the dark. Undead Nightmare also features other scary creatures including Bigfoot and a flaming horse. It’s tremendous fun and a game everyone should play.

Friday the 13th

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Friday the 13th looks to be one hell of a game. Based on the original movie the gameplay is unique in that it’s an asymmetrical multiplayer in which one player controls Jason Voorhees and the others control those poor camp counselors who are either trying to flee Camp Crystal Lake (the smart move) or kill Jason (good luck!).

Dying Light

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An open world first person action-adventure survival horror, Dying Light takes place in a zombie apocalypse in a quarantine zone in a city called Harran. You play an undercover agent trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious outbreak and bring order back to the city. What makes this game so good is that during the day, the zombies are scary enough, but as soon as the sun set, the become more aggressive and dangerous–and much harder to see.

Dead Island

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This open world survival horror action role-playing video game is now five years old, but still a terrific entry into the horror genre. You’re on a tropical island living the high life at a resort when there’s a zombie outbreak. Explore the beautiful island landscapes as you fight (or try to avoid) zombies, reduce survivors, and power up your weapons–all while trying to figure out just what happened on the island, and seeing if you can escape it.

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