Everyone plays video games to de-stress, but there are games that are masters at making the player stressed, right?

In today's text and video, we bring you a list of 10 of these games, which if you've played, you'll certainly know right away what we're talking about.

The most stressful games of all time

 

the nations that finance your program from abandoning ship, which is certainly one of the most stressful factors in the game.

One false step and everything can go to hell, like for example when the game tells you that there is a 99% chance that your shot will hit and it misses, and then that whole mission that could end in success ends up going wrong, even more so if you you are playing in Ironman mode, where it is not possible to rewind moves.

Dead Space

Dead Space is my favorite type of Survival Horror game, after all, in it you rarely have time to feel safe, being attacked by necromorphs that come from places where you least expect it and always in a situation where everything is kind of dark and noisy, which is supposed to help make you completely disoriented and miss more than you would normally miss if you weren't super tense.

Alien: Isolation

Alien: Isolation, is a game that puts you inside a supposedly abandoned space station with the Xenomorph behind you.

If it was just that, fine, because then it would be just running away, making strategies, and so on, but the game goes further, provoking you in different moments, pretending that now the scare comes and nothing, for when you least expect it, it does happen.

Resident Evil 2 Remake

Resident Evil 2 Remake managed to capture the essence of the original game very well, after all, it reimagined the entire PS1 classic for the PS4 and Xbox One generation, and even improved the formula, turning Mr X into an enemy as relentless and creepy that ended up kind of taking away all the impact that Nemesis had on the next game in the series.

Not only does he help make this game stressful, but the Lickers are also enemies that always make me tense in the game, after all, you always have the option to sneak past them or be forced to face them and take damage, and when Lickers and Mr. X get together, then you can be sure to kiss the ground.

overcooked

Have you ever stopped to think why everyone screams and is stressed in restaurant kitchens? Overcooked is obviously the game that will give you that answer, starting out pretty silly and innocent, and when you least expect it, you'll be fighting with your teammates trying to deliver the craziest dishes the game asks for while trying to work as a team with his friend Genivaldo, who still hasn't cut the damned leges. Sacanage, see Geni?

Cuphead

Cuphead is a cute game but very ordinary. With graphics inspired by Disney cartoons from the 30s, this run and gun is a very difficult game to play, and even the best players of the genre end up dying a lot more than they imagined they would because of the simple difficulty of the game. Playing doubles, everything gets even more chaotic.

darkest dungeon

Darkest Dungeon is a strategy and RPG game that takes on a very interesting point usually ignored by games of this type: the stress and trauma of seeing your colleagues battle and die at your side, after all, you and your squadron are risking their lives to every step they take inside the dungeons.

subnautica

If you have thalassophobia, that is, fear of the bottom of the sea, stay away from this game, after all, Subnautica is an underwater survival game, where you run the risk not only of drowning but also of being attacked by sea creatures like sharks. Is there any way not to get tense playing a game like that?

outlast

 

Like Amnesia, Outlast is another extremely stressful game, and both were kind of responsible for the revival of horror games when nobody in the AAA games industry seemed to think they were viable.

In this game, you're armed with just a camcorder, and you must survive all kinds of horror without being able to defend yourself, in fact, you just have to run away and use your inventiveness when the bug catches you.

The Last of Us Part 2

 

Despite not being exactly a horror game, The Last of Us Part 2 has several moments that will leave you stressed and tense, either because of Ellie's motivation to go in search of revenge, or because of everything she does during the game, whether the moments when you don't know if you're controlling her or Abby, well, if there's one thing this game is good at, it's making you have feelings, and many of them are conflicting and stressful as hell too.