At the end of last year we wrote a feature outlining how we viewed 2016 to be the ‘Year of the Shooter‘ due to all the fantastic games that released within that genre. You may think this to be a little bit premature (most certainly arrogant) but I’m going to call it right now, 2017 will be the ‘Year of the Horror Game’… and here’s why.

With a recent resurgence in horror game popularity (thank you P.T.) developers are no longer shying away from what really is a booming genre. With survival horror stronger than ever before, with crowd-funding available as an alternative funding model and with new technological advancements allowing horror to innovate and thrive in new formats, we are seeing a real powerhouse of a year emerging for horror fans. Throughout this article I will highlight 12 upcoming games that prove exactly why I view 2017 to be the year of the horror game.

Resident Evil 7

Capcom

PC, PS4, Xbox One

January 25th 2017

