Horror-themed Adventure Games

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IndigoHD
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Horror-themed Adventure Games

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By now the library of supported Games for ScummVM is truly humongous!
I was wondering if perhaps someone could list a few scary games worth playing so we we could get into the Halloween-spirit a bit early this year!
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Elvira 1 and 2
Waxworks
Personal Nightmare
Lighthouse
Phantasmagoria 1 and 2
RAMA
Shivers
Gabriel Knight 1 and 2
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Hey, thanks so much for the advice!

For now i installed:
I have no mouth and i must scream, Elvira 1 and 2 (Amiga Edition for the nicer music)
as well as Gabriel Knight 1.

Gonna try those out soon. Genuinely excited!
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The Hugo's House of Horrors trilogy is one I'm particularly fond of because I enjoy them as a kid.
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I know Dark Seed is particularly horror-themed. But there are others that aren't QUITE horror but certainly are tense thrillers with dark content. Like the Call of Cthulhu games. I can't speak for Shadow of the Comet, but its sequel Prisoner of Ice had a profound effect on me as a kid. Edge of my seat the whole time.
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