The unforgiving save system also heightens the terror as you wonder whether or not you should risk making noise to progress.

If a locked door stands in your way, you can throw a chunk of brick at it multiple times to break it (if you can find a large enough block), you can blow it up with a grenade (if you want to risk attracting the monster with the explosion), or you can fumble in the nearby dark rooms to look for a key (if there even is one). Where the other Amnesia games have a heavy focus on story as you trudge from section to section, vainly attempting to maintain your sanity meter, The Bunker gives you almost immersive-sim-like freedom when it comes to approaching your objectives. However, what sets The Bunker apart from The Dark Descent and Rebirth is its deviation from Frictional’s linear roots. This is not the only Amnesia game we have on this list, and that just goes to show what a master of horror Frictional Games is. Bramble: The Mountain King is beautiful, no doubt, but it is also one of the most bone-chilling horror titles currently on Xbox Game Pass. Did you think hopping across lily pads would be awesome? Awesomely horrifying, maybe. Did you think traversing through a woodland meadow would be picturesque? It is, but there are monsters lurking in the shadows waiting to kill you. You play as a little boy who has to contend with an eerie world that is literally and figuratively bigger than him as he attempts to retrieve his sister from this mythological nightmare-scape.ĭid you think garden gnomes following you around a la Pikmin would be cute? Prepare to have them die gruesome deaths. In the same way Limbo and Little Nightmares terrified (and delighted) players, Bramble: The Mountain King accomplishes the same thing. Trust us when we say at its core, Bramble is about horror.

The gorgeous soundtrack and enchanting environments of Bramble: The Mountain King are a facade.

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