10 Most DISTURBING Deaths in Horror Games
10 Most Disturbing Deaths in Horror Games
Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we are bringing our own puke bags. Horror games love to push the envelope, and deaths in horror games are when the gloves come off for game devs. These are the 10 Most Disturbing Deaths in Horror Games. Let’s get this over with.
Emily’s Various Deaths
“Until Dawn” (2015)
Emily in "Until Dawn" can go out in so many different ways, and none of them are easy to watch. She’s not exactly the most likeable character, and I think the devs knew this, using her as a guinea pig for some of the worst deaths available. One of the most messed up moments comes from the whole bite situation. If the group thinks she’s infected, things spiral fast. Mike can straight up panic and shoot her on the spot, and it happens so suddenly it barely gives you time to process it. Then there’s falling into the grinder or getting caught by the Wendigo, which are just as brutal. But sometimes, really cathartic.
Mayu
“Corpse Party” (2008)
The "Corpse Party" games aren’t exactly pushing crazy visuals, but that’s kind of the point. Since it started as an RPG Maker project, it leans way more on your imagination than showing everything straight up, but that doesn’t mean things can’t get pretty disturbing. The death that sticks the hardest is Mayu’s. She’s super kind, almost too kind, the kind of kind where you might get slammed against a wall repeatedly just for being so kind. Instead of running from the nightmares, she tries to connect with the spirits haunting the place, which is obviously a terrible idea. Not long after, they grab her and drag her through the halls, smashing her against walls over and over until she’s in absolute pieces.
All Deaths
“Fear & Hunger” (2018)
Pretty much every death in "Fear & Hunger" feels awful, mainly because the game doesn’t feel a need to hold back. It’s not just about losing health and retrying either, when you mess up, things go downhill in the worst ways possible. You can lose limbs, get permanently crippled, or end up in situations that are straight up disturbing. Some deaths happen out of nowhere too, which keeps you constantly on edge. What makes it hit harder is how unfair it can feel, like the game is actively working against you. There’s no safety net, no mercy, just consequences. Disturbing consequences.
The Bad Ending
“Resident Evil Requiem” (2026)
A really disturbing moment in "Resident Evil 9" comes from what happens to Leon, and it hits way harder than you’d expect. Leon’s always been this confident, almost untouchable character, so seeing him completely lose control is unsettling on its own. The game builds it up slowly, showing him getting worn down and clearly not okay, until things finally snap. When it happens, it’s not some quick or clean death either, it’s messy, with the camera lingering just enough to make it uncomfortable, albeit blurred or blocked. What makes it worse is that you know who he is, so watching him go out like that feels wrong.
Adam The Clown
“Dead Rising” (2006)
In "Dead Rising", you spend most of your time mowing down zombies without really thinking twice about it. There are tons of weapons and crazy ways to take them out, but it never feels that heavy, killing a dead person with a toy is more fun than disturbing. That’s why Adam the Clown stands out so much. He’s not just another survivor, he’s completely unhinged. After you beat him, instead of backing down, he goes out in the most messed up way possible. He literally throws himself onto his own chainsaws, ripping into his stomach while laughing like a maniac. It’s chaotic, disturbing, and almost as hard to watch as a regular clown show.
Adam Shepherd
“Silent Hill: Homecoming” (2008)
Adam Shepherd in "Silent Hill: Homecoming" is far from a good dad. He’s cold, distant, and spends most of the game either ignoring Alex (our protagonist) or messing him up mentally. Honestly, he’s the kind of guy you’d expect zero sympathy for. But, you could watch what happens to him happen to Hitler, and you might accidentally let out a “poor Hitler, man”. Near the end, Alex finds him tied up between two pillars, completely helpless. Adam actually apologizes, which already feels weird coming from him, and then things go south fast. "Pyramid Head" shows up and, without hesitation, cuts him clean in half with that massive blade. You don’t really see it happen directly, but Alex does, and we see Alex seeing, and that’s disturbing enough.
Needle in The Eye
“Dead Space 2” (2011)
The "Dead Space" games already give you a ton of horrible ways to die, but one moment in "Dead Space 2" easily stands out as the worst. It happens when Isaac steps into this medical machine that is very clearly more of a torture machine. He straps himself in and has to carefully line up his eye with a laser, while this needle slowly lowers toward him. It’s already stressful, but if you mess it up, it becomes straight up nightmare fuel. The machine glitches out and instead of stopping, the needle keeps going, pushing right through his eye. It doesn’t cut away either, oh boy does it not cut away, why on god’s green earth does it NOT cut away.
Eddie’s Victims
“Outlast: Whistleblower” (2014)
While Miles gets a rough ending in "Outlast", the stuff in the "Outlast: Whistleblower" DLC honestly feels even worse. This time you’re playing as Waylon Park, trying to survive the asylum while being hunted by Eddie Gluskin, also known as The Groom. And yeah… this guy is next level disturbing. He kidnaps male inmates and tries to turn them into his “perfect bride”, and this means he has to do some surgery... Some special surgery… Okay he **** their **** off. It’s not quick either, it’s slow, painful, and straight up hard to sit through. At one point, Waylon is forced to watch the whole process happen to someone else, and the game does not hold back, in fact I think in editing I’ll probably have to blur it, but ya’ll have YouTube, look it up.
All Character Deaths
“Doki Doki Literature Club!” (2017)
There isn’t a single death in "Doki Doki Literature Club" that doesn’t mess with your head. A lot of games treat death like it’s no big deal, but this one forces you to sit with it. One death moment forces you to spend time getting to know the characters, building actual connections, and then the game just hits you with their unalivings in a way that feels way too real. It completely flips from a chill dating sim into full-on psychological horror, and it does it without warning. Even when you think you’re close to fixing things, it doesn’t really let you. You’re forced to delete the main character behind it all, and that’s just three of the deaths.
Joel
“The Last of Us Part II” (2020)
I have not experienced a death in a video game that made me feel quite as many feelings as Joel, y’know? The main guy everyone loved from "The Last of Us". Joel gets taken out insanely early in "The Last of Us Part II", and it hits like a truck. At that point, you don’t even know why Abby hates him so much, which makes it feel even more unfair. She doesn’t just kill him either, she makes it slow and painful. The worst part is when Ellie shows up. She’s held down by Abby’s group, completely helpless, begging them to stop and yelling at Joel to get up. But he can’t. Instead, she’s forced to watch Abby finish him off with a golf club in a really brutal way. You feel every bit of Ellie’s panic, anger, and disgust.