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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View PC Gaming Show Computex 2025 TES4: Oblivion Elden Ring: Nightreign Recommended reading Repose's demo is short, but this 2D horror game is already feeling like something out of Severance Look Outside is a survival horror RPG where you absolutely should not look outside 'You just have to make them think this world is real, and this world can hurt you': The Outlast Trials devs discuss a changing horror genre and an insatiable need for scares The best horror games on PC Bloober Team delivers an ominous warning in the first gameplay trailer for its next game: 'Don't let them merge' Silent Hill gets a soccer league in FEAR FA 98, and you can play the demo now 'We've been keeping fans waiting for an awfully long time': We finally got to see more of Silent Hill f and boy, does it look great Here's another terrifying trailer for that creepy retro survival horror game that's half FMV, half pixel-art Jody Macgregor 2 June 2025 Tenebris Somnia is going to keep us up at night. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Andrés Borghi, Tobías Rusjan) I've been spooked by plenty of pixel-art horror games, like Signalis or Look Outside. But I can't think of an FMV game that's truly frightened me. The bit in The 7th Guest where hands try to come out of the painting seemed eerie when I was a kid, but now it's pure kitsch. Watching the first trailer for Tenebris Somnia made me think I might be properly frightened by FMV in a videogame at last. The second trailer cements that feeling. It bounces back and forth between live-action and the kind of pixel art I associate with games like Maniac Mansion, and while the retro art leaves you to imagine all the gory details of a blood-soaked bed or a two-faced woman with a mouth like a gaping portal to eternal darkness, the FMV cutscenes straight-up show you that stuff and it's pure nightmare fuel. Tenebris Somnia - Trailer 2 - YouTube I've seen a couple of comments where people are suspicious of how good the cutscenes look, since they could pass for a decently budgeted horror movie and we're used to seeing FMV that looks, well, cheap. "Has AI generation been used in the making of this trailer?" asked someone on the Steam forum. Dave Oshry himself, CEO of publisher New Blood Interactive, showed up to reply, "Absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ not." You may like Repose's demo is short, but this 2D horror game is already feeling like something out of Severance Look Outside is a survival horror RPG where you absolutely should not look outside 'You just have to make them think this world is real, and this world can hurt you': The Outlast Trials devs discuss a changing horror genre and an insatiable need for scares So put your mind at ease. Nothing as terrifying as Stable Diffusion's power usage appears in Tenebris Somnia, and the only thing we have to fear is the guy with candles for a head. And the flying things with white masks and gigantic teeth. And the round guy in the old-timey suit who vomits. And literally everything else glimpsed in the trailers. We don't have a release date yet for Tenebris Somnia, but there is a demo on the Steam page, should you dare to download it. Best MMOs: Most massive Best strategy games: Number crunching Best open world games: Unlimited exploration Best survival games: Live craft love Best horror games: Fight or flight The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Jody Macgregor Social Links Navigation Weekend/AU Editor Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame. 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Repose's demo is short, but this 2D horror game is already feeling like something out of Severance Look Outside is a survival horror RPG where you absolutely should not look outside 'You just have to make them think this world is real, and this world can hurt you': The Outlast Trials devs discuss a changing horror genre and an insatiable need for scares The best horror games on PC Bloober Team delivers an ominous warning in the first gameplay trailer for its next game: 'Don't let them merge' Silent Hill gets a soccer league in FEAR FA 98, and you can play the demo now Latest in Horror REPO 'literally saved semiwork as a studio' according to a new video published by developers REPO has published yet another video promising more content in its long-awaited first update: 'We are in the homestretch now' The 'most powerful creature in the game' is about to be unleashed into Lethal Company as part of its first update in months Dead by Daylight update schedule: The Year 10 roadmap includes a Five Nights at Freddy's crossover and Walking Dead tease All active Dandy's World codes in June 2025 and how to redeem them in Roblox REPO will feature 'moon phases' as part of the new update, ramping up the difficulty every 5 levels Latest in News XWVM, the X-Wing mod that lets you play the Star Wars classic remade in Unity, is finally available to download Apple is reportedly creating its own Steam-like game launcher, but it's still missing the key to making gaming on Mac great Elden Ring Nightreign's Wylder can not only rocket jump with his explosive ultimate, he can grappling hook combo into it to fly around like an offstage Smash Bros. character 'We wish to express our deepest regret': Bulletstorm and Outriders dev People Can Fly suspends unannounced projects in yet another wave of gaming layoffs Elden Ring Nightreign artist wanted part of the game to feel 'more cozy, more welcoming, more at home,' so naturally she drew on Dark Souls for inspiration You get a unique relic for beating Elden Ring Nightreign's 'supposed to lose' tutorial boss, but don't worry: There's a buried menu option to fight him again HARDWARE BUYING GUIDES LATEST GAME REVIEWS Best Steam Deck accessories in Australia for 2025: Our favorite docks, powerbanks and gamepads Best graphics card for laptops in 2025: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop Best mini PCs in 2025: The compact computers I love the most Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2025: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2025: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless review Phanteks Eclipse G400A review To a T review: Not just wholesome, but wonderfully weird Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 3 review Elden Ring Nightreign review: A messy co-op action RPG that shouldn't be this good PC Gamer is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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