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Spooky Games That Aren't Horrific

Whether at Halloween or other times of the year, people love games that spook and scare them. There are loads of games that offer experiences as disturbing as you want. However, it can be hard to find games that have a spooky or scary theme but don't take things "too far".

This is our list of spooky games that stay on the site of fun frights rather than dark disturbances. This ranges from games like Monster Prom that has some mature language but doesn't double down on the scares, to games like Costume Quest that takes a tongue in cheek approach to scares.

This list includes 26 games from the last 16 years, with 309 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to get scared but not horrified.

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PEGI Ratings: PEGI 3 to PEGI 16
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE to ESRB MATURE 17+
Australian Ratings: G to MA 15+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Battle, Brain Game, Collecting, Communication, Creative, Fighting, Narrative, Platform, Point-and-Click, Puzzle, Role-Play, Sequencing, Shooting, Simulation, Stealth, Strategy and Traversal
Total Likes: 309

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Components: 3D First-Person, Cartoon and Day and Night

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Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

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Luigi's Mansion (Series)

Release Date: 19/10/2018, updated in 2019

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube and Switch

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

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Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Hand-Made and Open World

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Release Date: 05/05/2022

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

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Monster Prom

Release Date: 27/04/2018, updated in 2020

Out Now: PC, PS4 and Switch

Coming Soon: Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

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Rainbow Friends (Roblox)

Release Date: 14/11/2021

Out Now: Android, PC, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

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Costume Quest

Costume Quest (Series)

Release Date: 19/10/2010, updated in 2011

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Hand-Made

Costume Quest is an adventure game where you play a trick-or-treating child when they encounter a monster that kidnaps your sibling. You travel the neighbourhood collecting items for your costume, candy and fellow children as companions in order to face...

Morkredd

Release Date: 12/12/2020

Out Now: PC and Xbox One

Coming Soon: Xbox Series X|S

Components: 2D Overhead

Morkredd is a puzzle game about light and shadow, where two characters work together to push a glowing orb of light in a pitch black world, avoiding to step into shadow - even each others' - which results in their death.

The Spirit and the Mouse

Release Date: 26/09/2022

Out Now: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

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Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Release Date: 29/08/2019

Out Now: Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

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Pumpkin Jack

Release Date: 23/10/2020, updated in 2021

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One

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Components: 3D Third-Person

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Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

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Components: 2D Side-On, Hand-Made and Open World

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Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

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Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

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Assistance Getting Starting:	Tutorials Practice Area View Control Mapping Assistance With Controls Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Adjust Speed No Jump Scares
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