The 20 Scariest Super Nintendo (SNES) Games

[@kistar3460]

As a 13 year old kid playing super metroid in my parents house dark basement, terrified of the bosses and the scary athmosphere, it is still almost 30 years later, my strongest and fondest memory as a gamer. Glad to had played that game when it was released back in 94, one of the best ever made!

[@dronescoVKE]

Absolutely agreed. Was about the same age when playing through it. Check out hollow knight. It gave me very similar feelings. Despite its Comic look it captured the feeling of loneliness and dangerous exploration much better for me than the latest Metroid on the Switch. It’s pretty Boss fight heavy though.

[@MrM4DM4N]

13?! Try at 6! I never beat the game!

[@Sandman_Slim]

At 13 I was watching Hellraiser on loop.

[@tamingstrange6263]

Metroid scared you 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sandman_Slim]

@@tamingstrange6263 I know right? Super Metroid is super tame.

[@cristiandobrota8370]

There won't be any Bits&Beats top without Castlevania.Good job as always!

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

Yea….?

[@joshpart3319]

I have a very special, personal "horror" anecdote about Super Metroid: As a kid, Lower norfair always creeped the hell out of me, and during one gameplay when I got to that part, I wished I wouldn't have to go through it again. So in the first save room there I saved my game and turned it off, and the next day when I went to continue the game... All the save files where gone! 8-year-old me was sure that that evil map read my thoughts and deleted all my progress so "I wouldn't have to go through it again", and that scared me so much that I didn't play the game again for a long time.

[@YoutubeApestaACACA]

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[@dreamcastzero]

You probably turned it off too soon and corrupted your save file(s)

[@maralinekozial9131]

Idk why Not fair would ever scare u more than the Wrecked Ghost Ship or Maridians underwater area especially fighting the giant crustacean "Dragon" especially under water!!!!! Every mini boss & big boss was cool but nobody was scarier than Torizo the special boss & Draygon the 3rd big boss !!!!! Imagine seeing a giant crayfish pop up behind u in a underwater cavern 😮

[@Dingalow]

I think Shin Megami Tensei could technically appear on this list. It's definitely got one of the creepiest overall tones of any SNES RPG I've ever played. Just the way it begins alone with that imposing title theme and the actual opening cutscene where you name the characters has a really thick dark and surreal tone.

[@alteredpenguin2073]

Hands down the bosses are either God or Satan that's pretty scary

[@bryanmuster5662]

I used to stay up too late playing Super Ghouls and Ghosts and Super Castlevania when I was about 11. Some of the best gaming I have ever done. Good times.

[@Sam1787]

The scariest thing about Porky's Haunted Holiday is that he isn't wearing any pants.

[@ophidianmind333]

There are a lot of great games on this list and many of them are among my favorite SNES games. Super Metroid, Super Castlevania IV, Clock Tower, Demon's Crest, Laplace no Ma (there is also an English fan translation available for this), Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Ghoul Patrol, King of Demons, Musya, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Another World, and Ghost Sweeper Mikami are all classics of the 16-bit era. For those wanting a dark RPG with horror elements, I would also recommend the Shin Megami Tensei games on the Super Famicom (SMT I, II, and If...) and all of them have English fan translations available. If you're looking for RPGs with dark themes and aren't averse to difficulty, those three games are highly recommended. There is also a Super Famicom remake of the first two Megami Tensei games called Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei that has an English fan translation available, but I haven't played it yet so I don't know if the remake is as infamously draconian in difficulty as the Famicom originals.

[@jaredelizardo201]

Speaking of three of these dose a current game studio have plans too bring GP KOD And Musya Too the current game consoles aka Switch PS4/5 Xbox one Xbox X/S Systems

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

I'd probably recommend the Famicom originals, because there's some points that were changed in SFC remakes.

[@shipgirllover]

I'm really glad to see Warlock appear somewhere for once when talking about SNES games. Even though it might've not aged really well, it was a key part in some parts of my childhood. Every year, I've made a tradition to beat it at least once.

[@sathic609]

Demon Crest was such an awesome game

[@aliceinmansonland448]

This is why I watch this. Two VERY interesting games that I've never played, and I wouldn't know about them if it wasn't for you! Thanks a ton!

[@Hammi4Real]

There was a scene in King Arthur's World when you lost, where he was shown bloodied and chained in a dark dungeon with his hands raised pleading. The music really underlined the horrible fate that the king had met with. Oh and there were zombies in the game as well that would swarm and turn your men.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Definitely underrated game. It also had Trog demons in the Goblin Underworld that would teleport and gobble up your men whole, and even Arthur if you didn't know to keep him on an Engineer-built platform or a ladder.

[@Hammi4Real]

@@WhiteFangofWar Oh my god that's exactly what I did with Arthur, those platforms were a lifesaver. I forgot about the teleporting demon, that pesky saboteur.

[@CylenX6]

One of the creepiest moments for me was in Super Castlevania 4 in the mansion. Forgot the stage, but it had the ghouls and those damn zombie dogs you kill and they come back to life! Them dogs always gave me the chills lol.

[@dudeman5303]

Yeah. That one secret with the old man who cries because his dog attacked you and you killed it always made me really sad too. The ending bosses are all so epic, I felt dracula himself was a bit underwhelming for some reason, I don't know if it's the music or what but having him following the 2 creepy bosses just never sat right with me because the grim reaper and the flying spear creature just freaked me out with that music too. God that music is so epic. I agree though, tangents aside, the mansion is really creepy

[@CylenX6]

@@dudeman5303 I thought the Grim Reaper fight was epic too, especially when he tries to pull you in and he's like- mumbling something. And yeah, that spear-thing-whatever it was was weird. I would pause the game and be like, "What IS that thing?? It's hideous!"

[@tommyhatcher3399]

As a kid the game Actraiser 2 freaked me out. Just the art-style, very creepy stuff.

[@BaronDanyD]

The real terror of Zombies Ate My Neighbours is the difficulty - that one seems to be very true (of what I heard, I haven't played the game).

[@dudeman5303]

I can't believe they didn't show the chainsaw men. Those guys are freaking terrifying dude

[@RetroGameNova]

The laugh in Porkys really caught me off guard lol

[@mootsym]

The graphics in some of these are really amazing

[@tiagoc9754]

Demons crest is one of my favs of SNES. Capcom should remake it

[@GroovyFlacko]

Nah that Daffy nightmare variant was scary as hell

[@tommj4365]

Doom, while obviously a port, had me shitting my pants on the snes with it's slow turning and choppy framerate. Like a nightmare where you're legs feel stuck in mud.

[@SaintJimmy379]

Nice, short and sweet with a bunch of content. This is the kind of top X list I like, also the subtitle style commentary is great as opposed to a spoken commentary. Subscribed.

[@SrSacaninha]

Never thought much about it, but Blackthorne is really tough to classify. I'd say maybe it's a dark phantasy with post-apocalyptic elements?

[@sheneanbolts1001]

I tell you something. These older games had some kick ass soundtracks, unlike today's games. I miss the olden days of gaming.

[@jclkaytwo]

then you clearly aren't playing enough of today's games. there have been _tons upon tons_ of kick ass game soundtracks over the last few years.

[@sheneanbolts1001]

@jclkaytwo I play a lot of games, but the music isn't the same. Older game soundtracks had some real nostalgia, which really aren't there in today's soundtracks.

[@jclkaytwo]

@@sheneanbolts1001 what kind of complaint is that? of _course_ newer soundtracks don't have nostalgia, they're literally newer. nostalgia has nothing to do with quality. you are letting your bias cloud your judgement.

[@sheneanbolts1001]

It's not a complaint or being biased.

[@jclkaytwo]

​@@sheneanbolts1001 how are you not being biased? you just said that older soundtracks are better than newer soundtracks because you have nostalgia for them. if that's not bias I don't know what is.

[@One-ct3xe]

The Dungeon Master remake for the SNES had some good immersion to it, and the further you descend into the first person Dungeon, the darker and more hopeless it feels. Thought it deserves a mention!

[@ragegamer1642]

Definitely will be downloading most of these for my snes emulator

[@christophlange5053]

I would love to see another entry in the Demons Crest/Gargoyle's quest series, with a similar visual style as Demon's Crest.

[@enriquegomez8114]

A voice over describing the game would have made this video perfect.

[@occamsbutterknife9186]

It only plays for the first second of your intro, but Humans Are Such Easy Prey is one of my favorite Perturbator tracks!

[@BitsBeats]

🙌🙌

[@Tanooki25]

Mr Nutz. That Boss fight with the Giant is creepy as hell.

[@tiagoc9754]

Missed Scooby Doo in this list as a comedy horror. That game was pretty amazing

[@hdofu]

Scooby Doo definitely had the atmosphere down and did a damn good job converting the Scooby Doo Where are you series into a game.

[@timhill497]

Can't believe you had Another World (or Out of This World). Pretty obscure game but gave me the creeps watching my older brother play that growing up.

[@CylenX6]

Omg right? A game where damn near everything wants to eat you if you don't proceed with caution lol.

[@timhill497]

@@CylenX6 no kidding, I never beat the game until I played it on an emulator so I could save my state every couple steps because it was so damn hard.

[@evilblader7]

Pensé que ibas a poner a DOOM por el temita ese de los demonios y aterrador de su entorno, y que por esto mismo fue tan polémico y criticado. Te faltó también Scooby Doo, pero ese juego.... Pues solo la temática de horror tiene porque en realidad es bastante aburrido. Pero bueno... Una de las muchas virtudes de Metroid es que el juego no es de horror propiamente dicho, pero su atmósfera de soledad, exploración y sus temas musicales lo hacen sentir asfixiante, solitario, y amenazante, que cualquier cosa te puede saltar encima D:

[@sneakykamon]

You know what? Yes, I’m glad someone said Super Metroid was a scary game. I was like 6 when it came out and I could never play it alone because of that intense music.

[@CorpSlay]

the scariest is Clock Tower for sure.. the suspance and everything is perfect.. the scariest 16 bit game ever made

[@granpastreetz]

2:08 Listen to that banger of a track.

[@daftcruz]

Games missing: Dark Half, EarthBound, Shin Megami Tensei, Doom Troopers, Doom, and the cancelled Atmosfear/Nightmare.

[@gfdgdfgdfgdfggfdgdfgdfgdfg9709]

Missing in this list: Super Probotector (first and third boss + the whole last level) Axelay (last level is pretty creepy, second boss also somewhat creepy) Zelda A Link to the Past (has a lot of creepy moments/Dungeons) FinalFantasy 6 (Zozo, Phantom Forest, Nightmares of Cain, Final Boss) Pocky & Rocky (has also some horror themed enemies if I remember right.) Earthbound maybe, but I haven't played that. I just know the last boss is weird.

[@gwgux]

Huh, I haven't heard of several of these games. Nice list! Hope you do a follow up for other consoles some day if you haven't done so already. :)

[@sneakysquidgaming916]

I feel like Spawn should have been on the list, i got night terrors from it LOL

[@thanatosor]

Those games are amazing and way better than a lot of games nowadays

[@bronysimpson3250]

The only thing in a SNES game that's ever truly given me the willies was the skull woods from The Legend of Zelda A Link to The Past. Especially when an enemy solder appears from a cut bush.

[@mrman5439]

Nice video But you missed out Castlevania Dracula X 😊

[@BitsBeats]

Great game! But only one game x franchise. Sorry!!

[@TheWandererTravelVlogs]

I certainly didn't expect to see Porky Pig here, but here we are. It did look creepy to be fair

[@Chayaen]

Terranigma and the zombie village is missing. I shat my pants when I was a kid.

[@soulreaver1983]

Absolutely outstanding fantastic video as always thanks mmy friend 😀 👍!!!!!!!!

[@anttam117]

“Top 20 scariest Super Nintendo Games, Yo!” Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday….

[@AsgrodElros]

I never played snes as a kid but now I really like it, love your videos I will check out some of this games

[@ಠಎಠ]

That Addams Family Values game is actually really good. Gameplay is frustrating but the atmosphere is really unique. Not scary but desolate and somber in a way no other snes game has matched

[@Jizu16]

The one game that absolutely terrified me as a kid is missing here... Illusion of Gaia. Going to bed on the eerie gold ship and waking up in a delerict ship with everyone dead. The incan Queen's mummified body is what haunted me for years... with the creepy music of course.

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

The red ants in ZAMN kills me instantly

[@rosse119]

Awesome video and so many games I didn't even know existed

[@goldenfreddy-gj5wy]

Super Castlevania 4 is pretty creepy, specially that first stage inside the castle with the big candles and portraits holding you.

[@borneovoodooo5684]

Shin megami tensei series also creepy sometimes with post apocalyptic dark fantasy themed

[@ShinoSarna]

I love Blackthorne! It's also notable for being one of the first games with a cover system!

[@ishinjuu91]

I cannot explain how terrified I was from super metroid. this feeling of the wrecked ship, maridia, lower norfair and tourian where the metroids were. phantoon had me shitting my pants good

[@angelinaramon]

Super Metroid is a huge favorite of mine. It's very eerie, but in a good way.

[@BaronDanyD]

Also, is "Heart of Darkness" the spiritual successor of "Another World"?

[@Vampgamergeek]

Warlock was awesome and difficult very creepy but I still love the sound effects and graphics 😢

[@King-Breager]

can you tell me which retro shader you use ? which Emulator ? it looks beautiful

[@bloodrunsclear]

Was NOT expecting the Porky game to be so unsettling O_o

[@elijahvincent985]

I can't even take Daffy Duck's Cackle seriously at 5:41 ! I get a stupid grin on my face from it! Looks like a fun title!

[@sujataroy5152]

This is a memorable video 😮

[@Rahhh._]

The graphic looking smooth, are you using emulator ?

[@byonemesis]

I could understand that Super Metroid is scary as hell, but Demon's Crest?

[@edhc44]

I'm nowhere near a speedrunner's skill level but to this day I play Super Metroid regularly trying to beat my own times. Possibly my favorite game among all.

[@navidardwarf5216]

Awesome collection

[@danielbueno8474]

Wow, you perfectly described Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday in a single sentence. That game DOES feel like a nightmare. The claustrophobic music, the fluid but crudely drawn sprites, the juxtaposition of cartoony looking characters, such as the leprechauns and bats, and the eerie fog and demonic looking trees on the background that look like they came from an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog... It all really feels like a genuine nightmare or bad fever dream.

[@khyronbradford]

Demon’s Crest is a must

[@gaminggoddess85]

Metroid Fusion is the real horror entry in the series. Still creeps me out when the SA-X is prowling around. I love survival horror but I'm still too much of a wuss to play any Clock Tower game except 3. The helpless feeling of not being able to fight back is too much for my poor heart. Give me an ineffective handgun or a bottle of stun-inducing holy water and I'm golden though. I've been meaning to try Laplace's Demon. I think it has a fan translation out there but I forget. Am I crazy or are Firebrand and Simon Belmont's hurt noises reeeeeally similar?

[@retro_jandro7530]

Super Metroid's Crocomire scared the heck outta me as a kid. Immediately turned off the SNES lol.

[@Dzumeister]

Surprised Shin Megami Tensei didn’t make it on the list

[@danielcarver936]

What's scary about Clock Tower is Bobby/Scissorman's ability to fall 50ft from the ceiling and land on the ground without bending his knees. He should have been floor jam, but nope... creepy kid just lands it and then starts walking towards you.

[@CANALRETROCINE]

I really like my super nintendo, it's the only video game I play the most, I've had my device since I was eight years old, to this day I still play

[@dstar222]

Zombies ate my neighbor was super fun but that killer doll use to scare the hell out me with that freaking scream. Brams stockers dracula should be in the list too.

[@KuroNoTenno]

The giant toddler is the most terrifying thing on this list.

[@peterc504]

Super Castlevania has such an awesome soundtrack!!

[@yeoedwin1619]

How about the following: Aliens Vs Predator, Mortal Kombat 1-3, Contra 3: The Alien War,

[@danielmclean3733]

Top three are Alien 3, Blackthorne, and Clock Tower. Nothing was near as creepy and nerve wracking and unsettling as those. Maybe Jurassic Park or Super Metroid i suppose. Top 5 then

[@xeroabyss9597]

The Daffy Duck appearance in the Porky Pig game caught me 😄

[@ibringthelastwords1358]

The 8 bit music 🎵 with the 80s vibes are far more scarier than any modern horror games combined 😅

[@JeremyBarbell]

Another World was such a creepy ass game. I remember playing it on my friend's Sega Genesis when it was called Out of This World. It was so damn hard too.

[@danielbueno8474]

Nosferatu is such a kickass and underrated game. This legendary vampire kidnapped this dude's girlfriend and brought her to his castle. Now he has to rescue her, but instead of using blessed whips, crucifixes and holy waters, this madlad barges in with nothing but THESE HANDS and starts distributing asswhoopings left and right, beating the everloving shit out of everything and everyone, until he gets to the vampire himself... and then he just kicks his ass the good ol' fashioned way, too. Seriously, name another game in which you can one-two a werewolf, roundhouse kick a Frankenstein or bitchslap a ghost. It can't get much more badass than this.

[@lucariothehorrorguy5641]

Clock Tower is my no 1 favorite out of all SNES horror

[@djhaydouglasboladao1067]

Judge Dredd Alien Vs Predator 7th Saga Is So Scary Too 😱

[@gaminggoddess85]

The scariest part of 7th Saga is how badly your stats growth was nerfed in the western release which made the game unreasonably difficult and in some unfortunate cases impossible to progress.

[@HaldamirElensar]

Earthbound and Pinocchio on SNES are prertty scary games at some point

[@roccomitchell6373]

Super Metroid use to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid

[@stringanime]

5 of those didn't look like dull controlled toilet flushings.

[@blueringoffire]

Demons Crest was the Last game I ever got for snes! That game is a Hidden GEM and sequel spin-off of Gargoyle’s Quest 👍

[@DemonyxsLair]

Demon's Crest is not the scariest, but one of the most beautiful games from Capcom.

[@rimjobledouche5201]

Nosferatu seems scary only because you didn't show the vicious combat your character can do. Seriously, you can beat the utter shit out of those werewolves.

[@erdemmemisyazici3950]

3:40 Those are Metal Warriors sound effects. 🙂

[@tamingstrange6263]

Sweet downloading all of these and beating them , probably not super Metroid and clock tower, got cinnemassacer for that

[@LaPaginadiLeonardo]

Spoiler: No. 7 is Porky Pig Haunted Holiday... VERY SCARY! 😅

[@blastradius9136]

Clock Tower's Jennifer character is based off Jennifer Connelly's character in the horror film Phenomena.

[@deejay3839]

The Scooby-Doo Game was creepy enough for 7 year old me. And some of the later levels in DKC2 let me know shit was gettin reeeaaaal

[@maralinekozial9131]

Im a SNES fan but as far as Sega Genesis games go even tho some of the games are also on SNES ....Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Another World were the two coolest mind blowing games on Genesis!!!!! Rocket Knight Adventures & the first 4 Sonic The Hedgehog games & Streets Of Rage 1-3 were the only other Sega games that were always awesome & that ill always love & call them all Masterpieces of that game system!!!!!

[@ColeOfCentauri]

IMHO, Contra III is scarier than some of these games.

[@jumpfold]

Oooo what a good video idea! I just turned off the lights. :P

[@lolopunzel4130]

Man.... how Many good games have Capcom in the snes era.

[@yuvraj01]

Correction, Alien 3 likely released in 1993, not before the movie in 1991, like you show

[@rolljack4779]

All of these are more of a horror theme games than actually scary games,well exept for the first one ...