One of the more surprising announcements to escape E3 came from Microsoft’s press briefing, where they announced their plans to finally bring backwards compatibility to the Xbox One. 18 Xbox 360 games are playable now, and that number is expected to climb to about 100 by the end of the year. Choosing the next 80 or so games has been left to us and the alarmingly muscular hands of Lady Democracy, as only the most popular titles — i.e. the ones that accrue the most votes — will be considered for the update.
Sifting through the 360’s vast library of games will not be an easy task. To make things a little easier, I’ve combed through the first couple hundred of them to find every horror game that’s already amassed a minimum of 1,000 votes.
I did skip a handful of horror games, but only if there was a good reason for it. Left 4 Dead, for example, has nearly 13,000 votes, but because most of its content has since migrated to Left 4 Dead 2, it didn’t make the list. I also left out the Silent Hill HD Collection because of its numerous game-breaking technical issues.
[VOTE] Shadows of the Damned
[VOTE] Left 4 Dead 2
[VOTE] Alan Wake
[VOTE] Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
[VOTE] BioShock
[VOTE] Dead Space
[VOTE] Dead Space 2
[VOTE] Dead Space 3
[VOTE] Resident Evil 4
[VOTE] Resident Evil 5
[VOTE] Resident Evil Revelations
[VOTE] Resident Evil Revelations 2
[VOTE] Dead Rising
[VOTE] Dead Rising 2
[VOTE] Doom 3 BFG Edition
[VOTE] Lollipop Chainsaw
[VOTE] Catherine
[VOTE] Condemned: Criminal Origins
[VOTE] Condemned 2: Bloodshot
[VOTE] F.E.A.R.
[VOTE] F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
[VOTE] F.E.A.R. 3
[VOTE] Silent Hill: Homecoming
[VOTE] Silent Hill: Downpour
[VOTE] Splatterhouse
Because everything on this list was chosen because it had enough votes, there’s going to be a lot that’s missing from it. If you have a game you’d like me to add to it, let me know what it is and I’ll update this post so we can try and get it some votes.
So which game(s) did you vote for?
