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Grotesque

Video game concept

Grotesque is a video game concept where there are things, such as characters or scenes, depicted that are grotesque in some way.

232
games
24
platforms
Extermination (PlayStation 2)
Extermination
PS2 2001-03-08
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Wii U)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
WIIU 2013-03-31
The Walking Dead (Windows)
The Walking Dead
WIN 2012-04-24
AREA-51 (Xbox)
AREA-51
XBOX 2005-04
Bulletstorm (PlayStation 3)
Bulletstorm
PS3 2011-02-25
Prey (Windows)
Prey
WIN 2006-07-10
Dead Space 3 (Windows)
Dead Space 3
WIN 2013-02-05
Aliens versus Predator 2 (Windows)
Aliens versus Predator 2
WIN 2001-10-22
Spec Ops: The Line (Windows)
Spec Ops: The Line
WIN 2012-06-29
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Windows)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
WIN 2013-02-12
Resident Evil 5 (Windows)
Resident Evil 5
WIN 2009-09-15
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Xbox 360)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
X360 2013-02-12
Commonly this involves horror genre, though exists outside of it and horror genre is not required to have anything that belongs to this tag (most notably horror meant for children).

Best used for non-gore grotesque things, such as people having a habit of digging their thumbs into other people's eyesockets (without actually showing the effects of this action). Similarly plentiful implied or verbally/textually described gore can be enough for this.
Related:
* Graphic violence
* Gore
* Monsters
* Body horror
* Mutants
* Graphic deaths
* Torture
* Body horror genre

Popular tags

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Child groups

Blood & gore, Graphic deaths, Wounds, Gibs, Dismemberment

Games by year

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The first Grotesque video game was released in 1986.

Konami, Capcom and Devolver Digital published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 89
Linux 29
X360 22
PS3 18
PS2 16
Mac OS X 14
Xbox 11
MS-DOS 6
PS 4
GameCube 3
PS Vita 2
Wii 2
Mac OS Classic 2
PSP 2
Arcade 2
Mobile 2
Flash 1
Wii U 1
Pandora 1
PS4 1
Dreamcast 1
Xbox One 1
Nintendo DS 1
Zeebo 1

Most common companies

Konami20
Capcom14
Devolver Digital13
2K Games13
Sega9
Electronic Arts7
Vivendi Universal7
Majesco7
Tripwire Interactive7
EA Partners6
Night Dive Studios5
Activision5
Bethesda Softworks4
Warner Bros. Interactive4
Rockstar Games4