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Daylight horror

Culture theme

Horror fiction in daylight or otherwise well lit locations.

25
games
12
platforms
Diablo II (Macintosh OS Classic)
Diablo II
MAC 2000-06-29
Doom Eternal (Xbox One)
Doom Eternal
XBOX1 2020-03-20
DOOM (PlayStation 4)
DOOM
PS4 2016-05-13
Diablo II: Resurrected (Nintendo Switch)
Diablo II: Resurrected
SWTC 2021-09-23
Dead Island (Windows)
Dead Island
WIN 2011-09-09
Doom Eternal (PlayStation 4)
Doom Eternal
PS4 2020-03-20
Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)
Left 4 Dead 2
X360 2009-11-18
Diablo II (Windows)
Diablo II
WIN 2000-06-29
Left 4 Dead 2 (Windows)
Left 4 Dead 2
WIN 2009-11-18
DOOM (Xbox One)
DOOM
XBOX1 2016-05-13
Left 4 Dead 2 (Mac OS X)
Left 4 Dead 2
OSX 2010-10-05
Diablo II: Resurrected
PS4 2021-09-23
Does not preclude dark locations as long as most of the horror bits happen in well lit places.

This is not really a horror genre, just a horror fiction variation that hasn't received much recognition except from critics bemoaning the darkness in many horror games.

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Parent group

Horror

Games by year

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The first Daylight horror video game was released in 2000.

Blizzard, Bethesda Softworks and Valve published most of these games.

Related site

TV Tropes article

Platforms

Windows 6
Linux 3
Xbox One 3
PS4 3
X360 2
Mac OS X 2
Mac OS Classic 1
PS3 1
Pandora 1
Switch 1
PS5 1
Xbox Series X 1

Most common companies

Blizzard9
Bethesda Softworks6
Valve2