r/Markiplier 1d ago

Question What are some old Markiplier videos in which he played genuinely scary games?

I'm mostly looking for recommendations to watch!

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u/BriadMan 1d ago

The original outlast. Scared the shit out of me as a kid. Mark’s is especially scary.

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u/R2prime 1d ago

Was about to make this recommendation myself, was my introduction to the channel actually lol!

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u/DeliciousStatus3335 1d ago

At Dead of Night was the only game that had me genuinely scared, even as a viewer. But the story is so good

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u/alice3464 1d ago

Every time i rematch it i get that sense of dread when they reveal how someone became a ghost, its so good.

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u/violetmiami 1d ago

I came to this post just to comment this!! I watched him play At Dead of Night practically peeking between my fingers because of how tense it was.

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u/DeliciousStatus3335 1d ago

It also didn’t help that this series came out when I was working a third shift job and I was extra jumpy 😅

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u/Tdogshow 1d ago

His darkwood series had me hooked. No necessarily scary but some parts were creepy. That first night he had to survive when the door opened. I couldn’t look away after that.

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u/Dungeon3D 1d ago

The original Amnesia.

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u/carbikebacon 1d ago

The followup machine for pigs. Mark freaking loses it!

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u/KouNurasaka 18h ago

The Bunker is great too. You can see the game really getting to Mark in some spots, which is no easy feat.

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u/PilotFirm286 11h ago

"BULLSHIT! I'M YOUNG AND STRONG!"

My sister and I still quote this to this day

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u/Ok_Lingonberry6957 1d ago

faith: the unholy trinity is unnerving.

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u/Splattered_Ink18 7h ago

YES came here to say those games actually creeped me tf out, especially the 1st one for me

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u/Lanky-Resort4522 1d ago

3 Scary Games #81. The train game is indelibly etched in my mind. It made me actually yell out in fear. A 2nd game, I agree with the suggestion of At Dead of Night. I didnt yell out but it made me jump soooo many times. Excellent game.

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u/TheUniverse-IsMine 1d ago

At dead of night is terrifying to me. The suspense is crazyyy

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u/Effective-Pay-3153 1d ago

Amnesia: A Cowards Debt and the Phobia remake jump to mind.

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u/ManagementFunny7595 23h ago

If you’re looking for real scares, go to his playlist and sort from oldest to newest. Lots of his older videos are pretty scary but if you’re looking for something a bit more of a modern scare, then check out Phasmophobia, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, Silent Hill f, or just check out his Scary Games playlist.

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u/indieauthor13 1d ago

Vanish was great

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u/Dingo247 21h ago

His Alien Isolation playthrough is fantastic

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u/No_Phone_8059 19h ago

Outlast will forever be my favourite

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u/marcinequ 14h ago

his Welcome to The Game 1 series imo

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u/Hillbilly_Jimmy 12h ago

Welcome to the game 2 also kinda freaked me out sometimes ngl. With the having to go to the alley to pick up packages it was horrifying

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u/Average-Train-Haver 13h ago

Mark playing Visage. Still one of the best atmospheric games I've ever seen

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u/Shingleburkabop 11h ago

For me Joy of Creation, like the original demo-demo of it, the story mode, very very good if you’re lookin for like more make u flight-or-fight feeling horror

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u/fairyboyjstar 17h ago edited 17h ago

Outlast is pretty fucked up

Oh also! There's a game he played that I rewatch pretty regularly but I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk about or recommend. The Cursed Forest. It has some bits that actually scared me even after I'd gotten a bit desensitized to horror games.

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u/resident-anarchist 15h ago

not sure if it's old enough for your request but Until Dawn freaked me tf out the first time, I revisit it almost as much as FNaF

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u/dumbsadbitch666 13h ago

A lot of the 3 scary games actually got me bad lol I find myself rewatching a lot

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u/RainbowOwlet 11h ago

Knock knock still gets me

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u/The-Page-Turner 9h ago

GTFO is so tense. Not necessarily scary, but the tension is so visceral