A demonic horde overtakes Shibuya. A little girl plays hide-and-seek with shadows in a haunted hospital. Werewolves and vampires annihilate a quaint European village.

With the enormous processing power of today¡¯s consoles and PCs turning games into interactive movies, horror games like Doom Eternal, Dead by Daylight and Phasmophobia have sold multiple millions of copies. Osaka-based Capcom Co. Ltd¡¯s Biohazard/Resident Evil series has sold well over 100 million games worldwide as its popularity continues to grow.

There¡¯s a reason for the growing interest in horror games. Books and movies offer ¡°passive aggressive¡± scares. You sit. You watch. You read.