Summary

  • Fantasy worlds can be dark and terrifying, filled with bloodthirsty creatures and dark powers.
  • The fictional worlds of Middle-Earth, Sanctuary, and The Estate are corrupted by evil and madness, making them dangerous and unsettling places to be.
  • Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat and The Continent in The Witcher are plagued by brutal battles, war, and monstrous creatures, making everyday life a constant struggle.

There are plenty of different games to keep you busy if you're fans of the fantasy genre. You can narrow this myriad of worlds down a little if you also like a good fright. Not every fantasy world is full of rainbows and unicorns.

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Many hold dark secrets and bloodthirsty creatures. While the adventures involved often equip you with plenty of skills and weaponry to fight of♓f whatever goes bump in the night, some of these worlds are still more than scary enough to want to limit your time in them as much as you can.

10 ဣ Middle-Earth - Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War 💮

Talion and his Uruk army carrying out a siege in Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Being a ranger of The Black Gate is a hard life. It only gets worse when Sauron's Uruk-hai storm the gate and kill you and your family in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shadow Of War.

Not even 💝resurrection at the hands of ring maker Celebrimbor makes a life in Middle-Earth any easier. Creatures and dark powers are around every corner here, and many times death seems like a preferable alternative to the many creepy things Talion has to deal with. At least he gets some cool new powers though. So there is a plus.

9 🍸 Sanctuary - D𒆙iablo

lilith stanind in church over citizen

You'd think a place called Sanctuary would be a little more relaxing. It usually is, if it wasn't for all the demons trying to ruin that.

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The world of the Diablo series is not for the faint of heart. The demons of The Burning Hells have lofty goals, and you just happen to be the one standing between them and their land grab against High Heaven. It's a world stuck in the middle of two great powers, and game after game the people of Sanctuary are left to pick up the pieces.

8 ♛ The Estate - Darkest Dungeon

The ruins of a castle on a hill, through a dark forest.

A fictional world centuries before ours, the Estate and the lands surrounding it iಌn Darkest Dungeon are a place rife ဣwith evil and madness.

After the death of the Estate's owner, you are tasked with returning there and bringing the area back to it's once splendorous status. You'll hire various mercenaries all as flawed as the lands around you to fight the many monsters that inhabit the areas surrounding. It's an area that corrupts and maims anyone who stays for too long.

7 Helheim - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

A woman stands in front of a burning tree on a dying landscape

There are few fantasy settings as grim and oppressive as that of Hellblade's own rendition of the early Viking centuries.

While Senua's world is dark enough, the only thing that makes it worse is her entering Helheim itself. Land of death, darkness, and monsters aplenty, Senua has to use all her wits and power to get out alive, even then it's a journey that will alter her for the rest of her life. It makes for a game that is unforgiving in many senses.

6 Earthr✃eal💃m - Mortal Kombat

Hanzo Scorpion in a Mortal Kombat 1 Invasions mode cutscene burning people's flesh off

Earthrealm is incredibly similar to our own Earth. The key difference is the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat tournameඣnt that brings all the realms together for brutal head-to-head fights.

It's definitely not your average sport to sit down with a plate of nachos and watch. It's gruesome, bloody, and often times the fate of the realms hinges on the ideals of the winner. It would be pretty frustrating to be going about your day wondering if a demon from another world was going to blow up Earth tomorrow.

5 🦄 The Continent - The Witcher

Vast Overview Of The Countryside From The Witcher's Continent

The Witcher's Continent is a place beset upon by all sorts of different struggles, some of which the people don't even realize.

Whether it be war, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:bloodthirsty monsters, or just everyday problems in life, the people of The Continent have it tough. It must be pretty hard waking up to go fishing and worrying whꦇether or not a Drowner will pull you uꦇnder. Or if war will come to your village today. Not to mention if vampires or The Wild Hunt decides to knock on your door.

4 ꦚ Cvstodia - Blasphe💝mous

The hero puts on a bloody, thorny mask in Blasphemous

You'd think somewhere that a thing called The Miracle happened would be a nice place, right? Blasphemous' Cvstodia proves that's definitely not true.

This Miracle seems to have turned many of Cvstodia's citizens into horrific monsters. Thankfully, though it has also given you as The Penitent One a job to do. Still yet, for anyone who just wants a quiet day on the countryside, they won't be finding it here. Too many monsters and holy blood for that to happen.

3 Wallachia - Castlevꦿania

Dracula's castle in Castlevania

Settled in the middle of Europe, Wallachia is an area dotted with all types of civilizations. It's a shame about all the vampires though.

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Wallachia has seen a lot throughout the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Castlevania series, and very little of it good. Dracula, Death himself, and everything in-between has haunted those lands. If it wasn't for the Belmont family and those helping them Wallachia surely would have been lost for good. But, if you see a large castle in the distance it's best to start running.

2 🐟 Yharnam - Bloodborne

Hunter walking at night in Yharnam

Creepy, gothic, and full of people obsessed with blood. You could do a lot better than to settle down in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bloodborne's Yharnam.

If the constant smog and darkness don't scare you, your neighbors turning into horrific monsters would. Even those hunters who are fighting back against the corruption aren't wholly good. It's one of the most grim worlds that have come about in gaming, with darkness and death seemingly around every corner.

1 ♕ The Lands Between - Elden Ring

Tarnished staring out at beautiful view of the Lands Between in Elden Ring

There are a wide variety of places to discover in The Lands Between of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring, though all of them are horr🔯ifying in their𓃲 own way.

What more would you expect from a land thrown into chaos by the death of their lord. Monsters roam every square inch, tarnished are destined for death after death, and an entire area of the continent has been taken over by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:cancerous Scarlet Rot. There's plenty to be scared of in The Lands Between no matter where in it you end up.

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