Axe murderers. Vengeful ghosts. Killer clowns. They’re all horrifying, sure, but at least they’re horrifying in a way that we can understand. Meanwhile, cosmic horror villains are of an entirely different breed. Beings that defy comprehension, you can’t really call cosmic horror antagonists “villains” at all. They’re forces of nature. Eternal and immovable as mountain ranges. Planets. Stars. Are you a malicious “villain” when you accidentally step on an ant hill? Or are those poor creatures so beneath you that you didn’t consider them at all? Cosmic horror pits humanity against beings that make ants of us. How do you defeat them? Certainly not by pumping them full of lead like in a standard horror games – these 10 best cosmic horror games recommend a different approach.
