Haunted cartridges, cursed save files and games that know your name. This is our collection of video game creepypasta: scary stories about haunted games, from BEN Drowned and Herobrine to Pokémon Black and lost beta builds. Every story is free to read and ranked by Creepypasta.com readers.
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Ben Drowned
Finally, after a long day you get a moment to yourself. You take a deep breath, sigh out the weight of the…
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The Systelien Specter
Back in May of 2010, my best friend, Andy, and I wanted to make a video game that we thought was going…
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Razor Games
My name is Tom. I am a sound designer for video games. I love my work and I have been doing it…
Read NowOne Word Story
Have you ever played One Word Story? It's a very simple game: a few people take turns, going around to make a…
Read NowWillow Creek
This pasta was the first place winner of our Gaming Creepypasta Challenge. Congratulations to moonlit_cove! The second and third placed winners will…
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Pokémon Black
I stumbled on this unsettling story of an obscure Pokémon bootleg/art-hack that I thought might be neat to share on here. I…
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Faith’s Game
((The following passage was found on an abandoned jump-drive two miles outside of Philadelphia. Though a somewhat longer passage, it has been…
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The Twitch Stream
I am one of the biggest streamers on Twitch. I play games spanning all genres, and my streams consistently get over…
Read NowThe Darkness
Call me outdated, but Counter-Strike is still at the top of my all-time favorite video games. Late night at the dorm alone,…
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Fallout 3: Numbers Station
Fallout 3 contains several in-game radio stations. The most diverse and important station is Galaxy News Radio. Many players of the evil…
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I made a horror game about liminal spaces that nobody will ever play
I'm sure there isn't a single person reading this that doesn't know what liminal spaces are by now. But, just in case:…
Read NowMetroid 2: Secret Worlds
A few months ago I was busy preparing to move to a new house when I came across something from my past.…
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Jvk1166z.esp
Some people might recall some momentary buzz caused a couple of years ago by a particularly odd Morrowind mod. The file name…
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Entity 303
Entity 303 (nicknamed "303") is a creepypasta commonly said to be "the New Herobrine". According to the pasta, a former Mojang employee…
Read NowSkyrim’s Secret
If there are any Skyrim players on here, beware of a place called Husfortap Manor. It exists just outside of the playable…
Read NowThe Haunted Game Boy Camera
"I'll never ask for anything else again, I swear, Mom!" As kids, we've all said it at one point. We find something…
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Ravengrove Online
Back when I was still in high-school, I wrote and published a short fantasy novel called Legends of Ravengrove. It was supposed…
Read NowScream of the End
The usual stories about MineCraft will always go to Herobrine, about how he lives and he's a lot more than code. But…
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I know the real reason why ‘Silent Hills’ was cancelled.
The following randomly appeared in my Gmail inbox in 2016. I have no idea who sent it and I have no idea…
Read NowJack Hill – Mystery of the Game and Watch
Hello, my name is Shaun. I live in a high-rise studio apartment in Philadelphia. Recently, I’ve seen many arcane events unfold, and…
Read NowThe Theater
Have you ever heard of an old PC game called "The Theater?" Yeah, I didn't think so. Probably because many people say…
Read NowWhat is video game creepypasta?
Video game creepypasta, often called haunted game stories, became one of the internet’s biggest horror genres in the late 2000s. The formula is simple: a second-hand game, a strange glitch, and a player who keeps going long after they should have stopped. BEN Drowned turned the idea into an alternate reality game in 2010, and Herobrine became Minecraft’s most famous myth.
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