20 CREEPY Enemies We All RAN AWAY FROM 

The baby in RE Village was creepy af! The constant cooing, and crying was the worst.

I'm amazed the Alien from Alien:Isolation wasn't on here. The sheer unpredictability of it and how it can even find you in places you're supposed to be safe, like lockers, makes it the most terrifying enemy of any game I've ever played.

The Witch from Left 4 Dead immediately came into my mind. Not only its creepy in how she weeps on the ground, but also the most difficult enemy in the game. Another one is from more recent game, Bramble, in that particularly "The Rake Lady", when her face pops on the screen, its guaranteed shivers.

The Rat King blew me away. I recently finished my 2nd playthrough of TLOU2, and I don't mind admitting I had to take a break before I went into that fight. It's not difficult, it's just so uneasy and disturbing -- the strobing lights, and sound design make it one of the moments I'll never forget from this title. Honorable mention to regular stalkers. Absolutely creepy.

Volatile from Dying Light 1 is one of creepy and dangerous enemies, gave us a uncomfortable feeling when explore maps on dusk time and far from save house 😣

Another really creepy enemy is Laura (aka Spider Lady) from Evil Within. Man that first encounter where she just spawns from a pool of blood screaming Is so terrifying!

Winter Lantern and madman from the the chalice dungeons in Bloodborne are some of the most unsettling enemies I ever fought in games. One sings in a very unbalanced tone until they spot you, while the other screams in terror as they sprint towards you from across the map

I think the regenerators from RE4 remake definitely deserve a spot on this list, i mean, the sound design and the way they crawl around when your shoot their legs off...

The ReDeads in Ocarina of Time (or Legend of Zelda in general) used to freak me out. Slowly walking towards you, ever closer, unrelenting like a slasher film. Freezing you in place, low moans signaling their horrifying presence. As Falcon would put it, pants completely off, the Hell completely out of me.

As a Doomslayer, i can confirm that it's the opposite.

The rat king in Last of Us 2 creeps me out every time I play the game. Just something about an amalgamation of all these infected creating a monstrosity was absolutely horrifying. Genuinely a hard moment to play because of how scary it is.

The "Mia Mannequins" from the Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose DLC is also worth a mention. They take the whole "Weeping Angels" thing to the next level.

I thought for sure The Evil Within would have at least one enemy here. So many creepy enemies.

I'm a huge horror fan and almost nothing freaks me out that badly anymore. That baby in RE8, though; the way it looked and the sounds it made were so damn unnerving it freaked me right the hell out. I was so panicked waiting for the effing elevator. I LOVED it!

I feel like The Dahaka from Prince of Persia should be somewhere up in that list. Back when i was a kid, I always got creeped out during those small chases and the boss fight was a big nope for me. Even after 13 years now, I still get scared of that boss :p

The clickers are mild compared to the shamblers. Also, the area in which you fight the rat king wasn’t touched since outbreak day (according to Nora), which is why the WLF hadn’t searched it yet when Abby went in. Something very disturbing was to be expected. btw I love Abby’s line when you use the flamethrower on the rat king. “Yeah! You like that?”

Regenerators from RE4 are a different level of _CREEPY_

The regenerators from re 4 remake should definitely be on this list. Fought one the other day and man, it had this creepy animation I’ve never seen before where it turned its head instantly on me while cracking its neck turning their head. I wanted to sneak up on it and it noticed me so fast and started chasing me, I never felt more freight in a game 😂

Killer Croc in Batman: Arkham Asylum. He freaked me out as soon as he stepped out of the elevator in the intro. 😳

For me, the Volatiles from Dying Light are definitely the most horrifying enemies to run from in pitch dark. Nightmare fuel.

Nah number 1 sits perfectly up there. I remember I was already a bit freaked out because of how dark that section was. Only for me to hear that low rumble and then that shit shot out of the dark. I literally screamed, paused the game and had to wait about 5 minutes before I unpaused it. Then when I lost it the first time, I came across the room that had that bed in it and I remember saying to myself "Those bastards are gonna make me hide under this bed arent they" My heart was literally beating out of my ass lmao. Then it shot the door open and I literally screamed like Minnie Mouse and I flew the hell outta there. But then the game got at its PETTIEST! Yall know the part! Waiting for that damn elevator to open! Maaaaaaaaaaaaan if I could have I would have shoved myself through those steel bar doors. I was panicking so much that I forgot to run away from it bro! I dont even know if I was ever screaming that much at a video game but I can tell you i was screaming the entire time. i didnt know what to do lmao. When that door finally opened I rushed my ass inside and I mashed the X button (I was on PS4) about 30 thousand times to close that door. Bro, TO HELL with that baby.

The baby definitely creeped me out in Resident Evil Village, but one enemy that got me more than the baby were the cyborg things from the factory. Man, they still creeps the hell out of me

Hey Gameranx, I have one request, just one, please please please, make the numbering pop up scene like dark mode or something, I'm tired of getting flashbanged everytime it comes up. Y'all are awesome btw :D

Jeff from Half-Life: Alyx deserves my honorary mention. 1st playthrough I was literally hiding from him in the corner, on my knees holding my breath 😅 I don't like playing horror games and in VR it's a totally different experience.

As a kid the Berserker from Gears of War terrified me; the unnatural grunt it makes still sends chills down my spine to this day To spend all that time as a bullet spraying badass only to suddenly face something you’re largely defenceless against…

At one point i started doubting whether the nightfolk from RDR2 will be here or not. But I shouldn't have doubted. Amazing video.

I feel like The Suffering gets left out a lot because it's underappreciated and overlooked. The whole game has you on edge from constant noises from the manifestations of executions. Or Dante's Inferno has some nasty monsters too

I think for me as far as creepiness goes it will always be The Evil Within 1 and 2. Always tough to get through the game because damn do I feel alone and empty in those worlds. Anxiety goes through the roof and the creepy enemies . Good times.

Great topic. The Wall Master from Ocarina of Time was absolute nightmare fuel.

The giant rats in souls games, I still remember seeing one for the first time in the sewer in ds3. Ran like hell

Bloodlickers from Bloodborne always creep me out. Especially in Chalice dungeons when they appear randomly if you do a visceral attack.

Nothing made me turn back quicker more than this quote "Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?".

I was just thinking, isn't it time for another gameranx video... And here it is

Bruh, the first time I encountered a Centaur in Fallout 3, I nearly had a heart attack and reflexively turned my game off. It was the mission where you have to find blood packets in a creepy, abandoned hospital, and one jump scare/surprise attacks you.

No one ever gave me the "run for your life" feeling more intense than the Pyramid head from Silent Hill 2

I don't know if this would count as a terrifying enemy encounter (probably not), in Dead Space the sudden transmission from either Hammond or Daniels would always make me jump out of my skin. Especially after a tense fight/run for your life moment. Also, in Dead Space 2, those raptor sounding Necromorphs. Those things were terrifying. Not especially difficult, but the way they stayed hidden and made those sounds was unsettling. Especially when one starts screeching on your left and a second one rams you from the right.

The Wormface from enemies in Elden Ring was super creepy when I first came across them.

When I was young I was creeped out by the flood from Halo. 343 guilty spark was not the level I imagined.

Laura from Evil Within 2 didn't make the list?! 😮 That thing was terrifying

I know Control isn’t a horror game but something in that game should have made the list. The music and feel just freaks you out the whole time.

The most recent creatures for me that I can think of which gave me a creepy feeling is either, the bugs from Grounded or the leviathans from Subnautica.

Man the dolls from RE Village dlc also had me on edge!! Dark with the red glowing eyes!! I knew they were going to do something with that house again!!

I loved the Doctor Who reference, even sited the correct episode haha 🤣 David Tennant is a GOAT

It’s wicked old but Parasite Eve on the original PlayStation was full of creepy moments and I loved that game with early weapon mods etc. Great for second play through getting to keep weapons and stuff. Miss that game!

Surprised there was no evil within 1 or 2?! Some of the scariest monsters ever created in a game. But really good list, that was cool to see.

Mr X got everyone planning their route like Tony Stark discovering a new element, truly one of the worst possible things to happen in videogames is enemies entering safe zones meaning they have nothing "Safe" that and also running out of bullets and heals in the end of the police department part, having a giant dude just running after you and 5 dogs just materializing in your face has scarred me for life.

Night Time on Dying Light 1 is the Scariest thing I have ever played in a game. The way it makes you play so stealthily on a night or you just hide in a safe zone or run like crazy to safety is perfection. I've never seen a game that was actually trying to be scary succeed in being scary because the gimmicks they use are boring. I also think a lot of players when they bought the game had no idea it would be that terrifying.

The Nightmare in prey deserves a spot on this list, while you CAN cheese him, that dude can be scary as hell.

Those RE 4 Regenerators scare all the hell outta me. I'm all out of hell because of those things.

Just finished the 1st hell blade and that one gave me a couple hair raising moments. One of the best videos yall have put out. Hope to see more creepy creep lists.

The first enemy in a game I can remember being scared by was the shark in Banjo Kazooie. For those that remember, you get into the second level called Pirate Cove and immediately you see a collectable jinjo right under the dock you spawn in. You jump into the water and out of nowhere a shark materializes and you hear this shark themed danger music playing and you panic to get out of the water. Also, Clanker from the same game scared me so bad the first time I saw him.

Mr. X was a genius design in horror! Also, the baby had to be number 1 on this list. My first time seeing it, I said 'nope' and uninstalled it. I eventually had courage to beat the game.

Poison headcrabs from Half-Life 2. Even now the noise they make makes me tense up.

The first time I ran into a lechen in the Witcher 3 really spooked me. I was riding through the forest on Roach when it stepped out from behind a tree. Needless to say, I was mashing the hell out of the button to get Roach to run like hell.

I remember being totally shaken at the end of manhunt by Piggsy. I still think about that gaming moment, running away from a naked man wielding a chainsaw and wearing a pig mask.

Before i even watch i'm going to guess that singing brain frenzy monster thing from Bloodborne has to be in the list, right? That one immediately came to my mind when i read the title. Scariest creature i ever encountered in a game.💀 Edit: Oh well, maybe next time. Pretty good list tho

How about the ball of bodies from Inside? Proper freaky thing that chases you Great video, as always guy 👌

i was about to comment how it was so strange that the evil within didn't get brought up in a list about freaky monsters but then i realized that it has been almost 6 years since the last installment

Man I played The Forrest back when it was in early access, can't believe they made a sequel.

Great list, scariest to me are pretty much anything from the Outlast series. Marta and the priest from 2 are spooky, but Eddie Gluskin from the dlc Whistleblower can go to hell.

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The rat king is at Ground Zero of the Seattle outbreak Falcon, not the San Francisco one. Maybe we’ll see that in Part 3 😉

Surprised not to see the Xenomorph from Alien Isolation. The hissing and constant shutter as it runs through the vents, checking lockers and tables, looking for you. That game put me on edge for a while

These creepy enemies are as scary as Spanish moms pulling out a flip flop for disciplinary lessons

Okey last video, i swear after this i'm going to sleep... Edit: great video but now i can't sleep

In Fallout 3, I always ran from Deathclaws. I even got jump-scared by one before.

Thief (2014) - Trying to creep around the abandoned/haunted insane asylum with unkillable undead inmates and lights that start to flicker as they scream and chase you.

I always found Jin Yoshida in SOMA exceptionally creepy and scary, especially since you have to avoid him/it in cramped spaces, and can't defend yourself. And those sounds.... 😅😅

Immediately thought of the witch from L4D. Ahh, good times.

No Volatile from the Dying Light series, but multiple souls & RE entries. Rare for gameranx to have a list I just cannot jive with.

Falcon: "Let's start it off with some grotesque freaks." Me: "What are you doing in my home?"

Hey Falcon, can you explain the thumbnail? Like it's the only part in Ellie's section where you don't fight anything and yet, Rat King's there even though Abby fights it. It's kinda messing with me.

Nice video!

The Witch from Left for Dead, the Crying Child from Dying Light, Screamers from Dead Islands, and the 1st ghost from In Sound Mind (underrated game)

You should’ve included the horrific babies from Dead Space 2. They scared the crap out of me more than any other enemy in the franchise. And the poor Headcrap zombies from the Half Life games. Their cries are also horrifying and heartbreaking at the same time, because they are not dying but used by the headcrabs. Also those weird floating corpses from Silent Hill 4. I have no idea why they freaked me out so much.

Great video as always ❤

Not wanting to deal with Fromsoft's love of body horror is the main reason I've had Elden Ring bought and installed but unopened for the past six months......

I was surprised that any of the hostile mobs in Subnatica and Subnatica Below Zero weren't on this lost. I remember playing the game and just avoiding any spot with Leviathans because you couldn't predict them and they are freaky.

Just recently played RE Village for the first time a couple weeks ago and just getting to House Beneviento was so creepy, it definitely was the creepy horror section of the game where everything else was the typical RE horror. I will say though, I think the mannequins from the Shadows of Rose DLC was creepier than the baby.

I would’ve added the Banshees from ME3. Those things were awful 😅

The revenants in elden ring never failed to scare the crap out of me

I run from the beggers in assassin's creed they scare me.

the keeper (boxhead) from evil within deserves a spot on this list, the one enemy that made me completely lose my shit

Man, these freaks scare me shitless 😰 I haven’t played these games you mentioned here, now I’m even more trepidatious to play them 😭😭😭 Great job as always Gameranx 👍🏾❤️

Did he say video gams?

Being a fan of body horror, I can't get enough of this stuff. Absolutely fascinated and only inching forward to get a closer look

As freaky as the baby is in RE Village, the DLC with the mannequin mum is far scarier! Caught me completely off guard and so clever! But completely terrifying 😅

Playing the original Resident Evil 3 in the PS2 when i was 10 years old, Nemesis was terrifing. Just the fact that you had to turn your back to him so you could run away and you could hear his monstrous stepsclosing in. yeah that creep was it for me xD

Ah yes, Video Gaeahmes

The berserkers in the gears of war games always scary!

That fight in the garage with Jack was the most memorable thing in that entire game to me

Someone mentioned The Suffering. That would be a great remake. From start to end you just don't feel safe,and such creepy characters haunting the island.

I love it how the thumbnail is 100% factually correct and accurate. That's *exactly* how that scene in the museum went down!

Going into nightmare of mensis and seeing the huge spider on the ceiling when you open the huge door past the yettys still gives me goosebumps

That friggin Blob Fetus from Resident Evil 8, House Bienevento is unsettling enough with those damn creepy dolls, but getting chased in the pitch black from that motherf#$%ing Fetus.. I had NEVER been as freaked out from a game as the first time I encountered that, it still gives me the chills.

For me The witch from the left for dead series really gets me even now .. Just by hearing her cry gives me chills 😅 that's why I don't play it in single player.. ahhh Miss those days..😊😊😊

The Crows, Ravens or whatever in Bloodborne, there are many creepy enemies there, but these bastards always gave me a jump scare.

Nice

You do know what's funny about those Caria Manor: Hands? In Miyazaki original concept art, those were supposed to be actual SPIDERS, but someone in the team said to change that to appeal to bigger audience and NOT to cause arachnophobia in people, so Miyazaki changed it to those creepy hands. To be fair, I would rather have spiders now lol (same ones as in Demon's Souls or like Rom from Bloodborne would be cool :D).

Good list. My personal feared one would be the Dahaka, from "Prince of Persia Warrior Within".