The Scariest WADs?

[Thorogrimm]

What are the scariest or most unsettling WADs you know? Let's collectively bring some of the best horror the Doom modding community has together.

Edited April 6, 2020 by Thorogrimm
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[Foodles]

Well, I'm no expert in this field but I would certainly say that City of the Damned: Apocalypse and Unloved fit the description

[Thorogrimm]

Just now, Foodles said:

Well, I'm no expert in this field but I would certainly say that City of the Damned: Apocalypse and Unloved fit the description

Those two are great, I managed to finish Unloved around the time where I started getting into playing Doom WADs.

[YeOldeFellerNoob]

I forgot the wads name, but it was like a slenderman like wad with I think 9 or 10 maps you can choose. No, it is not Ghouls Forest, which is a scary wad also, and also no it is not Lasting Light.

 

EDIT: Also it is a sequel to another wad. With the same name just without the 2.

Edited April 6, 2020 by YeOldeFellerNoob

[Deleted_Account]

Ghosted 2 is a scary slenderman mod for Doom II. It's actually pretty spooky!

[cambreaKer]

uacmn.wad

[OniriA]

 

Unhinged 

 

Spoiler

https://www.wad-archive.com/wad/Unhinged

 

 

Ghoul's Forest 3  

 

Spoiler

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ghoul3

 

 

Claust 

 

Spoiler

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/claust

 

 

Destiny Calls 

 

Spoiler

https://www.moddb.com/mods/destiny-calls

 

[YeOldeFellerNoob]

1 hour ago, User Name said:

Ghosted 2 is a scary slenderman mod for Doom II. It's actually pretty spooky!

Yeah, that one!

[Cynical]

Asylum of the Wretched.

[OniriA]

33 minutes ago, cambreaKer said:

uacmn.wad

 

11 minutes ago, Cynical said:

Asylum of the Wretched.

 

I'd suppose you'd do the OP (and perhaps others) a service if you guys also added links instead of just names.

[Spectre.Charles]

1993.wad and Lasting Light

[taufan99]

1993.wad for ZDoom-based port, as described above. It takes away all the in-game MIDI's with total silence, as well as all other weapons, most enemies, and several decorations. You're only given a knife in order to survive and finish the levels as soon as possible. Easier said than done, as it features a grayish palette that makes it look very unsettling, and occasionally there are ghosts that will instakill you.

 

Spoiler

Rootpain, also for (G)ZDoom. Let the link speak for itself.

 

[eye.lid]

The original Doom's first 3 episodes are scariest for me. Knee Deep, Shores of Hell, Inferno. So spooky and evil. The levels just get weirder and weirder, like a descent in madness. 

[punnyone]

Pyroscourge’s “S.U.P.E.R. Natural”. No weapons and with creepy and unsettling enemies and environments. Even in its demo form, it is by far the most terrifying wad I have played. I really hope it gets finished one day! 

[Lila Feuer]

Love Unloved so much. It's too fkn bad its sequel wasn't finished.

@eye.lid Yes Doom 1 is honestly pretty creepy at times which is why it's my favorite of the IWADs.

E: Sry, auto-embed failed me like it fails me on every other site.

Edited April 7, 2020 by Lila Feuer

[Dubbag]

That fuckin' Ghouls Forest thing a few years ago. That shit was scary as hell.

[pcorf]

Ghoul's Forest 3, that damned Creeper Ghoul!

[Thorogrimm]

Project Horror is a good one if nobody has played it. It's got new weapons and all the enemies have their own horror gimmick

[DukeOfDoom]

Happy Time Circus and its' sequel. 'Nuff said.

[Roofi]

Not really scary but Tom19.wad has a weird ambience due to the lack of music.

 

 

No music sounds creepy for me haha.

[Thorogrimm]

1 hour ago, DukeOfDoom said:

Happy Time Circus and its' sequel. 'Nuff said.

Fantastic WADs there. Love them

[shaokahn68]

does mods counts here ?

 Lasting light 

[cole___]

I know im restarting an old forum, but, myhouse.wad. To summarize in three words or less?

Jesus.

F***ing.

Christ.

 

because, of course, happiness has to be fought for. 

Edited November 1, 2023 by cole___

[kalensar]

I'll add a couple as well that I found to be fairly jittery to me at least.

 

• Fear And Loathing by Doomer Board Projects : This one has a Doom 3 aesthetic and does a really good job on creating a horror feel imo.\
• Doom THOHT ADV-- This is a monster pack I made inspired by FEAR monsters. It gives OK jump scares and lives up to its acronym in its own right. I play my own mod and expletives run abundant when going against this pack due to jump scares, some minor willies, and a some dread due to the assymetric problems that the monsters bring in their unconventional-less than Doom style. 

[UltraPro89]

The Thing You Can't Defeat.

 

 

[Serathis]

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=35879

 

Unfortunately this one is no longer under development, but there's a fairly lengthy demo.

[StellarWind]

Unloved wad + Malice monsters was one horrifying experience. The atmosphere so thick you constantly feel the pressure mounting. I legit sighed in relief when it was over. (in a good "i love horrors" way).  

[storm123321]

If mods are allowed HDOOM

[DreadWanderer]

Abscission for its consistently unsettling soundtrack, use of darkness, surreal elements, and attrition-based combat. Best of all, it's fully vanilla compatible and even makes use of some vanilla limitations and bugs for a couple of extremely disturbing secret levels.
 

 

[Red Recluse]

Project made Zolgia 108 Happy Love wad.