Nightmare Creatures, from Activision and Kalisto, has a great horror setting. In 18th-century England, Frankenstein-like experiments are flooding the nighttime streets with zombies and bizarre automatons. As a nocturnal hunter, you have to traverse graveyards and demented laboratories to fight zombies, werewolves, and other creatures of the night.

Adding to its clout as a game perfect for Halloween is the game’s gore, as you can literally decapitate and dismember your undead enemies. Although this game plays like a more action-oriented Tomb Raider, the horror theme definitely sets it apart from other action games.