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I always had a soft spot for Slender. I think it's genius in its simplicity.

It was super original at the time too, especially as the mainstream horror game franchises were all switching to straight-up action at the same time. For many years it was scarce to get AAA survival horror experiences so indie games like Amnesia and Slender really helped carry the horror torch.

I would personally say either Amnesia or Five Nights at Freddy's are the most influential horror games of the past decade but yeah Slender's definitely up there too. I just think about how now there's so many short horror games like it in the indie space through itch.io / Steam, these short visceral experiences built around atmosphere and jumps - efficient and to the point, no excess. I understand their criticisms but as digestible, in 'n' out horror experiences - they're usually well done from my point of view.