Horror games create fear by combining unsettling sounds, limited lighting, and threatening environments. These elements hide information, build suspense, and encourage players to imagine dangers they cannot see. By controlling what players hear, see, and discover, horror games make uncertainty itself a powerful source of fear. Another important factor is how horror games manipulate player expectations. When a game repeatedly places players in situations where danger could appear at any moment, they begin anticipating threats even during quiet moments. Limited ammunition, slow movement, or a lack of reliable hiding places can make encounters feel more stressful because players cannot always fight back or escape easily. This uncertainty encourages constant attention to small environmental details, from suspicious shadows to unexpected changes in background noise. Instead of relying entirely on jump scares, effective horror games make players feel vulnerable long before a threat actually appears.