Comparison - Never Play These Games Alone

 if you’re here, you either love creepy stuff or your tween is about to have a Halloween party and wants scary games to play (they’re so over the toddler games you keep pushing on them *insert major eye roll here*). Do not fear — well, not yet anyway — because we raked the internet to find the absolute best options for scary, unsettling, and downright haunted games that you can DIY this Halloween.
This collection is a mix of classic slumber party scares and frightening folklore-linked conjurings. As a grown-up, you probably already know that the more you believe in the game, the scarier it is to play. In other words, if you’re the queen of hype, be prepared to pee your pants. Whatever your reasoning behind dabbling into the occult, just remember: None of this shit is real! … Or is it?


1. Elevator Game

Just writing about this game gave us nightmares. It involves riding an empty elevator in a specific sequence of floors and it is said it will open up to an alternate universe where forces will try to trap you and keep you from going back to your world. Yeah, it’s probably a crock of bull but….who knows? Play at your own risk!

2. Sara Sarita

This is a silly game to play with a friend and two coins. Sit facing each other, each of you with a coin in your hand. Ask together, “Sara Sarita may we join your game?” Then toss your coins. If you both get heads, it’s a yes. Two tails means “no.” If you get opposite sides, it’s a “maybe” and you’ll need to ask, again. Once she agrees to let you play, you can ask Sara Sarita any question you have. When you’re done playing, you’ll need to exit the game and flip your coins, again.

3. Concentrate

Admittedly, we’ve never played this game. Honestly, we probably never will. If you’re into having the bejesus scared out of you, though, Concentration is definitely a fun game to play with a group.

4. Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary is a fairly classic sleepover game. If you somehow missed out on the “fun,” though, here’s how you play. Stand in a pitch dark bathroom facing the mirror and call Bloody Mary’s name three times. If it works, you might see her face. Depending on what she thinks of you, she could scratch at you or possibly even pull you through the mirror into her world. Fun.

5. Light As A Feather

Another simple, silly but kind of scary game most teens play at slumber parties.

6. Sandman

This one is only creepy because you get to learn about just how twisted your friends are. While one person lays on the ground face down, one person should be “the speaker” and describe in detail how you were murdered and filled with sand. They should go into as much detail as they can muster while they gently rub your legs and arms. When you stand up, you’ll feel like your body is full of sand… whatever that means.

7. Devil Face

Go into your bathroom right before midnight and stand in front of the mirror. Turn off the lights and close your eyes. When the clock strikes midnight, open your eyes and you should see the Devil in the mirror

8. Tsuji-Ura

This Japanese fortune-telling game has a scary reputation for past games going awry. If you’re still up for playing, we urge you to remember that no one can actually predict the future.

9. Red Book

It turns out that many cultures look for ways to see into the future. You’ll need a red book and a red candle to play this Mexican fortune-telling game.

10. Ouija Board

Here’s the thing to know about a Ouija board: Once you buy it, you’re stuck with it. But, it can be a lot of fun to play with some “fearless” teens. Started as a parlor game in the late 1800s, the game was first advertised as a magical device that answered your most burning questions “about the past, present, and future with marvelous accuracy.” It promised “never-failing amusement and recreation for all the classes,” a connection “between the known and unknown, the material and immaterial.” Oh, and it originally cost a whopping $1.50!

Whether you believe in its other-worldly powers or not, remember, it only truly works if no one moves the planchette.

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