Pygmy's Five Favorite Virtual Horror Villains

Welcome to your local Hippoman's first attempt at a list outside of his old Google + empire where I'll be looking through all of the virtual horror games I've played and things that were based on visual novels to list my favorites of all of the virtual horror villains. For rules, only things I've played will be considered with one exception and I won't be considering series that are a bit of a stretch to call horror like the RPG Maker trinity of Funamusea, Charon, and Witch's Heart along with Left 4 Dead. Other than that, let's get into who's better than slasher villains and classic monsters-Gragh! Put the pitchforks down, it was a joke!
==5.Terry Akers (Soma)==
Terry's on this list for one reason, he's the perfect representation of one of the scariest things that I've ever had to experience in horror games which is a blind enemy who hears everything and can get to whatever made that noise extremely fast. He's like an evil goo monster version of Daredevil that is a master at chess as well which should make him a horror to anyone reading this from DF. He's only at number five because his appeal is only because he's a grotesque thing that makes loud spooky screeches and worships the goo because he got tired of chess or something, I don't remember as it's been a while since I played Soma but he's definitely the most terrifying blind monster in games that I've played.
*Horrendous screeching noises*
==4.The Doctor (Dead By Daylight)==
The only one you can play as is perhaps the most annoying Killer to play against in Dead By Daylight and one of the most fun to play as he can find where anyone is on the map by zapping periodically unless they're being a Tryhard Claudette with Calm Spirit. Old Herman Carter has an interesting backstory of how he was brought into CIA work to brutally torture people after they left him in a cabin with some fellow students to brutally torture people although he never brought the spoon back for bludgeoning people. That isn't to say The Doctor isn't a fun fellow to play as with Perks that make him incredibly stealthy until he finds someone to hit with his Stick and an ability to give people who like gen-tapping a skill-check that coincides with his power making skill checks awful. He's got a sense of humor whether he's getting smacked with pallets or frying a Survivor's brains along with an entire wardrobe of looks that can be mixed up to make something truly horrifying. My personal best is the Hallowed Blight multiple eyes head with a fancy purple suit and some giant thing that looks like a piece of farm equipment. Not much more to say here except he was the first Killer to have a quote and it's memorable.
"It's time for your treatment!"
==3.Rena Ryugu (When They Cry)==
Honestly kinda cheating here but there's no way I couldn't put a visual novel rep here and Higurashi When They Cry is probably one of the best horror anime that I've seen although the only other one that could qualify is Hellsing... Anyways, since Rena is originally from a virtual medium and is an incredibly scary girl with a blade that usually would be seen with a slasher villain gets her a spot here. What's the best part about her is that her most terrifying actions happen later in the series where her murder of two admittedly scummy Yakuza and getting a nurse's notebook leads to her trying to force the police to investigate the Sonozakis or she's going to give herself and her classmates a Viking funeral. Besides having a worryingly powerful and fast swing that can split heads, she's notorious for being able to tell what's a lie and having a maniacal laugh. Overall, a classic and one of the best examples of a character who seems to be a friend but who turns out to be a psychotic adversary although she gets better afterwards and is much more likable than a certain green hair which unfortunately puts her in third as she's a bit too much on the margin between hero and villain.
"You liar!"
==2.Chris Walker (Outlast)==
Now here's an underrated legend that doesn't get the credit he deserves unlike the faceless guy in a suit and the Not Chuck-e-Cheese murder band and when his game gets mentioned, people prefer Doctor Shears instead. Much of that can be traced to the belief that he has no personality besides chasing down people to rip off their heads when he's actually an ex-military policeman who is obsessed with the protocols he learned and seeks to stop a nanomachine ghost from getting to the public which the journalist hero does. Granted The Murkoff Account makes him a bit more of a villain despite it being generally awful and it's hard to deny he isn't still somewhat a brute who likes imitating the Predator a bit too much but he's one of the few villains who has good intentions and can still be a terrifying threat thanks to the fact that he's a big guy with excellent tracking abilities.
"Little pig."
== Honorable Mentions ==
=== Slender Man (Slender) ===
Yes, I know he's not originally a game character but considering how much egg head is critical to PC and YouTube horror, I had to mention him. While I'm not the biggest fan of villains that are just malicious with no personality, I have to admit his powers make him one of the more terrifying ones to think about having to face. There's not much more I can say for him except thanks for setting me on the path along with the Gatherers and that you're not nearly as hilariously awful as Jeff the Killer. (Maybe I'll do a Worst Virtual Horror Villains...)
=== Mr. X (Resident Evil 2) ===
This guy is a classic who got a new breath of life and that's the reason why he's here as I only played the remake but this Tyrant is a serious threat there. His raw power and impressive tracking abilities along with an almost relentless advance make him perhaps the second most dangerous foe in the game and the only one you can't actually kill for a while. Plus his trenchcoat and fedora combo is too great to not earn him a spot here, fashion sense alone is probably why Capcom brought him back for Resistance.
=== Bendy (Bendy and The Ink Machine)/Mary (Death Mark) ===
SPOILER WARNING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY DEATH MARK
I'm honestly not sure about this pick but I had to go with two as they're both interesting takes on my second and third picks. Bendy's a surprisingly powerful ink monster that manages to always make me hide in a closet when he appears and can oneshot pretty much anything else in the studio while Mary controls all of the Spirits in H City and has frightening spiritual powers along with being an amalgamation of angry souls. What got both out is while I did enjoy both, their showings were a bit lackluster as the Ink Demon went away too easily and the Spirit of Wrath was one underwhelming final boss.
==1.Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy's)==
It's time for a history lesson, specifically about Pygmy's history with horror and how he got so into it. While Slender and Amnesia played by Pewdiepie peaked my interest for a while, I wasn't even that interested in Outlast before a little thing called Pwnageshow and I only knew about Higurashi from a friend's YouTube channel so what caused me to get so enthusiastic about horror in general, not just virtual psychos but classic monsters and slasher villains as well? Markiplier playing Five Nights at Freddy's made me follow a series through to its ending and read all of it's books although they're awful in my opinion, I took a liking to one character who I thought was simply screwed over by his business partner and became evil through tragedy at first. However even with Springtrap, William Afton, Purple Guy, Dave Miller etc. becoming an increasing more evil character with time, I still like his character as a madman who's not just pure evil but knows how to have an exciting personality as well which I'll risk life and limb to say makes him the modern Freddy Krueger. This weird guy managed to go from pixellated hazard to rotting rabbit to a deranged inventor who's got a perfect knowledge of how to manipulate people to do his bidding and what makes them scared. His personality is still somewhat of a mystery as with the novels, who knows how much is an act and he knew the final pizzeria was a trap so why did he go? Despite him being in the most kid-friendly game here which is a bit of a misnomer, he's probably the most twisted one who takes a little bit of everything from everyone else, Walker's menacing presence, Ryugu's unassuming appearance, Carter's horrific creativity, and even Akers' terrifying noises. He's responsible for everything that happened in the series that got me hooked to horror and is possibly the first major icon that I truly enjoyed seeing what he would do next.
"I always come back!"