- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 contains data for a cut level called “Genocide City”
- Obscure Wolfenstein clone Corridor 7 randomly jumpscares the player with a red demon face during regular gameplay
- Dog Island, a Wii game in which all the characters are adorable chibi dogs, has a subplot about a doctor whose botched treatment caused the death of someone he loved many years ago. He still sees her in his dreams, unable to let go or move on.
Don’t forget Palossand or however you spell its name, which does the unthinkable and also eats children’s souls, but as a pile of sand this time.