10 Modern PS1-Style Games You NEED To Play

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00:00 Welcome to Mojo Plays.

00:10 Today we're looking at 10 modern PS1 style games.

00:22 You better believe these low poly classics are brand new.

00:26 For this video, we'll be looking at games released in the last few years that are inspired

00:30 by the graphical and gameplay styles of the PlayStation 1.

00:43 The Convenience Store

00:55 As we'll see throughout this list, low poly and CRTS graphics are perfect for horror.

01:02 Though these graphics were once cutting edge, the strange shapes and blurry textures can

01:07 now seem very disturbing.

01:09 The Convenience Store isn't quite as graphically limited as some of our other games, but it's

01:16 an excellent and frightening title, so it goes on our list.

01:27 Made in Japan with Japanese audio, you play as a young woman who works in a convenience

01:32 store on the night shift.

01:34 We won't spoil anything, but this isolated, empty store builds suspense like few other

01:40 settings with sinister customers and unnameable horrors on the security cameras.

01:52 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone

01:59 There are multiple entries in the Fears to Fathom anthology now which adapt short stories

02:05 into horror games.

02:06 Home Alone is just one of those episodes, and it'll take you only about 20 minutes

02:11 to see it through.

02:13 But it's quality, not quantity, and you'll be chilled to your core wandering through

02:18 this dark house at night.

02:27 There's a shadowy figure outside who may be trying to get in, but does he get in or are

02:33 you just imagining things?

02:35 This story in particular came from Reddit too, which is a fertile ground for producing

02:40 terrifying tall tales and creepypastas.

02:44 Keep an eye on Fears to Fathom's website to keep up with future installments.

02:54 Blood Wash

03:05 In this game, you'll be playing through a VHS filter the entire time, complete with

03:10 invasive scanlines.

03:11 You're playing as pregnant college student Sarah, whose boyfriend hasn't been able

03:16 to do the laundry.

03:18 This means she has to venture out late at night to the laundromat because she has a

03:22 job interview the next morning and no clean clothes.

03:26 But of course, there's a serial killer on the loose who specifically wants to claim

03:31 pregnant women as his victims.

03:40 It's a corny concept, but the run-down environment and very unsettling sound design keep the

03:46 experience feeling fresh.

03:48 And it'll make you think twice about putting off doing laundry in the future.

03:58 Murder House

04:07 Another slasher, this one has a classic concept and a lot of cliches to sink your teeth into.

04:13 There's a spooky abandoned house that a serial killer once lived in, and investigators

04:18 go and visit years later.

04:21 Lo and behold, the killer returns, and you've got to try and get out alive.

04:26 Paying homage to genre staples like Resident Evil, Murder House also boasts tank controls

04:32 and fixed camera angles.

04:41 It's also not a PC exclusive like many other PS1 style games, releasing on PS4, Xbox One,

04:48 and Switch as well.

04:50 So no matter your preferred device, you can get the game and enjoy being hunted down by

04:56 the formidable Easter Ripper.

05:05 Frogan

05:11 If you're not a horror person, don't worry.

05:14 Not everybody is using lo-fi graphics to be scary.

05:18 Others are trying to tap into the nostalgia for those bygone days of the 1990s 3D platformers.

05:25 Frogan is such a title, a charming callback to old school collectathons with simple graphics

05:30 but very strong art direction.

05:33 You play as Renata, a girl who uses her frog grapple to navigate the game's tricky platforming

05:38 levels while jumping on enemies to subdue them.

05:45 There's definitely still a market for games like this, and it's nice to see somebody

05:53 filling that void.

05:54 In this case, the small studio Mulligato, which crowdfunded development.

06:05 Happy's Humble Burger Farm

06:16 Described as a "horror cooking game," Happy's Humble Burger Farm sees you start

06:20 a new job working at a fast food chain.

06:23 But nothing is as it seems, of course.

06:26 The NPCs alone are visually disturbing, with unsettling designs that are repeated over

06:31 and over again.

06:33 However, you'll find your mission to make burgers and keep the orders coming in impeded

06:39 by the various grotesque monsters that appear throughout the restaurant.

06:54 You'll have to do a bit of lore hunting to really decipher what the story is, but it's

06:59 all rewarding, and a great way to spend a few hours if you're looking for some solid

07:04 scares.

07:16 Ultra Kill

07:26 This one's a boomer shooter, and a hugely popular one at that.

07:30 You're fighting your way through the layers of hell in a tried and true formula, punching

07:35 and shooting everything that gets in your way.

07:37 The game's fast, too, and you'll get rankings on how well you do in enemy encounters that

07:43 encourage playing quickly and mastering the mechanics.

07:53 It's a boon for speedrunners, especially since attaining the highest overall rank possible,

07:59 P-Rank, unlocks secret extra levels.

08:02 And finally, you're playing as a robot that needs blood to survive, meaning killing enemies

08:08 will heal you, not that you needed any extra incentive to fight.

08:22 Haunted PS1 Series

08:33 This series releases collections of small horror indie games via itch.io at least once

08:39 a year since 2020, and some of the games it collects are real treasures.

08:44 They're all designed to emulate that PS1 style, even including the PS1 logo in the series's

08:50 own logo.

08:51 In the tradition of classic demo discs, there are quick games that bring concepts to life,

08:56 riffing on classic games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Doom, and so on.

09:07 Many aren't full games, as is the nature of the demo disc, but some have been so well

09:12 received that the developers have been able to make full releases.

09:16 It's a great way to promote small, sometimes lone developers, and enjoy games that don't

09:22 usually go mainstream.

09:31 Dusk

09:40 Another boomer shooter, Dusk is the oldest game on our list.

09:45 It's about an isolated town that has, somehow, become overrun with Lovecraftian monsters.

09:51 It's your job to find out what happened and what the researchers were doing, while also

09:56 wiping out everybody out to try and fix the problem.

10:08 With floaty controls and satisfying weapons, it's a great speedrunning experience too,

10:14 though be sure to slow down and take in the creepy, low-poly environments.

10:19 Just because they're simple, doesn't mean the visuals aren't great after all.

10:23 It's also just as gory and explosive as you want a game like this to be.

10:39 Cruelty Squad

10:49 Brace yourself, because Cruelty Squad has some of the most out there visuals of any

10:54 video game, and it might be more than you can stomach.

10:58 This nightmare of an FPS casts you in the role of a cyborg killer for hire, sent to

11:03 perform hits on anybody the company you work for doesn't like.

11:16 Navigating the levels alone to find your targets is pretty difficult, with a lot of visual

11:21 noise to parse, but that's all by design, and makes the game highly unique.

11:28 And finally, it's got an Oregon Trading Stock Market mini-game, just in case you were looking

11:33 for something like that to invest some time into.

11:46 Thanks for watching.

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