I’m convinced horror games are the best medium for horror. I love reading horror fiction and watching horror movies too. I just feel like when playing a good horror game, the player is “in the drivers seat”. I’m open to hearing other opinions though!
For me, movies/tv or novels/short stories because games just don’t make me feel afraid. Seeing something happen to someone else is actually mkre immersive for me, because most games have game engine limitations that remind me I am playing a game.
It can still be good as a game, just hot as horrifying. Also, gore and violence are not horrific to me on their own either, they can compliment the real horror I find terrifying which is powerlessness or losing a sense of self.