Survival horror game recommendations
Scarce resources, enemies not worth a bullet and the tension of choosing between fighting and running: survival horror is horror at its most strategic, made famous by Resident Evil and Silent Hill. These are the genre’s best according to critics.
The 25 best survival horror games
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1
96BioShock (2007)
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2
92System Shock 2 (1999)
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3
92Resident Evil 4 (2023)
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4
92Crow Country (2024)
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5
92Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)
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6
92Lethal Company (2023)
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7
92Mad Father (2012)
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8
92Sorry We're Closed (2024)
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9
91Resident Evil 2 (2019)
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10
91Dredge (2023)
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11
91Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation (2017)
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12
91Fear the Spotlight (2024)
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13
90Resident Evil 2 (1998)
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14
90Silent Hill 2 (2024)
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15
90Murder House (2020)
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16
90Bramble: The Mountain King (2023)
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17
90Gloomwood (2022)
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18
90Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (1996)
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19
90Nightmare of Decay (2022)
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20
90I'm on Observation Duty (2018)
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21
90The Forest (2018)
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22
90Angels of Death (2016)
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23
90Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit (2024)
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24
90Ultimate Custom Night (2018)
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25
90Blood and Bacon (2016)
How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.