Anna: Extended Edition
Anna: Extended Edition is a Psychological Horror video game takes place in the abandoned sawmill in the mountains of Italian. It mixes the elements of First-person Perspective, Puzzle, and Exploration. The story revolves around the protagonist who dreams of a mountain near his village. He attempts to go on an adventure to locate its connection to his missing memories and a strange woman known as Anna, who seems in his dreams and calling out for him. The protagonist enters in the house where he has to solve complex puzzles by finding clues in the garden and soon he comes to know that the house is haunted after a horrific event. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, and as the player start exploring the world, he hears strange voices which are belonging to him and the Anna. Anna assigned the task to the player to unearth the horrific clues and solve complex puzzles by using them related to the protagonist’s past. The behavior of the player doesn’t affect only his mental health but can change locations and reveal new mysteries leading to one of eight ending. Anna: Extended Edition offers core features such as Physics-based Environment, Enhanced Graphics, a Haunting Tale Terror, Eight different Ends, and more. Try it out to enjoy.
#1 Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is one of the best Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival, Stealth and Shooter video game. The game offers a similar gaming experience to System Shock 2 video game and allows you to be the protagonist Amanda Ripley who embarks on a journey to find her mother Ellen Ripley and on her way to the secrets, she encounters the otherworldly aliens, engages into amazing combats with them on a space station named as Sevastopol. She gets trapped on the station and the only way out is to fight all the aliens, kill them using the advanced tech weapons and gadgets, eventually complete the game objectives. Alien: Isolation offers a huge arsenal of weapons at your disposal, a wonderful setting and story-line along with brilliant visuals and an addictive game-play to enjoy.
#2 Deadly Premonition
The last entrant on our list of games like “State of Decay” is Deadly Premonition. Deadly Premonition is developed by “Access Games” in collaboration with “Rising Star Games and is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming platforms. The game is a super hit amalgamation of Open world, Psychological Horror Survival and shooting elements. The game kicks off with the investigation of the murder of “Becky Adams and Diane”. Protagonist as the investigator “York” find out that the murders are a work of the “Raincoat Killers” and suspects Thomas in the murders and Thomas after some time dies with a hook in his neck. Thomas’s death halts the investigation a bit but “York” keeps on gathering the evidence. Emily joins the investigation with York and finds out the final victim “Carol”. Carol infects Emily with red seeds and she falls ill. York leaves Emily with Kaysen and continues the investigation, encounters George and makes him confess the murders and kills him. The game concludes. The story of the game is a bit twisted and takes you to the heights of amazingness in horror-survival and psychotic experience. Try it out and you’ll definitely have your head spinning.
#3 Silent Hill: Homecoming
If you have played any game of the Silent Hill series, you would know that Silent Hill: Homecoming is not so different from other games in the series. Maintaining the standard, Double Helix Games and Konami Entertainment have provided with yet another masterpiece that truly mimics the characteristics of a brilliant Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game. The game makes you the protagonist Alex Shepherd, an Army veteran who returns home after a brief time spending on overseas duty. Moments after returning home, Alex finds out about the mysterious disappearance of his Father and Brother that leaves his mother in Coma. Alex starts off his journey to find his brother Josh and maps the area for search from his home town to the Fog-shielded Town of Silent Hill. This is where you get into the paly and your duty is to continue Alex’s journey, get to Silent Hill, kill some grotesque monsters and mutants, solve challenging puzzles and search for clues and objects that will eventually lead you to the location where Josh is being held. Silent Hill: Homecoming offers an amazingly fast-paced Action, cool weapons (guns and melee), amazing stealth abilities to use against the enemies, eerie and haunted environment, great story and a wonderfully engaging game-play to enjoy.
#4 The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead, Developed and published by Telltale Games is an Action-Adventure, Graphic and Interactive Drama based on the comic book (The Walking Dead Comic Book Series) of Robert Kirkman. The game is set in an era of Zombie Apocalypse in Georgia, the story revolves around the life of the protagonist Lee Everett a former university professor, and a young girl named Clementine. Lee Everett helps a group of survivors stay alive and he leads them. Due to an open world gaming environment and a third person gaming perspective the player along with all the people roams freely and interacts with the item easily. The player controls the protagonist and helps him and other people fight against the hordes of zombies using every weapon they have. The life rate of survivors depends on the fighting abilities of all the fighters. With super cool graphics, a well-written storyline and many weapon choices, The Walking Dead provides with an amazingly fascinating game-play.
#5 The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Season Two, based on the Comic Book named The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman is an Episodic, Graphic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game. The game follows the story-line of the first season and continues from where it was ended previously. You can set yourself up into the character of Clementine (Previously the companion of Protagonist) and get into the play by exploring the world around you, interacting with the objects, engage yourself in the conversations with AI and NPCs, and by reacting to the replies given by the NPCs and change the course of events and endings of the game. Season Two of the game provides with a 400 Days game play in an apocalyptic world filled with Zombies and allows you to amaze yourself with a super thrilling and survival based game-play. The Walking Dead: Season Two is no doubt a great Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy. You must play it.
#6 Slender: The Arrival
Slender: The Arrival by Blue Isle Studios is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Sci-Fi Shooter video game and a direct sequel to the best selling game Slender: Eight Pages. The game starts with the protagonist (Player) inside an abandoned building. He can see the Slender Man outside but when he gets out in the open, the slender man goes to a much farther distance and can be seen on top of the hills. Loaded with just a flashlight, He starts searching for the pages and during his search slender man suddenly appears in front of him and because of slender man’s slightly changing behavior, he sometimes kills the protagonist and sometimes he leaves him alive with a little bit of his health wasted. The player carries on searching and if he finds out all the eight pages before the slender man gets to him, the search finishes and the level of the game concludes.
#7 Dead Island
Dead Island developed and published by Techland and Deep Silver is an Action, RPG, Shooting and Horror Survival video game. The game is set in a zombie-infested open world where you get into the role of the protagonist who struggles to survive by fighting off hordes of zombies and engages in combats using melee techniques, melee weapons and different kinds of guns. Dead Island features a game-play with a first person perspective in which the protagonist roams in an open world, completes different quests, and gathers XP (Experience points) by killing the enemies to buy upgrades, weapons and different skills etc. Dead Island provides with a thrilling game-play, a well-written storyline, state of the art graphics along with single and multiplayer gaming modes. Built using Chrome Engine 5, Dead Island is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Linux gaming platforms.
#8 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game created and published by Tecmo. It is the 2nd marvelous entry in the series of Fatal Frame video game and features an exciting story. The story of the game revolves around twins sisters named as Mayu and Mio Amakura as they navigate the world of an abounded ancient villages. Their lives become terrifying when the spirits of village attack them and select them as the sacrifice for a ritual. The game lets you explore the ghost town either Mio Amakura or Mayu. Your main task is to manipulate objects, explore the game world and reveal its mysteries. Your character wields with an enchanted camera which can be used to take the snap of spirits. To earn points, you must fight against ghost and defeat them by clicking their pictures. It has two different modes such as Viewfinder mode and field mode. You can take on the role of Mio and can investigate objects and items to find areas for clues in field mode. With the best mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb visuals, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#9 Dino Crisis 2
Dino Crisis 2 is an Action-Adventure video game designed for hardcore players who love playing Shooting games. It combines the elements of horror-survival, open environment, and combat. The game supports single-player mode and plays from both First and Third-person perspective. It is the 2nd entry in the series of Dino Crisis. The game takes place in the fictional city of Edward, and the story starts after the event of an earlier entry. According to the story, the scientist works on a secret project and search for the mysterious third energy. After the wrong experiment the whole Island has vanished and move back in the time of dinosaur era. A team of Soldier is sent to rescue the survivals, scientist team and recover the research data. Unfortunately, all soldiers are slain by dinosaurs. The game offers two protagonists named Dylan and Regina and let you control the protagonist and complete your tasks. In the game, your main task is to find a way out, locate the survivors, retrieve the data, and use the third energy to get back your time. You have to collect items, complete complex puzzles, and fight against dinosaurs to save your crew. Dino Crisis 2 offers enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals. Try it out.
#10 Anna
Anna is a Puzzle, Psychological Horror, and Single-player video game created by Dreampainters Software and published by Kalypso Media. One day the protagonist woke up and find himself in a haunted called Sawmill situated in the North of Italy. The game casts you in the role of the protagonist, and your main task is to explore the horrific world, find clues and solve a series of complex puzzles to find a way out. The game world filled with spirits, ghosts, and other deadly creatures and can raise your heartbeat. Explore the game world, unearth its secrets, interact with objects and NPCs and progress through the game to unlock further content. It features multiple ends depends on your decisions during the gameplay. Other unveil environment unlocks as you fulfill the game’s requirements. Anna offers core features such as a Hunting Tale, Physics-based Environment, Eight Endings, New Environments, Puzzles, Heart pumping Sounds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#11 Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame is a Single-player Horror-Survival video game developed and published by Tecmo for PlayStation platform. It is the first entry in the series of Fetal Frame. The game takes place in the historical year 1986 and revolves around the story of the siblings named as Mafuyu Hinasaki and Miku. According to the story, Muffy disappears while looking a popular novelist in the unforgivable mansion. Miku worries about his sister and goes to locate her sibling. You can get into the role of the protagonist named as Miku, and your ultimate task is to manipulate the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with objects, find a clue, fight against ghosts, and uncover the truth behind a mythical mansion. The game is about exploration and fighting off ghosts using the unique camera. The entire game is divided into four chapters, and each chapter is more challenging as compared to previous. Fatal Frame offers superb gameplay, brilliant story, horrible sounds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#12 Clive Barker’s Jericho
Clive Barker’s Jericho is an Action, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game released by MercurySteam. It offers an exciting gameplay revolving around seven team members that you have to control during the match. It takes place in the unforgettable world invaded by deadly creations and monsters. Your ultimate task is to control all seven members team known as Jericho and guide them through various environments. You have to survive as long as possible to dominate the world. The game offers new features known as Quick Time Events, in which you must press the buttons shown at the top of the screen to survive. Each member has both primary and secondary attack such as rifle, grenades, and fire while secondary weapon like a pistol, and more. Engage yourself in FPS gameplay experience show off your shooting abilities by defeating a set of vicious creatures. Clive Barker’s Jericho is the best game horror game for hardcore players. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#13 Shadow Man
Shadow Man is an Action, Horror, Third-person Perspective, Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Acclaim Studio Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The game follows the comic book known as Shadow man published by Valiant Comics. It takes place in the historical year in 1988 and the story centers on the protagonist named as Jack who are try to take his own life after becoming fail to uncover the secret behind the murder scene. A Legion occurs and tells the protagonist about the power that he seeks and offers a proposal to share this power with him if he construct an asylum in the land of dead known as Deadside. You can take on the role of the protagonist and your ultimate objective is to navigate the environment from third-person and fulfill your objectives to progress through the game. You can interact with environment and objective to collect valuables. The game offers open environment filled with monsters, deadly animals, and more. Use weapons to slaughter them and score the best points. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.