Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within
Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within is a Horror-Survival, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed by Human Entertainment. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Alyssa Hale, who has to interact with the items of the surrounding. While inspecting the world, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective.
The player starts the game with an amulet that he can place within containers. Without the amulet, the player will become Mr. Bates, and to revert the character in his original place; the player needs to retrieve the amulet back merely. Some events require the player to play as Mr. Bates and likewise as Alyssa.
The choices a player makes change the scenario and lead to one of thirteen possible endings. When the player gets in danger, the cursor will flash red. In this concern, the player must tap a button to escape. The player can use items scattered around to fight back or hide from the enemy. Escape mode will not end until the player evades the enemy.
#1 Mite wa Ikenai
Mite wa Ikenai is an Adventure, Horror, and Single-player video game developed by Treco Studio. Throughout the game, the player has to burn the photos received from the game. There are many photos, and every photo has a brief description, and following these instructions, the player has to search out the hidden stories.
After reading the description, the player has to make use of candles to burn the ghost photos. As the player completes the tasks, the game offers many more photos for the player. The game is addictive, but a bit horror as the player can imagine the ghost scenes of the photos in the back end. The main features are Horror Images, Many Ghosts, Description, and addictive Gameplay.
#2 Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is a Horror-Survival, Adventure, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Konami. During the game, the player plays as a protagonist named James Sunderland, who has to pass through a monster-filled land for the search of his deceased wife. While playing the game, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective.
The default camera mode of the game follows from behind the character. The player can check the character’s health, location, and items through the menu or status. The game has multiple maps where the player can unlock all the maps by making progress through the levels. When the player has collected some readable items, the games allow him to read the information if he has sufficient light.
The player has to roam around the world and find keys, clues, and other items. The player has a radio that alerts him about the presence of nearby creatures, and the player has to detect them through the thick fog. The player can tilt his head in the direction of a nearby item or monster.
#3 Hellnight
Hellnight is a Horror-Survival, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by Konami. Throughout the game, the player as an unnamed protagonist travels through different areas and must solve puzzles to progress. The player encounters only one enemy, such as a mutating monster. The way to survive from the demon is to run away. While playing the game, the player views the environment from the first-person perspective.
If the player comes close to any of the enemies, it will result in the character’s death. The game has a multiplayer mode where the player plays with the companions, and once the companions get attacked, they died permanently. The game allows the other players to replace the murdered players.
One character can lead the team simultaneously, but the rest of the players have a unique role and ability. The game has no combat and the primary weapon that a player possesses is to run fast. After a while, the characters may get exhausted, and the red screen warns the player to bypass the running limit.
#4 Phase Paradox
Phase Paradox is a Side-Scrolling, Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Throughout the game, the player assumes the role of a rookie pilot who has to neutralize the unknown threat. The force has devastating power and wants to rule the universe, but the player must stop them.
The player can change the camera view while playing the game. The game is a multi-directional shooter where the player can shoot in all directions. The player must pass almost 30 levels where every level is a new challenge, and the player can earn mega rewards.
The player ships have four weapons that he can upgrade thrice in a game. It has many spaceships where the player can unlock every ship by making progress. The player can upgrade the powers of the weapon such as bombs, missiles, etc. The player’s ship has a health meter where the player has not to come in contact with the fires. The core features of the game are Health Meter, Different Ships, and Different Angles.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 Miasmata
Miasmata is an Open Word, First-person Horror-Survival and intensely Action-packed Simulation by IonFX Studios. The game sets on a Mysterious Island where you are the lone wanderer whose only task is to survive in a Hostile environment where an unknown Entity is haunting you. As the main character named as Robert Hughes and a plague-stricken Scientist, your task is to find the cure. Authorities left you stranded on the island after the virus infected you and now you must survive without any food, water, medical supplies and weapons. You must get out from the hiding, scavenge for the supplies, make weapons and survive while saving yourself from the unknown entity at your back. Get hold of your advanced lab and scientific research outpost, start experimenting and finally find a cure to save your old colleagues and all the infected ones. The game world is filled with all kinds of deadly creatures who continuously hunt you so you must be aware of them at all times. So are you ready for this haunting yet exciting adventure? Well if you are then you must know that this game is one of the best in the Horror-Survival genre. You’ll enjoy it.
#8 Silent Hill
Silent Hill is a 1999’s Top-Hit Horror-Survival and Shooter video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The game offers a wonderfully designed 3D Real-time environment and allows you to play from a Third-person perspective. Story revolves around the character of Harry Mason who struggles to find his adopted daughter who ends up in the possession of a cult taking refuge in Silent hill, America, a town filled with all kinds of gory monsters and creatures. In effort of freeing her, Mason fights off the Cult members, kills them and finally frees her. Silent Hill offers five different endings of the game and offers different environments and objectives as well. Combat and Exploration elements in the game add up a bit more fun to the game as they let you traverse through a number of different environments, fight off hordes of monsters, interact with objects and solve a number of challenging puzzles in order to keep going on in the game. Other cool features of the game include Third-person perspective, Heads up Display, Health bar, and Dual Shock controller that helps you keep track of your heart beat and know about when to take a pause. Silent Hill lets you combat against the monsters using Melee Combat techniques and weapons, a number of firearms, and your parkour abilities. With a very challenging and quite addictive gameplay, a fantastic story, brilliant visual details and loads of other great things to discover, Silent hill is one amazing Action, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game to play.
#9 Penumbra
Penumbra is a Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure and Episodic game series developed by Frictional Games and published by Paradox Interactive for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. Penumbra game series consists of three sequels (Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Requiem) and features the same protagonist in all of the games. Protagonist named as Philip stars as the main character in all the games and acts as the story of the game directs him in accordance with the appearance and plot of the specific game. This whole series is super awesome to play and features unique stories for each game with amazingly crafted 3D graphics and thrilling game-plays. If you love playing games with dark themes and Horror-Survival elements, you should totally check out the Penumbra Series game. You’ll love them.
#10 Dark Fall: Lost Souls
Dark Fall: Lost Souls is a great Action and Adventure, Point-and-Click and Horror video game. If you are a fan of horror games with adventure elements, this one’s definitely a good one to try. The game blends in Puzzle solving with the core game-play and offers a truly new experience of adventure gaming. Dark Fall: Lost Souls is set on the eerie locations of Dowertown Hotel and The Train Station where you in the Character of a Disgraced police officer will have to follow the story. Evidence Tempering in Amy Haven disappearance case leads to Protagonist’s expulsion from the force and now after half a decade, crimes are being committed in a same manner as Amy Heavens. The protagonist finds this opportunity a investigate Amy’s case again on his own and regain his dignity. You are required to get into the character of the protagonist, explore the places of interest, gather up the clues and objects that will eventually lead you to the murderer, help the police arrest the Killer, regain your dignity and conclude the game by finally sending the responsible behind bars. Dark Fall: Lost Souls offers a wonderful story, great visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy.