Games Like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage for Xbox One

The Evil Within is a wonderful Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure and Third-person Shooter video game that takes this specific genre to a whole new level. The game lets you be Sebastian Castellanos, a skilled detective who is haunted by a cloaked and mysterious entity with immense paranormal powers. Set in a type of apocalyptic open world, The Evil Within lets you scavenge for items like medical supplies, food, weapons etc. and allows you to unfold the mysteries that are directly connected to the entity haunting you. Enemies in the game are equally equipped as yourself and because of that the combats in the game are quite action-packed and to properly dispose of the enemies, you must be skilled enough to survive. With a huge arsenal of weapons but limited ammunition, amazing abilities to master, various types of enemies to combat with and a great story to follow along with wonderful visual details and an engaging game-play, The Evil Within is one of the best Third Person, Action-Adventure and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

Resident Evil is a popular Single-player Horror-Survival and Shooter video game developed by Capcom and published by Nintendo. The game is also known as Bio Hazard in Japan and some other parts of the world. This one is the first game in the Resident Evil series and provides the saga basis. The game’s story features the character of Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine.

Both of the characters are part of S.T.A.R.S, an elite task force that travels to Raccoon City to investigate the sudden disappearance of their team members. While searching for the clues, they get trapped inside a huge mansion filled with all kinds of gory monsters and Zombies. The players can either select Chriss or Jill as the main character, explore the mansion and uncover the secrets about the disappearance of the team members and the Zombie outbreak.

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.

Dead Space is a 2008’s Sci-Fi, Horror-Survival, and Third-person Shooter video game published by EA (Electronic Arts). The game is set in the future in the year 2508 and features the character of the protagonist named Isaac Clarke who works as an engineer. The game kicks off with a distress signal from one of the Mining Ships USG Ishimura, harvesting the Ore from a Planet named as Aegis VII. After getting the Distress Signal, CEC (Concordance Extraction Corporation), sends in another Ship USG Kellion to investigate the matter. The Protagonist Isaac along with Commander Zack Hammond and Computer Expert Kendra Daniels gets forwarded to the Ship and upon their arrival at the USG Ishimura, USG Kellion crashes on the docks of USG Ishimura due to some technical issues. After boarding off, Isaac Clarke starts to investigate the malfunctions in ship’s systems and soon encounters the Necromorphs, The Monstrous Reanimated Human Corpses. This is where the player gets in and controls the character of Isaac Clarke. Player’s task is to find the causes of ship’s systems malfunction, repair the system and send the distress signal to USG Valor to get rescued. Finding the Hive Mind (A creature that controls all the Necromorphs) and creating the “Dead Space” is one of the primary objectives of the game as it helps make all the Necromorphs dormant and it is the only way to survive the infestation. With a very story-centric and action-packed gameplay, brilliantly portrayed narrative and all the incredible thrill, Dead Space offer a great Sci-Fi experience of the game. Dead Space offers loads of various types of weapons to kill the Necromorphs, loads of items to collect and upgrades to enhance the efficiency as well as tons of entertaining aspects. For all those who love playing Action, Horror and Survival games with a Sci-Fi touch, Dead Space would definitely be a great entertainer.

Dead Rising 3, by Capcom Vancouver, is an Open World, Action-Adventure, Horror Survival and a third person beat em’ up video game. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic era and features the protagonist Nick Ramos, who after the three initial days of the outbreak, scavenges for supplies like water, food and medicines. You as the protagonist act as you see suitable to survive by encountering the zombies and killing them in Melee Combats. You search for the possible safe zones to get to safety and find out that the only safe passage goes through the lairs of zombies. As the game mostly bases on the melee combats so you get only melee weapons to fight against the zombies. You can buy weapons and different melee techniques from in-game stores by spending your experience points (XP). Dead Rising 3 provides with an open world bigger than the world in Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2 combined, in which you can roam freely and travel to different locations and scavenge a larger area for goods. The game also provides with an extremely horror and action-packed gameplay. You will surely enjoy it a lot.

Dying Light is a First-Person Action, RPG Open World and Horror-Survival Video game by Techland. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist an undercover agent who is tasked to infiltrate the city of Harran. The city is infested with the undead (Zombies) and your task is to stay alive, by the use of your Parkour skills, Unique Combat Techniques and advanced weaponry. Featuring a Zombie Apocalypse, Dying Light is one of the best game of this specific genre. If you are a hardcore fan of Apocalyptic and chaotic themes, you must be familiar Dying Light, because the game offers a true action and thrill filled gameplay that will definitely let you enjoy it big time. Dying Light offers Close combats against the enemies that you can also call the Melee Combats and it lets you use a number of tools as your melee weapons and allows yo to enjoy the deadly encounters from close. You must stay alive in order to complete the game objectives and to save the others depending on you. Dying Light offers a fantastic story and portrays it impressively enough to lets you immerse yourself into the gameplay and feel like being actually a part of the game world. With a great game setting, beautifully created game visuals, adrenaline pumping gameplay and Co-Op multiplayer game mode, Dying light is a great Action, RPG, horror and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

Outlast is a First-person Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game, developed and published by Red Barrels. This Psyche-horror game set in psychiatric hospital and features Miller Upshur as a patient of the above mentioned hospital who is incapable of any combat but knows about how to clear his way. With only a camcorder and a notebook in his inventory, he tries to get out of the facility and on his way out he faces the most unbelievable and unearthly hazards. Crawling and sliding through the vents, he carries on, on his way and gets followed by some really bizarre and strange beings, all trying to kill hm. Dodging all of the difficulties he continues his effort and finally gets out of the asylum but only to find out that he never actually is free yet. The twisted story and events of the game make you think like being a patient of the asylum too. You are forced to think like Miles and all the fears seem to be so real that you feel something crawling on your back. Play the game and feel the creepiness if you like playing games packed with Horror and Survival elements. You’ll definitely like it.

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.

Hello Neighbor is an Action, Stealth, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild Games. The game takes place in the fictional land and introduces a variety of levels. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to sneak into the basement of his neighbor’s home to unearth the terrible mystery. Each neighbor has its unique behavior, depending on the past action of the player. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself moving into a new home across the street of strange neighbors, who seems to be keeping a mystery in their home’s basement. The ultimate task of the player is to get into the home, collect objects needed to access and unlock the basement of the home. During the exploration, the player needs to move carefully without making any noise, otherwise the neighbor will chase and catch him. There are four inventory spaces available, same kind of items can’t be placed together in the same space. With superb gameplay, immersive soundtracks, high detailed graphics and smooth controls, Hello Neighbor is the best game to play and enjoy.

Metro: 2033 Redux is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game created by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It brings an exciting story, in which the world was destroyed by an apocalyptic event, destroying almost humanity and transforming the planet Earth into a wasteland. The civilization of human entered into a new dark age with lots of challenges and dangers. It takes place in the future 2033, where a new generation was born and rise in an underground environment, and try their best to survive. You as the playable character can assume the role of the protagonist named as Artyom, who born on the last day before the devastation and raised underground. Your ultimate job is to manipulate the world, fight enemies who are the responsible for the destruction and kill them to restore your land. The environment can be explored from a first-person perspective, and you can use a variety of weapons to kill enemies and earn points. Two Play Styles (Survival and Spartan), Multiple Modes, Huge Arsenal of Weaponry, etc. are core features in the game to enjoy.

The Evil Within 2 is the sequel to The Evil Within video game, released in 2014 developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a mix of Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game available to play on multiple platforms. It offers a thrilling story and starts after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital. According to the plot, the protagonist has left the Krimson City Police Department to unearth the secret about the organization known as MOBIUS, but continuously haunted by his experience at Beacon, the death of his beloved daughter, and the disappearance of his wife. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor and it puts the player in the role of the protagonist, a detective named as Sebastian Castellanos, who must jump into the brutal world to find and save his daughter named as Lily. The player navigates the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with landscape and objects to find information about the quests and can accomplish the requirements of each task to progress through the story. The game features a crafting system, enabling the player to collect resources to craft new items like ammo. With brilliant mechanics, and superb graphics, The Evil Within 2 is the best game to play.

Friday the 13th: The Game is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, and Third-person Exploration video game created by IllFonic and published by Gun Media. The game comes with both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and offers a stunning gameplay based on the film franchise of the same name. It focuses on asymmetrical multiplayer gameplay, allowing up to seven players controlling the Camp Crystal Lake counselors while one player guiding the antagonist named as Jason Voorhees. It consists of semi-open world, where the player explore the world and interact with each other. The primary task of the player controlled the Jason Voorhees to kill as many councilors as possible to progress through the game. During the gameplay, the player get access to special abilities including sense nearby counselors and can teleport anywhere in the world where the player want. The task of the counselors is to fulfill the objectives that will let the players to escape from the camp. There are more than 12 counselors available to choose from including Adam Palomino, A.J. Mason, Chad Kensington, Deborah Kim, and more. With thrilling gameplay, stunning graphics, and smooth controls, Friday the 13th: The Game is the incredible heart-pumping game for those, who love playing horror-survival games.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is an Episodic Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Capcom for multiple platforms. The game acts as the 10th massive entry in the franchise of Resident Evil and 22nd overall. The game marks the Claire Redfield’s return as the main protagonist, and the first time the player control Barry Burton as the playable character in the main series. The storyline of the game takes place between the events of Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. The plot starts when the protagonist named as Clair and her partners, including the playable protagonist and newcomer named as Moria Burton, are at the exciting party in the NGO’s headquarter, then they are attacked by unknown creatures. The player explores the land from a third-person perspective, use equipped flashlight to see in the dark environment and can use a huge arsenal of weaponry including melee weapons to attack foes. The game features the mini-map at the top of the screen to display the player’s location. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is the wonderful game to experience the Horror-Survival genre.

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios for Multiple Platforms. The game serves as a follow-up to its predecessor, Alan Wake, serving not as a sequel. The storyline of the game is framed by the narration of an episodic of the television show by the name of Night Springs, following the style of The Twilight Zone and occurred on TV screens throughout the Alan Wake. The friend of Alan Wake and manager named Barry is asleep in the room. The narration describes that the protagonist is trying to chase down the Herald of Darkness, Mr. Scratch, who is an evil of Alan. The game uses the similar combat mechanics to the original game. The player is equipped with a flashlight, which the player can use to focus on foes before firing at them. The game is more focused on battle, comprising ammunition and the huge arsenal of weaponry, including a crossbow, a nail gun, a machine gun, and more.

Resident Evil 2 is a Survival-Horror and Single-player video game created and published Capcom for Multiple Platforms. The title acts as the remake version of original title Resident Evil 2 released in 1998. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist named Leon S. Kennedy, a police officer who must interrogate the case to find the dark secrets. Two different protagonists are featured such as Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy; each has its unique abilities and skills. Unlike the original release, which makes use of tank controls and the fixed camera angles, the remake version comes with third-person shooter gameplay, similar to Resident Evil 4. In addition to the standard mode, the player needs to save people as often as he would like inside the safe rooms. The game starts with the player choosing his character from available and then set out on a journey to survive as long as possible. Now, vicious zombies are more realistic and dangerous ever than before. They’re looking for the player to kill. Resident Evil 2 includes prominent features such as a new Experience, Horror Classic Gameplay, Grotesque Waves, Iconic Characters, and more.

Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is an Action-Adventure, Simulation, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Access Games. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as an FBI agent, and the main goal is to investigate the identity of the Raincoat Killer, who is responsible for a murder in the rural town of Greenvale.

In this open-world game, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective. The character receives in-game money for finishing the missions assigned by the game and for minor events, such as shaving or changing suits. The player must have to pay a fine for poor performance, such as wearing dirty clothes.

Like other simulating games, the player requires food and sleep at regular intervals to maintain hunger and rest. If the character’s gauge for sleepiness reaches zero, he will become hungry, and if his gauge for hunger depletes, he will begin to lose his health. Sleeping restores his health, while food and other items restore sleepiness.

Metro: 2033 is a Hardcore Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and First-person Shooter video game and a direct sequel to Metro last Light. The game is set in a Post-Apocalyptic era and takes you to the city of Moscow, Russia. Once again you’ll play as Artyom and your task is to survive and save the humanity from the reign of mutant creatures and their sudden deadly attacks. In order to complete the tasks, you’ll have to scavenge an open world for items like food, weapons, ammunition and medical supplies, fight against the mutants using different weapons in close and long distance combats and survive until every one of the enemies is killed or is neutralized in any other way possible. With an amazing game-play similar to its predecessors and Fallout series games, a great story to follow, ultra-realistic visuals and an amazingly realistic game setting, Metro 2033 is a great Action, horror, Survival and First Person Shooter video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.