Days Gone
Days Gone is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by SIE Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game takes place in the highly detailed environment populated by zombies. It offers an open world, and zombie-apocalyptic gameplay played from the third-person view. You assume the role of the protagonist named as Deacon St. John, who is a former bounty hunter and drifter. The story centers on after two years of a global pandemic appeared which slaughtered almost all of humanity and turned millions of people into zombie-like creatures. There are several objectives, and the game allows you to complete them in multiple ways. The protagonist equips with a sniper rifle, grenades and other weapons that can be used to kill zombies. Day-night and dynamic weather systems featured in the game, which affects gameplay making zombies weak and slow during the time of day. You can manipulate the world from third-person perspective either on foot or by vehicle. Interact with objects and attempts to use them against zombies to kill them and progress through the game. Using stealth element, you can hide from zombies for a short time and can use melee combat to kill them. Days Gone offers a detailed environment, different vehicles, a set of weapons, and smooth controls, Days Gone is the best game to play and enjoy.
#1 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.
#2 State of Decay
State Of Decay is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Horror Survival and Third person Shooter video game developed by Undead Labs for Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. The game takes you to an era of devastation after a Zombie Apocalypse. A research gone bad in a lab turns almost all of the population on earth into zombies and only a handful of the humanity remains safe from the virus. The protagonist “Marcus Campbell” who gets into the field to save the day. The game lets you settle into the character of the protagonist act as the storyline suggests. You must build a safe haven for the people following you and fight off any entity that threatens them. In order to make it all possible, the game lets you use almost 90 different weapons, and skills like melee techniques. The combats in the game are mainly melee type so you’ll be able to use a good range of melee weapons to encounter the zombies. Just like “Grand Theft Auto 5” you can control of the protagonist, walk, and run, drive different vehicles and fight off your enemy in an open world. Packed with unique action-adventure, RPG, Shooting, Survival and Stealth elements, State of Decay lets you experience the most thrilling and engaging game-play ever. You’ll get yourself quite entertained with all the exciting things this game has to offer.
#3 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.
#4 Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2, developed by Viscerat Games and published by Electronic Arts (EA) is an Action filled RPG (Role Playing Game), a First Person Shooter and Sci-Fi Horror-Survival Video game. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist Isaac Clark and his fight against the Necromorph on a space station situated on the biggest moon of Saturn. The protagonist advances in the game, encounters hordes of enemies in different fights, and uses melee techniques along with melee weapons along with all the available guns etc. Upon advancement player starts collecting different objects and upgrades. The game features futuristic and quite enhanced graphics, a thrilling and action packed game-play along with a well-written story line. Dead Space 2 is available to play on multiple gaming platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Try it out and you’ll be amazed at what Dead Space 2 has to offer.
#5 Diablo 3
Diablo 3, the third installment in the Diablo Game series is developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo 3 is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game (RPG) and is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gaming platforms. With a huge fan base, Diablo 3 sold over 15 million copies worldwide and is still persistent in markets. The game features a much similar game-play to its predecessors Diablo and Diablo 2 but the storyline is a bit different. With the block buster Expansion pack Reaper of Souls this game is topping the Ranks among big names of the time. The game is set in the Dark Fantasy in the Sanctuary and allows you to choose your character from 6 different choices (Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, Monk, Crusader, Barbarian and Wizard), select the best skills and spells and go explore the game world to uncover the plot about the extreme power you can have and eventually start ruling the realms once more. The story focuses on Deckard Cain and Leah investigating about the ancient texts when suddenly a mysterious star falls on the Cathedral, makes a huge crater and Deckard Cain disappears in it. Your task is to go to the Cathedral, Start investigating about the star that struck the cathedral and the sudden disappearance of Deckard Cain. After the Rescue of Cain you must go fight and defeat the King Leoric Aka. The Skeleton king because it’s the only way to reach out to the fallen star. In order to complete the objectives, you must first find out the three pieces of the Sacred Sword, forge a Mighty Sword and kill the Skeleton King with it and eventually reach to the Fallen Star. Diablo 3 is a wonderful game of this specific genre and provides with a wonderful game-play, cool visuals and a great story.
#6 F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a great Action filled Horror-Survival, RPG and FPS video game that offers both single and multiplayer mode support. The game allows you to be Sergeant Michael Becket, gather up your team and go through an apocalyptic setting, gather clues and items and figure out how to defeat Alma Wade, the Antagonist. With a unique ability to slow down the time, you’ll have bundle of benefits along with easiness in interaction with world and NPCs etc. Abandoned buildings, eerie environment, corpses, pools of blood etc. are the things that will put you into the most challenging circumstances. You have to survive and complete the game objectives in order to fulfill your destiny. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin offers great story plot, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy.
#7 The Darkness 2
The Darkness 2 is a wonderful FPS, RPG and Psychological Horror-Survival video game by Digital Extremes. You’ll have to control the character of Jackie Estacado, the leader of the Franchetti Criminal Family. Your task is to act as Jackie Estacado, use your Dark powers against the rival gang that recently attacked you, eliminate them and enjoy engaging yourself into amazingly haunting and psychological horror filled game-play. Exploration, artifacts and items collection, amazingly blasting enemy encounters and the deep prowess of dark powers makes this game more and more involving as you further flow with the story-line. With a great dark setting, unbelievably stressing situations, and your ability to cater with the problems, hardcore encounters with the bizarre creatures and enemies, loads of cool weapons to shoot down the enemies, super fine and dramatic event depictions, eye-catching visuals and a brilliant story, The Darkness 2 is one amazing game to play and enjoy.
#8 Singularity
Singularity is a first-person shooter and horror-survival video game developed by “Raven Software” and published by “Activision” for PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game kicks off with an electromagnetic surge shot from uninhabited island “Katorga 12” that destroys an American satellite. American government takes it seriously and assigns the task to the protagonist to investigate the matter. You get into the role of protagonist and start investigating. While on chopper to the island, another surge disables your chopper and it crashes on the Katorga 12 island. The protagonist “Renko” wakes up after a brief amount of time, starts investigating, and finds out the surge is somehow connected to the events that took place on this island. Story continues and the protagonist gets captured by “Demichev” but later rescued by Katheryn a member of the resistance. Renko vows to end Demichev’s reign and joins the resistance, starts killing his accomplices one by one by engaging in combats and gun battles. Renko meets Brisove and they both travel back in time to destroy the island with a bomb made by Element-99 to set the history. Demichev reaches first and upon their arrival to 1955, he attacks Renko and Brisove and gets killed by the bullet from Renko’s gun and they both get back to the present after blowing up the island of Katorga 12. “Singularity” is an amazing blend of Shooting, RPG and fiction and is quite fun to play. You’ll definitely like it.
#9 Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a single and multiplayer First-person Shooter video game that takes place in a futuristic era of 22nd century in Egypt. Serious Sam 3: BFE allows you to engage yourself in a fast-paced and action-packed game-play and fight against the huge numbers of enemies in an open world. You can have all the traditional and futuristic weapons you want and kill the enemies by strategic assaults and counter attacks. Different types of enemies show different levels of resistance so choice of weapons matters a lot. On every enemy kill, game awards you with experience points that can be used to buy upgrades. The core game-play of Serious Sam 3: BFE greatly resembles to the one on Serious Sam and allows you to experience and amazing blend of futuristic and old gaming environments and settings. Being a great shooter game with a super-fast and addictive game-play, this game will surely provide you with an amazing experience of FPS gaming.
#10 Saw
Saw is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing terrifying games developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. The game supports Single-player mode and available to play on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. The game is inspired by the horror movie having the same name. It casts you in the role of the protagonist named David Tapp who is detective and revolves around his struggle for his life. In the beginning, Tapp stuck in an abundant asylum and he must travel to collect clues and take revenge from Jigsaw for the murder of his beloved friends. As he navigate the environment, he encounter lots of people with past and his relation with them, whom he has to rescue. The asylum is populated with a strange inhabitant who wants to kill Tapp. There are challenging levels, and the protagonist must complete each one to save his and his friends life. Earn points and explore the world from third-person perspective, interact with NPCs, and objectives and complete tasks. With superb and horrific gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals, Saw is the best game to play and amuse.
#11 Doom 3
Doom 3 is an amazing FPS video game that will test your mental and physical strength by putting you into the most thrilling, Horror and Challenging game-play ever. This wonderful Survival and FPS game tells the story about a demonic invasion at the Union Aerospace Corporation’s mars Research and Development Facility. The invasion forced you into a corner and now your only objective is to survive and get out of the facility. But it’s not as easy as it seems, you’ll have to muster up your courage, pick up weapons, and go confront the devil and his apprentices. You must shoot and kill them in order to survive or else they’ll have no shame in taking you out. You can use Grenades, guns, Chainsaws, knives etc. as you primary weapons and must survive. Doom 3 offers brilliant story, cool visuals, amazing game-play along with a number of different enemies, a challenging and horror environment etc.
#12 Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: Revelations is a great Third-person Shooter Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game similar to Alan Wake. The game features the characters of agent Parker Luciani and Jessica Sherawat working for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) in order to eliminate the threats posed by a Bioterrorist Organization named as II Veltro. Your task is to get into the character of the main protagonist Jessica Sherawat and go to the floating city of Terragrigia, neutralize genetically modified creatures and mutants (known as the Bio Organic Weapons BOWs) in order to save the remaining populace. Resident Evil: Revelations lets you use sophisticated weaponry against the hardcore enemies, allow you to engage yourself into amazingly action-packed melee and long distance combats, complete the tasks and enjoy an amazingly addictive and quite immersive thrill filled gaming experience. With a visually brilliant game setting, eye-catching graphics, a well-written storyline and an engaging game-play, Resident Evil: Revelations is a great blend of Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooting aesthetics.
#13 F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon another best Action filled Shooting and Horror-Survival video game like Manhunt. The story of the game is about a supernatural phenomenon that mutates most of the humans into some beastly creatures. The F.E.A.R, a Special Forces team gets the task to investigate the matter and the protagonist assumes the role of F.E.A.R’s point man who is a super soldier with many superhuman powers. The protagonist along with his team reaches the spot where the phenomenon occurred and starts investigating when he finds out the clues that lead him to the mutants. Because of the deadly nature and aggressiveness of the mutants, he engages in battles with them by fighting barehanded and where necessary, uses his weapons. The game is mostly played from a first person perspective so the protagonist performs the tasks and the player only gets to see his hands. “F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon” provides with an amazingly well written story-line and superbly designed graphics. As an alternative to Manhunt, F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon will surely prove its worth. You’ll definitely like it.
#14 Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Horror-Survival and Shooting game developed and published by Capcom. The story of the game revolves around the protagonist Chris Redfield and a secondary character Sheva Alomar. The game paces on the investigation carried out by Sheva about a terrorist threat in the fictional city of Kijuju, Africa. Chris also confronts an old enemy Albert Whisker who disturbs his conscious and haunts him down wherever he goes. They start their journey and in the midst of their adventure, the engage in heavy combats with Humanoid enemies instead of Zombies, Ganados, and a lot of other creatures using their guns, melee weapons and explosives. As the game offers multiplayer gaming mode, the players all around the world can team up or choose to play as enemies upon their liking. The game features an open word gaming environment, a dramatically engaging story-line, high definition graphics and a thrilling game-play that takes you to the heights of a super best gaming experience. Try this game and you’ll definitely be amazed.
#15 Alan Wake
Alan Wake, a Third Person Shooter, Action-Adventure Video game by Remedy Entertainment. The game is set in the fictitious town of Bright Falls and the story of the game revolves around the character of the protagonist Alan Wake, a novelist by profession who suddenly loses his wife and sets out to find the truth about her disappearance. You get into the character of Alan Wake and start your journey, interact with The Taken, the most bizarre, creepy and murderous entities to find out the clues about your wife’s disappearance. You must fight them in order to fulfill your desire of revenge. The game lets you use different weapons, skills etc. to encounter the Taken. Alan Wake features a hardcore, action-packed and psych-horror game-play along with super dynamic 3D graphics, an open world environment and an engaging game-play and story. Alan wake is based on episodic play and it offers an amazingly twisted game plot that strongly binds the characters with the story and features a marvelous blend of Action-Adventure, Horror and Shooting elements. Try it out and you’ll love everything this game has to offer.
#16 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is an Action, Third-person Perspective, Horror and Single-player video game developed by Wideload and published by Aspyr. The game takes place in an open world environment and available to play on Xbox, Windows, and Mac platforms. In the game, the player can assume the role of the zombie and his ultimate task is to navigate the world from a third-person perspective, encounter humans to slaughter and eat their brains. The game rewards the player with XP points per kill human. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging. Fulfill your tasks, convert as many humans as possible into zombies and immerse himself in a violent gameplay experience. The world is populated with thousands of humans who are ready survive, but you have to take down them and complete your tasks. The Police chase the player as the player kills anyone, avoid them and maintain his health bar to survive longer in the 3D world. With prominent features, open environment, and brilliant gameplay with stunning graphics, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is the best game to play and enjoy.
#17 Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead is a Single and Multiplayer Horror-Survival and First-person Shooter video game by Valve Corporation. The game takes place in a world deeply drowned in the aftermath of a massive Apocalyptic Pandemic that leaves the world in despair. The game features four characters as the Survivors and allows the players to control them while battling against the hordes of Infected Zombie like creatures. Left 4 Dead offers four main game modes such as Single Player Mode, Co-Op Mode, Versus Mode, and Survival Mode. In Single-player mode, players can control one character out of the four, and the other are controlled by the game AI (Artificial Intelligence). In Co-Op mode players can join the game in Co-Op mode and engage in the campaign, Versus Mode allows the players to enjoy the game with eight players, and the Survival mode lets the players survive in the game as four differently controlled players. Left 4 Dead offers a First-person perspective gameplay in which it allows the players to use different types of weapons such as Pistols, Pipe Bombs, Molotov Cocktails, Dual Wield weapons, etc. along with a first-aid kit, and mini guns. Left 4 Dead offers both Long distance and Melee combats and that makes the gameplay more interesting because while melee attacking the infected, players can use Melee weapons as well. With an absorbing story, addictive gameplay, clean 3D visuals and all the Zombie shooting fun, Left 4 Dead is a great Horror-Survival and Shooting video game to play and enjoy.
#18 Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena
Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena is a Downloadable Content Pack for Dead Island. The game offers a breathtaking gameplay and takes place on a remote Island filled with zombie-like creatures. The pack introduces Role-playing elements for character development and first-person melee combat. The player can assume the role of the protagonist, and his primary goal is to survive as long as possible to progress through the game. The player can manipulate the world from the first-person perspective, use multiple items to defend and weapons to slaughter zombies. Through weapon customization options, the player can modify his weapons for better performance and can purchase their upgrades. Explore the tropical island fulfill his tasks and try to rescue remaining people from bloodthirsty zombies. As the player advanced, the game becomes challenging to play. The player can play alone in Single-player mode or with up to four friends in Multiplayer mode. Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena offers brilliant features such as First-person Melee Combat, Local Co-op, Weapon Customization, Character Development and more.
#19 Saw II: Flesh and Blood
Saw II: Flesh and Blood is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. It is the 2nd installment in the series of Saw and focuses on Third-person Exploration elements. It offers a horrific gameplay based on the scary film of the same name and takes place between the 1st and 2nd part of the movies. The game introduces the son of David Tapp named Michael, as the new playable character. The primary objective of the protagonist is to find clues behind the death of his beloved father. He becomes the target of the brutal antagonist named Jigsaw Killer and his apprentice wearing a strange costume. The player manipulates the world from a third-person perspective and can interact with non-player characters and environment to find a way to escape. The player uses different weapons, items and can use melee combat to take down enemies. There are a variety of missions, and the player must complete each one by solving puzzles, objectives and more. With breathtaking gameplay, heart-pumping environment, and original sound effects, Saw II: Flesh and Blood is the best game to play.
#20 Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories Bundle
Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories Bundle is a Downloadable Content Pack for Resident Evil 5, developed and published by Capcom. The DLC pack came with two new episodes such as Desperate Escape and Lost in Nightmares. The game deals with Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival, and Co-op elements, and it takes place in the zombie apocalypse. In Lost in Nightmare, the player must unearth the mystery about Jill and Chris, who recently visited the infamous Spencer mansion. The game introduces versus mode, in which the player controls one of four characters from available and compete against up to four players for points by slaying the enemies or taking down other players. During the gameplay, the player navigates the world from a third-person viewpoint, pick up items, interact with the environment and object to collect information about the mission while fighting zombies to earn points and fulfil the requirement of each mission. Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories Bundle includes prominent features such as New Content (Desperate Escape, The Mercenaries Reunion, and Lost in Nightmares), Third-person Action, Open World, and more.
#21 Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is the perfect blend of Beat ‘em up, Action-Adventure, and Survival Horror elements developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Capcom. The game brings both Single-player and Multiplayer modes to the gameplay, and it is reimagining the Dead Rising 2, with the protagonist of the game named Chuck Greene, who is replaced by Frank West (the protagonist in the first title). The entire video game focuses on What if scenario, where the protagonist named Frank West controlled the outbreak of Fortune City. It also modifies the plot of the Dead Rising 2 in regards to various characters along with their motives. After surviving the zombie outbreak that appeared in fictional city Willamette, freelance journalist (the protagonist) quickly became a hero for uncovering the truth behind the outbreak. The heroic fame of the protagonist soon disappeared due to controversies and scandals. The player assumes the role of the protagonist with an objective to regain the fame by complete the set of missions. The game starts with the player wearing a wrestling outfit and is lifted via platform into the battlefield (the ring) to slay zombies. With improved mechanics, new content, detailed graphics, and brilliant controls, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is the best game to play.
#22 Dead island: Riptide
Dead Island: Riptide is a Horror Survival, Action and FPS (First Person Shooter) video game by Techland. The game starts up from where it ended previously and features four immune persons who cannot be infected and mutate into zombies. The patient Zero travels with them and their destination is the Military research lab where the doctors are trying to make a cure for the zombie virus outbreak. You can select any one of the four characters as the protagonist and start acting according to the storyline of the game. On your way to the Lab, you’ll have to scavenge for food, shelter and water along with supplies like Weapons, medicines etc. to fend off the zombies. You’ll have to engage in combats using mostly melee tactics and weapons as the game forces you to take part in a lot of close combats. Dead Island: Riptide is a packed with amazing Action, FPS and Horror Survival elements and it will definitely provide you with hours of great entertainment. Do try it out, you’ll definitely like it.
#23 Resident Evil: Revelations 2
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.