Outlast
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.
#1 Slender Man
Slender Man is an indie Psycho-Horror and Survival game, featuring a faceless being (Slender Man) that is mostly found occupying some abandoned or haunted places. Playing this game is truly a different and quite exhilarating experience. Dressed in a black and white suit, the Slender Man is controllable by the game player presenting a First-person gaming perspective. The story of the game is about acquiring the clues to solve some deep end mysteries behind the most terrifying legends of all time. The game offers brilliant visuals, loads of dark and haunted environments, dark theme and all the excitement that you seek for. Because of being one of the most creepiest games, Slender Man takes you to the heights of entertainment. Do try it out if you love playing games with dark thematic and enjoy the ultimate fun, and thrill.
#2 Darkwood
Darkwood is an Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game that offers an Open World game-play with procedurally generated game levels. It blends in RPG, Action, Adventure and Roguelike elements beautifully and allows you to immerse yourself deeply into an amazing game-play. Left alone as an unknown character, you’ll have to seek for the reasons why you were left in this godforsaken and unforgiving world alone without any help. You’ll also have to scavenge for supplies, weapons and survive in an environment where countless terrors are waiting for you as you further deep into the world of Darkwood. Discover the secrets of unknown and solve challenging mysteries and puzzles, trade with or kill the mysterious natives of the Darkwood and survive till your last breath. With a number of skills to learn, perks to enjoy and crafting options, Darkwood lets you set traps for food and enemies, barricade yourself or go out hunting the hunters, it totally depends on the actions you perform. Be careful of all the creatures lurking in the dark, keep your sanity intact and find out the secrets of Darkwood.
#3 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a Horror Survival and Action-Adventure video game produced in the studios of Frictional Games. The game is about a man named Daniel who finds himself in an asylum like castle and has absolutely no memory of his past. He gets up, picks up the notes with strange writings scattered all around the place, and starts finding his way out of the haunted castle. While walking down the corridors, he feels the presence of an unknown entity who keeps on following him wherever he goes. Haunted by the fear and bizarre happenings and voices all around him, he struggles to remember his past and get rid of the unearthly being following him. Your task is to get into the character of Daniel, start exploring the Asylum. collect all the notes and objects necessary to plan your escape. Amnesia: The Dark Descent offers beautifully created visuals, a great storyline and an addictive gameplay to enjoy.
#4 World War Z
World War Z is an Action-Adventure, Horror, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game developed by Phosphor Games for Android and iOS platforms. The game takes place in the zombie-apocalyptic-themed world, containing up to twenty-eight challenging levels. The gameplay is a mix of Puzzle, Armor, and Zombie Combat elements. You can take on the role of the protagonist named as Doug, who is a survivor and your ultimate task is to lead your character through a variety of levels and fight against zombies to survive as long as possible. It rewards you with experience points as you slaughter a zombie and can use to upgrade your weapons and other items. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging and other levels will be unlocked to play and enjoy. It offers story-based and action-packed gameplay with chilling tense environment. World War Z offers prominent features such as Select the Control Schemes, Dozens of Upgrades, Replay Challenge Mode, Hordes of Zombies and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#5 The Suffering
The Suffering is a Single-player Third and First-person Shooter video game with Psychological Horror elements developed by Surreal Software and published by Midway Games. The game offers an exciting story and revolves around the protagonist named as Torque, who is a prison on death for murdering his two children and his ex-wife. The protagonist is innocent and doesn’t know what happens with him and his family. After reaching the Abbot State Penitentiary on an Island called Carnate, an earthquake occurs, causing in prison to be attacked by supernatural entities. So the protagonist needs to fight his way for his freedom by going against demons. There are three different endings, depending on the actions taken by the player throughout, each of which uncovers the different story of the murder of the protagonist’s family. The player can assume the role of the protagonist, who is capable of running, shooting, jumping, and interacting with NPCs and environments. With the addictive story, brilliant mechanics, and detailed graphics, The Suffering is the excellent game to play and enjoy.
#6 Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 is an Adventure, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. It takes place in the fictional town of America, and the game doesn’t serve as the direct sequel to Silent Hill video game. The storyline revolves around the protagonist named as James Sunderland, who receives a letter, written by his wife, saying she is waiting for him. The player is joined by an AI character named as Maria, who resembles her, the player struggles to find her and search for the truth about the death of her wife. The player simulates the environment from a third-person perspective, and the game involves finding the items, solving the tricky puzzles and exploring the environment. The game introduces psychological elements like gradual disappearance of the letter of Mary, films and literature. The task of the player is to command the player through the monster-filled town, known as Silent Hill where the player struggles to find his deceased wife. With horrific gameplay, brilliant graphics, and superb mechanics, Silent Hill 2 is the wonderful game to play.
#7 Welcome to Hanwell
Welcome to Hanwell is an Action-Adventure, Survival Horror, Atmospheric, and Single-player video game created and published by Nathan Seedhouse. The game is set in the open world environment, once the safe place from the horrors of the world. It enables the player to navigate the dense open world full of terror, where every building unique locations and comes with a stunning storyline. The player controls the protagonist and can explore the environment from a first-person perspective. The main objective of the player is to battle against terror and struggle to reach the end of each level. As the player proceeds, the game becomes terrible and challenging to play. There is a city contains various environments, and each has several distinct compared to the last. The player needs to find a way out from the strange world while facing the terror and completing the objectives. Welcome to Hanwell includes prominent features such as Ranged Weapons, Detailed Weapons, First-person Exploration, and more.
#8 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.
#9 Contagion
Contagion is a Multiplayer Co-Op, Horror Survival, Shooter video game by Monochrome LLC. Based on three main game modes (Hunted, Escape and Extraction), Contagion allows you to engage yourself in a 16 player Multiplayer Co-Op gameplay and kill the zombies. Every mode allows a limited number of players to play with weapons best suitable for the concerning game modes etc. Your duty in the game is to select a mode to play, explore the game world from a first person perspective and fight against the undead. Just like the different player characters, Contagion provides with a lot of different enemies, dynamic and thrilling gameplay, cool visuals, a great story, etc. along with cool weapon choices, great tactical skills, and strategic thinking, etc. Contagion is one of the best Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooting video game to play and enjoy, Contagion will entertain you to the limits. Do give it a try.
#10 Among The Sleep
Among The Sleep, Developed and produced by Krillbite Studios and Ole Andreas Jordet respectively is an action-adventure horror survival game presented in a first person gaming perspective. The story of the game revolves around a toddler and his friend, a Teddy Bear. On his birthday, his father visits his home and asks his mother to let him meet with his son but the toddler’s mother disapproves the meeting and closes the door. His father leaves a gift for him and leaves. Mother picks up the toddler and all the gifts and leaves the toddler alone in his room to play. The teddy bear gets out of the box who happens to be alive and takes the toddler to the wardrobe which is actually a long passage filled with long black coats. After some time in the closet, the teddy gets falls into a giant washing machine and the toddler worries with grief. The toddler starts finding his mother because he thinks that only his mother can save the teddy. The game begins and the objective now changes to finding the mother of the toddler. The toddler starts his journey, faces some unforeseen hazards, and gets face to face with the mystic beings of a mystic world. Do give it a try.
#11 Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, developed by Action Forms and published by 505 Games and Aspyr is an Action-Adventure and a Psychological Horror-Survival video game available to play on Microsoft Windows only. The twisted story of the game is about a Meteorologist Alexander Nesterov who after completing his time on North Pole gets back to his ship (North Wind) for a lift up to home. Upon reaching the ship, he finds out his ship wrecked and the dead crew-members with a bizarre metamorphosis wandering on it. Alexander falls in the icy ocean and after a lot of struggle gets back on the ship but with a psychotic condition. The story continues and further entangles Alexander into the abyss of the ships tragic past and happenings occurring in the present, tightly connected with the conscience of his own. Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason provides with an amazingly well written and dramatic story that directly plays with your mind and makes you feel like being there in the game with the protagonist sharing his thoughts with yours.
#12 Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Condemned 2: Bloodshot, packed with Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooting, Fighting, Psycho-Horror-Survival and Interactive Drama aesthetics is a wonderful video game. The story of the game features Ethan Thomas as protagonist who leaves FBI after failing to solve a case. He goes a bit insane and lives as a homeless man on the streets of the fictitious Metro City. A mystifying incident causes insanity and phobia among all the homeless population and the protagonist gets infected too. Agency recruits him back to solve the murder of Malcolm Vanhorn. He partners with Rosa and starts investigating. After some time he finds out that the serial killer X is still alive and has killed Malcolm Vanhorn. He gathers the clues and sets out to find X. Agent Ethan connects the outburst of the mysterious phenomenon occurred recently with X and begins hunting him down. During his journey to find X, Ethan encounters the members of Oro (A league of mind controlling maestros) and defeats them and the mind-boggling story continues. Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a great Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, Shooter and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#13 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival First and Third-person Shooter video game by Headfirst Productions. The story of the game revolves around the character of Jack Walters who is a mentally unstable freelance detective. He gets hired on a case of a missing person and travels to Innsmouth a mysteriously strange town situated in the cutout suburbs of America. While investigating in the Innsmouth, Jack feels the unseen presence of an unearthly force, under the heavy effects of that force, he begins hallucinating and degrading mentally. It depends on the player to control his situation or let him die by losing control and committing suicide. One possible way of preserving and restoring the sanity of the protagonist is to kill the enemies or find the sanctuary. If player fails to find the sanctuary, he dies under the heavy influence of graphical anomalies and sound distortions and the game ends. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth features a twisted and quite confusing game-play and a mysteriously impressive story-line, amazing visuals and a lot of other great things.
#14 White Noise: A tale of Horror
White Noise: A tale of Horror developed and published by MilkStone Studios is an indie Horror-Survival and Sci-Fi Action-Adventure video game. The story of the game kicks off with the player character teleported to an eerie forest. He starts his creepy search of eight tapes scattered all around the forest while avoiding the gory monster. With only a flashlight in his inventory, he starts walking and whenever he hears a White Noise, he nears a tape and with a bit more search he finds the tape. He searches further and if he finds all the eight tapes, he finishes the search and the episode concludes. If the player is caught by the monster the game ends. White Noise: A tale of Horror is an awesome Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game and it will surely give you enough creeps and chills to enjoy it. White Noise: A tale of Horror is available to play on Xbox 360 Only.
#15 Faceless
Faceless, previously known as the Slender Source is a Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure and Sci-Fi video game developed by Blacklight Studios and published by Sklarlight. This game is available to play on Microsoft Windows and Steam only with single and multiplayer gaming modes. As this game bases on the previously known game Slender Source, it features a tall, thin and a faceless being that haunts you wherever you go or whatever you do. In the game, the player sets out to collect the Dolls scattered and hid all over the place. With every doll collected, the faceless being becomes more fast and tries to trap you in any way possible. Once again, the player character is loaded with just a flashlight instead of all the fancy weapons in the world. If the player is able to collect all the dolls in time without being caught by the faceless being, he finishes the search and the episode of the game concludes. Faceless offers beautiful visuals, dark theme and an addictive gameplay to enjoy.
#16 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.
#17 Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Black Plague by Frictional Games and Paradox Interactive is the second installment of the Penumbra series. The story of the game is about the protagonist Philip moves away from the abandoned mine setting to find out the underground research base. On his way in the search of the Underground research base, Philip encounters with the dangerous and most eerily haunted beings who just want to him in a most mystical way. A series of puzzles makes him feel like being buried in the sand in in pitch black environmental wonder. Physics based puzzles like building the stairs out of boxes, placing boards to cross obstructions etc. are the most spell bounding tasks the protagonist is forced to complete in order to survive and continue his journey. With true HD graphics, a well written story-line and an engaging and challenging game-play, Penumbra: Black Plague proves to be a really wonderful Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game to play and enjoy.
#18 Hydrophobia: Prophecy
Hydrophobia: Prophecy, the remake of 2011’s Hydrophobia is a Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game developed by Dark Energy Digital. The game is exclusively available to play on PC and PlayStation Netwrok. Hydrophobia: Prophecy features a lot of new game levels, puzzles, new game narrative, enhanced graphics, textures and animations. This mind-blowing and jaw dropping game is set on a floating city and the story revolves around the character of the protagonist Kate Wilson who after a deadly terrorist attack gets infected and tries to get off the sinking ship she was traveling on moments ago. In attempt to rescue the chief she gets infected with a virus but manages to escape to safety with the chief. story continues and she goes through a lot of action and adventure filled phases of the game where she battles her way out to the antagonist Mila. Later on, she finds and battles Mila, kills her in a deadly duel at a shopping mall, avails the antivirus, injects herself and the game ends. Hydrophobia: Prophecy is an amazing Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game to play and enjoy.
#19 Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved is an Open World Third and First-person Survival and Action-Adventure video game by Studio Wildcard. The game offers a strictly survival-oriented gameplay and to survive, it allows the players to explore the Island, search for all the required resources (By breaking the stones, cutting down trees, etc.), and craft various items, build a base and enjoy being part of a truly remarkable world. Ark: Survival Evolved provides the players with an Ark, a map to the island that is 48 kilometers in total size. The map includes a land mass of 36 Square kilometers and an ocean that measures 12 Square kilometers. As Survival is the main bet in the game, Ark: Survival Evolved allows the players to build a Base, gather wood for Fire and items to craft Primary Weapons such as Pick Axe, Hatchet, and Spear, etc. Once the players have shelter, and they have crafted weapons, they can start exploring the island, reach to the Dinosaurs, Capture and Tame them (requires more resources). With all the Structural erections, Players can craft weapons by collecting more resources and technology needed for them. On advanced levels of the game, players can also create guns and part for them with the help of right resources and technology and experience. Ark: Survival Evolved lets the players earn Engram Points by Leveling up to the advanced stages of the game. Once on an advanced level, players can use Engram points to learn various techniques to craft items and enjoy the game even more. It includes more than sixty types of different Dinosaurs in the game and the players can either tame them, breed them for more species, ride on them or kill them for food or use their abilities to ease up a bit. Weapons can be mounted on Dinosaurs and players can use them while riding on them. Ark: Survival Evolved offers playability for both Male and Female characters and offers loads of customization options for the characters as well. All things considered Ark: Survival Evolved is a brilliant combination Action, Adventure, Survival and Crafting elements. So are you ready to ride on the back of a T-Rex to hunt for prey, fly on a Pterodactyl, build alliances with fellow players and fight off the enemies in a way it leaves really deep marks on them? Well, you should be because Ark: Survival Evolved is a fantastic game to play.
#20 Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor 2 is a super-Fast-paced Action-Adventure, Single and Multiplayer Co-Op First-person Shooter video game by Iceberg Interactive. The game is set in Continental Europe and focuses on a deadly virus outbreak in the aftermath of a failed experiment in Horzine Biotech’s lab that leaves humanity in fears of extinction. In a time when every means of communication are down, huge organizations have collapsed, military forces are nowhere to be seen and chaos is everywhere, the people have took the matters into their own hands and are surviving in hiding. Killing Floor 2 allows you to be part of a team of mercenaries and freelance killers who are hired by the Horzine to encounter the mutated clones and set up a secret base into the most remote area of the Europe. The Co-Op mode of the game allows you to get into the play and fight off the enemies (The Zeds) as a team, complete the objectives and finally be part of a league that saves the humanity and restores the order. With a huge arsenal of weapons, a lot of playable characters, Multiplayer Co-Op , 6 Player and solo game play options, Challenging and technically advanced enemies, multiple difficulty levels, melee combats and loads of other great things, Killing Floor 2 provides with an amazing game-play to enjoy.
#21 Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2, is an Open World Action, Horror Survival and Beat em’ Up video game developed by Blue Castle Games and published by Capcom for multiple platforms as Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is set in the fictitious settlement of Fortune City, Nevada and features the protagonist Chuck Greene a former Motocross Champion who combats with the hordes of Zombies in order to survive and finish the game objectives. Mostly involving in the melee combats, you as the protagonist take control of some custom made, traditional or futuristic weapons like guns with multiple functionalities, swords, axes etc. As the protagonist mostly travels on foot in the game world, he engages in close combats with zombies and uses the melee weapons and melee fight techniques to fight off the zombies and save himself from becoming like them. Alongside killing the zombies, protagonist collects different power-ups and weapons and items that complete the world map. From start to the end, this game is a total blast and the presence of almost 7000 zombies on the same time while you are fighting against the zombies, makes the game a fast-paced and madness filled thriller that is enough to give you chills. You should totally try it out if you love playing Apocalyptic games.
#22 Resident Evil
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.
#23 The Evil Within
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.
#24 Silent Hill: Downpour
Silent Hill: Downpour is a Third-person Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game that offers a gameplay similar to the popular Alan Wake. The game is set in a multiverse and features the protagonist Murphy Pendelton, a convicted prisoner who travels through alternate dimensions in order to find out his past memories. Silent Hill: Downpour allows you to engage yourself into amazing puzzles, combats, quests etc. and lets you develop the character of Murphy as you further in the game, get into melee rivalries, kill the enemies by both sharp edged weapons and firearms and enjoy being part of a scarcely amazing game world. With a brilliant game setting, delusional character of the protagonist, super thrilling game-story and an immersive game-play, Silent Hill: Downpour is a super cool game to play and enjoy.
#25 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.
#26 Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light, developed by A4 Games and published by Deep Silver and Spike Chunsoft is an Action-Adventure and a Horror Survival First person Shooter Video game set in a post-apocalyptic era in the city of Moscow. The game is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The story kicks off with protagonist Artyom who is still haunted by the Dark Ones after the events of Metro 2033. Kahn informs Artyom about a single Dark One who survived the recent attack and tells them that the Dark One is the key to the survival of humanity. Colonel Miller thinks of him as a threat and sends Artyom and Anna to eliminate him. Artyom finds the Dark One who turns out to be a child. Artyom goes AWOL and turns against the Rangers after knowing the truth. Artyom starts a new wave of attacks against the rangers and engages in super thrilling battles and combats and finally relieves the humanity from unlawful and brutal reign of Colonel Miller and the government. Metro: Last Light is a super entertainer and leaves you spellbound with all the amazing stuff it holds. Holding a unique and sleek set of graphics and game-play Metro: Last Light makes you think you are a part of the world in the game. It includes both First Person Shooter Experience and horror survival gaming modes with single and multiplayer mode options. Do try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate blend of many genres.
#27 Metro: 2033
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.
#28 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.
#29 Until Dawn
Until Dawn is a recently released Marvel and a brilliant new addition to the Action, Interactive Drama and Horror-Survival genres. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Until Dawn is set in the Western Canadian region and features eight teenagers who decide to spend the vacation on Fictional Blackwood Mountain. They planned the Holiday at the same point where their 2 friends were lost one year ago. Just moments after their arrival at the Blackwood Mountain, a Psychopath attacks them. The only way possible to live is to survive and this is the point where story involves you in the gameplay. In order to survive and to perform a number of tasks, Until Dawn lets you switch between all eight characters, make some of the most critical decisions and advance into the gameplay as the story tell you. Until Dawn offers an episodic touch to the game and lets you conclude the game with different endings all based up on the actions you perform and the decisions you make during the gameplay. This impressive game features a number of items that you can find while exploring the game world and use them to plan your survival or simply make a decision such as sacrificing a player for the sake of others, getting into trouble to get to an item or leap forward and encounter the psychopath etc. With a very horror filled game story and environment, dark clean visuals and a truly remarkable gameplay, Until Dawn is one of the best Action, Horror-Survival and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy.
#30 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.
#31 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.
#32 BlackSoul
BlackSoul is a super Thrilling Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game by XeniosVision. The game offers a similar game-play to Alan Wake and takes you to England in the year 1972, offers beautiful old school visuals and environment. The story of the game revolves around the main characters of Sean and his sister Ava who both are forces to take shelter in the quarantined facility after the outbreak of a deadly infection that turned almost all of the humans into psychotic killers. Your task in the game is to set yourself up into the character of Sean and focus on surviving along with your sister in a brutally unforgiving environment. The secondary objective of the game is to find out the root causes of the insanity outbreak and stop it by finding a cure. BlackSoul lets you scavenge for medical supplies, food and weapons in order to survive and kill the enemies in close and long distance combats. BlackSoul offers wonderful apocalyptic setting, great interactive drama type visuals, a brilliant story and an immersive game-play to enjoy.
#33 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.
#34 Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is a great Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game that offers an engaging game-play, enhanced mechanics and a really well-written story. The beautifully embedded mystery and thrill makes this game even more engaging and addictive. Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage lets you set yourself up into the character of Howard Loreid, a long time police Detective who gets tasked to explore the village the game is set in, find out the clues and notes that will eventually help you go further with the story of the game, go into the woods, dark caves and Catacombs to find the artifacts and other items, shoot down the creatures and enjoy an amazing game-play. With multiple difficulty levels, amazingly haunting locations, a number of mysteries to solve, great story-line, cool visuals and a wonderfully immersive game-play, Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is a Adventure-based RPG and Shooter video game to play and enjoy.
#35 F.E.A.R Online
F.E.A.R Online is co-developed by “Monolith Productions, Day 1 Studios, Timegate Studios and Aeria Games”. This game is an amazing blend of “Survival, Horror and FPS” elements. With 3 main versions “F.E.A.R, F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin and F.E.A.R 3” this amazing first person shooter is playable on PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This game offers an extremely horror gameplay and quite unique characters like “Alma Wade” and others. The story of the game revolves around the team of F.E.A.R who gets radioed about a paranormal entity and it engages with it. The paranormal entity who actually is “Alma Wade” gives them a really hard time and kills almost all the F.E.A.R team members. Game continues and later on in the second and third version you get to play with some more awesome and unique characters like “VCX and Michael Becket” respectively. The whole series is based on the same gaming scenario and represents the same horror gameplay with an open world gaming environment. Graphics, user interface and details are a bit clunky in the first two versions of the game but in latest version, “F.E.A.R 3”, graphics and details are greatly enhanced. With an online version, this game gives you an opportunity to experience an amazing and addicting type of game-play. If you really are in search of some games that can be a great alternative to Call of Duty, you must try this one out.
#36 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.
#37 Dead Space
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.
#38 Amnesia
Amnesia is a fantastic series of Horror Survival video games. All of the games in the series are published by the Frictional Games and offer a similar type of gameplay but different storylines, characters, and gameplays. Amnesia offers three main games in the series including Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: Justine (an expansion to Amnesia: The Dark Descent), and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (Sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent). Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is the most recent game in the series released back in 2013. With a variety of gameplay, fantastic mechanics, and characters throughout the series, Amnesia offers a truly realistic approach to the environments presented in the games. All the Horror, Thrill and Dark themes of the games are enough to scare the players to the edge of a breakdown. Playing the games of Amnesia series literally feels like being part of the game world and that actually makes all the games in the series more entertaining and thrilling at the same time. Another significant aspect of the Series is that it offers all the stories from the past. In Amnesia: The Dark Descent the game is about the protagonist named as Daniel, who struggles to know about his past while being haunted by the unknown entities. In Amnesia Justine, the protagonist is a Female named as Justine who finds herself in a competitive environment, helps and saves the homeless people, and pursues the only antagonist Dr. Victor Fournier, kills him and the game concludes. In Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the Protagonist is Oswald Mandus, the grand nephew of Daniel who is an explorer and goes on various expeditions, creates a massive machine that builds Manpigs and other disastrous Swine monstrosities. Betrayed by an Engineer Oswald gets in trouble when the engineer takes control of the machine and unleashes the said monsters into the open. Oswald struggles to save his family and all the other in the game. Considering all the fantastic inclusions to the series, Amnesia is an excellent combination of highly addictive and engaging games. Try any one of the games and enjoy an amazingly immersive experience of Horror and Survival elements.
#39 Aliens: Colonial Marines
Aliens: Colonial Marines sets you up as a US Colonial Marine who along with his friends is known as the badass killer ever. Talking about the game, Aliens: Colonial Marines is set in space where the long lasting Xeno Infestation is breathing it’s last airs, thanks to the U.S. Colonial Marines but a large number of Xeno operatives are taking refuge in remote areas of the land and hence, once again your skilled services are required to clean them up. Are you ready to get yourself into an amazingly fast-paced Action and thrill filled environment? Well if you are then you must know that Aliens: Colonial Marines allows you to use amazing amounts of blasting weapons, stealth tactics and all. Aliens: Colonial Marines offers wonderfully charged game-play that will definitely change the way you look at Action-Adventure games. Try it out as and you’ll surely be a fan of this brilliant game.
#40 Haunted Memories
Haunted Memories is an Episodic, Action-Adventure, Shooter and Horror-Survival video game. The game kicks off with an amnesiac man waking up in the woods nearing a power station. You are allowed to set yourself up into the character of that amnesiac man, explore the world around you, collect items and weapons, fight and kill the enemies. Your worst fear is that you are continuously being hunted by Mark Slender a giant paranormal entity with no face, black suit and lots of tentacles. You must find out the map, explore the surroundings and find out the way out of the woods before that Slender creature captures you. Haunted Memories is an episodic video game that allows you to experience the game in different environments, settings and with different objectives. With a mystic nature, a lot of enemies to fight with, six different episodes, an amazingly horror and creepy game-play, this game is quite fun to play and enjoy. Play it out and you’ll love every bit of this brilliant game.
#41 Dead Rising
Dead Rising is a Survival-Horror, Beat ‘em up, and Single-player video game created and published by Capcom. It is the first marvelous entry in the series of Dead Rising. The game takes place in the fictional world invaded by zombies. It lets you take on the role of the protagonist, a journalist named Frank West who trapped in a mall suffering from zombies. The ultimate task is to explore the mall, slaughter zombies using deadly weapons and items and rescue other survivors like you. Find the way out and complete each level at any cost. The game is played from the third-person perspective and it has two different modes such as Sandbox mode and 72 Hour mode. According to the story, the protagonist entered into the city without any movement to investigate why the city is closed by the Nation Guard. After reaching, he discovers the city is suffering from Zombie Outbreak. It lets you a chance to become a hero, rescue people who are not effected and beware from zombies because they want to bite you. Fight against zombies or have eaten your brain. Dead Rising includes key features such as Zombie-apocalyptic World, Lots of Missions, different types of Zombies, NPCs, Customization and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.
#42 Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear is a Horror-Survival, FPS (First-person Shooter), Co-op and Single-player video game by Team Psykskallar. The game takes place in the deserted town populated with horrific zombies and nightmares. The story of the game revolves around the protagonist who is a young man and his efforts to find a way out. According to the story, the protagonist found himself in a strange place after a car accident. The ultimate task is to explore the game world, solve challenging puzzles and fight against monsters to progress through the game. It offers the similar gameplay like Silent Hill game. To kill monsters, the protagonist can use a weapon such as rifles, pistols and more. The game represents a series of challenging levels, and each level is challenging as compared to last one. It has a single-player campaign and multiple endings. You can play with four friends in co-op mode and can play complete levels together. Cry of Fear offers key features such as Twenty-four unique Weapons, Unlockable Content, Extra Campaign, Terrifying Atmosphere and more. Try it out.
#43 Dark Meadow: The Pact
Dark Meadow: The Pact is an action-adventure fighting game developed and published by “Phosphor Games”. This super cool game is all set in a world of powerful combat and fights. Players fight to escape from the world of their own worst nightmares jam-packed with mystical beings bound to kill them. According to the story of the game, protagonist wakes up in a hospital with no knowledge of anything before he blacked out. The protagonist leaves the hospital and finds himself in a photo realistic world filled with all kinds of crazy, gory and frightful creatures. In close melee combats he the protagonist fights them off for his life using all the available resources like his sword, crossbow, fire, wood etc. Protagonist after defeating all the godforsaken creatures and the witch, finally leaves the world. “Dark Meadow: The Pact” features cool 3D graphics, well written storyline and an amazing game-play with an open world gaming environment. As an alternative to “Infinity Blade”, “Dark Meadow: The Pact” will be a great choice. You must try it out. “Dark Meadow: The Pact” is available to play on Android and iOS platforms.
#44 Mission Europa
Mission Europa is another great Action, RPG, Shooter and Horror-Survival video game. The game allows you to lead a team of rescue party and embark on a journey to find out the truth about a mining facility that lost contact with the command few weeks later. On the Icy Moon of Europa, You must explore the world, encounter the alien enemies, eliminate them and rescue the remaining Mining facility workers. With over 50 exciting game levels, 18 different types of enemies, action-packed boss combats, Co-Op Multiplayer gaming modes, Huge weapon arsenal, DLC, eye-catching visuals, addictive and quite immersive gameplay, and a well-written story-line along with a lot of other exciting things, Mission Europa is a great game to play and enjoy.
#45 Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned is an Open World, Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival and Stealth video game similar to The Evil Within. The games kicks off with the protagonist Garcia opening up his apartment door only to find out that his girlfriend Paula is being abducted by the Evil Demon Lord Fleming. Fleming corners Garcia and takes Paula with him to the underworld where Garcia follows him with his shapeshifting accomplice Johnson. A series of hardcore Action and Thrill filled battles starts up as Garcia gets deep into the underworld. Equipped with the weapons like Boner, a special Revolver, a Shotgun and his sidekick Johnson who shape shifts to anything Garcia wishes for, Garcia starts taking down Fleming’s minions and finally reached to the Evil Lord. After a number of close melee combats and Gun battles, Garcia finally gets to be able to kill the demon lord but Paula starts turning into a demon because of the dark spells of Fleming. She tries to kill Garcia but after a long lasting struggle he turns her back to Human form and the story concludes until the Devil calls them again. With an amazingly engaging story, Action and thrill filled game-play and all the amazing things, Shadows of the Damned is a super exciting game to play.
#46 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.
#47 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.
#48 Earth Defense Force 2025
Earth Defense Force 2025 is an Action, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Sandlot for PlayStation and Xbox. There are four character classes, and the player can select one of them to get into the game fictional world. According to the story, the world is invaded by the alien faction and the player can take on the role of the protagonist, an EDF soldier to defend the world. There are a massive variety of weapons such as Rifles, Leaser gun, Rocket Launcher, Grenades, tools and armors and uses a third-person view for exploration. It takes place in an open environment and includes a variety of levels. The player can use at least two primary weapons in each level and his main aim to protect the world from alien and earn experience points to unlock further content. Modern weapons are dropped by the alien after destroyed for players. The game becomes challenging as the player gain experience. Earth Defense Force 2025 offers key features such as lots of weapons, a variety of levels, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#49 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.
#50 Nether
Nether brings the exciting elements for hardcore players such as Massively Multiplayer Online, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival, and Role-playing developed by Phosphor Games. The game takes place in the fictional landscape based in Chicago and puts you in the role of the survivor. Your job is to survive as long as possible while fighting the evil monsters who are searching for you to hunt. Explore the game world from the first-person element, gather supplies, craft different tools, and equipment to defend yourself from wild animals, monsters and foes. Create a shelter, participates in tribes and territory wars, engage yourself in group mission and change your appearance using customization options. The game offers fast-paced gameplay and forces to take the decision to save your life in an unforgiving environment. In the world, death is waiting for you around every corner, and the teleporting creatures await known as Nether. You must use skills to survive, loot for food, defeat others to claim their weapons and resources. With impressive gameplay, a combination of different genres, smooth controls, breathtaking environment, and superb mechanics, Nether is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.