Penumbra
Penumbra is a Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure and Episodic game series developed by Frictional Games and published by Paradox Interactive for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. Penumbra game series consists of three sequels (Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Requiem) and features the same protagonist in all of the games. Protagonist named as Philip stars as the main character in all the games and acts as the story of the game directs him in accordance with the appearance and plot of the specific game. This whole series is super awesome to play and features unique stories for each game with amazingly crafted 3D graphics and thrilling game-plays. If you love playing games with dark themes and Horror-Survival elements, you should totally check out the Penumbra Series game. You’ll love them.
#1 This War of Mine
This War of Mine is a superb new Side-Scrolling, Action, Survival and Stealth video game that takes you to an amazing war torn world where you will have to act as a survivor instead of being a soldier. Your basic task is to survive in a world where almost everything is so rare. You’ll have to survive facing the worst shortage of food, medical supplies and under the heavy danger of snipers and hostile scavengers. As the game is set in a war torn world and it features day and night cycles as the main game-play times, you should avoid getting out of the shelter during the day because the snipers won’t let you out, but in night you must get out using your sneaky and stealth skills, accompany one of your trusted men and go out on scavenging missions for food and other supplies. Your main task is to stay alive, collect the items, return to your hideout, craft different items and trade them for different goods etc. Instead of going on missions to kill the enemies, This War of Mine tasks you to stay in your hideout, defend it against the enemies (Snipers and Scavengers) and save everybody around you by the use of different weapons, tactics and your skills. With a wonderful setting, great visual details, an addictive game-play, This War of Mine is a cool game to play and enjoy.
#2 Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4 is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing Horror-filled games. It combines the elements of Action, Shooter and Zombie developed and published by Capcom. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it is the 6th entry in the series of Resident Evil. The story focuses on the special agent of the US government named Leon S. Kennedy, who is a female and sent on an epic mission to save Ashley Graham, the daughter of US President who is kidnapped by a sinister cult. The game takes place in the rural area of Spain and casts you in the role of the protagonist and lets you fight against hordes of violent villagers. You explore the world from a third-person perspective and can use different weapons to slaughter foes. It centers on the action, shooting and massive crowds of foes in open-ended areas. There are several missions, and you have to complete each one to gain access to new weapons, by gathering enough experience points and use them to get upgrades. Resident Evil 4 includes key features such as Global Leaderboards, Customization Controls, Challenging Missions and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is an Action, Military-themed, and First-person Shooter video game developed by Ideaworks Game Studio and published by Activision. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and is a spin-off entry in the series of Call of Duty and introduces a zombie mode. In the game, two-to-four players can play together in co-op mode and can engage themselves in features such as Voice Chat, Combat, and more. It takes place in the zombie-apocalyptic-themed world and has a variety of characters such as Tank Dempsey, Takeo Masaki, Nikolai Belinski, etc. The player has to select his character and a set of weapons to start his journey. The ultimate task is to explore the world, fight against zombies and smash those using weapons like pistol, rifle, sniper rifle, machinegun and more. There are a series of levels, and each level offers challenging gameplay, in which the player can face deadly zombies, puzzles, and objectives. As the game progress, it becomes challenging. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, attractive sounds, and smooth controls Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is the best game to play and enjoy for hardcore players. Try it out.
#4 Eyes: The Horror Game
Eyes: The Horror Game is an Action, Horror-Survival, 3D, and Single-player video game developed by Paulina Pabis and Michal Pabis. The game is available to play on mobile platforms such as Android and iOS and takes place in the unforgettable environment full of ghost. It cast the player in the role of the adventurer who has to manipulate the haunted house to find valuables. The player can navigate the environment from the first-person perspective, and his ultimate task is to survive as long as possible in the deep horrifying atmosphere. During exploration, the player can interact with objects, and manipulate them to progress through the game. The character is equipped with a torch light that he can use to see at the black night. Collect valuables to progress through the game and gain experience points to enhance your abilities. There are a variety of levels, and you have to clear each one to win. Eyes: The Horror Game offers the best features with superb gameplay. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#5 Town of Salem
Town of Salem is a Party, Role-playing and Strategy video game developed and published by BlackMediaGames. The game offers the similar gameplay to Mafia with similar roles. It tasks place in the fictional world populated with criminals, gangsters, enemies, and others. It consists of seven to fifteen players and they are divided into different alignments such as Serial Killers, Town Mafia, Neutrals, and Arsonists. If the player assume the role of the good guy, then his ultimate task is to take down the bad guys, criminals and evils before they kill him. In the game, the player don’t know who is the villain and the member of the town. If the player take on the role of the evil as a serial killer, his aim is to silently murder the members of the town at night and struggle to avoid getting captured. Town of Salem offers prominent features such as Day/Night Cycle, Judgement, Defense, Achievements, Customization and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#6 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.
#7 The Survivor: Rusty Forest
The Survivor: Rusty Forest is an Action, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Starship Studio for Android and iOS. The game takes place in the beautiful world and revolves around a story, in which an unknown virus destroy most of the population of the world. The virus turned the population into zombie-like creatures. You are one of the few people who survived, and now you have to fight for your life against what is left off. You can assume the role of the role of the protagonist, who is a survivor and his primary objective is to survive as long as possible in the unforgivable environment. You can manipulate the world from the first-person perspective, interact with the environment to collect raw materials to create weapons, fortifications, tools, shelters, etc. You must face hunger, thirst, radiation and cold and have to overcome them to progress through the game. The Survivor: Rusty Forest offers core features such as Day and Night Cycle, Procedurally Generated World, Inventory, Destroy and Create, Stealth System and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#8 Survival Island: Evolve
Survival Island: Evolve is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Building and Single-player video game created by Pride Games Studio. According to the story, the player finds himself on the strange island where he must struggle to survive every day. The player explores the world from a first-person perspective to collect items, resources, weapons and other things and can include them in his inventory. He can freely move around the world and can battle enemies and wild animal using a variety of weapons. During exploration, the player needs to find food to maintain his health, and survive as long as possible in the challenging environment to score the highest points. Using different materials, the player creates his shelter to survive and grow crops for food. Using crafting feature, he can create the armor, gun, sword, and weapons. Survival Island: Evolve includes score features such as Open Ended World, Crafting, Building, Gather Resources, Touch Controls, etc. Survival Island: Evolve is an incredible game as compared to other Survival games.
#9 Last Day on Earth Survival
Last Day on Earth Survival is a Free-to-play, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing, Survival, and Strategy video game developed and published by Kefir for mobile platforms. The game offers the zombie-apocalyptic where it takes place and puts the player in the role of the survivors who must effort to survive as long as possible. The player can explore the environment from a top-down perspective, encounter other survivals (real-player), face infected people, and search for weapons, objects, items, and equipment. He can communicate with other players and teams up to survive together. There are a series of levels, and each level comes with a set of objectives that the player must accomplish to progress through the game. Using the crafting feature, the player can create weapons, assemble a vehicle, and useful objects to kill enemies. As the game progresses, the environment and level become tough. Last Day on Earth Survival includes prominent features such as Improve Strategic Skills, Navigate the Environment, Wild Animals, Maintain Health, Build Shelters, and more. Try it out.
#10 Day R Survival
Day R Survival is an Action, Role-playing, Survival, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by TLT Geims, OOO for Android and iOS. The game brings four exciting modes for you such as Real Life, Sandbox, Online, and Medium. It takes place in the large world and introduces the crafting element. It features an exciting story, in which you assume the role of the protagonist, who is a survivor and must face third, hunger, danger, and lots of brutal enemies during the gameplay. Using Carting option, you can create weapons, items, equipment, and other recipes to progress through the story. Your ultimate objective is to survive in the post-apocalyptic environment demolished by nuclear war, and you must avoid radiation. Survive as long as possible, build shelter, craft items, and collect food to maintain your health. Day R Survival includes superb features such as Survive in Post-apocalyptic, Online Mode, Live Chat, Crafting System, Hardcore Shelter, Co-op Mode, Enhance your Skills, Endless Possibilities, etc. Try it out.
#11 Five Nights at Freddy’s: SL
Five Nights at Freddy’s: SL (also known as Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location) is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. It is the fifth title in the series of Five Nights at Freddy’s and brings advanced gameplay with improved mechanics. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, who can interact with animatronic characters to progress through the game. The game casts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Eggs Benedict, who is an employee of Circus Baby’s Entertainment. The player can explore the land from a first-person perspective, interact with the environment, find clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles to become the master. The game features mini-games and lets the player engage himself in new places and new terrors experience. Five Nights at Freddy’s: SL offers core features such as Extras Menus, Mini-Game, Custom Night, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#12 Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition
Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Open World, Single-player and Multiplayer video game for Android and iOS developed by Klei Entertainment Inc. It takes place in the stunning environment where you assume the role of the protagonist named as Wilson, a gentleman scientist who has been abducted and shifted to a mysterious wild world. During the gameplay, the protagonist needs to learn how to exploit the environment and its dangerous inhabitant while finding a way to escape. The game takes you in the strange world full of dangers, strange creatures, and surprises. You need to collect resources to craft multiple structures and items to use during the survival. In the game, you can play it in your style and uncover the mystery behind every scene. The game has multiple levels, and each level requires a completion of certain objectives. Find new technologies, hunt for food, and battle enemies using your crafted weapons. Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition offers prominent features such as Touch Controls, Crafting System, unique 3D World, 2D Characters, and more. Check it out, and you’ll love it.
#13 Organ Trail Director’s Cut
Organ Trail Director’s Cut is a Retro-style, Zombie-apocalypse, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by The Men Who Wear Many Hats. The game puts you in the role of the protagonist, who must crosses the post-apocalyptic United States in an old vehicle to reach the safe zone. During the journey, you must effort to manage your limited resources, including ammunition, food, and fuel for your vehicle and struggle to keep everyone in the party healthy and alive. At the beginning of the game, you can select from several characters to play as the protagonist, including a clerk from New Jersey, a cop from Kentucky, or a Lawyer from Miami. In the game, each character has unique personality, and a set of bonuses. After earning enough points, you can purchase upgrades for your vehicle and can battle against zombie using an arsenal of weaponry. Organ Trail Director’s Cut offers prominent features such as Dynamic Weather System, Huge Soundtrack, Fight off Bandits, Fend of Town to Trade, Survivor Leaderboards, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#14 Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is the perfect blend of Puzzle, Horror, and Strategy elements developed and published by Blue Wizard Digital for Multiple Platforms. The game has Single-player mode only, and the game enables the player to stalk and slay campers around over 100 puzzle-based levels with a horrific icon named as Jason Voorhees. According to the storyline, Jason will terrorize the victims around the world, from the Crystal Lake to the height of Manhattan, from snowy ski resorts to supermax prisons. The game brings the terrible gameplay and takes place in a 3D environment where the player assumes the role of the protagonist, whose face is covered with a mask. The main job of the player is to explore the environment, follow the instruction to complete each level, and frighten victims to score the points. As the player solve the puzzles, the game becomes tough to master and may be other levels will be unlocked to enjoy. There are more than 100 puzzles available and the player will experience Jason like never before. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle includes core features such as 8 Episodes, Deadly Traps, R Mode, Leveling-up System, Murder Weapons, Four DLC and more.
#15 Last Dead
Last Dead is an Action, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game by 5 FPS Games for Android platform. The game takes the player in the terrible world invaded by deadly and bloodthirsty creatures. The player as the survivor must fight for his survival in the stunning environment of zombie apocalypse. At the starting of the game, the player can select his unique weapon to battle against dead people in the terrible places in the dark night. During the gameplay, the player will learn unique abilities, discover new locations and slaughter zombies with advanced weapons. There are fifteen waves of zombies available and the player must destroy all to receive amazing prizes. The game relies on FPS genre, where the player experience and enjoy the real-time battles. Hordes of zombies will come to the player like a storm and the player must kill them to survive in the harsh environment. Last Dead includes core features such as 3D Graphics, Interesting Sound Effects, Waves of Zombies, Special Competition, Brutal Enemies, and more. Try it out, and have fun.
#16 Neverending Nightmares
Neverending Nightmares is a Horror-Survival and Single-player video game created and published by Infinitap Games for Cross Platform. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist named Thomas, who finds himself into another nightmare after waking up. As the player explores the protagonist throughout the game, the nightmare becomes worse, including the deadly and bloody monsters that lurk within them. During the gameplay, the protagonist dies each time in the nightmare and comes across some serious issues of commit self-harm, depression, and more. The game has three different endings, depending on the actions taken by the player during the game. It takes place in the 2D hand-drawn style world heavily influenced by Edward Gorey’s works. The storyline of the game follows the protagonist, suffering from the endless string of nightmare. Another character will be introduced in the story named Gabby, the little sister of Thomas frequently appears in nightmares. With thrilling storyline, horrific gameplay, and smooth controls, Neverending Nightmares is the best game to play.
#17 Nimian Legends: BrightRidge
Nimian Legends: BrightRidge is an Adventure, Survival, and Single-player video game played from a first-person perspective, developed by Robert Kabwe for iOS. The game offers exciting gameplay and takes place in the massive world. The story follows the protagonist, who is lost himself in the massive fantasy world fantasy wilderness. Now, he must maintain his health, face off several difficulties, and struggle to find a way out. During the gameplay, the player will experience the freedom as he runs, jumps, swims, and even fly anywhere in the massive world while unlocking new abilities and learning new skills. The player navigates the world where exploration is a key and violence is optional. While manoeuvring the world, the player will discover wild animals, including deer, foxes, and more. It offers the non-linear exploration gameplay and enables the player to interact with the natural ecosystem full of wildlife. Nimian Legends: BrightRidge includes core features such as Stunning Vistas, Natural Beauty, Ecosystem, Discover the Secrets, and more.
#18 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.