Shadow Man
Shadow Man is an Action, Horror, Third-person Perspective, Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Acclaim Studio Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The game follows the comic book known as Shadow man published by Valiant Comics. It takes place in the historical year in 1988 and the story centers on the protagonist named as Jack who are try to take his own life after becoming fail to uncover the secret behind the murder scene. A Legion occurs and tells the protagonist about the power that he seeks and offers a proposal to share this power with him if he construct an asylum in the land of dead known as Deadside. You can take on the role of the protagonist and your ultimate objective is to navigate the environment from third-person and fulfill your objectives to progress through the game. You can interact with environment and objective to collect valuables. The game offers open environment filled with monsters, deadly animals, and more. Use weapons to slaughter them and score the best points. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#1 Sir, You Are Being Hunted
This super thriller, Action-Adventure, Horror Survival and shooter video game is a great creation of Big Robot Games. Sir, You Are Being Hunted lets you roam into an open world and survive the hordes of Hunters (Robots dressed as the Victorian Gentlemen). The robots are following you only to capture you and kill you after the investigation. You must survive using all the things like weapons and objects and escape the island. There are a lot of items of interests hidden in the towns, you can find them and use them to survive and plan your escape. The enemies are way too stronger in the game and they can get help from dogs, balloons or sentries etc. to keep you out from the premises you are not allowed to enter. The robots with all the unique tactics try to lure and capture you so you better be careful even when touching an object. Other great features of the game are the Unique and engaging game-play, Randomly generated game worlds, super realistic graphics and a great story. Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an awesome game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#2 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.
#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 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.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 Soma
Soma is a mixture of Science Fiction, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Exploration elements developed and published by Fictional Games. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Simon Jarret, who finds himself at the facility under strange circumstance, struggling to unearth his past. According to the story, the world in threatened by strange creatures, trying to taking over humanity. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary goal is to explore the facility from first-person perspective, encounter various creatures and struggle to solve puzzles. During exploration, the protagonist discovers a huge array of clues including audio tapes and notes, which creates atmosphere and progresses the plot. There is no combat system like other games by Fictional Games, and instead the player can use stealth elements, and can explore the environment, and solve puzzles to progress through the game. Players can manipulate the underground world, interact with NPCs, and objects to solve puzzles and earn experience points. Soma offers prominent features, immersive gameplay, and highly detailed environment. Try it out.
#15 Hello Neighbor
Hello Neighbor is an Action, Stealth, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild Games. The game takes place in the fictional land and introduces a variety of levels. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to sneak into the basement of his neighbor’s home to unearth the terrible mystery. Each neighbor has its unique behavior, depending on the past action of the player. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself moving into a new home across the street of strange neighbors, who seems to be keeping a mystery in their home’s basement. The ultimate task of the player is to get into the home, collect objects needed to access and unlock the basement of the home. During the exploration, the player needs to move carefully without making any noise, otherwise the neighbor will chase and catch him. There are four inventory spaces available, same kind of items can’t be placed together in the same space. With superb gameplay, immersive soundtracks, high detailed graphics and smooth controls, Hello Neighbor is the best game to play and enjoy.
#16 Slender: The Eight Pages
Slender: The Eight Pages is a Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Single-player video game, developed and published by Parsec Productions. The game brings the terrible gameplay based on the folklore meme figure, known as the Slender Man, who is described as the tall man warning black clothes with a white face with no facial features. It takes place in the midst of the forest during the midnight and is played from a first-person viewpoint. The ultimate objective of the player is to gather all eight pages located in different areas of the jungle while avoiding the Slender Man. The fog in the jungle grows thicker as the player gathers all pages, and the Slender Man appears closer to the character controlled by the player, though the sprinting speed of the character increases slowly. The Slender Man can move by creeping, and teleporting around the player, but only from the specific distance. In the game, the player is loaded with a flashlight to see through the dark environment. Slender: The Eight Pages is the brilliant game for those, who love playing Horror-Survival games.
#17 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.
#18 Rust
Rust is a Multiplayer Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game by Facepunch Studios. Currently, in the Alpha phase, Rust offers early access to the game on Steam. Set in a massive Open World, Rust allows you to survive in an unfriendly environment by simply crafting different items, exploration and by finding the supplies such as Food, Water, Shelter, loot, Weapons and medical Supplies, etc. It spawns you right in the middle of other online players and lets you use your wit to find ways in which you can survive. You must stay well fed to avoid starvation and drink plenty of water in order to eliminate the threat of being dehydrated. Encounters with the creatures will definitely result in your demise of win so you decide what to do. All the deadly creatures, harsh weather conditions, and all the obstacles must not defeat you if you want to survive. Rust with all the wonderful mechanics, visuals and immersive game-play is a fantastic game to play and enjoy.