Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line is a Military themed Tactical and Third Person Shooter video game developed by Yager Development and published by 2k games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. The story of the game follows the protagonist Captain Martin Walker who goes to the catastrophic Dubai to investigate about the dead American soldiers. This is the point when the mission changes and Walker along with his Elite Delta Force team starts searching for the survivors and engages into battle with the terrorists who kidnapped and killed the soldiers. The game lets you lead your team and engage in battles in a war like environment using state of the art weapons like futuristic rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers etc. To eliminate the enemies and free the hostages. Spec Ops: The Line offers four different game endings and allows you to mold the events and happenings and end the game with an ending you want. Spec Ops: The Line is a great Tactical Third-person Shooter video game, and you will definitely like playing it.
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 Life is Strange
Life is Strange is a Single-player Graphic Adventure and Interactive Fiction video game by Square Enix. The game consists of five main episodes and focuses on the character of a Photography student named as Maxine Caulfield. Maxine Caulfield discovers out that she has the special ability to reverse time and any specific moment. The story takes a twist when Maxine foresees a huge Storm raging to destroy her town and that the time when she realizes that she’s the only one to prevent it from happening. Life is Strange allows the players to control the character of Maxine Caulfield and follow the narrative as it unfolds into all the storyful actions that the player character performs. Amazing trips to the past, fantastic quests, freedom to explore and the ability to manipulate environmental elements, loads of challenging puzzles and game ending based upon the actions performed by the character, Life is Strange offers a truly remarkable gameplay experience that is based on pure graphics and interactive elements. With an episodic gameplay, various character archetypes, a great story, graphic adventure nature and point-and-click puzzles, Life is Strange offers beautiful visuals and an impressively addictive gameplay to enjoy. Life is Strange is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Linux platforms.
#10 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.
#11 Life is Strange: Episode 1
Life is Strange: Episode 1 is an immersive, Adventure, Episodic and Single-player Exploration video game that enables you to rewind effect and time the past, future, and present. The game brings an exciting gameplay for Life is Strange lovers and offers an addictive story follows the protagonist named as Max Caulfield, who is a photographic senior and finds that she is capable of reversing time while rescuing her beloved friend. After progressing the game, the protagonist finds herself investigating the strange disappearance of the student named as Rachel Amber in Arcadia Bay. You assume the role of the protagonist, who can manipulate the world from a third-person perspective and struggle to uncover the dark secrets of the strange world. The ultimate task for you to learn as soon as possible to change the time to fend off the devastation in future. It comprises multiple levels, and the player needs to accomplish each one to progress through the game and earn enough experience points. Life is Strange: Episode 1 includes core features such as Adventure Gameplay, Multiple Endings, Hand-Painted Visuals, Indie Soundtracks, and more. Try it out.
#12 Six Days in Fallujah
Six Days in Fallujah is a Tactical and Third-person Shooter video game created by Atomic Games for Multiple Platforms. The game features both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and the game takes place in the stunning environment. The storyline of the game follows the squad of U.S. Marine from third Battalion, battling in the 2nd Battle of Fallujah in 2004. There are a series of challenging missions and the player as the protagonist needs to complete all tasks to advance through it. During the game, the player explores the environment from a third-person viewpoint, compete against enemies using several weapons while defeating foes to make points. The player can use his earned points to unlock further content, upgrade weapons and more. As the game advances, it becomes tough to master and the player needs to plan his strategy before taking any action. With core features, brilliant graphics, and superb controls, Six Days in Fallujah is the best TPS game to play.
#13 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a Single-player and Multiplayer Third-person Shooter video game developed by Slant Six Games and published by Capcom. The game is the twentieth title in the series of Resident Evil, taking place around the same time as Resident Evil 2, and introduces the characters from the previous two titles. The game revolves around a team of elite paramilitary mercenaries, working for the Umbrella Corporation during the zombie apocalypse in Raccoon City. According to the storyline, the Delta team gets into the Raccoon city underground laboratory, where they encounter an Alpha team leader named Hunk. After that, the mission of the Delta Team is to help out the Alpha team in fending off the antagonist named Dr William Birkin from dealing of T-Virus with the US military and struggle to restore the G-virus. There are 12 playable characters, and each has its unique skills, play style, and abilities. The player takes on the role of the protagonist with an ultimate task to stop the deal of T-virus and fend off from spreading across the land. The world where the game is set is full of zombies, and the player needs to avoid or slay them before the transform the remaining population into zombies. With the stimulating environment, detailed graphics, horrific story, and excellent controls, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is the best game to play.
#14 Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes is an Adventure, Shooter, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Traveler’s Tales. Throughout the game, the player adopts the role of an unnamed protagonist, where the main objective is to stop the antagonist. The main enemy wants to make the inhabitants of the island into evil creatures using the mask ability.
The player can wear the masks of different characters like Toa Inika to take on the powers of that character. The player can switch between any collected masks as per requirement, but if they run out of health, the player will lose all the masks, including the current mask. As the player collects a mask, he can also restore health.
The players can collect Lego pieces where each piece has unique point values. As the player collects enough points, the meter fills up, and it activates a Hero Mode that allows the player to turn the character golden. The player can utilize collected points to purchase items and upgrades from the in-game Shop.
#15 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.
#16 Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Horror-Survival and Shooting game developed and published by Capcom. The story of the game revolves around the protagonist Chris Redfield and a secondary character Sheva Alomar. The game paces on the investigation carried out by Sheva about a terrorist threat in the fictional city of Kijuju, Africa. Chris also confronts an old enemy Albert Whisker who disturbs his conscious and haunts him down wherever he goes. They start their journey and in the midst of their adventure, the engage in heavy combats with Humanoid enemies instead of Zombies, Ganados, and a lot of other creatures using their guns, melee weapons and explosives. As the game offers multiplayer gaming mode, the players all around the world can team up or choose to play as enemies upon their liking. The game features an open word gaming environment, a dramatically engaging story-line, high definition graphics and a thrilling game-play that takes you to the heights of a super best gaming experience. Try this game and you’ll definitely be amazed.
#17 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.
#18 Naughty Bear
Naughty Bear is an Action-Adventure video game developed by Artificial Mind and Movement and published by 505 Games. The game comes with Single-player and Multiplayer modes and puts the player in charge of eponymous bear, who must use a variety of things to earn Naughty Points with extra rewards or points by completing random missions. It takes place on the Paradisal Island where the bears live with peace and harmony. The primary character with the name Naughty Bear, who is famous for his mischievous behavior. Like other cute teddy bears, he doesn’t speak, instead of conveys his emotions through a series of facial expression or sounds. According to the plot, Naughty bear is only the bear, who isn’t invited to the birthday party of Daddles. He tries his best to be the nice anyway and even prepare a gift for the event, hoping Daddles and he could become best friends. The player controls the Teddy bear throughout the game from a third-person perspective while interacting with environment to fulfill the missions to earn points. With detailed graphics, addictive mechanics, and superb visuals, Naughty Bear is the best game to play.
#19 Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior is a Military-based, Real-time Tactics, Action, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Pandemic and published by THQ Nordic. It is the direct sequel to Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. The game revolves around squad-based gameplay and lets you control and lead two different squads at a time called Bravo and Alpha. Each squad has a leader loaded with an M4 Carbine. Leader wields with GPS receiver which can be utilized to find foes location and mission objectives and can use radio to make connect with headquarters. While another team leader equips with an M249 Squad weapon uses to kill the hordes of enemies. According to the story, the hordes of terrorist attacks South Asia and Europe and targeting UK and US interests. The game lets you immerse yourself in exploration experience, complete a series of quests and fend off terrorist to save the world. Lead your team and earn points by killing terrorist. Wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#20 Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the ninth major entry in the series of Resident Evil and the first game available to play on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. The game tells the story from the perspective of protagonist named as Chris Redfield, who is a founder and former member of the Bio-Terrorism Security Assessment Alliance. In the plot, the world is invaded by an evil corporation named as Neo-Umbrella. The protagonist must confront the forces behind the terrorist attack with newly C-virus around the world. The gameplay revolves around four different interwoven storylines, each character has its unique styles and abilities. There are four different scenarios and each scenario offers one of four main protagonists such as Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Jake Muller and more. The player can select his character to get into the world where he has to fight for his life and complete a set of missions to progress through the game. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant visuals and superb story, Resident Evil 6 is the best game to play and enjoy.