Games Like The Long Dark for PS4

Don’t Starve, developed by Klei Entertainment is an Action-Adventure, Survival and Roguelike video game. The story features a Scientist named as Wilson who finds himself in a very dark and eerie place. In his struggle to survive, Don’t Starve tasks you to help Wilson keep him fed, healthy and mentally stable while avoiding various types of supernatural enemies who want to kill him. To add more depth to the gameplay, Don’t Starve offers Adventure mode that tasks the players to go against the Antagonist Maxwell and defeat him in epic encounters. The game offers Point and Click based combat in the game and allows you to be able to survive for as long as possible, keep on progressing throughout the gameplay by earning experience points and using upgrades such as Meat Effigy, life Giving Amulet and Touch Stone etc. Don’t Starve offers brilliant story and environments, fantastic game visuals and an immersive gameplay to enjoy.

DayZ is a Multiplayer Open World Horror-Survival and First, and Third-person Shooter video game by Bohemia Interactive. The game is set in the fictitious world of Chernarus City, Russia, where an unknown plague outbreak turns almost half of the population into deadly Zombies. As one of the survivors, player scavenges for Food, Water, Shelter and Medical Supplies while encountering and killing the Zombies and other mutant creatures, alone and with other survivors as a team. The main goal of the game is to stay alive for as long as possible in a world filled with Zombies and loads of other types of Mutant creatures. To stay alive, you must avoid getting infected by any means, keep on searching for the medicines and, food because food provides with nutrition that is needed to stay immune. DayZ offers no weapons at startup so you’ll have to use whatever you think can be a weapon and keep on exploring the world covering almost 225 Kilometer radius of Chernarus. You must also keep on searching insides of houses for any types of helping materials and useful tools that can come handy when there is nothing else to defend yourself against the deadly zombies, or you can simply make any abandoned home your refuge against all the deadly creatures lurking outside as a threat. The combats in the game are mainly Melee type so you must master the art of melee combats so whenever you get into a survival war against the enemies, you will be able to defend yourself. DayZ is all about Survival and your abilities to deal with situations like you experience in the game. With an amazingly haunting setting, brilliant visuals, and immersive gameplay, DayZ is one of the trendsetters of the games with similar subjects.

Stranded Deep is an Adventure, Survival, First-person Exploration, and Single-player video game published and developed by Beam Team Games. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean, and the story centers on a plane crash survivor stranded in the deep waters. You, as the protagonist, find yourself in the life-invading scenarios. The game introduces dynamic day-night and weather systems and includes a building system to create shelters on an Island.

In the beginning, you have limited resources and items, however, as the game progresses, you will get access to further supplies essential to survive longer. It would help if you managed your vitals of thirst, blood, hunger against the challenges you face. It includes prominent features such as Terrain Variety, Co-op Gameplay, Random Collectibles, Physics-based Crafting System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Outlast 2 is an Adventure, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Red Barrels for multiple platforms. The game serves as the sequel to the game Outlast, released in 2013. The story follows the protagonist, a journalist named as Blacke Langermann, who is freely roaming the Arizona along with his wife named Lynn, to explore the murder of his a pregnant woman, Jane Doe. During exploration, the protagonist and wife get separated due to a helicopter crash, and now, the protagonist has to find his missing wife while traversing through a haunted village full of the sect. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor and takes place in the Northern Arizona. The player controls the protagonist, a journalist in the game, who must explore the environment to find his missing wife while facing multiple challenges. It offers thrilling gameplay that takes the player in the height of terror. The player can run, hide, sit and jump his way through a variety of levels to progress through the game. Outlast 2 offers enhanced graphics, breathtaking gameplay, and heart pumping soundtracks. Try it out, if you love playing the Horror-Survival game.

Dead Rising 4 is an Adventure, Beat ‘em up, Survival Horror, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. It takes place in an open world environment explored by third-person perspective. The game serves as the 4th title in the series of Dead Rising. It introduces the return of Frank West and takes place in the Christmas-themed Willamette Colorado. Unlike its previous titles, the game doesn’t feature the timer system or co-op gameplay. According to the story, Frank West, who is a former photojournalist and works as the professor in the college. One of Frank West students named as Vicky Chu approaches the professor and convinces him to assist her interrogate a military component in Willamette Colorado, the place where the first zombie outbreak. The player can take on the role of the protagonist with a job to kill as many zombies as possible while exploring the game world to fulfill the objectives. The player can navigate the world from a third-person perspective and can smash them using a huge arsenal of weaponry. With enhanced mechanics, improved gameplay, and stunning graphics, Dead Rising 4 is the best game to play.

Lone Survivor is a Post-apocalyptic, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game created and published by Superflat Games for multiple platforms. The game comes with 2D Retro-style graphics, in which you controls the nameless protagonist, following the instruction and the directions offered by the apparent hallucinations of the character. While exploring the environment of the game, you’ll discover keys, items, and food. The use of each key and items must be determined to solve the tricky puzzles in the game. You as the protagonist must explore the world, interact with object, and struggle to complete the requirement of each mission to advance through the game. The game looks easy but hard to master. You controls a man in a surgical mask, who is a survivor. According to the story, an unknown infection has transformed the population of the world into shambling and aggressive mutants. You have limited supplies and you must survive as long as possible to become the master. With terrifying gameplay, enhanced mechanics, and detailed graphics, Lone Survivor is the best game to play.

We Happy Few is an Adventure, Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Compulsion Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. The game is set within the mid of the 1960s, following the alternate version of WWII, where the player assumes the role of one of three playable characters each of whom are looking for a way to complete the personal tasks while escaping the fictional city of Wellington Wells. The game is played from a first-person perspective and the game mix the survival, role-playing and rogue-like elements. The game offers the creative storyline with strong narratives, and the game introduces three playable characters each with a unique story to explore. The player acts from a first-person viewpoint and can start the game with an interactive prologue upon choosing the character, enabling him to go through the challenging events that occurred after his character fends off taking Joy. The game takes place in the open world environment where the player can move freely with an objective to complete a variety of missions to make points. With detailed environment, superb graphics, and stunning visuals, We Happy Few is the wonderful game to play.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is the perfect blend of Beat ‘em up, Action-Adventure, and Survival Horror elements developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Capcom. The game brings both Single-player and Multiplayer modes to the gameplay, and it is reimagining the Dead Rising 2, with the protagonist of the game named Chuck Greene, who is replaced by Frank West (the protagonist in the first title). The entire video game focuses on What if scenario, where the protagonist named Frank West controlled the outbreak of Fortune City. It also modifies the plot of the Dead Rising 2 in regards to various characters along with their motives. After surviving the zombie outbreak that appeared in fictional city Willamette, freelance journalist (the protagonist) quickly became a hero for uncovering the truth behind the outbreak. The heroic fame of the protagonist soon disappeared due to controversies and scandals. The player assumes the role of the protagonist with an objective to regain the fame by complete the set of missions. The game starts with the player wearing a wrestling outfit and is lifted via platform into the battlefield (the ring) to slay zombies. With improved mechanics, new content, detailed graphics, and brilliant controls, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is the best game to play.

ARK: Aberration is a Downloadable Content Pack for Action-Adventure, Crafting, and Survival video game ARK: Survival Evolved, developed by Studio Wildcard. The DLC pack comes with Underground biome system and exotic new challenges unlike before. In the world where the game is set, the player discovers extreme radioactive sunlight and environmental hazards, climbing gear, zip lines, charge-batteries, and more. The game puts the player in charge of a protagonist who must explore the world from a first-person perspective. According to the plot, the stable of extraordinary new creatures awaits within the mythical world. During the gameplay, the player must beware the Nameless and element-infused humanoids, evolved into the light-hating minorities. As the survival, the player will unearth the secrets of the world and find out what the future holds in store for those clever and strong enough to survive. The game takes the player in the damaged AKR atmosphere which has leaked away, causing in the harsh surface with radiation and more. While playing the game, the player can capture and tame over fourteen different types of creatures with unique abilities. There are more than fifty items available to craft new things and more.

Call of Cthulhu is a Survival-Horror and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Role-playing elements, developed by Cyanide and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game introduces the semi-open world environment and offers the perfect blend of themes of psychological horror and Lovecraftian into a storyline which features elements of stealth and investigation. The story follows an investigator named Edward Pierce, a private detective facing off an existential crisis. It takes place in the setting of 1924, where Boston doesn’t offer any case, the protagonist stops to consuming pills and alcohol to satisfy his mind. The hope of the Pierce shines when a strange briefcase lands on his deck. The protagonist is tasked with solving the death case of the Hawkins family, who strangely died in the fire. Only a clue is a picture painted by the crazy mother before her death. The player embarks on a journey to save complex cases to become the best detective. Call of Cthulhu includes prominent features such as Third-person Exploration, Become a Detective, 3D Environment, and more.

ZOMBI is an Action, Horror-Survival, Open-World, and Single-player video game developed by Ubisoft for multiple platforms. Throughout the gameplay, the player as a survivor needs to fight against zombies and don’t let them touch the character. While confronting zombies, the player controls the character from a first-person perspective.

Different types of zombies are there exploded, armored, or spill corrosive fluid zombies, and the player can utilize different weapons to finish them. The player must find beds and routes to get back home safely by exploring and collect new weapons and scarce items by searching dead bodies.

The game has two playable modes, such as time attack mode and survival mode. In Time Attack mode, the player has a limited time in which he must kill all the zombies while survival mode allows the player to survive with a limited supply of resources. The player will play with another survivor if the player’s character dies every time.

Dying Light is a First-Person Action, RPG Open World and Horror-Survival Video game by Techland. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist an undercover agent who is tasked to infiltrate the city of Harran. The city is infested with the undead (Zombies) and your task is to stay alive, by the use of your Parkour skills, Unique Combat Techniques and advanced weaponry. Featuring a Zombie Apocalypse, Dying Light is one of the best game of this specific genre. If you are a hardcore fan of Apocalyptic and chaotic themes, you must be familiar Dying Light, because the game offers a true action and thrill filled gameplay that will definitely let you enjoy it big time. Dying Light offers Close combats against the enemies that you can also call the Melee Combats and it lets you use a number of tools as your melee weapons and allows yo to enjoy the deadly encounters from close. You must stay alive in order to complete the game objectives and to save the others depending on you. Dying Light offers a fantastic story and portrays it impressively enough to lets you immerse yourself into the gameplay and feel like being actually a part of the game world. With a great game setting, beautifully created game visuals, adrenaline pumping gameplay and Co-Op multiplayer game mode, Dying light is a great Action, RPG, horror and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

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.

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.

Far Cry Primal is a fantastic new Action-Adventure and Survival video game by Ubisoft and Ubisoft Montreal. The game adds up a brilliant new type of genre in the series and offers a truly very immersive and quite jaw dropping experience. Far Cry Primal takes you back to 10,000 B.C in the beginning of Mesolithic Era. Set in the fictitious Oros Valley in the Central Europe, Far Cry Primal features an Open World environment filed up with all kinds of that time’s Flora and Fauna such as animals like Prehistoric Mammoths, Wolves, Cave Bears, Irish Elks, Wooly Rhinos, Saber-Toothed Cats, Cave Lions, Brown bears, Deer and Badgers etc. With only challenge of the game, Survival, Far Cry Primal lets you be a prominent Wenja Tribe man named Takkar, tasks you to explore the Oros valley without any weapons and lost of dangers. In order to survive, Far Cry Primal lets you capture and tame wild animals, collect different types of resources and build weapons, tools etc. You must build a special place among all the fellow tribesmen by using your skills and abilities of survival. Other prominent game tasks include scavenging, hunting, building structures by the use of all the natural resources and your abilities etc. With a very immersive nature, all the fantastic aspects of wild life and life without necessary resources, struggle and your survival abilities, brilliant visual details and all the fun, Far Cry Primal is one fantastic Action, Adventure and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

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.

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.