- #1 The Callisto Protocol™
97% matchMixed65% of 43,752 reviews2022
Dev: Striking Distance StudiosPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.3%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Horror 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Third Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a remarkably similar grim futuristic setting with visceral third-person melee and gunplay mechanics.
- #2 Dead Space
96% matchVery Positive91% of 71,387 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.8%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Horror 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Gore 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same gritty, sci-fi survival-horror DNA and tense third-person combat against grotesque mutated horrors.
- #3 SIGNALIS
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Dystopian 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, Dark 10%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the bleak, retro-futuristic survival-horror dread and cerebral sci-fi storytelling.
- #4 The Medium
95% matchVery Positive89% of 10,319 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Dark 16.6%, Third Person 14.8%, Gore 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, it leans heavily into atmospheric psychological horror and reality-bending mechanics.
- #5 Hollowbody
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Third-Person Shooter 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Third Person 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Emulates classic tech-noir survival horror with a heavy focus on atmospheric exploration and puzzles.
- #6 The Evil Within 2
94% matchVery Positive92% of 31,065 reviews2017
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 17.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.1%, Gore 12.7%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features tense third-person survival horror gameplay set within a nightmarish, shifting reality.
- #7 Resident Evil 2
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 224,292 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Horror 16%, Gore 15.3%, Third Person 10.1%, Difficult 7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the gold standard for resource-scarce third-person survival horror and claustrophobic dread.
- #8 Resident Evil 4
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 279,839 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 50.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.4%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Horror 13.2%, Gore 7.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense over-the-shoulder action-horror combat against terrifying mutated threats.
- #9 Daymare: 1998
93% matchMixed69% of 4,297 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.6%, Third-Person Shooter 21.4%, Horror 16.7%, Gore 15.3%, Third Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a nostalgic, challenging third-person survival horror experience filled with terrifying bio-mechanical foes.
- #10 ROUTINE
91% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Explores an abandoned lunar base with a heavy emphasis on isolating, retro-futuristic sci-fi terror.
- #11 Hell is Us
90% matchVery Positive85% of 6,870 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.
Why similar: Third Person 19.9%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Dark 12%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, melee-driven exploration through a mysterious, post-catastrophe world.
- #12 Ad Infinitum
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,753 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Horror 18.7%, Gore 18.7%, Dark 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the psychological toll of war through surreal, monster-filled trench environments.
- #13 Still Wakes the Deep
88% matchVery Positive87% of 13,247 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Gore 25.5%, Horror 20.1%, Dark 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a claustrophobic, atmospheric fight for survival against unfathomable cosmic horrors.
- #14 Prey
89% matchVery Positive91% of 54,757 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 17.3%, Futuristic 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a desolate, abandoned sci-fi facility overrun by hostile shape-shifting alien entities.
- #15 Metro Exodus
86% matchVery Positive90% of 136,223 reviews2020
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.9%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.8%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a bleak post-apocalyptic wasteland with harrowing survival mechanics and tense atmospheric combat.
- #16 Atomfall
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,914 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Gore 11.3%, Action 7.9%, Survival Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends post-apocalyptic survival with mysterious sci-fi conspiracies in a quarantined landscape.
- #17 The Evil Within
87% matchVery Positive85% of 33,760 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Horror 17.7%, Gore 15.9%, Third-Person Shooter 10.6%, Difficult 7%
Why You'll Like It: Pits you against twisted psychological horrors and relentless survival-focused encounters.
- #18 The Sinking City 2
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,875 reviews2026
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.9%, Gore 9.5%, Third Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Dives into Lovecraftian cosmic horror featuring investigative gameplay and grotesque monsters.
- #19 Trepang2
83% matchVery Positive93% of 19,704 reviews2023
Dev: Trepang StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Why similar: Gore 30.6%, Horror 22%, Difficult 13.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Combat 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, blood-soaked combat with paranormal sci-fi undertones and high-octane action.
- #20 Creatures Of War
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Gore 14.7%, Horror 12.9%, Resource Management 12%, Dark 11%
Why You'll Like It: Pits players against grotesque, experimental horrors in a tense survival-action setting.
- #21 Fear The Timeloop
82% matchVery Positive86% of 592 reviews2026
Dev: TacoEatersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.7%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.6%, Third Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines time-loop mechanics with dark psychological survival horror themes.
- #22 Dark Sector
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,582 reviews2009
Dev: Digital Extremes
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.7%, Gore 19.7%, Third Person 9.2%, Horror 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features gritty third-person sci-fi shooter action with body-horror mutation elements.
- #23 Total Chaos
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Crafting 19.5%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 14.3%, Action-Adventure 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a gritty, industrial survival-horror experience deeply rooted in dark, visceral atmospheric dread.
- #24 Beyond Hanwell
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 755 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Horror 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Dark 13.3%, Combat 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores an open, ruined city filled with terrifying entities and grim atmospheric storytelling.
- #25 Dolmen
82% matchMixed60% of 478 reviews2022
Dev: Massive Work StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Gore 53.5%, Sci-fi 24%, Action 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cosmic sci-fi horror with challenging combat mechanics.
- #26 Temporal Purge: Z
79% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Exec Games
Windows
Become an interdimensional zombie slayer in Temporal Purge: Z, an action-packed zombie-survival FPS. Face the zombie onslaught as you eradicate countless undead monsters on your quest to save the future.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Horror 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Combat 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Pits you against hordes of post-apocalyptic threats with a heavy emphasis on survival.
- #27 Crisol: Theater of Idols
77% matchVery Positive86% of 4,316 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.7%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 15%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Dark 10.8%
- #28 A.I.L.A
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,420 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Horror 16.9%, Futuristic 12.2%, Combat 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores psychological terror through an immersive, atmospheric survival-horror lens.
- #29 Resident Evil Requiem
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 185,609 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Third-Person Shooter 26.1%, Horror 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Dark 6.3%
- #30 Bleak Haven
79% matchMixed41% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Hitori De Productions
Windows
Bleak Haven is a cinematic survival horror where faith is twisted, every shot matters, and survival hangs on what you can build. Explore haunted ruins, abandoned villages, and face a cult preparing the world for a god no one should ever witness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 15.3%, Gore 12.3%, Combat 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your survival instincts in a dark, psychologically taxing world filled with hidden threats.
- #31 Ground Zero
77% matchVery Positive89% of 786 reviews2026
Dev: Malformation GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fight through post-apocalyptic South Korea in this retro survival horror. Uncover the truth behind the devastating meteor impact that left the country in ruins and turned every living organism into a terrifying monstrosity. Fight. Solve puzzles. Upgrade gear. Make every bullet count.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.2%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Horror 9.3%, Dark 9.2%
- #32 CONTROL Resonant
75% matchVery Positive90% of 8,672 reviews2026
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and our survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Third Person 15.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #33 SILENT HILL f
76% matchVery Positive80% of 29,564 reviews2025
Dev: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Pub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Horror 18.5%, Gore 11.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #34 Despot Zombie
78% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Moonstar Games
Windows
The experimental AI chip in his brain could be humanity's salvation... or it's end. Experience mind-bending combat, explore a dark fantasy wasteland, and unravel a twisted tale as Kurt, humanity's unwilling hope.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.3%, Dystopian 22.5%, Horror 16.6%, Gore 9.8%, Third Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers stark, dystopian survival-horror action against relentless hordes.
- #35 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.2%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Difficult 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on classic retro survival-horror mechanics, inventory management, and tight quarters.
- #36 PRAGMATA
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 53,781 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Pragmata is a unique, sci-fi action-adventure game from Capcom. Follow Hugh, a member of an ill-fated investigation team, and Diana, a young android, as they navigate a lunar facility taken over by rogue AI in search of a way to Earth.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.4%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Futuristic 16.7%, Third Person 8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #37 SILENT HILL 2
74% matchVery Positive95% of 65,757 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 20.6%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Third Person 10.5%
- #38 Dino Crisis
74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,037 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Raw Instinct takes over in this new, adrenaline-pumping journey into Survival Horror. Something is terribly wrong. Your covert mission has gone haywire… now you find yourself pursued by a relentless, prehistoric terror. Suddenly, your mission becomes a desperate fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Third-Person Shooter 21.8%, Time Travel 14.9% ★, Horror 12.8%, Dark 8.8%
- #39 Vorax
75% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Gore 13.2%, Action-Adventure 11%
- #40 Mortal Shell II
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 21,291 reviews2026
Dev: Cold SymmetryPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.
Why similar: Difficult 28.6%, Dark 18%, Horror 15.7%, Third Person 11.3%, Gore 10.3%
- #41 The Thing: Remastered
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,424 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Third-Person Shooter 21.2%, Gore 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #42 Necrophosis
72% matchVery Positive90% of 909 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.5%, Horror 25.2%, Third Person 16.7%, Dark 6.5%, Action 5.1%
- #43 Dying Light: The Beast
70% matchVery Positive86% of 72,357 reviews2025
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
BECOME THE BEAST. SURVIVE THE NIGHT. A terrifying new chapter in the Dying Light universe begins. As Kyle Crane, explore the vast and unpredictable wilderness, uncover a deadly evolution of the infected, and learn to control the beastly powers awakening inside you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Gore 21.8%, Horror 19%, Combat 9.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #44 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
71% matchVery Positive87% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Schroder
Windows
Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Horror 19.6%, Dystopian 18.6%, Dark 11.6%, Combat 7.9%
- #45 SILENT HILL: Townfall
71% matchMixed66% of 3,896 reviews2026
Dev: Screen BurnPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Returning to an island town to ‘put things right’, Simon Ordell descends into a world of tense evasion, explosive confrontations, and mind-bending puzzles that slowly surface the truth of St. Amelia.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.5%, Horror 25.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #46 Comatose
70% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 19.4%, Resource Management 14.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #47 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,754 reviews2026
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 45.6 hrsMean: 60.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Dystopian 10%, Third Person 8.9%
- #48 Eldervale
73% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Solkitte
Windows
Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22.8%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 9.9%, Gore 9.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #49 Tormented Souls 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,210 reviews2025
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.9%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #50 Singularity™
73% matchVery Positive93% of 5,962 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: Time Travel 29.8% ★, Sci-fi 19.7%, Horror 13.9%, Gore 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #51 The Blood of Dawnwalker
66% matchVery Positive87% of 27,631 reviews2026
Dev: Rebel WolvesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the secrets you uncover.
Why similar: Third Person 22.3%, Combat 15.7%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 13%, Action-Adventure 12%
- #52 Scorn
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,900 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Why similar: Gore 30.4%, Horror 20.2%, Dark 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #53 Invention 3
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Gore 12.9%, Horror 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #54 Nightmare of Decay
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34%, Horror 22.6%, Gore 19.1%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Action 6.7%
- #55 Onimusha: Way of the Sword
64% matchVery Positive91% of 26,034 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 25.3 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?
Why similar: Gore 25.9%, Action-Adventure 24.5%, Action 15.2%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.2%
- #56 Tormented Souls
68% matchVery Positive90% of 8,214 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Third-Person Shooter 19.2%, Horror 11.2%, Gore 9.7%, Dark 7.7%
- #57 Dead Space™ 3
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 15,107 reviews2020
Dev: Visceral GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 20.7%, Horror 15%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Futuristic 7.9%
- #58 Alone in the Dark
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,932 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Dark 19.6%, Third Person 16%, Action 7.3%
- #59 Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
63% matchVery Positive93% of 5,573 reviews2026
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embark on an original story, prequel to the award-winning games: A Plague Tale. As Sophia, journey to the Minotaur’s Island, outsmart deadly foes, unravel ancient secrets, and confront a mythical creature at the heart of a devastating curse.
Why similar: Third Person 28.2%, Action-Adventure 27%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Combat 14%, Action 12.6%
- #60 Echoes of the Living
65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,042 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
