- #1 Resident Evil 3
97% matchVery Positive83% of 126,826 reviews2020
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Why similar: Zombies 28.5%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Horror 10.7%, Gore 7.3%, Third Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This companion remake uses the same modern engine, over-the-shoulder combat, item management, and Raccoon City outbreak setting, with a more action-driven pace.
- #2 Resident Evil
96% matchVery Positive92% of 36,703 reviews2015
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Classic 15.7% ★, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The acclaimed remake provides the series' purest mansion-exploration formula, with scarce supplies, puzzles, backtracking, and lethal zombie encounters.
- #3 Resident Evil 4
96% 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: Zombies 28.5%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 14.4%, Gore 7.1%, Third Person 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It retains the polished third-person shooting, upgradeable weapons, tense enemy encounters, and cinematic horror presentation while broadening the action scope.
- #4 Resident Evil 0
95% matchVery Positive80% of 19,883 reviews2016
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 12.6%, Classic 12.1% ★, Third Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its prequel story delivers classic survival-horror exploration, puzzle-heavy progression, scarce ammunition, and a distinctive two-character inventory system.
- #5 Daymare: 1998
94% 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: Zombies 34.1%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Horror 11.9%, Gore 9%, Third Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to classic Resident Evil design, built around zombies, police-station-style environments, limited resources, puzzles, and deliberate survival combat.
- #6 Resident Evil Revelations 2
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 32,252 reviews2015
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
Why similar: Zombies 36.7%, Survival Horror 20%, Horror 12.4%, Gore 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic survival-horror campaign blends third-person shooting, resource management, creepy environments, and cooperative-style character-switching puzzles.
- #7 The Evil Within 2
93% 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 27.4%, Horror 17.5%, Zombies 16.2%, Gore 10.3%, Third Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its semi-open horror spaces combine tense third-person combat, stealth, limited ammunition, upgrades, and grotesque creature encounters.
- #8 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 127,598 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Zombies 21.9%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Although first-person, it delivers the same carefully paced exploration, puzzle-solving, inventory pressure, healing management, and terrifying close-quarters encounters.
- #9 Dead Space
91% 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: Survival Horror 29.6%, Horror 20.8%, Gore 12.8%, Third Person 8.6%, Violent 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This remake transfers Resident Evil 2's methodical combat, exploration, upgrades, and oppressive survival tension into a brilliantly realized sci-fi setting.
- #10 SILENT HILL 2
91% 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 35.9%, Horror 20%, Classic 9.9% ★, Third Person 9.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A slower and more psychological alternative focused on oppressive exploration, puzzles, vulnerable combat, and a meticulously unsettling horror atmosphere.
- #11 Tormented Souls
90% 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 30.8%, Horror 14.6%, Gore 10.4%, Third Person 9.2%, Puzzle 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It closely recreates old-school survival-horror structure with fixed-camera exploration, intricate environmental puzzles, limited saves, and scarce ammunition.
- #12 Resident Evil Revelations
89% matchVery Positive81% of 18,591 reviews2013
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 15.3%, Third Person 5.5%, Female Protagonist 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This entry offers a more isolated, horror-forward Resident Evil campaign aboard a derelict ship, with investigation, resource pressure, and third-person shooting.
- #13 Resident Evil 4 (2005)
89% matchVery Positive94% of 98,620 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
Why similar: Zombies 31.5%, Survival Horror 25.2%, Classic 10.9% ★, Horror 10.9%, Third Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: The influential original remains an excellent fit for its satisfying over-the-shoulder combat, tense crowd control, inventory Tetris, and horror-action pacing.
- #14 The Evil Within
88% 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 26.1%, Horror 18%, Zombies 16.9%, Gore 13.4%, Third Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its brutal survival-horror campaign emphasizes scarce resources, trap-filled environments, grotesque monsters, and boss encounters that demand careful positioning.
- #15 SIGNALIS
86% 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 47.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Violent 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Dark 7%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric sci-fi survival horror game features restrictive inventory space, cryptic puzzles, dangerous creatures, and the deliberate pacing of classic Resident Evil.
- #16 Crow Country
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Horror 15%, Gore 11.7%, Third Person 9.9%, Violent 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact, intricately connected amusement-park setting captures classic Resident Evil's puzzle-driven exploration, evasive monster encounters, and retro survival tension.
- #17 Them and Us
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,665 reviews2021
Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Zombies 22.4%, Horror 13.1%, Third Person 9.9%, Female Protagonist 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deliberately classic survival-horror game with fixed cameras, tank controls as an option, zombie-filled rooms, puzzles, and highly limited supplies.
- #18 Heaven Dust 2
85% matchVery Positive90% of 861 reviews2022
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.
Why similar: Zombies 42.2%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its top-down perspective, it closely follows Resident Evil-style design with intricate maps, keys, puzzles, ammunition conservation, and outbreak monsters.
- #19 Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 935 reviews2023
Dev: Invader StudiosPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 16.4%, Third Person 11.5%, Zombies 8.7%, Gore 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This prequel offers third-person horror shooting, environmental puzzles, heavy weapon handling, and a contained disaster-facility setting.
- #20 The Last of Us™ Part I
82% matchVery Positive85% of 109,908 reviews2023
Dev: Naughty Dog LLCPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Why similar: Zombies 31.5%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.2%, Third Person 8.7%, Survival 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is more cinematic and action-adventure focused, but its infected enemies, tense scavenging, careful ammunition use, and emotionally grim post-apocalyptic journey make it a strong adjacent choice.
- #21 Alisa
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,598 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.5%, Horror 20.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Action 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized fixed-camera survival-horror adventure with mansion exploration, limited resources, ornate puzzles, and unusual enemies strongly inspired by the genre's classics.
- #22 EBOLA 2
84% matchMixed68% of 281 reviews2021
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
EBOLA 2 is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 24.8%, Survival Horror 20%, Gore 11%, Horror 10.5%, Violent 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A low-budget but committed survival-horror homage featuring first-person exploration, zombies, key-and-puzzle progression, scarce supplies, and a biohazard outbreak plot.
- #23 Nightmare of Decay
82% 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: Zombies 30.7%, Survival Horror 26.1%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This compact retro FPS channels classic Resident Evil with a zombie outbreak, claustrophobic locations, keys, puzzles, and tightly managed ammunition.
- #24 The Killing Antidote
81% matchVery Positive89% of 7,859 reviews2024
Dev: MetalStar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a TPS game. Shooting, fighting, dress-up, puzzle solving, and more. In the future, a special germ causes humans to be constantly infected and mutated. The protagonist, Jodi, is a brave journalist who goes on her way to find the legendary antidote and is in danger.
Why similar: Zombies 47.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Horror 12%, Third Person 10.5%, Shooter 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines third-person zombie combat, item scavenging, environmental puzzles, and a sinister laboratory outbreak premise in a very Resident Evil-like package.
- #25 Hollowbody
80% 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 40.3%, Third Person 16.5%, Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk survival-horror game uses fixed-camera-inspired presentation, oppressive exploration, puzzles, limited resources, and vulnerable combat.
- #26 Resident Evil Requiem
77% 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: Zombies 36.2%, Survival Horror 29.8%, Horror 13.9%, Violent 4.1%, Dark 3%
- #27 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,375 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38%, Violent 14.8%, Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Gore 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy survival-horror investigation set in a decaying hotel, with resource management, monsters, firearms, and increasingly surreal environments.
- #28 Alone in the Dark
79% 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 27.1%, Survival Horror 26.7%, Third Person 16.8%, Dark 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This modern reimagining mixes third-person combat, mansion exploration, environmental puzzles, and a supernatural horror mystery in a classic survival-horror framework.
- #29 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,958 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 21.5%, Gore 13.7%, Violent 10.2%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes stealthy survival, exploration, item puzzles, and being relentlessly pursued through a threatening, enclosed horror setting.
- #30 Resident Evil Village
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 154,752 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Zombies 25.3%, Horror 13.4%, Gore 10.7%, Violent 5.6%
- #31 Resident Evil 2 (1998)
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,288 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Command Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie cop who stumbles onto the carnage reporting for his first duty, or play as Claire Redfield, desperately searching for her missing brother. Cutting edge 3-D accelerated graphics that create a terrifying, photo-realistic experience.
Why similar: Zombies 28%, Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 11.6%, Classic 6.6% ★, Survival 6%
- #32 Resident Evil (1996)
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,748 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Your squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a bio-experiment gone wrong. You’re plunged straight into a deathtrap. Arm yourself, solve puzzles, and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.
Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 10.9%, Classic 9.1% ★, Survival 6%
- #33 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.9%, Horror 19.6%, Third Person 16.5%, Dark 8.3%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its haunted-location exploration, inventory puzzles, permadeath-like character loss, and emphasis on dread suit players who value Resident Evil 2's atmosphere over gunplay.
- #34 Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999)
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,539 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Join Jill Valentine, the survivor of the notorious disaster, as her nightmare continues. After resigning from S.T.A.R.S. Jill now prepares to head out of Raccoon City… but caught in a town crawling with zombies, more than ever she must rely on brute force and cunning to find a way to escape alive.
Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 11.5%, Survival 6%, Gore 5.7%
- #35 Left 4 Dead 2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,060,263 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Zombies 65.2%, Survival Horror 6.7%, Horror 6.7%, Gore 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #36 Dino Crisis
72% 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 37.4%, Horror 16.8%, Survival 10%, Gore 5.4%, Shooter 5.1%
- #37 Dino Crisis 2
72% matchVery Positive88% of 759 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The game takes place in the world of the Cretaceous Period... Dinosaurs attack players in various scenes, including jungles, caves, lakes, and some buildings eroded by plants! Use the characteristics of increased number of weapons to overcome difficult challenges!
Why similar: Survival Horror 37%, Horror 16.9%, Survival 9.9%, Gore 7.7%, Violent 5.1%
- #38 Resident Evil 6
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 71,799 reviews2013
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Third Person 5.8%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #39 Resident Evil 5
73% matchVery Positive87% of 68,266 reviews2009
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
Why similar: Zombies 43.1%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.8%, Third Person 6.2%, Multiplayer 5%
- #40 Dying Light
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 496,161 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Zombies 36.1%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 11.4%, Survival 5.7%
- #41 Alien: Isolation
71% matchVery Positive93% of 67,015 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.8%, Horror 27.1%, Survival 7.1%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #42 Umbrella Corps
73% matchMostly Negative32% of 3,360 reviews2016
Dev: CAPCOM
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Join the corps! Umbrella Corps brings a competitive experience featuring new types of strategy and technique blended with elements from the world of Resident Evil, to create a unique kind of shooter!
Why similar: Zombies 53.2%, Horror 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Shooter 6.2%, Action 5.9%
- #43 Back 4 Blood
69% matchMixed69% of 73,371 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Why similar: Zombies 45.4%, Gore 13.8%, Horror 9.1%, Survival Horror 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #44 EBOLA 3
70% matchMixed70% of 344 reviews2022
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Gore 11%, Horror 10.7%, Violent 6.9%
- #45 EBOLA VILLAGE
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 428 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
Why similar: Zombies 31%, Survival Horror 23.3%, Horror 12.9%, Gore 12.1%, Violent 7.6%
- #46 Days Gone
67% matchVery Positive93% of 117,340 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Why similar: Zombies 44.1%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Survival 8.5%, Horror 6.7%, Third Person 6.5%
- #47 EBOLA
71% matchMixed41% of 234 reviews2019
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your main task is to find out who is involved in the spread and experiment on the "E" virus - Ebola, you need to stop the spread of the virus, and at the same time survive yourself! Millions of people may die.
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Survival Horror 21%, Horror 11%, Violent 6.7%, Gore 5.1%
- #48 Obscure
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,276 reviews2014
Dev: Hydravision EntertainmentPub: Mighty Rocket Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances. In this survival horror game, you take control of a group of 5 American students. With your friends, you try to unravel the mysterious happenings at this unremarkable-looking school. The night will be long and survival not will not be easy...
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.8%, Horror 23.5%, Classic 10.5% ★, Zombies 7.7%, Third Person 6.6%
- #49 The Walking Evil
70% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Survival Horror 20%, Gore 10.6%, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 7.9%
- #50 Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath)
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,664 reviews2014
Dev: Hydravision EntertainmentPub: Mighty Rocket Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Two years ago, a group of young teenagers found themselves trapped inside their school. They suffered through the longest night of their lives, chased by abominable creatures created by their principal. Some of them survived that terrible night, while others perished.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32%, Horror 27.3%, Zombies 14.3%, Third Person 6.1%, Survival 4.2%
- #51 Outbreak: The New Nightmare
70% matchMixed65% of 278 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!
Why similar: Zombies 26%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Gore 11.1%, Horror 10%, Violent 7.4%
- #52 Left 4 Dead
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 68,256 reviews2008
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 66.8%, Horror 10.9%, Multiplayer 7%, Survival 4.7%, Shooter 3.7%
- #53 DEAD RISING®
68% matchVery Positive88% of 7,298 reviews2016
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Classic 11% ★, Survival Horror 10%, Gore 9.1%, Third Person 7.1%
- #54 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 220,099 reviews2022
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 30.7 hrsMean: 62.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
Why similar: Zombies 42.4%, Gore 15.2%, Horror 13.4%, Violent 8.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #55 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: Zombies 40.6%, Survival Horror 31%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 6.1%, Shooter 4.1%
- #56 The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
64% matchVery Positive91% of 56,104 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Dog LLCPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 29.4 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 21%, Third Person 16.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Survival 7.4%
- #57 Fragile Reflection
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Spectra team
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!
Why similar: Zombies 22%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 10.5%, Third Person 8.4%
