- #1 Resident Evil Village
97% 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 20.2%, Horror 14.7%, Zombies 11.4%, VR 9.9%, Gore 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person viewpoint, weapon-and-inventory survival loop, grotesque villains, and direct continuation of Ethan Winters' story make it the closest follow-up.
- #2 Resident Evil 2
96% 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 23.7%, Zombies 21.9%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This modern remake delivers the same resource-constrained combat, puzzle-filled exploration, oppressive atmosphere, and terrifying enemy encounters in a larger police-station setting.
- #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: Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 19.8%, Zombies 16.2%, VR 8.9%, Gore 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It modernizes Resident Evil's survival-action formula with tense village encounters, deliberate inventory management, body horror, and a strong isolated-rural-horror mood.
- #4 Resident Evil 3
95% 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: Survival Horror 23.2%, Zombies 20.8%, Horror 19%, Gore 10.4%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its modern survival-horror presentation, zombies, limited supplies, and relentless Nemesis pursuit make it a natural choice for players wanting more contemporary Resident Evil tension.
- #5 The Evil Within
94% 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 25.9%, Horror 24.6%, Gore 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Zombies 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, grotesque survival-horror campaign built around scarce ammunition, traps, unsettling set pieces, and a protagonist trapped in a nightmare.
- #6 Alien: Isolation
94% 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 31.1%, Horror 29.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Survival 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person perspective, painstakingly detailed hostile environment, sparse resources, and constant vulnerability create isolation and dread comparable to the Baker estate.
- #7 SILENT HILL 2
92% 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 30.3%, Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its modernized psychological horror, oppressive exploration, disturbing creature design, and deeply personal story suit players who valued RE7's emotional unease as much as its combat.
- #8 Resident Evil
93% 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: Survival Horror 29.6%, Zombies 20.4%, Horror 18.9%, Classic 8.4% ★, Survival 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The series' foundational mansion horror remains an excellent match for RE7's locked-room exploration, puzzles, key items, healing management, and isolated-house atmosphere.
- #9 Resident Evil 0
91% 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: Survival Horror 26.1%, Horror 22.3%, Zombies 21.5%, Classic 6.4% ★, Gore 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its eerie enclosed locations, puzzle-driven progression, vulnerable protagonists, and partner-management system preserve classic Resident Evil survival-horror pressure.
- #10 Dead Space
90% 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 26.8%, Horror 25.9%, Gore 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Violent 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Although set in space and played in third person, it offers superb dismemberment combat, scarce resources, dense environmental horror, and a similarly isolated nightmare setting.
- #11 The Evil Within 2
91% 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 25.5%, Horror 22.3%, Gore 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Zombies 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the original's tense scavenging, hideous enemies, and psychological horror into interconnected areas while retaining meaningful stealth and limited-ammo combat.
- #12 Amnesia: The Bunker
89% matchVery Positive93% of 12,671 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival horror traps you in a confined, resource-starved location where managing light, fuel, noise, and an unstoppable monster is paramount.
- #13 Resident Evil Revelations 2
89% 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 25%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 20.5%, Gore 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its episodic campaign combines exploration, item scarcity, co-op-capable survival horror, and grotesque experimentation in a way that emphasizes tension over pure action.
- #14 Outlast
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 139,069 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Gore 12%, First-Person 8%, Psychological Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person asylum nightmare replaces weapons with hiding and a camcorder, making its helplessness and intimate gore especially effective for fans of RE7's frightening opening hours.
- #15 Resident Evil Revelations
88% 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: Survival Horror 27.1%, Horror 25.3%, Zombies 24%, Gore 4.6%, Action 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A creepy abandoned-ship setting, ammunition management, monster encounters, and conspiratorial biohazard story make this a strong smaller-scale Resident Evil alternative.
- #16 SOMA
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 21.1%, Gore 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person exploration of a decaying underwater facility trades combat for existential psychological horror, isolation, and unnerving environmental storytelling.
- #17 Nightmare of Decay
86% 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 23.4%, Horror 20.3%, Zombies 15.7%, Gore 11.4%, FPS 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This compact first-person homage to classic Resident Evil centers on limited ammunition, zombies, keys, puzzles, and deliberately old-school survival-horror tension.
- #18 Visage
85% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 6.6%, Violent 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: For players most interested in RE7's haunted-home tension, this slow-burning first-person psychological horror explores a deeply disturbing house with exceptional environmental dread.
- #19 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
84% 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 29.6%, Horror 15.8%, Violent 13.3%, First-Person 9%, Puzzle 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person indie survival horror features a haunted hotel, puzzles, firearms, inventory management, and a deliberately Resident Evil-inspired blend of combat and exploration.
- #20 Tormented Souls
84% 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 30.2%, Horror 19.7%, Gore 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its fixed-camera presentation is more traditional, but its mansion-like setting, environmental puzzles, constrained supplies, and grotesque threats closely echo classic survival horror.
- #21 EBOLA 3
83% 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: Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.4%, Zombies 12%, Gore 10.3%, Violent 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person combat, mansion-style layouts, inventory puzzles, laboratory horror, and overt Resident Evil inspiration make it a particularly direct low-budget alternative.
- #22 SIGNALIS
81% 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 45.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Violent 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Puzzle 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled sci-fi nightmare excels at tense exploration, limited inventory space, puzzle solving, and an emotionally disturbing survival-horror narrative.
- #23 Outlast 2
82% matchVery Positive91% of 64,674 reviews2017
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Gore 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It retains the first-person hiding and pursuit horror of Outlast while moving to an isolated rural cult setting that shares some thematic ground with RE7's backwoods nightmare.
- #24 EBOLA 2
82% 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: Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 12.6%, Zombies 12.3%, Gore 10.6%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival-horror sequel offers constrained combat, exploration of infected facilities, puzzles, and B-movie biohazard horror similar to RE7's campier elements.
- #25 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
81% matchVery Positive95% of 35,783 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Gore 13.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its landmark first-person design builds terror through darkness, sanity, puzzles, and vulnerability inside an isolated, decaying estate.
- #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: Survival Horror 30.5%, Zombies 21.1%, Horror 19.5%, FPS 7.1%, First-Person 6.8%
- #27 Crow Country
78% 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 34%, Horror 19.6%, Gore 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Violent 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact retro-survival-horror design features a creepy abandoned attraction, deliberate exploration, puzzle keys, limited combat resources, and memorable monsters.
- #28 Resident Evil (1996)
77% 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: Survival Horror 26.9%, Zombies 16.5%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Survival 7.3%
- #29 Darkwood
79% matchVery Positive95% of 25,035 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Survival 9.8%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its top-down perspective, its hostile rural setting, scarce resources, barricading mechanics, and relentless nighttime fear capture survival horror at its most oppressive.
- #30 In Sound Mind
78% matchVery Positive95% of 7,016 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person psychological horror combines exploration, puzzles, firearms, bizarre boss encounters, and a surreal character-driven story without abandoning accessibility.
- #31 ZOMBI
80% matchMixed65% of 3,151 reviews2015
Dev: Straight RightPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 13.2%, Gore 8.6%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person zombie survival emphasizes scavenging, cautious melee and firearm use, permanent-death consequences, and oppressive exploration through ruined London.
- #32 Resident Evil 2 (1998)
74% 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: Survival Horror 27.4%, Zombies 17.1%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Survival 7.1%
- #33 Resident Evil 6
76% 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 37.7%, Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Multiplayer 7%, Action 5.4%
- #34 The Beast Inside
75% matchVery Positive83% of 12,171 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Gore 8.8%, First-Person 7.5%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #35 Resident Evil 4 (2005)
74% 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: Survival Horror 31.3%, Zombies 22.2%, Horror 18.6%, Gore 6.2%, Classic 5.6% ★
- #36 Home Sweet Home
73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,788 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Gore 12.3%, VR 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #37 Bendy and the Dark Revival
71% matchVery Positive92% of 16,367 reviews2022
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.7%, Horror 28.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Survival 7.5%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #38 MADiSON
72% matchVery Positive87% of 3,450 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Gore 8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #39 Layers of Fear (2016)
72% matchVery Positive88% of 27,757 reviews2016
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 72.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 4.3%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Survival Horror 2.8%
- #40 Maid of Sker
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,471 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Gore 15.9%, Violent 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #41 Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999)
67% 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: Survival Horror 28.1%, Horror 16.8%, Zombies 16.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Survival 7.2%
- #42 Afterlife VR
71% matchVery Positive82% of 196 reviews2022
Dev: Split Light Studio
Windows
Afterlife VR is a deeply immersive horror game. As Adam Bernhard, a young rookie police officer on a night patrol, you receive a call that will change your life forever. Uncover secrets hidden deep within the Black Rose mental hospital walls, where most of the patients pose a great danger.
Why similar: VR 16.4%, Horror 16.1%, Zombies 15.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #43 Dead by Daylight
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 936,551 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 35.6 hrsMean: 370.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 5.2%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #44 Granny
69% matchVery Positive94% of 11,644 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 23.1%, VR 13%, First-Person 7.5%, Gore 7.1%
- #45 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
67% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 16.5%, Gore 14.8%, Zombies 14.5%, First-Person 7.3%
- #46 Among Ashes
67% matchVery Positive95% of 483 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.9%, Gore 6.9%
- #47 EBOLA
73% 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: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 13.8%, Zombies 13.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Violent 7%
- #48 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
70% 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: Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Gore 13.6%, Violent 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #49 Penumbra Overture
69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,186 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Survival Horror 22.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #50 7th Floor
65% matchVery Positive98% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Vörös GergelyPub: IGT Games
Windows
Find your missing daughter in the Hospital of Madness. Collect items, fight enemies, and do whatever it takes to reach her!
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Zombies 15.9%, Gore 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Violent 9.9%
- #51 The Last of Us™ Part I
65% 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: Survival Horror 21.9%, Zombies 21.2%, Horror 19.8%, Survival 8.4%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #52 Don't Knock Twice
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 730 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, VR 18.5%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9%
- #53 The Story of Henry Bishop
68% matchVery Positive83% of 549 reviews2019
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Violent 9.9%, Gore 8.2%, Zombies 7.6%
- #54 EBOLA VILLAGE
66% 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: Survival Horror 21%, Horror 16.1%, Zombies 15.9%, Gore 12.1%, Violent 7.9%
- #55 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,159 reviews2019
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, VR 22.9%, Survival Horror 20.7%, First-Person 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #56 Doorways: Prelude
70% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Survival Horror 19.3%, First-Person 7.5%, Gore 7.4%, VR 6%
