Games Like Resident Evil Village

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 20.6%, Horror 14.7%, Zombies 11.4%, Gore 9.4%, VR 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is Village’s direct mechanical and tonal predecessor, with the same first-person survival-horror foundation, inventory tension, and intimate house-of-horrors pacing.

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 23.7%, Zombies 17.3%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 7.4%, VR 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of fast-paced combat, weapon upgrades, memorable villains, and survival-horror set pieces makes it the closest third-person counterpart to Village’s action-heavy side.

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 25.7%, Zombies 25.1%, Horror 13.4%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers top-tier modern Resident Evil survival horror through resource management, puzzle-solving, and relentless monster pressure in a tightly designed campaign.

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 25.7%, Horror 17.1%, Gore 10.1%, Zombies 9%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Village, it blends survival-horror dread with heavier action, grotesque creature design, exploration, and large-scale boss encounters.

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 29.5%, Horror 21.3%, Gore 13.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Violent 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This remake matches Village’s AAA horror feel with intense combat, gruesome enemy dismemberment, strong atmosphere, and a satisfying upgrade loop.

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 23.4%, Zombies 22.1%, Horror 14.3%, Gore 9.9%, Violent 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Village’s more streamlined, action-forward approach while keeping the series’ monster pressure, cinematic pacing, and survival-horror DNA.

(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 35.1%, Zombies 26.5%, Horror 15.6%, Gore 6.4%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: Village borrows heavily from this game’s structure, balancing spooky exploration, merchant upgrades, campy horror, and escalating action encounters.

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 27.5%, Horror 19.6%, Gore 14.8%, Zombies 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its gruesome monsters, oppressive atmosphere, limited supplies, and brutal set pieces make it a strong fit for Village players who want something harsher and stranger.

RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 16.3%, Gore 8.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This entry leans into creepy environments, mutant enemy encounters, ammo conservation, and episodic story beats that echo Village’s horror-action balance.

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 34.1%, Horror 24%, First-Person 10.2%, Survival 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: If Village’s first-person immersion and constant tension hooked you, this nails the same vulnerable, hyper-atmospheric horror feeling with stronger stealth emphasis.

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 32.2%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Sexual Content 8%

Why You'll Like It: It is less combat-driven than Village, but its modern survival-horror presentation, oppressive atmosphere, and story-rich psychological terror make it an excellent adjacent pick.

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 29.1%, Zombies 27.2%, Horror 20.5%, Action 5.5%, Gore 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes traditional Resident Evil exploration and resource tension with a more modern action edge, making it a natural next step for Village fans.

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.3%, Zombies 25.9%, Horror 16.8%, Survival 5.3%, Gore 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Village repeatedly echoes this game’s mansion-horror roots, with locked-door progression, puzzle-heavy exploration, and classic survival-horror pressure.

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 26.4%, Horror 15%, FPS 11.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person survival horror built around scarce resources, diegetic inventory management, and emergent encounters that feel intensely immediate.

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 30.2%, Zombies 26.1%, Horror 19.3%, Gore 5.8%, Survival 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more old-school take on Resident Evil’s item management, backtracking, and monster survival, appealing if Village made you want deeper series roots.

Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.

Why similar: Survival Horror 46.9%, Horror 28.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Dark 7.1%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic presentation, gruesome gore, claustrophobic monster fights, and heavy survival-horror atmosphere line up well with Village’s modern horror spectacle.

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%, Zombies 16.5%, Horror 14.7%, FPS 11.2%, Gore 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It feels like a stripped-down first-person indie Resident Evil, with keys, combat, inventory management, and undead-infested exploration.

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 27.4%, Zombies 24.6%, Horror 14.6%, Gore 11.2%, Violent 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It wears its Resident Evil inspiration openly, offering inventory management, puzzle progression, zombie-heavy combat, and old-school survival-horror structure.

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: FPS 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This story-driven first-person shooter captures a similar mix of exploration, scarce resources, upgrades, and tense encounters with human and mutant threats.

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 35.7%, Survival Horror 19%, Horror 18%, Gore 6.9%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although more action-heavy and co-op-friendly, its upgrade path, treasure hunting, boss fights, and pacing overlap with Village’s blockbuster horror side.

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.9%, Horror 22.5%, Gore 12.8%, Survival 9.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It pushes closer to Village’s blockbuster side with slicker combat, relentless pacing, body horror, and memorable large-scale encounters.

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: Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 18.5%, Gore 12.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Village was the first-person dread and grotesque imagery, this doubles down on terrifying atmosphere and relentless horror escalation.

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 32.7%, Horror 16%, Gore 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Dark 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It recreates classic survival-horror design with mansion-like exploration, puzzles, limited saves, and oppressive atmosphere for players who liked Village’s series heritage.

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 24.2%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Gore 9%, First-Person 8.6%, Violent 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person perspective, creepy estate exploration, narrative focus, and bursts of direct danger give it a Village-adjacent horror-adventure flavor.

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 29.2%, Zombies 21.6%, Horror 14.2%, FPS 10.7%, First-Person 6.9%

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 29.9%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Gore 12.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It drops the combat but preserves the vulnerable first-person tension, disturbing environments, and constant fear that made Village so immersive.

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 34.8%, Horror 22.6%, Gore 10.5%, Violent 8%, Zombies 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This one delivers more action-focused survival horror with creature-heavy combat, tight environments, and a clear Resident Evil-style campaign rhythm.

A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Zombies 11.7%, Horror 8.9%, Gore 8.5%, Sexual Content 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This indie channels Resident Evil-style first-person survival horror with weapon-based combat, grotesque enemies, and a grim, gore-heavy tone.

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: Survival Horror 22.2%, Zombies 19.9%, Horror 12.1%, Gore 10.9%, FPS 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person combat against the infected, constant survival pressure, and day-night horror escalation make it a strong match if you liked Village’s action-forward intensity.

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 21.4%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 12.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a story-driven first-person horror game with unsettling monster encounters, puzzle progression, and a slower but similarly oppressive campaign feel.

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 28.3%, Zombies 19%, Horror 13%, Survival 7.6%, Psychological Horror 6.9%

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 29.2%, Zombies 19.4%, Horror 13.1%, Survival 7.4%, Gore 6.6%

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 30.4%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 9.7%, Gore 7.9%, Survival 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person zombie survival game emphasizes careful exploration, limited resources, and high-stakes combat in a way Village fans can appreciate.

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: Zombies 26.3%, Horror 15.5%, Gore 14.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Violent 7.2%

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 19.5%, Zombies 15.8%, Horror 11.2%, Gore 10.5%, FPS 9.5%

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 29.9%, Survival Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 7.9%, Dark 6.9%

Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

Why similar: Zombies 43.2%, Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Action 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.8%

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 28%, Gore 14.9%, FPS 10.9%, Horror 9.6%, Survival Horror 8.7%

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: Survival Horror 21.6%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Gore 8%

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 31.3%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Gore 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 18.7%, Zombies 13.8%, Gore 10.6%, Horror 10%, First-Person 7.4%

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 20%, Horror 16%, Sexual Content 13%, Survival Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.7%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%

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 30.7%, Survival Horror 22%, Gore 14.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.

Why similar: Sexual Content 26%, Violent 18.6%, Gore 18%, Action 17.3%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 18.3%, Zombies 13.7%, Gore 10.4%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 7.1%

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 42.2%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Gore 11.6%, Violent 6%, First-Person 5.1%

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 19.7%, Zombies 14.5%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Violent 7.2%

Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

Why similar: Gore 27.3%, FPS 19.7%, Violent 15%, First-Person 11.2%, Action 5.9%

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 23.9%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Survival 8.7%

Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Zombies 17.4%, VR 14.8%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 10.4%

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Horror 15.4%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 9%, First-Person 8.5%

When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Survival Horror 14%, Gore 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sexual Content 10.1%

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 21.4%, VR 15.7%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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 30%, Zombies 18.5%, Horror 13.4%, Survival 7.3%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.7%, Horror 19.5%, Gore 16.6%, Violent 13%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

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 29.8%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 10.3%, Horror 7.9%