Top Survival Horror Games
60+ survival horror games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Horror, Action, Atmospheric, Singleplayer.
Recommended Survival Horror Games

Resident Evil Requiem
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

Lethal Company
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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- #1 Resident Evil Requiem98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 171,385 reviews2026Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 21.3hMean: 28.1h≥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.
- #2 Lethal Company98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 507,841 reviews2023Developer: ZeekerssPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.2hMean: 29.0h≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
- #3 Resident Evil 498% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 250,763 reviews2023Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 27.5hMean: 51.1h≥1hr: 96%
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.
- #4 Escape the Backrooms98% matchVery Positive91% of 139,253 reviews2025Developer: Fancy GamesPublisher: Secret ModePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 12.9h≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
- #5 Sons Of The Forest98% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: NewnightPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 15.1hMean: 32.5h≥1hr: 94%
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.
- #6 The Outlast Trials98% matchVery Positive93% of 102,823 reviews2024Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 33.4h≥1hr: 95%
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?
- #7 Resident Evil Village98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 147,474 reviews2021Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 15.7hMean: 32.8h≥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.
- #8 The Forest98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018Developer: Endnight Games LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- #9 Resident Evil 298% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 211,012 reviews2019Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 14.5hMean: 32.1h≥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.
- #10 Poppy Playtime98% matchVery Positive88% of 138,123 reviews2021Developer: Mob EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 8.9h≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
- #11 Dying Light98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 487,201 reviews2015Developer: TechlandPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.6hMean: 61.1h≥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.
- #12 DEVOUR98% matchVery Positive91% of 87,391 reviews2021Developer: Straight Back GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.4hMean: 13.4h≥1hr: 90%
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
- #13 SCP: Secret Laboratory98% matchVery Positive91% of 230,305 reviews2017Developer: Northwood StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 46.0h≥1hr: 65%
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
- #14 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 120,761 reviews2017Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 10.7hMean: 27.7h≥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.
- #15 Outlast98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 135,249 reviews2013Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.6hMean: 18.9h≥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.
- #16 Resident Evil 398% matchVery Positive83% of 119,660 reviews2020Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 7.8hMean: 19.8h≥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.
- #17 Resident Evil 4 (2005)98% matchVery Positive94% of 95,271 reviews2014Developer: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.2hMean: 29.9h≥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.
- #18 Dead by Daylight98% matchMostly Positive79% of 899,134 reviews2016Developer: Behaviour Interactive Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 34.9hMean: 360.4h≥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.
- #19 Alien: Isolation98% matchVery Positive93% of 65,250 reviews2014Developer: Creative AssemblyPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.8hMean: 17.0h≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
- #20 Resident Evil98% matchVery Positive92% of 34,597 reviews2015Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 16.6h≥1hr: 82%
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
- #21 Cry of Fear98% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013Developer: Team PsykskallarPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
- #22 SILENT HILL 298% matchVery Positive95% of 61,098 reviews2024Developer: Bloober Team SAPublisher: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.8hMean: 26.6h≥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.
- #23 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach98% matchVery Positive86% of 68,916 reviews2021Developer: Steel Wool StudiosPublisher: ScottGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.4hMean: 30.0h≥1hr: 90%
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
- #24 Five Nights at Freddy's98% matchVery Positive94% of 58,254 reviews2014Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 10.7h≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
- #25 Outlast 298% matchVery Positive91% of 62,978 reviews2017Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 17.1h≥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.
- #26 The Evil Within97% matchVery Positive85% of 32,856 reviews2014Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 19.2h≥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.
- #27 Ultimate Custom Night97% matchVery Positive95% of 62,275 reviews2018Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 9.0h≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
- #28 Barotrauma97% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023Developer: FakeFishPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 54.8h≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
- #29 PROJECT: PLAYTIME97% matchMostly Positive79% of 56,941 reviews2022Developer: Mob EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 50%
PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. A seventh player controls the monster and is given only one goal: Find and kill everyone.
- #30 Dead Space96% matchVery Positive91% of 65,244 reviews2023Developer: MotivePublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.6hMean: 17.2h≥1hr: 87%
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.
- #31 The Evil Within 296% matchVery Positive92% of 30,560 reviews2017Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.9hMean: 22.5h≥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.
- #32 Subnautica 295% matchVery Positive91% of 98,787 reviews2026Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.8hMean: 10.7h≥1hr: 93%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
- #33 SIGNALIS94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022Developer: rose-enginePublisher: Balor GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.5hMean: 9.1h≥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.
- #34 GTFO94% matchVery Positive84% of 65,714 reviews2021Developer: 10 ChambersPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.9hMean: 27.3h≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
- #35 Inside the Backrooms94% matchVery Positive80% of 46,110 reviews2022Developer: MrFatcatPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 15.0h≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
- #36 The Callisto Protocol™94% matchMixed65% of 43,003 reviews2022Developer: Striking Distance StudiosPublisher: KRAFTON, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 10.4hMean: 17.2h≥1hr: 88%
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
- #37 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator93% matchVery Positive94% of 32,830 reviews2017Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
- #38 Resident Evil Revelations 293% matchMostly Positive78% of 31,367 reviews2015Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.0hMean: 19.4h≥1hr: 85%
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
- #39 Resident Evil 093% matchVery Positive80% of 18,568 reviews2016Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 15.3h≥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.
- #40 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre93% matchMixed66% of 22,738 reviews2023Developer: Sumo DigitalPublisher: Gun InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.5hMean: 65.7h≥1hr: 91%
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
- #41 Five Nights at Freddy's 293% matchVery Positive94% of 25,670 reviews2014Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 17.1h≥1hr: 58%
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
- #42 City Car Driving92% matchVery Positive83% of 34,925 reviews2016Developer: Forward Development, Ltd.Publisher: Forward Global Group, Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 33.5h≥1hr: 80%
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
- #43 Backrooms: Escape Together91% matchVery Positive88% of 36,535 reviews2022Developer: Triiodide StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
- #44 Choo-Choo Charles91% matchVery Positive91% of 17,081 reviews2022Developer: Two Star GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.7hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 76%
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
- #45 Nuclear Nightmare91% matchVery Positive81% of 18,198 reviews2024Developer: BG ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 5.2h≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
- #46 Dead Space (2008)91% matchVery Positive92% of 28,831 reviews2009Developer: EA Redwood ShoresPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 10.5h≥1hr: 79%
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
- #47 Resident Evil Revelations91% matchVery Positive81% of 17,725 reviews2013Developer: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.9hMean: 24.6h≥1hr: 89%
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
- #48 SILENT HILL f90% matchVery Positive81% of 27,037 reviews2025Developer: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Publisher: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 22.7h≥1hr: 91%
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
- #49 Amnesia: The Dark Descent90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010Developer: Frictional GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 10.4h≥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.
- #50 Dead Space™ 290% matchVery Positive94% of 28,888 reviews2011Developer: Visceral GamesPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 14.8h≥1hr: 87%
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.
- #51 Five Nights at Freddy's 490% matchVery Positive93% of 16,600 reviews2015Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 22.8h≥1hr: 45%
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.
- #52 Dead Frontier 290% matchMixed70% of 28,093 reviews2019Developer: Creaky Corpse LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 16.2h≥1hr: 47%
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
- #53 SOMA89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015Developer: Frictional GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.6hMean: 10.2h≥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.
- #54 Look Outside89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,602 reviews2025Developer: Francis CoulombePublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.8hMean: 15.1h≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
- #55 Escape from Tarkov88% matchMixed48% of 51,794 reviews2025Developer: Battlestate GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 38.0hMean: 167.5h≥1hr: 95%
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
- #56 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,607 reviews2022Developer: Miro HaverinenPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.2hMean: 24.8h≥1hr: 80%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
- #57 Bendy and the Ink Machine87% matchVery Positive89% of 35,088 reviews2017Developer: Joey Drew StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.8hMean: 12.7h≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
