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.

Escape the Backrooms
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.
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- #1 Resident Evil Requiem98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 154,152 reviews2026Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 20.3hMean: 25.1h≥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 Escape the Backrooms98% matchVery Positive91% of 134,540 reviews2025Developer: Fancy GamesPublisher: Secret ModePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.0hMean: 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.
- #3 Lethal Company98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 503,936 reviews2023Developer: ZeekerssPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.2hMean: 28.7h≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
- #4 Resident Evil 498% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 234,964 reviews2023Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 27.6hMean: 51.2h≥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.
- #5 Sons Of The Forest98% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: NewnightPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.9hMean: 32.0h≥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 98,919 reviews2024Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 32.7h≥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 142,279 reviews2021Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 15.8hMean: 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 665,921 reviews2018Developer: Endnight Games LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 37.0h≥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 201,291 reviews2019Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 14.4hMean: 32.0h≥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 SILENT HILL 298% matchVery Positive95% of 58,918 reviews2024Developer: Bloober Team SAPublisher: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.6hMean: 26.0h≥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.
- #11 Poppy Playtime98% matchVery Positive88% of 132,662 reviews2021Developer: Mob EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 8.8h≥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.
- #12 Dying Light98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 482,438 reviews2015Developer: TechlandPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.6hMean: 60.9h≥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.
- #13 DEVOUR98% matchVery Positive91% of 86,959 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.
- #14 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach98% matchVery Positive86% of 68,416 reviews2021Developer: Steel Wool StudiosPublisher: ScottGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.5hMean: 30.2h≥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.
- #15 SCP: Secret Laboratory98% matchVery Positive91% of 228,941 reviews2017Developer: Northwood StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 45.3h≥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.
- #16 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,718 reviews2017Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 10.7hMean: 27.5h≥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.
- #17 Outlast98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 133,959 reviews2013Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.6hMean: 18.6h≥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.
- #18 Resident Evil 398% matchVery Positive83% of 109,799 reviews2020Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 7.9hMean: 20.1h≥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.
- #19 Dead by Daylight98% matchMostly Positive79% of 888,188 reviews2016Developer: Behaviour Interactive Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 34.4hMean: 355.0h≥1hr: 95%
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. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
- #20 Resident Evil 4 (2005)98% matchVery Positive94% of 92,494 reviews2014Developer: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.0hMean: 29.5h≥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.
- #21 Alien: Isolation98% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014Developer: Creative AssemblyPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.8hMean: 16.8h≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
- #22 Five Nights at Freddy's98% matchVery Positive94% of 57,765 reviews2014Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 10.5h≥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!
- #23 Cry of Fear98% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013Developer: Team PsykskallarPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 7.6h≥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.
- #24 Resident Evil98% matchVery Positive92% of 32,759 reviews2015Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 16.5h≥1hr: 82%
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
- #25 Ultimate Custom Night98% matchVery Positive95% of 61,937 reviews2018Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 8.7h≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
- #26 The Evil Within98% matchVery Positive85% of 32,478 reviews2014Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 19.0h≥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 Barotrauma98% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023Developer: FakeFishPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 54.3h≥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!
- #28 Outlast 298% matchVery Positive91% of 62,280 reviews2017Developer: Red BarrelsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 16.8h≥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.
- #29 PROJECT: PLAYTIME98% matchMostly Positive79% of 56,052 reviews2022Developer: Mob EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 6.3h≥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 Space97% matchVery Positive91% of 63,544 reviews2023Developer: MotivePublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 16.8h≥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 297% matchVery Positive92% of 30,357 reviews2017Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.9hMean: 22.4h≥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 SIGNALIS95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022Developer: rose-enginePublisher: Balor GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 9.0h≥1hr: 79%
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.
- #33 Inside the Backrooms95% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 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...
- #34 GTFO95% matchVery Positive84% of 65,286 reviews2021Developer: 10 ChambersPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.9hMean: 27.2h≥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 The Callisto Protocol™95% matchMixed65% of 42,820 reviews2022Developer: Striking Distance StudiosPublisher: KRAFTON, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 10.4hMean: 17.1h≥1hr: 88%
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
- #36 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator94% matchVery Positive94% of 32,569 reviews2017Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
- #37 Resident Evil Revelations 294% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,758 reviews2015Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.0hMean: 19.1h≥1hr: 85%
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
- #38 Resident Evil 094% matchVery Positive81% of 17,372 reviews2016Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 15.0h≥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.
- #39 Five Nights at Freddy's 294% matchVery Positive94% of 25,453 reviews2014Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 16.1h≥1hr: 58%
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
- #40 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre94% matchMixed66% of 22,597 reviews2023Developer: Sumo DigitalPublisher: Gun InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.5hMean: 64.6h≥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 City Car Driving93% matchVery Positive83% of 34,223 reviews2016Developer: Forward Development, Ltd.Publisher: Forward Global Group, Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 33.4h≥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.
- #42 Choo-Choo Charles93% matchVery Positive91% of 16,941 reviews2022Developer: Two Star GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 5.7h≥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.
- #43 Dead Space (2008)93% matchVery Positive92% of 28,635 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.
- #44 Nuclear Nightmare92% matchVery Positive81% of 17,749 reviews2024Developer: BG ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 5.1h≥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.
- #45 Backrooms: Escape Together92% matchVery Positive88% of 34,229 reviews2022Developer: Triiodide StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 5.6h≥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.
- #46 Resident Evil Revelations92% matchVery Positive81% of 17,135 reviews2013Developer: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.9hMean: 24.5h≥1hr: 89%
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
- #47 Amnesia: The Dark Descent92% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010Developer: Frictional GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 54%
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.
- #48 SILENT HILL f91% matchVery Positive81% of 25,603 reviews2025Developer: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Publisher: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.3hMean: 22.3h≥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 Five Nights at Freddy's 491% matchVery Positive93% of 16,450 reviews2015Developer: Scott CawthonPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 21.4h≥1hr: 44%
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.
- #50 Dead Frontier 292% matchMostly Positive70% of 27,956 reviews2019Developer: Creaky Corpse LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 15.9h≥1hr: 48%
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.
- #51 Dead Space™ 291% matchVery Positive94% of 28,325 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.
- #52 SOMA91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 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.
- #53 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,176 reviews2022Developer: Miro HaverinenPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.1hMean: 25.0h≥1hr: 79%
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!
- #54 Bendy and the Ink Machine89% matchVery Positive89% of 34,313 reviews2017Developer: Joey Drew StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.8hMean: 12.5h≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
- #55 Look Outside88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,497 reviews2025Developer: Francis CoulombePublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 14.9h≥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.
- #56 Pacify89% matchVery Positive86% of 42,392 reviews2019Developer: Shawn HitchcockPublisher: Hitchcock GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.1hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 73%
There is reportedly an evil inside that house. Something about an old funeral parlor offering a last chance to talk to their dead loved ones. Plus something about lights, laughter, a girl, missing people, etc... You know the same stuff everyone claims. Take a team, and check the place out.
