The Survival Horror Zone

Horror games about limited resources, vulnerability, exploration, and oppressive danger.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Silver Pines - Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
Invokyr - A co-op survival horror game about a cursed board game. Play with up to 5 friends. Roll the dice, survive the horrors that are summoned, and beat the Gamemaster to win your freedom.
RetroSpace - Immersive, disco-punk, space horror where you can be a sneaky chap or a mutant action hero as you try to survive on a space station swallowed by a black hole. A mind-bending ride with weird creatures, immersive features, time jumps, and '70s mustaches!
SILENT HILL: Townfall - Players say: In 1996, Simon returns to fogbound St. Amelia, using stealth, scarce weapons, puzzles and a signal-tuning pocket TV to uncover its past. Players like: Foggy Town Atmosphere · Sound Design · Detailed Environments ·
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Returning to an island town to ‘put things right’, Simon Ordell descends into a world of tense evasion, explosive confrontations, and mind-bending puzzles that slowly surface the truth of St. Amelia.

Fright Train - Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror roguelite.
Rehaunted - Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY! - Run your bar as a gorilla and hunt down the humans in animal costumes hiding among your customers. Observe them closely, spot the clues that give their disguises away, test their slogans, and blow the imposters away with your shotgun. Choose your targets wisely... or become the hunted.
Withering Realms - A ghost and her doll guardian explore the mysterious town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards, tombs, caves and rotting estates that surround it in this Horror Action RPG from the creator of Withering Rooms.
Inferno Protocol - A survival horror set in a massive maze. Play solo or 6-player co-op. Scavenge resources to craft gear and survive against terrifying enemies. Unlock unique abilities and find the exit.
House 2 - As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...

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Green Hell - Players say: Stranded in the Amazon, anthropologist Jake Higgins must craft, hunt, treat injuries, and survive while searching for his wife. Players like: Layered Survival Systems · Jungle Atmosphere · Learning By Experiment ·
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Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Darkwood - Players say: Trapped in a hostile forest, scavenge by day, fortify hideouts by night, and make choices while seeking a way out. Players like: Atmosphere and Sound · Story and Characters · Tense Night Survival ·
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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.

DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition - Players say: As an ambitious repossession agent, Price explores eerie 2D locations, solves item puzzles, and confronts the cost of his work. Players like: Emotional Moral Story · Unsettling Atmosphere · Pixel Art Style ·
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DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Silence of the Sleep - Players say: After waking without his memories in a nightmarish world, Jacob explores, solves puzzles, and evades creatures to find his purpose. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Surreal Visual Style · Emotional Mystery ·
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You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Asleep: Act 1 - Players say: As Ana Lúcia, explore a 1990s Brazilian nightmare, solve point-and-click puzzles, and use light to evade hostile creatures. Players like: Eerie Pixel Art · Brazilian Setting · Intriguing Story ·
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Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare - Players say: As Alan Wake faces his murderous double in Arizona, use light and firearms to fight Taken in a short story and survival modes. Players like: Faster, Smoother Combat · Expanded Weapon Selection · Arcade Survival Mode ·
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A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

Alan Wake - Players say: Search for his missing wife as writer Alan Wake uncovers a supernatural mystery and uses light to expose enemies in Bright Falls. Players like: Intriguing Writer Story · Creepy Forest Atmosphere · Light-Based Combat ·
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A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Apartament 1406: Horror - Players say: Explore a haunted apartment, solve item-based puzzles, and choose when to fight paranormal creatures with scarce supplies. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Sound Design · Jump Scares ·
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Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

Aliens vs. Predator™ - Players say: Play a Marine, Alien, or Predator across three linked FPS campaigns, shifting from survival horror to stealth hunting and ambushes. Players like: Distinct Campaigns · Tense Marine Horror · Atmospheric Sound Design ·
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Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

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World War Z - Players say: Team up as survivors in a third-person shooter, blasting through global zombie campaigns and defending against climbing hordes. Players like: Enormous Zombie Swarms · Co-op With Friends · Distinct Class Roles ·
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World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

The Long Dark - Players say: Survive alone in a post-disaster Canadian winter by scavenging, crafting, and managing hunger, thirst, fatigue, and cold. Players like: Survival Sandbox · Lonely Winter Atmosphere · Exploration and Planning ·
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THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Massacre At The Mirage - Players say: Work a Halloween movie-night shift, switching among cinema staff and patrons as a masked clown turns the theater into a slasher. Players like: 80s Slasher Atmosphere · Multiple Character Views · Campy Horror Humor ·
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For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Rodland of Pipes - Crawl through pipes, navigate the maze, listen carefully and get out before Rodland finds you.
The Lacerator - Lose a limb? You’ll adapt in THE LACERATOR! A titillating mix of survival horror and trashy 80’s film.
This Curse Is Metal as Hell! | Kusodeka Bayashi - This Curse Is Metal as Hell! is a first-person horror comedy game. As the game’s child protagonist, master the special powers hidden within your dad’s MP3 player to rush your way through a world of pure terror. Do you have what it takes to defeat the curse that plagued your family for generations?
CAPTURED 2 - Players say: As missing teen Emily, photograph anomalies in a shifting apartment loop, evade toy-like entities, and piece together her lost past. Players like: Emotional Story · Eerie Atmosphere · Anomaly Hunting ·
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You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.

MOLDRISE - Players say: A foot infection drives you up a 30-floor apartment block, where you barter, scavenge, and learn from each failed climb. Players like: Oppressive Building Atmosphere · Knowledge-Based Progression · Distinctive Visuals and Sound ·
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It started in your foot. Now it’s in your head. All that remains is the command: GO UP. Meet strange neighbors. Make bad trades. Every ascent teaches you what you should have done differently.

Clea - Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.
Mycopsychosys: Remastered - 🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Survive or Thrive - Crikey, mate! You shouldn't be out here all on your own! There's big MONSTAS' runnin' about! And besides... It's not always the beasts that you gotta watch out for. Beasts are easy to predict! They just wanna kill and eat ya! Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first!
Endgame: Road To Salvation - A high-octane road trip through a besieged world during a demon-infested zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, form a caravan, call in various support drops or air strikes, loot random structures for supplies or craft them yourself, modify common vehicles into post-apocalyptic machines of war.
KUNKUN League - Rougelite + Russian Roulette, but using a more powerful cannon. Survive and take all the prizes!
I'm on Observation Duty 4 - Players say: Monitor security cameras, report strange changes and intruders, and survive the night until 6 a.m. Players like: Black-and-White Cameras · Unsettling Atmosphere · Subtle Anomaly Hunts ·
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A spot the difference -type of puzzle horror game about monitoring live surveillance camera footage and spotting anomalies. Anomalies range from furniture movement to intruders. Fix anomalies by filing reports. You will need sharp eyes and good memory. The goal is to survive the entire night.

Feed The Pit - Players say: As a cult’s Seeker, use location-question cards to track targets through a deadly forest, then evade monsters and hunt them down. Players like: Intriguing Story · Card-Based Hunts · Memorable Cult Characters ·
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JOIN THE SOCIETY in this story-driven, investigative horror game. Hunt down wealthy humans in a deadly forest in order to Feed The Pit. Act 1 is available at launch. Acts 2 & 3 will release as free updates in the coming months!

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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

The Upturned - Players say: In a hotel for the dead, hop through strange floors, find replacement fuses, and throw furniture at monsters to reach your room. Players like: Comedy-Horror Balance · Funny Ik Dialogue · Physics-Based Throwing ·
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A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.

White Knuckle - Players say: Climb out of an underground megastructure with momentum-based, two-handed controls while managing tools and outrunning danger. Players like: Tactile Climbing Controls · Tense Horror Atmosphere · Rewarding Skill Growth ·
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White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

Look Outside - Players say: Survive 15 days in an apartment building where looking outside transforms people, scavenging for supplies and fighting monsters. Players like: Distinctive Pixel Art · Cosmic Horror Atmosphere · Memorable Characters ·
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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.

Crow Country - Players say: As Mara Forest, investigate an abandoned 1990 theme park, solving puzzles and confronting or avoiding its roaming monsters. Players like: Eerie Park Atmosphere · Satisfying Puzzles · Retro Visual Style ·
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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…

Psychopomp GOLD - Players say: A woman armed with a hammer explores surreal catacombs beneath familiar places, solving puzzles and uncovering hidden secrets. Players like: Surreal, Unsettling Atmosphere · Distinctive Visual Style · Cryptic Story And Lore ·
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Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?

It Steals - Players say: Navigate maze-like levels, collect blue orbs, and outwit a different lurking monster in each arcade-style horror mode. Players like: Tense, Scary Chases · Distinct Game Modes · Effective Sound Design ·
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AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

Sorry We're Closed - Players say: A London shop clerk cursed by an archdemon explores demon-haunted sites, exposes enemy weak points, and shapes relationships through choices. Players like: Distinctive Art Direction · Character-Driven Story · Memorable Boss Music ·
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Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.

Lethal Company - Players say: As Company crew, scavenge scrap from dangerous abandoned moons, survive their creatures, and meet quotas with friends. Players like: Funny Co-op Moments · Horror-Comedy Balance · Varied Creature Encounters ·
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A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Resident Evil 4 - Players say: As agent Leon Kennedy, fight through a hostile European village to rescue the president’s daughter with careful shooting and resource management. Players like: Knife Parries and Gunplay · Tense Horror Atmosphere · Varied Encounters ·
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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.

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Resident Evil 2 - Players say: As rookie cop Leon and student Claire face Raccoon City’s zombie outbreak, explore, solve puzzles, and ration supplies to survive. Players like: Tense, Dark Atmosphere · Police Station Design · Mr. X Pursuit ·
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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.

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SIGNALIS - Players say: As technician Replika Elster, search a derelict off-world facility for your lost partner, solving puzzles and rationing supplies. Players like: Haunting Atmosphere · Emotional Mystery · Retro Art Direction ·
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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.

Enigma of Fear - Players say: Detective Mia searches the impossible Perimeter for her missing father, piecing together clues and solving puzzles amid paranormal threats. Players like: Satisfying Deductions · Intriguing Mystery · Distinctive Visuals ·
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Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.