25 Greatest Survival Horror Games
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- DirectorShinji MikamiStarsJoe WhyteHeidi Anderson-SwanEd SmaronRemake of the first game in which the RPD squad, Jill and Chris, are forced to flee into a mysterious mansion. Featuring new gameplay mechanics, revised puzzles, additional explorable areas, a revised script, and new story details.I have both the gamecube and recent ps3 hd remaster and would buy it again if i could,forget the cheesy dialogue this is the best re game out there.The stars team are looking into recent murders in the mountains what they find is a mansion infested with zombies and bows.Scary stuff!
- DirectorKazuhiro AoyamaTatsuya ChibaStarsCatherine DisherVince CorazzaBenedict CampbellTwo months after surviving the grisly disaster at the mansion lab, Jill Valentine resigns from S.T.A.R.S. and attempts to escape the ruined nightmarish Racoon city.Now you play as jill valentine as she tries to escape the outbreak that started in re 2,whilst being pursued by a new enemy with a mission to eliminate all remaining stars members.
- DirectorHideki KamiyaStarsPaul HaddadAlyson CourtSally CahillTwo months after the mansion events, the deadly T-virus escapes into the streets of Raccoon City. Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield find the police office left abandoned. In an underground facility the story of Umbrella Corp. gets unfolded.A horror classic with a new setting in the rpd.I loved the fact you can play scenarios a and b with both leon and claire and it also introduces new monsters like the licker,super tyrant and g-birkin.
- DirectorShinji MikamiKuniomi MatsushitaStarsPaul MercierCarolyn LawrenceRino RomanoSix years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.You are leon kennedy investigating the kidnapping of ashley graham the presidents daughter in rural spain were the villagers are infected with a parasite known as las plagas.Loved this and have replayed it over and over.
- DirectorHiroki KatôShimako SatoToshiyuki AoyamaStarsAlyson CourtBill HoustonPeter OldringClaire Redfield infiltrates an Umbrella facility in Paris, but is captured and imprisoned on Rockfort Island. She teams up with inmate Steve Burnside to escape after an outbreak of the T-Virus on the island.Challenging with a interesting story and characters.You are claire redfield and are being held on a island when another outbreak happens.With wesker and new bows this is classic re.
- DirectorAdrian CiszewskiMarcin NowakStarsRoger Craig SmithNazneen ContractorSuraj ParthaFirst-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.This is a awesome game,the graphics are really good,story is interesting and the soundtracks one of the best i,ve heard for a while.Similiar gameplay to dead island but you can run over rooftops to avoid those infected with the harran virus.
- DirectorAljen JuchefskeyStarsPhil LaMarrKim Mai GuestDavid KayeWhen a mysterious outbreak claims the island of Banoi, four individuals who find themselves immune must use that power to protect the remaining survivors, uncover the truth, and escape.For me this revolutionised the zombie game.Changing to 1st person view with the ability to craft weapons etc.The infected are everywhere on banoi island and it can be a challenge to survive.
- StarsShawn BaichooChimwemwe MillerAndreas ApergisFreelance journalist, Miles Upshur, is requested by an anonymous individual to investigate the Mount Massive Asylum, only to find it overrun by the asylum's deranged patients.Now this is tense gameplay.No combat with only a night vision camera to light up a corridors and rooms of a physchiatric hospital and uncover the strange goings on.
- DirectorNeil DruckmannBruce StraleyStarsTroy BakerAshley JohnsonHana HayesIn a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.Good story and characters,suspense and panic inducing especially fighting clickers and the infected.Brilliant!
- DirectorKazuhide NakazawaStarsHeather MorrisRichard GrosseDonna BurkeHeather is suddenly thrust into a strange alternate reality filled with demonic imagery and twisted monsters. She quickly comes to find that the events unfolding around her have something to do with her past.My favorite silent hill,this is such a improvement from 1 and 2 where graphics are a bit dated now.Loved the heather story and new monsters.But can be a bit confusing like sh4 the room.
- DirectorTakayuki KobayashiMasashi TsuboyamaStarsGuy CihiMonica HorganDonna BurkeAfter receiving a letter from his late wife, from Silent Hill, James Sunderland heads towards the town to search for her, only to come across a terrifying road of truth and redemption.A good story about a man who recieves a letter from his dead wife which leads him to silent hill,and where you first meet pyramid head.
- DirectorMichael CondreyStarsTonantzin CarmeloJ.G. HertzlerIyari LimonEngineer Isaac Clarke and his crew get stranded on a large, abandoned mining ship. There, Clarke needs to repair the giant ship while battling nasty aliens and solving the mystery of what happened to the ship.I prefer this,the original set on the empty spaceship Ishimura.I found it quite unnerving and isolating with alot of jumpscares.
- DirectorYasuhiro AnpoKenichi UedaStarsRoger Craig SmithEva La DareD.C. DouglasSent in by the BSAA, Chris Redfield has a new mission. It takes him into South Africa where he encounters a new horror and relives an old past.A change from other RE titles set in africa,chris redfield now with the BSAA meets up with sheva alomar and they try and track down whos behind a new bioterror.Eventually leading to a old partner and enemy.
- DirectorMarwan A. AbderrazzaqMichael McCormickRobert TaylorStarsBrian BloomLlana BarronFitz HoustonAfter returning from war, a soldier returns to his hometown, only to discover the city deserted, and his brother and father missing, and he soon learns that Silent Hill may be behind the mystery.Very underated but with alot of atmosphere,intriguing characters and some scary creatures especially bosses.I loved this after i got better at the combat,rolling and ducking etc.
- DirectorKoji OdaKen SakamotoStarsAnthony TulloCyrus LaneDavid WebsterRebecca Chambers and convicted criminal Billy Coen explore an abandoned training facility for employees of the pharmaceutical company Umbrella.Decent prequel of the incidents before the mansion,such as a moving train filled with leeches and an umbrella training facility run by dr marcus.This is a 2 player game where you switch to do different tasks and puzzles.With new bows such as the frustrating leech zombie,monkeys and the prototype tyrant.
- DirectorKoushi NakanishiStarsAtsuko YuyaHiroki TôchiMitsuru MiyamotoJill Valentine and Parker Luciani are sent to search for Chris Redfield and Jessica Sherawat on the SS Queen Zenobia.Returning as jill valentine and chris redfield,both are bsaa and have been given the task of finding terrorist organization veltro.You start on a ghost ship filled with ooze creatures.Lots of tension when surrounded in small corridors and rooms of the ship.Especially first boss battle!
- DirectorKeith AremAndrew ProkhorovStarsMark IvanirYuri LowenthalBoris KievskyMan has fallen, struggling to survive within Moscow's metro. In the face of a new mysterious threat young Artyom must leave his home station for the first time, making a dangerous journey to the legendary Polis to enlist their help.Set mostly underground in the old tunnels,i found this game quite challenging.Mutants are quite tough to kill and you have very little ammo and supplies.Decent story and graphics!
- DirectorShinji MikamiYun M. WatanabeStarsAnson MountJennifer CarpenterJackie Earle HaleyWhile investigating the scene of a cruel murder, detective Sebastian Castellanos is knocked unconscious by a mysterious and powerful force. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world.Pretty confusing story,you are a detective who whilst on a call to a asylum are sucked into a nightmarish world filled with ghosts and strange creatures.Quite a hard game.
- DirectorAlan PatmoreStarsMark BerryJohn Patrick LowrieJohn ArmstrongA death row convict must fight his way to freedom when nightmarish monsters invade the prison.Underated ps2/xbox horror game set in a prison facility overrun with strange creatures that are the manifestations of dead prisoners.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsMichael Clarke DuncanRachel GriffithsRafeedah KeysThe Suffering: Ties That Bind is a uniquely American action-horror experience that surpasses the original in every way. You are Torque, armed with a deadly arsenal and your last shred of sanity, condemned to wage war against horrific monstrosities in a bloody battle for revenge against a hidden mastermind who holds the keys to your past...
- DirectorJohn JohanasYun M. WatanabeStarsMarqus BobesichMeg SaricksKiara Lisette GamboaThree years after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital, Sebastian Castellanos has left the Krimson City Police Department, but the mysterious organization MOBIUS gives him a chance to save his own thought-dead daughter.
- DirectorKazuhiro TsuchiyaStarsCornelia Hayes O'HerlihyGreg EllisMoira QuirkA young woman wakes up in the dungeon of a castle after being involved in a car accident. With the help of a White Shepherd, Hewie, she begins to explore the castle to escape and unravel the mysteries of it and its inhabitants.
- StarsAlex WeinerAndreas ApergisAngela MagriInvestigative Journalists Blake and his wife Lynn, travel to the Arizona Desert to pursue a lead on a popular suicide, but are soon ambushed by a mysterious and terrifying cult.
- DirectorAndrew ProkhorovStarsAleksandr VilkovAleksey CherevatenkoAnatoliy BogushFollowing the events of Metro 2033, Artyom, now an experienced ranger, confronted with guilt must go on a journey to face threats from outside the metro and within, as he finds out that he is humanity's last salvation for peace.
- DirectorKoushi NakanishiStarsTodd SoleyKatie O'HaganJack BrandAn ordinary man must embark on a search to find his missing wife that leads him to an abandoned house where a mysterious family lives who harbor an evil secret within the house and themselves.