The Best Survival Horror Games of All Time Ranked

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Survival horror games have seen their fair share of ups and downs over the years. The genre’s golden age was during the late 1990s and early 2000s. A slew of “Resident Evil Clones” cemented survival horror’s place in the hearts of gamers worldwide.

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Fortunately, this too was only a temporary state of affairs. The last few years have seen both new and old survival horror games succeed critically and commercially.

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THE EVIL WITHIN (2014) This might seem an odd choice, seeing as this game was so divisive upon release. Criticized for the nonsensical story, and dismissed by many as regressive or outdated.

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ALIEN: ISOLATION (2014) Isolation is also technically a licensed game and had an odd choice of developer. Creative Assembly, best known for the Total War series seemed a poor fit for survival horror. It all looked like a recipe for disaster.

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AMNESIA: THE DARK DESCENT (2010) Scary to the point of being genuinely hard to play, there was no way Amnesia: The Dark Descent wasn’t going to feature on this list. It would be a lot higher if the gameplay was a little more fleshed out, but for pure atmosphere, there’s not much that comes close.

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DEAD SPACE (2008) Its two sequels may have disappointed hardcore survival horror fans, but there’s no denying that the original Dead Space is a classic. Influenced by Resident Evil and Silent Hill, Dead Space introduced a number of innovations that kept it from feeling like a retread.

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CONDEMNED: CRIMINAL ORIGINS (2005) The best survival horror games need to scare me above all else, but there are many ways in which a game can be scary. They can startle, disgust, and unnerve us. And then there are the games that come back to you in the middle of the night.

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RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (2017) I sometimes wonder if this game’s subtitle is a deliberate nod to the original Resident Evil, which was released in Japan as Biohazard. It would make sense because, in many ways, Resident Evil 7 feels like a new beginning.

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The Best Survival Horror Games of All Time Ranked

Survival horror games have seen their fair share of ups and downs over the years. The genre’s golden age was during the late 1990s and early 2000s. A slew of “Resident Evil Clones” cemented survival horror’s place in the hearts of gamers worldwide.

Fortunately, this too was only a temporary state of affairs. The last few years have seen both new and old survival horror games succeed critically and commercially.

THE EVIL WITHIN (2014) This might seem an odd choice, seeing as this game was so divisive upon release. Criticized for the nonsensical story, and dismissed by many as regressive or outdated.

ALIEN: ISOLATION (2014) Isolation is also technically a licensed game and had an odd choice of developer. Creative Assembly, best known for the Total War series seemed a poor fit for survival horror. It all looked like a recipe for disaster.

DEAD SPACE (2008) Its two sequels may have disappointed hardcore survival horror fans, but there’s no denying that the original Dead Space is a classic. Influenced by Resident Evil and Silent Hill, Dead Space introduced a number of innovations that kept it from feeling like a retread.

CONDEMNED: CRIMINAL ORIGINS (2005) The best survival horror games need to scare me above all else, but there are many ways in which a game can be scary. They can startle, disgust, and unnerve us. And then there are the games that come back to you in the middle of the night.

RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (2017) I sometimes wonder if this game’s subtitle is a deliberate nod to the original Resident Evil, which was released in Japan as Biohazard. It would make sense because, in many ways, Resident Evil 7 feels like a new beginning.

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