Survival-Horror Essentials

This is a list of survival-horror games that I think are the very best (though maybe not the very definition) of what a horror game is all about.

Enjoy!

NOTE: I have also included some games that I feel (though they may not be great or even good) are essential to the history of the survival-horror genre.

Rank Game Release Date GameSpot Score Blackgenjii's Score
1

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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2

Resident Evil

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3

Dead Space (2008)

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4

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

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5

Slender: The Arrival

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6

Haunting Ground

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7

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

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8

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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9

Resident Evil 5

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10

Resident Evil 0

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11

Outlast

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12

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

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13

Parasite Eve

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14

Parasite Eve II

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15

Dino Crisis

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16

Left 4 Dead

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17

Cry of Fear

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18

D

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19

State of Decay

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20

DayZ

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21

Silent Hill

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22

Haunted House (2010)

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23

Sweet Home

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24

Ghost House

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25

Project Firestart

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26

Laplace no Ma (1989)

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27

Alone in the Dark (1992)

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28

Alone in the Dark 2

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29

Lone Survivor

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30

The Legacy: Realm of Terror

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31

Doctor Hauzer

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32

Clock Tower

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33

Clock Tower 3

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34

Siren

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35

SIREN: Blood Curse

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36

Corpse Party

Originally released in 1996 over seas, and not available in the west until 2011.

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37

Dark Messiah

Known in the west as "Hellnight".

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38

F.E.A.R.

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39

Deadly Premonition

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40

Alan Wake

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