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2019 PCPlayStationXbox 29.99 € 👍 69 % Mixed, 3,924 reviews on Steam

A love letter to '90s survival horror classics, with scarce ammo, a fiddly manual reloading system and puzzles in a small town overrun by mutants, told through three playable characters.

What defines Daymare: 1998:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Daymare: 1998 are Resident Evil 0, Dino Crisis and Cold Fear. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Daymare: 1998 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Resident Evil 0

92 %

2016 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 19.99 € 👍 81 % Very positive, 13,570 reviews on Steam

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Realistic visuals
  • Challenging difficulty

This prequel to the original Resident Evil sends you through a train and a gloomy estate with two characters you can swap between at any time. Scarce ammo, puzzles and fixed camera angles deliver classic survival horror.

Dino Crisis

Realistic visuals

Capcom's survival horror classic sends agent Regina into a research facility overrun by dinosaurs. Scarce ammo, puzzles and relentless raptors keep the tension high throughout.

Cold Fear

Realistic visuals

A survival-horror shooter set on an abandoned Russian whaling ship in a raging storm. As a Coast Guard sailor, you fight through tight, shifting corridors against mutated creatures.

Scars Above

Dark, serious atmosphere

A challenging sci-fi third-person action game where you play a scientist stranded on an alien planet, fighting monsters with elemental weapons and solving puzzles. Its checkpoint-based difficulty echoes soulslikes, while a mystery story drives you onward.

Heaven Dust 2

Pure single-player experience

A retro-style survival horror where you wake from cryosleep in a research base and fight through zombies, puzzles and scarce resources. It deliberately evokes the classics of the genre.

Hollowbody

Pure single-player experience

A short tech-noir survival horror set in an abandoned British city: as smuggler Mica you search for your missing partner with scarce resources. It mixes exploration, puzzles and gunplay in the spirit of classic PS1-era horror games.

The Evil Within

Dark, serious atmosphere

Shinji Mikami's brutal survival horror sends detective Sebastian Castellanos through a shifting, nightmarish world. Scarce ammo, deadly traps and grotesque monsters keep the tension constantly high.

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Dark, serious atmosphere

Classic survival horror in which Jill Valentine escapes a collapsing Raccoon City while hunted by the relentless Nemesis. Scarce ammo, puzzles, a dodge move and split-second live choices keep the tension high.

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Realistic visuals

A third-person action shooter where you play agent Nick Scryer and dispatch enemies with mind control, telekinesis and pyrokinesis alongside guns. Its physics-driven psychic powers and conspiracy plot set it apart.

Resident Evil Requiem

Realistic visuals

The ninth mainline Resident Evil switches between vulnerable FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, whose sections lean on classic survival horror, and the more action-heavy Leon S. Kennedy. Their two storylines weave together into a grim, emotional tale.

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