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2002 Classic

This remake of the survival horror classic sends you through a labyrinthine mansion full of zombies, puzzles and scarce ammo. Fixed camera angles, inventory juggling and resource scarcity create dense, oppressive tension.

What defines Resident Evil:

Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots to discover
Lavish presentation
Challenging difficulty

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The closest matches for Resident Evil are Darkwood, The Evil Within and Amnesia: The Bunker. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Resident Evil special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Darkwood

90 %

2017 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 19.99 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 21,618 reviews on Steam

Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots to discover
Challenging difficulty

Darkwood is a bleak top-down survival horror where you scavenge a eerie, partly randomized forest by day and barricade your hideout against horrors by night. Its surreal atmosphere and deliberately cryptic story create constant dread.

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The Evil Within

Challenging difficulty

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.

Amnesia: The Bunker

Dark, serious atmosphere

A first-person horror game in a WW1 bunker where you survive with scarce resources, a hand-cranked light and an unpredictable monster stalking you. The semi-open, systemic layout lets you improvise routes, hiding spots and puzzle solutions.

Silver Pines

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic-style survival horror set in a small American town, mixing scarce resources, puzzles and interconnected exploration into a grim mystery about redemption.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Dark, serious atmosphere

Bloober Team's survival horror casts you as a Traveler moving through a retro-futuristic, ruined Poland, from the 1980s to the apocalypse. Scarce ammo, monsters that merge unless you burn their corpses, and a layered time-travel plot keep the tension high.

Ground Zero

Challenging difficulty

A retro-style survival horror set in a ruined South Korea after a meteor strike, where mutated creatures roam. Scarce ammo, puzzles and gear upgrades deliver classic tension.

Tormented Souls II

Dark, serious atmosphere

Old-school survival horror where Caroline explores the decaying Villa Hess, solves intricate puzzles, manages scarce resources and fights grotesque creatures to rescue her sister from a cult.

Tormented Souls

Puzzles and brain teasers

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

Routine

Dark, serious atmosphere

A tense first-person horror trek through an abandoned lunar base styled after an 80s vision of the future, where you dodge hostile machines with a clunky tool while uncovering what happened to the crew. With almost no HUD, it relies on atmosphere, sound design and dread.

The Evil Within 2

Dark, serious atmosphere

Survival horror in which Sebastian Castellanos dives into the surreal STEM world to rescue his daughter. Semi-open town hubs, scarce resources and the freedom to sneak or fight create constant tension.