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2009PlayStation

An on-rails shooter retelling key moments from Resident Evil 2 and Code: Veronica, plus a new chapter. You aim and shoot zombies and monsters from a first-person view, solo or in two-player co-op, while the game handles movement.

Post-apocalyptic setting
Dread and tension
Shooting and gunplay
Playing together in co-op

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The closest matches for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles are Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Left 4 Dead and Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 98% match – Post-apocalyptic setting
To play together: Left 4 Dead 94% match – with co-op
Newest alternative: Arizona Sunshine II 91% match – released 2023

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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

98 %Match

2007PlayStation

An on-rails light gun shooter that retells the early Resident Evil games and the rise and fall of the Umbrella Corporation. You blast through familiar locations in short stages, with weapon upgrades and optional co-op.

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Left 4 Dead

Playing together in co-op

Four survivors fight through relentless zombie hordes together, with an AI Director reshaping enemy waves and special infected so every run feels tense and different. Teamwork is essential – stray from the group and you'll be pinned down fast.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

Playing together in co-op

Episodic survival horror on a grim island prison, alternating between two duos – Claire and Moira, Barry and Natalia – mixing gunplay with sneaking and item-finding. The addictive co-op Raid Mode adds loot-driven replay value.

Dead Nation

Post-apocalyptic setting

A top-down zombie shooter from Housemarque where you fight through hordes using guns, traps and exploding cars. Score multipliers and weapon upgrades drive the arcade-style chase for high scores, including in co-op.

Dead Space: Extraction

Dark, serious atmosphere

An on-rails shooter in the Dead Space universe that shows the early Necromorph outbreak on the Aegis VII colony through several survivors. Aimed shooting, limb dismemberment and a grim atmosphere deliver cinematic, intense horror.

Resident Evil: Revelations

Dark, serious atmosphere

A survival horror shooter that revives the claustrophobic tension of early series entries: you scrape by with scarce ammo against eerie mutants aboard an abandoned luxury ship. The Raid mode adds co-op action with loot progression.

Arizona Sunshine II

Post-apocalyptic setting

A VR zombie shooter set in the Arizona desert where you mow down hordes with guns and a machete, accompanied by a dog companion. Gory, action-packed and darkly humorous, with co-op support.

Resistance 3

Playing together in co-op

A grim first-person shooter set in an alien-ravaged 1950s America, where you fight to survive as Joseph Capelli. Upgradeable weapons, the weapon wheel and a co-op campaign define the experience.

Arizona Sunshine

Post-apocalyptic setting

A VR zombie shooter set in the Arizona desert where you wield weapons with your own hands and fight the undead at arm's length. Playable solo or in co-op, it mixes tense horror with a wisecracking apocalypse.

No More Room in Hell

Playing together in co-op

A cooperative zombie survival-horror shooter built on the Source engine, inspired by George Romero's films. Scarce ammo, deadly infection and teamwork drive tense, short survival rounds.

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