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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.
What defines The Evil Within:
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The closest matches for The Evil Within are Daymare: 1998, Beneath and Returnal. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Evil Within special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
89 %
Best match
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.
89 % −40 %Dark, serious atmosphere
An underwater horror shooter where you must survive a menacing, enigmatic deep-sea setting and fend off terrifying enemies. Survival pressure mixed with gunplay keeps the tension high.
89 % 59.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
As a stranded astronaut caught in a time loop, you fight across a constantly shifting alien planet. Frantic bullet-hell shooting and a dark, enigmatic story make every run intense and punishing.
88 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
A Japanese survival horror game set in a cursed 1970s village where an American film crew fights to survive the undead Shibito. Told in episodes with many playable characters, it relies on stealth, scarce resources and oppressive atmosphere.
88 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
Housemarque's spiritual follow-up to Returnal: a frantic third-person bullet-hell shooter on the eerie world of Carcosa, where each death feeds persistent progression and pushes the cosmic-horror mystery forward.
88 % 58.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
A brutal sci-fi survival horror set in a prison on a moon of Jupiter, where you play convict Jacob Lee fighting mutated inmates with melee, dodging and scarce ammo. Its grim, cinematic presentation and graphic gore define the experience.
88 %
Focus on a single character
Rockstar's notoriously brutal stealth thriller casts you as a death-row convict forced to star in a snuff film, stalking gangs through a decaying city. Lurking in shadows and executing hunters creates a grim, deeply unsettling atmosphere.
88 % 19.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
Isaac Clarke carves through a Necromorph-infested space station with strategic dismemberment while battling his own haunting hallucinations. It is a faster, more cinematic sequel that keeps the original's oppressive sci-fi horror intact.
88 %
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Instead of guns, you wield an antique camera to exorcise ghosts through the viewfinder. A haunted-mansion Japanese horror classic with thick atmosphere and tense, well-timed shots.
88 % −30 %Dark, serious atmosphere
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.