It may not be Halloween anymore, but spooky season never ends in our hearts! Whether it's another zombie horde game, a creepy psychological thriller, or gross-out body horror that fans are after, there's a horror game that will have you jumping out of your seat in terror. Few franchises excel in the horror game department more than Resident Evil games.
While Lady Dimitrescu and her anomalous height have gained traction on the internet, there isn't technically a new mainline release scheduled yet. Resident Evil Village is being treated as a separate game. Despite the mystery around the series' future, fans are thirsting with the desire for a new game. What are some of the best titles that Resident Evil fans can dive into right now?
10 Resident Evil 4
For those players who want to jump into the indelibly camp and spooky world of Resident Evil for the first or twentieth time, there's no better game than Resident Evil 4. This incredible game is a masterpiece of horror, packed with awesome bosses, scary moments, and action-movie levels of gunplay.
But be advised: there are about a million different versions of Resident Evil 4. For those who don't own any version yet, it's worth picking up the PC version or any of the versions that are for current-gen consoles.
9 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
When Amnesia: The Dark Descent released back in 2010, it triggered a downpour of change in the way that gamers view horror games. It took the gameplay of Myst and the physics-driven aspects of the Penumbra series to forge a fantastically terrifying game.
To this day, wandering the game's gothic passageways feels like taking a trip to Dracula's castle. Except there are fewer bats and a lot more monsters. As such, the game is still terrifying now; play it and scream internally or for real by the dying embers of your lantern.
8 Dying Light
An absolute hidden gem of a game, Dying Light is an open-world zombie game that is completely peerless. Players get to explore a huge urban area and fight thousands of zombies along the way. There's parkour, too, which is an absolute joy and is a superb way to outwit and outmaneuver the undead hordes.
It's made by the same team behind Dead Island which means the combat feels weighty and there's a kick option. Sending zombies sprawling like bowling pins is always a great feeling.
7 The Dead Space Series
The undisputed king of body horror, Dead Space is a franchise that has given players the willies for over a decade. While Dead Space 2 and 3 have their fans, the original Dead Space is still the best in terms of pure scares.
Players step into the weighty boots of Isaac Clarke -- engineer extraordinaire. While he may be wearing a big old suit, it does nothing to protect him from the horrific advances of the Necromorphs who would love nothing more than to rip him limb from limb.
6 Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill is a franchise known by a huge number of gamers and played by a far smaller number of them. Going back to the original game today is a janky experience, but playing Silent Hill 2 is a relatively smooth experience despite its age.
Silent Hill 2 thrusts players into a world of psychotrauma and asks them to deal with the symbolic, archetypal monsters that emerge. These can be nurses, mannequins, or the big fella known as Pyramid Head. It's a terrifying experience that no game since has bettered even if the film adaptation was lackluster, to say the least.
5 Until Dawn
While Until Dawn's QTE jamboree gameplay may not be for everyone, those who persevere will find a film-quality story. It's slasher schlock at its very best with cannibalism, wendigos, and jump scares aplenty.
There's a ton of replay value, too, thanks to the game's dedication to branching storylines. It may be an option to hop on Discord with a group of friends, stream it, and share the terrifying experience together. That's how you deepen friendships, right?
4 Alien: Isolation
Isolation is quite literally the name of the game. This game takes the Alien franchise back to its basics when Ellen Ripley first faced off against the original Xeno. Players have to tiptoe around a massive space station trying to avoid a visit from everyone's favorite H. R. Giger masterpiece.
While it's not introduced for a while, as soon as the Xenomorph enters play, the game gets seriously scary. The Xenomorph is incredibly good at stalking players and will jump out at you many a time. You are the prey and must attempt to survive. It varies greatly from the newly announced Aliens: Fireteam which seems more like the follow-up James Cameron movie.
3 Eternal Darkness
Let's face it: the Gamecube was an underrated console. Not only was it a powerful little device, but it also had some absolutely fantastic exclusives with Eternal Darkness being one such game. This is a psychological horror game that loves to mess with players' heads using its famed insanity effects.
The game will show bugs crawling across the screen, make a volume meter appear, and even change your character into a zombie out of the blue and have them "die" moments later. It's a fantastic game that is guaranteed to mess with your mind.
2 The F.E.A.R. Series
F.E.A.R. is, like Resident Evil 4, a game that feels like a mixture of an action movie and a horror movie. While Resident Evil 4 has its legendary weapons like the Chicago Typewriter, F.E.A.R. has bullet time. Just seriously, so much bullet time. Jumping through windows in slo-mo and roundhouse kicking an Armacham Mook is hilarious and always will be. Then there's the nailgun!
Yet for those players who expect a straightforward FPS, their illusions will be wiped away as soon as Alma appears. The only thing that has not aged well for the series (besides the free-to-play online game) is the use of the word "mook". The term was used as a slur against Black and African-American people for a time in the United States.
1 Pathologic (Original Or 2)
Pathologic is an exceptionally Russian game set in the early days of the Soviet Union. In it, players head to a town that's been ravaged by plague, but not all is what it seems here. The game's clunky combat plays into its favor as you're not a super-soldier.
You are alone in this weird town where you have to do your best to survive. That means scrounging through barrels for food, trading items to children for medicine (somehow), and more. The entire town feels like it's out to get its visitors -- and maybe its own inhabitants. If Lovecraft was a Russian game dev, he'd have made this game.