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Best Retro Horror Games

TOP: old horror games (scary games for weak PCs and laptops). Many modern horror developers focus on realistic graphics. However, the classics of past years are still relevant. Interestingly, many horror fans prefer them.

These old-school projects are captivating with their truly creepy storyline, disconcerting soundtrack, and meticulously crafted atmosphere.

Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view
January 11, 2005
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Exploration
October 8, 2024
VGTimes: 9.0/10
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 86/100
Third-person horror with survival and adventure elements Silent Hill 2 is a remake of the cult classic from 2001. The new game largely follows the canon...
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
November 16, 2009
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 89/100
Alan Wake
Alan Wake
Action, Horror, Third-person view
May 14, 2010
VGTimes: 6.2/10
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 83/100
Alan Wake is a horror action game with a third-person view. Strange events are happening everywhere, and our hero, writer Alan Wake, who is looking for his missing...
Dead Island
Dead Island
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
September 5, 2011
VGTimes: 8.0/10
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 74/100
Dead Island is an action role-playing game with elements of horror, shooter and first-person view. The heroes of the Game are tourists who had to deal with the...
Dead Space (2008)
Dead Space (2008)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
October 13, 2008
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 88/100
Third-person shooter Dead Space (2008) is the foundation of a series of sci-fi horror survival games about the struggles of engineer Isaac Clarke in the depths of...
Doom 3
Doom 3
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
August 3, 2004
Players: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 88/100
Doom 3 is a science fiction shooter with a first-person perspective and horror elements that was released in 2004 as a reboot of the original DOOM (1995). The game...
Manhunt
Manhunt
Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view
November 18, 2003
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Manhunt is a third-person action game with a dash of horror and stealth from the developers at DMA Design Limited. The main publisher of the game is Rockstar Games...
Manhunt 2
Manhunt 2
Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game
October 29, 2007
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 66/100
Manhunt 2 is a continuation of the scandalous action game with a third-person view and horror elements. During secret laboratory tests, a fatal mistake occurred...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R.
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
October 17, 2005
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 82/100
F.E.A.R. — a dynamic shooter with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious paramilitary force has infiltrated a multibillion-dollar aerospace...
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
January 21, 1998
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 79/100
F.E.A.R. 3
F.E.A.R. 3
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)
June 21, 2011
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 74/100
F.E.A.R. 3 is a continuation of a dynamic shooter with a first-person view and horror elements. Alma is in position and the fear level rises as you and your...
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Adventure, Horror, First-person view
September 8, 2010
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of Daniel, who wakes up in a deserted...
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
February 3, 2000
Players: 8.9/10
Metacritic: 70/100
Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil Zero
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
November 12, 2002
Players: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Resident Evil Zero is an exciting action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to the vicinity of the...
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
November 17, 2008
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 89/100
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Logic, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural
June 17, 2004
Players: 9.1/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Silent Hill 4: The Room is a mystical action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzle elements. The goal of the game is to help the character Henry Townsend...
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
February 10, 2009
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 78/100
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a continuation of a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements. The events of the game begin half an hour before the end of the...
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural
May 23, 2003
Players: 8.9/10
Metacritic: 79/100
The game is a direct continuation of the first Silent Hill and tells about the already matured Heather, who finds herself in a heap of incredible events. In an...
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
September 22, 1999
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 76/100
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...
Resident Evil (1996)
Resident Evil (1996)
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
March 22, 1996
Players: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 91/100
Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...
Suffering
Suffering
Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view
March 9, 2004
Players: 8.5/10
Suffering — action horror with a third person view. As Tork kills enemies during the game, an on-screen meter called a frenzy meter begins to fill. When it is...
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view
October 24, 2005
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective
November 16, 2005
Players: 9.3/10
Metacritic: 80/100
A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...
Cold Fear
Cold Fear
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
March 3, 2005
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
January 31, 1999
Players: 9.3/10
Silent Hill is a mesmerizing action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzles. The events of the game will tell the story of writer Harry Mason, who went to...
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view
September 26, 2005
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
May 18, 2001
Players: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a third-person action game with horror and puzzle elements from the masters of the Crystal House studio. The main publisher...
Painkiller (2004)
Painkiller (2004)
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
April 12, 2004
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Painkiller is a dynamic horror shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of an ordinary man, Daniel Garner, who loses his wife...
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle
October 6, 2000
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 85/100
American McGee's Alice is a third-person action game with shooter, horror, platformer and puzzle elements from the masters from the Rogue Entertainment studio. The...
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Black Plague
Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle
February 11, 2008
Players: 9.2/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
December 13, 2001
Players: 9.8/10
Metacritic: 74/100
Fatal Frame is a Japanese-style third-person action-horror adventure game. Armed with a camera, the young girl Miku Hinasaki, along with an ancient camera, goes in...
Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1
Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1
Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle
March 30, 2007
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Penumbra: Overture — Episode 1 is a first-person action game with a mixture of adventure, horror, stealth and puzzle game from the developers of Frictional...
Мор. Утопия
Мор. Утопия
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
June 9, 2005
Players: 9.9/10
Mor. Utopia — action role-playing game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: Bachelor, Haruspex and Imposter (the...
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga
February 21, 2001
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 84/100
The return to Hong Kong in 2048 reveals the events leading up to Fear Effect and shows how the team of mercenaries Hana, Royce, Dick, and the mysterious Rain was...
Clive Barker's Undying
Clive Barker's Undying
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
February 19, 2001
Players: 9.4/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Clive Barker's Undying is an action-horror game with a third-person view. Summoned by an old friend, you are Patrick Galloway, a master of the occult, armed with...
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Action, Horror, Third-person view
June 23, 2002
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 92/100
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is an action-horror game with a third-person view. The game's story narrative switches between two phases. The main phase focuses...
Alone in the Dark (1992)
Alone in the Dark (1992)
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
December 10, 1993
Players: 6.1/10
Alone in the Dark (1992) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. Suspicious suicide. A terrible curse. Evil force. Finally, an evil dark...
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly
Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle
November 27, 2003
Players: 9.4/10
Fear Effect
Fear Effect
Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Old school
February 25, 2000
The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...
Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle
April 30, 1998
Players: 8.5/10
Sanitarium is a graphic quest with an isometric camera view and horror elements. The main character gets into a car accident and loses his memory. In a vain attempt...
Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented
Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle
November 8, 2005
Players: 6.6/10
Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented is a first-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the developers of Tecmo, Ltd.. The game is published by Tecmo, Inc...
Alone in the Dark 3
Alone in the Dark 3
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
1999
Alone in the Dark 3 is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from the masters from the I-Motion studio. The game is published by Interplay...
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, First-person view
March 11, 2008
Metacritic: 81/100
Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action game with elements of shooter, horror and fighting from the developers of Monolith Productions. The game is...
Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark 2
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle
December 3, 1994
Alone in the Dark 2 is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from the studio Infogrames Europe SA. The game is published by Infogrames Europe...
Penumbra: Requiem
Penumbra: Requiem
Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle
August 27, 2008
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 67/100
Penumbra: Requiem is a first-person action game with a dash of adventure, horror and puzzle from the developers at Frictional Games. The main publisher of the game...

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