Horror 1997 — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil (1996)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC, PlayStation 4 → 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

DOOM (1995)

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 19 April 1996

Players: 7.9/10

DOOM (1995) — first-person shooter in the horror genre. The player is asked to alternately explore levels of varying difficulty, solve spatial and (rarely...

Blood

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: DOS, PC → 31 May 1997

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Blood is an old-school shooter about a religious cult and its minions who are trying to destroy the main...

Clock Tower (1995)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation, SNES, PC, WonderSwan → 17 July 1997

Players: 7.4/10

Clock Tower (1995) is a point and click adventure game with 3D graphics. The player can use a PlayStation controller or mouse to move the cursor around the screen...

DOOM 64

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: Nintendo 64, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 1 August 1997

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DOOM 64 is a re-release of the 22-year-old cult classic, free when you pre-order Doom Eternal. The ported version, which is being handled by Nightdive Studios, has...

Mr. Bones

Action, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 27 June 1997

Mr. Bones is a top-down action game with a dash of horror and platforming from the developers at Zono, Inc.. The game is published by SegaSoft, Inc.. Perhaps Mr...

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, PlayStation → 21 March 2007

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set four years later. Alucard appears as the main character who wakes up from his sleep and goes to explore...

The Note

Action, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 1 October 1997

The Note — action-adventure game with horror elements and first-person view. Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of a high school occult group, go missing...

Postal

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric

Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Linux → 28 June 2007

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Postal is a hardcore isometric shooter with dark...

Nightmare Creatures (1997)

Arcade, Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → 1997

Players: 8.5/10

Nightmare Creatures (1997) is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, horror and fighting from the masters from the studio Kalisto Entertainment SA. The...

Clock Tower (1996)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → февраль 1998

Clock Tower (1996) — horror adventure with a third-person view and puzzle elements. The player character has three power levels. The strength level is...

11th Hour

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC → 1995

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 43/100

Realms of the Haunting

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: DOS, PC → апрель 1997

Steam: 93/100

Realms of the Haunting is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game take place in a mysterious place that was...

Prisoner of Ice

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: DOS, Mac, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1995

Steam: 73/100

This puzzle adventure horror game follows an American Office of Naval Intelligence agent investigating a Nazi plot during World War II. Aboard the Royal Navy...

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Action, Horror, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 30 May 1997

Players: 8.8/10

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain — Before the reign of Lord Khaine, Nosgoth was not a welcoming world for vampires. The pillars of this world were the Columns of...

Castlevania Legends

Action, Horror, Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy → март 1998

Castlevania Legends is an action game with horror elements and games in the anime or manga genre from the masters from the studio Konami Computer Entertainment...

Enemy Zero

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: SEGA Saturn, PC → декабрь 1997

Enemy Zero — aboard the biological research space station AKI, Laura Lewis is in deep cryogenic sleep. The air in the chamber dissipates when the ship's...

Moonlight Syndrome

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 9 October 1997

Moonlight Syndrome is a third-person adventure with a touch of horror from the studio Human Entertainment, Inc.. The game is published by Human Entertainment, Inc...

Resident Evil: Director's Cut

Action, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1997

Players: 6.6/10

An action-adventure horror game about an investigation into a series of bizarre murders in Raccoon City. The elite S.T.A.R.S. team becomes stranded in a house of...

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 17 December 1993

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a third-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the developers of Sierra On-Line, Inc.. The game is published...

Kuro no Danshō: The Literary Fragment

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game

Game released: PC-98, SEGA Saturn, PC → 14 July 1995

Kuro no Danshō: The Literary Fragment is a first-person adventure with a dash of horror, anime/manga, and adult games from developers Abogado Powers. The game...

Blood: Plasma Pak

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Collection

Game released: DOS, PC → 15 October 1997

Players: 5.5/10

Blood: Plasma Pak is a first-person action game with shooter and horror elements from developers from the studios 3D Realms Entertainment, Monolith Productions and...

Crypt Killer

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → февраль 1997

Crypt Killer is a first-person arcade game with elements of action, shooter and horror from the masters from the studio Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co...

Dark Seed 2

Adventure, Horror

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows 3.x → 1996

Dark Seed 2 is an adventure with horror elements from developers from the studios Cyberdreams, Inc., Destiny Software Productions and Inc.. The main publisher of...

OverBlood

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation → июнь 1997

OverBlood is a first-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from the studio Riverhill Soft Inc.. The game is published by Riverhill Soft Inc.. For...

Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: DOS, Mac, SEGA Saturn, PC, Windows 3.x → 1995

Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria is a third-person adventure with a dash of horror from the masters at Sierra On-Line, Inc.. The game is published by Sierra...

Es no Hōteishiki

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game

Game released: PC-98, PC → 24 May 1996

Es no Hōteishiki is a first-person adventure with horror, anime/manga, and adult elements from Abogado Powers. The main publisher of the game is Abogado...

AMBER: Journeys Beyond

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac, PC → 1996

AMBER: Journeys Beyond is a first-person adventure with a dash of horror and puzzle from developers Hue Forest Entertainment LLC. The main publisher of the game is...

Testament (1997)

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Amiga → июнь 1997

Testament (1997) is a first-person action game with shooter and horror elements from the masters from the Insanity studio. The game is published by Signum. But...

Dr. Franken 2

Action, Horror, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Game Boy → 1 October 1997

Dr. Franken 2 is an action game with elements of horror, platformer and fantasy game from the masters from the studio Motivetime Ltd.. The game is published by...

Kyōfu Shinbun

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation → 24 January 1997

Kyōfu Shinbun is a first-person adventure with a touch of horror and an anime/manga game from the developers of Atelier Double Co. Ltd.. The game is published...

Ecstatica 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: DOS, PC → 13 June 1997

Ecstatica 2 is a third-person action game with a dash of horror, puzzle and fantasy from the developers at Andrew Spencer Studios. The main publisher of the game is...

Tecmo's Deception

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, In real time, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → ноябрь 1997

Tecmo's Deception is a first-person role-playing game with elements of strategy and horror from the masters from the studio Tecmo, Ltd.. The game is published by...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 1997 (Game released)