Horror 2001 — top best games in the Horror genre

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Logic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 2 December 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001) — mystical action-horror with puzzle elements and third-person view. James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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

Game released: Linux, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 16 March 2002

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 15 November 2000

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...

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 15 November 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...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 May 2000

Players: 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...

DOOM (1993)

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

Game released: 3DO, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Linux, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES, PC → 26 April 1996

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 25 January 2000

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, which is a sequel to the game Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Events take place 1500...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 24 September 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...

House of the Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, PC → 1999

Players: 5.1/10

House of the Dead 2 — The gameplay, although it received several additions, remained largely the same. The player needs to shoot the monsters he encounters...

Dracula: The Resurrection

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PC → июнь 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

American McGee's Alice

Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac, PC → 21 August 2001

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...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 30 December 2001

Players: 7.7/10

Fear

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 July 2001

Players: 7/10

Fear is a Japanese-style interactive horror adventure with a first-person perspective. A group of young Japanese filmmakers decided to shoot a horror film in a...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 7 June 2002

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation, PC → 14 February 2012

Metacritic: 68/100

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary — After rescuing Mina, Jonathan Harker and his lover return to London with the mysterious Dragon Ring. As they begin to enjoy a...

Aliens versus Predator 2

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

Game released: PC → 22 October 2001

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Aliens versus Predator 2 is a first-person shooter in the futuristic genre. In 2220, the Corporation, under the leadership of Dr. Eisenberg, establishes a research...

Fatal Frame

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2, Xbox → 9 October 2003

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac, PC → ноябрь 2001

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 28 February 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the game, first released on XBox and later ported back to PS2 and PC. Most of the gameplay consists of...

Postal Plus

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection

Game released: Linux, PC → 30 October 2001

Players: 7/10

Postal Plus is a third-person action game with shooter and horror elements from the studio RWS, Inc.. The game is published by Softek, Akella is responsible for...

Martian Gothic: Unification

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

Game released: PlayStation, PC → 4 November 2001

Players: 7.4/10

Martian Gothic: Unification is a third-person action game with shooter, horror and puzzle elements from developers from the Creative Reality studio. The main...

Intellivision Rocks

Game released: Mac, PC → ноябрь 2001

Intellivision Rocks is a first-person arcade game with elements of simulation, action, shooter, horror, baseball simulator, billiards simulator, flight simulator...

Resident Evil: Gaiden

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy Color → 29 March 2002

Players: 10/10

Resident Evil: Gaiden is a first-person action game with shooter, horror and puzzle elements from developers from Capcom and M4 Ltd. studios. Sometimes the game is...

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: PlayStation, PC → апрель 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from developers from Cryo Studios North America. The main publisher of...

From Dusk Till Dawn

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 17 May 2002

Players: 6/10

From Dusk Till Dawn — Seth Gekko, one of the two survivors of From Dusk Till Dawn, was sentenced to death for the murders committed by his dead brother...

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PC → 20 December 2000

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 47/100

Illbleed

Action, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Dreamcast → 16 April 2001

Metacritic: 61/100

Carrier

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Dreamcast → 5 July 2001

Carrier is a third-person action game with horror elements from the developers of Jaleco Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Jaleco USA, Inc.. Carrier is also...

Luigi's Mansion

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube, Nintendo 3DS → 17 May 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Luigi's Mansion is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from Nintendo EAD. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.. Luigi's Mansion is...

Extermination

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 23 July 2001

Players: 5.9/10

Silent Hill: Play Novel

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 21 March 2001

Players: 10/10

Silent Hill: Play Novel is an adventure visual novel based on the original game Silent Hill. The game's plot largely follows the events of the original horror film...

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...

Typing of the Dead

Arcade, Action, Horror, Educational game (Education), First-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, PC → 23 January 2001

Typing of the Dead is a first-person arcade game with a mixture of action, horror and educational game from the Smilebit studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Blair Witch, Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 26 January 2001

Blair Witch, Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale is a third-person action game with horror and puzzle elements from the masters at Ritual Entertainment. The main...

Blair Witch Experience (Special Limited Edition Collector's Set)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 13 March 2001

Blair Witch Experience (Special Limited Edition Collector's Set) is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from Human Head Studios, Inc...

Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror

Action, Horror, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy Color → 28 March 2001

Players: 10/10

Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror is an action game with horror and platform elements from developers from Software Creations Ltd.. The main...

Vampire Night

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 June 2002

Metacritic: 65/100

Vampire Night is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter and horror from developers from the studio Wow Entertainment, Inc.. The game is published by...

Clive Barker's Undying

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Mac, PC → 26 July 2002

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...

Biohazard 5th Anniversary special package

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 March 2001

Biohazard 5th Anniversary special package is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, horror and puzzle from the developers from the studio Capcom Co...

Death Crimson OX

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

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 → август 2001

Metacritic: 46/100

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2001 (Game released)