Horror 2005 — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, iPad, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

F.E.A.R.

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 24 April 2007

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Dino Crisis

Action, Strategy, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 22 December 2000

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dino Crisis is an action game with a third-person view. A special forces group lands on the small tropical island of Ibis with the task of finding and delivering...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

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

Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2000

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Doom 3

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

Game released: Xbox, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2005

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective, Survival

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 23 April 2009

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...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2006

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

ObsCure

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 6 April 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Survival horror

Game released: PC, Xbox → 26 April 2006

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This first-person horror game combines action and adventure with exploration, investigation, and combat against supernatural evil. Its varied levels range from...

Dino Crisis 2

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 29 November 2000

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Dino Crisis 2 is an action game with a third-person view. The story follows the events of the first game, Regina is now sent on another mission, to a facility...

Cold Fear

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 15 March 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

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

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

BloodRayne 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 30 March 2006

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

BloodRayne 2 is a continuation of the vampire action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The game takes place 70 years after the story told in...

Killer7

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC → 15 July 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Killer7 is a dynamic first-person shooter. The game tells the story of a 60-year-old killer and schizophrenic named Harman Smith. Smith has the power of the "God...

Pathologic

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 August 2006

Players: 9.9/10

Mor. Utopia is a role-playing action game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Impostor...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

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

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2005

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

Bloodrayne

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube → 12 July 2007

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This third-person action horror game is set in the years between the World Wars. The dhampir BloodRayne serves as an agent of the Brimstone Society, a secret...

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 28 October 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-horror game unfolds in the streets and prisons of Baltimore, where Torque seeks revenge against Blackmore, a mysterious mastermind connected to the...

Haunting Ground

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 May 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Haunting Ground — Throughout the game, Fiona will be accompanied by her dog Huey. The player controls Fiona and can give commands to Huey, who can help the...

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox → 5 February 2008

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 32/100

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green — This game is a prequel to the film Land of the Dead, which takes place during the first outbreak of the zombie...

Suffering

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 14 May 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

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...

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 March 2005

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A prequel to Devil May Cry, the game follows events from Dante’s past and the conflict between Sparda’s twin sons, whose paths have diverged. Along the way, Dante...

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, Xbox → 12 February 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This survival horror story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura as they find themselves in an abandoned village. After spotting a crimson butterfly in the sky...

Deadhunt

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

Game released: PC → 28 March 2005

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Deadhunt is a first-person arcade shooter set in fighting arenas where the player faces hordes of zombies and skeletons. The goal is to survive for as long as...

Resident Evil: Outbreak: File #2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 September 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival horror game continues the story of Resident Evil Outbreak, bringing back its eight characters in new scenarios tied to the catastrophic events...

Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 8 November 2005

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This survival horror adventure follows Rei, a young woman tormented by guilt and disturbing dreams, into a world where reality blurs with nightmares. To find a way...

Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 11 May 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, horror and fighting from the developers of Totally Screwed...

MediEvil: Resurrection

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

Game released: PSP, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 13 September 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This third-person fantasy action game follows Sir Daniel Fortesque, resurrected after the evil sorcerer Zarok returns to Gallowmere and raises an army of the...

Shadow Man

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → 30 November 1999

Players: 8.6/10

Shadow Man is a third-person action game with a dash of horror from the masters at Acclaim Studios Teesside. The game is published by Acclaim Entertainment...

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii, PC → 29 April 2008

Metacritic: 59/100

This adventure game with puzzles is based on a classic detective story: ten people are stranded at a mansion on Shipwreck Island, where their host has invited them...

Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend

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

Game released: Mac, PC → 30 October 2006

Players: 6.7/10

Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend is a first-person action game with shooter and horror elements from developers from the studio RWS, Inc.. The main publisher of the...

Evil Dead: Regeneration

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 23 September 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This third-person action horror game offers a “what if” continuation of Evil Dead 2. Ash, the sole survivor of an encounter with the Necronomicon, is confined to an...

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

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

Game released: Linux, PC, Xbox → 24 May 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil is an add-on for the legendary first-person shooter with horror elements Doom 3. 2147 2 years have passed since the events of Doom 3...

DOOM³ (Limited Collector's Edition)

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

Game released: Xbox → 5 April 2005

DOOM³ (Limited Collector's Edition) is a first-person action game with horror elements from id Software, Inc. studios. and Vicarious Visions. The main...

Darkwatch

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2, Xbox → 16 August 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person horror shooter set in the American frontier, where undead forces have overrun the West. Outlaw gunslinger Jericho Cross joins the secret organization...

Painkiller: Gold Edition

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

Game released: PC → 24 January 2007

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Painkiller: Gold Edition is a complete edition of a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements. The game contains all previously released additions and...

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 12 October 2005

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from developers from the studio Tose...

Psychotoxic

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

Game released: PC → 1 July 2005

Metacritic: 40/100

Set in New York City in 2022, this first-person shooter combines futuristic action with horror. Unaware of her role, Angie Prophet must save humanity from an...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2005 (Game released)