Horror 2007 — top best games in the Horror genre

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

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, Xbox One → 10 October 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

BioShock is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a steampunk style. The game takes place in 1960. The main character, a young man named...

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...

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...

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...

Manhunt 2

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

Game released: PC, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP → 6 November 2009

Players: 8.2/10

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...

DOOM (1993)

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

Game released: 3DO, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Linux, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 26 April 1996

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

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

Game released: PlayStation, Game.Com, PC, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 3, GameCube → 8 May 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

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

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Painkiller: Overdose

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 10 February 2008

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person shooter with horror elements continues the story of Painkiller, introducing a new character who faces the consequences of Daniel’s...

DOOM 2

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

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC-98, PC, Zodiac, Xbox 360 → 10 October 1994

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

DOOM 2 is a continuation of the legendary bloody first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place shortly after the events of the...

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...

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...

Silent Hill 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 5 August 2003

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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...

Dementium: The Ward

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Survival horror, Survival

Game released: Nintendo DS, PC, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 2 July 2009

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Waking up in an abandoned hospital with no memory of the past, the hero finds himself in a nightmare where the walls whisper, shadows breathe, and...

Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 31 January 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure with horror elements follows the vampire Kain and his attempts to rule Nosgoth. The story unfolds as he explores...

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...

Zombie Shooter

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Zombies

Game released: PC → 23 May 2008

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

This isometric action shooter follows a zombie outbreak at a secret research base, where scientists have turned into monsters and the infection...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 24 September 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his...

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 18 April 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This action game with horror and fantasy elements follows samurai Samanosuke Akechi and French soldier Jacques Braun, who are swept into different...

F.E.A.R. (Gold Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2010

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

This first-person shooter with horror elements follows an elite F.E.A.R. team confronting a mysterious paramilitary force that has taken hostages at...

Clive Barker's Jericho

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 26 October 2007

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This first-person horror shooter follows a special forces squad sent to a lost city that has reappeared in a remote desert. An ancient evil has...

F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate

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

Game released: PC → 12 December 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 61/100

F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate — special forces F.E.A.R. They are assigned to kill the telepath Paxton Fettel, who has gained mental control over...

Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 28 February 2007

Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor is a first-person adventure with horror elements from the developers of Big Time Games...

Escape from Bug Island

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: Wii → 26 October 2007

Metacritic: 37/100

A third-person survival horror game set on an island infested with giant insects and mutant creatures. Ray finds himself alone in a dark, fog-covered...

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...

Ultimate DOOM

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

Game released: DOS, iPad, iPhone, PC, Xbox 360 → 1995

Players: 8.4/10

Ultimate DOOM — the legendary bloody first-person shooter, now with the new fourth episode "Thy Flesh Consumed". The demons came and all the...

F.E.A.R. Files

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 November 2007

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person shooter collection with horror elements brings together two campaigns set in the F.E.A.R. universe, where an elite soldier faces a...

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...

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...

Silent Hill: 0rigins

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PSP → 29 May 2008

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Silent Hill: 0rigins — The main character, trucker Travis Grady, while transporting another load across a deserted highway passing through the...

Silent Hill: The Escape

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: DoJa, iPhone → 19 December 2007

Players: 10/10

Silent Hill: The Escape is a dark first-person shooter from the Silent Hill series for mobile platforms. In the game you will look for keys to locked...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 30 December 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different...

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

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

Game released: PC → 18 March 2008

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 52/100

A first-person psychological horror adventure in the Lovecraftian tradition follows a murder investigation that draws a police detective into the...

Vivisector: Beast Within

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 23 February 2007

Players: 9.4/10

Vivisector: Beast Within — February 1, 1987. SEAL officer Curt Robinson arrives on Soreo Island as part of a special unit to rescue Liam Quaid...

Momentum Missile Mayhem

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Horror, Survival, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Browser, PC → June 2007

This first-person horror game follows a character trying to escape a maze while being hunted by a T. rex. The player explores a maze or dark...

Zombie Hunters

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 23 March 2007

Players: 5.5/10

Zombie Hunters is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and an anime or manga game from developers from the studio Tamsoft Corporation...

MediEvil

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

Game released: Android, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 4 → 1 April 2011

Players: 9.8/10

This third-person fantasy action game combines horror elements and puzzles. Sir Daniel Fortesque, a long-dead knight, is accidentally resurrected by...

Last Stand

Action, Shooter, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: Browser → April 2007

Steam: 89/100

Last Stand is a dynamic side-scrolling tower defense shooter set in a zombie apocalypse setting. You have to defend the last stronghold of survivors...

Dead Head Fred

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

Game released: PSP → 23 November 2007

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game with horror and puzzle elements follows private detective Fred Neuman, who is brutally murdered and brought back to...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2007 (Game released)