Horror 2012 — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil 6 - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

Alan Wake

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 16 February 2012

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

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 9 September 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...

Left 4 Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, Linux → 5 October 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Singularity

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 1 July 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Singularity is a sci-fi shooter with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in an alternate universe. The main character enters the abandoned...

Resident Evil: Revelations

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Dead Rising 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2010

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Dead Rising 2 is an adventure zombie action game with horror elements and a third-person perspective. It expands on the ideas and universe established in Dead...

Deadlight

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PC → 1 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

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...

Left 4 Dead

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360 → 27 October 2010

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android → 19 October 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Doom 3: BFG Edition is a special edition of the first-person shooter Doom 3 with enhanced graphics and a number of other innovations. In addition to the game...

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 11 October 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a continuation of the zombie action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The events of the plot unfold in the same...

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: 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: Operation Raccoon City

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 26 July 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person cooperative action-horror game set in the Resident Evil universe. The plot of the game takes place in 1998...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC → 17 February 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, Ouya, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.3/10

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

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...

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360, PC → 22 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a game about Alan Wake, which continues the plot of the original Alan Wake and sends the hero to the American outback. The game...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, Wii U, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS → 27 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

The Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a...

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 29 February 2012

Players: 3.8/10

The Dream Machine

Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Dream Machine is a plasticine point and click adventure with horror elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a certain Victor Neff, who one day...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Wii U → 7 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Cat Lady

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Cat Lady is a third-person adventure with a dash of horror, interactive cinema and indie action from the developers at Harvester Games. The game is published by...

Lollipop Chainsaw

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 12 June 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Lollipop Chainsaw is a third-person action game with horror elements from developers from the Grasshopper Manufacture studio. The game is published by Warner Bros...

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...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 31 August 2012

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Miasmata

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...

7th Guest

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

Game released: CD-i, DOS, iPad, iPhone, PC → 1993

Players: 8/10

7th Guest is a classic "point and click" adventure with horror elements and a first-person view. Henry Stauffe, a rich man with a sinister past, invited six guests...

Amy

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 5 February 2013

Metacritic: 29/100

Amy is a third-person action game with horror and stealth elements from the masters at VectorCell Studios. The main publisher of the game is Lexis Numérique. The...

Infestation: Survivor Stories

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Infestation: Survivor Stories is an action role-playing game for several people. One of the most iconic games in survival history returns, bringing classic gameplay...

Without Escape

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 24 April 2018

Without Escape is an exciting point and click adventure with first-person horror elements. The main character will have to face the horrors of his home. As you...

Secret World Legends

Role-playing game, Online, Horror, MMO, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 31 July 2017

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Secret World Legends is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a modern world, similar...

Slender

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → июнь 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 6.7/10

Anna

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox 360 → 11 July 2012

Players: 2/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Anna is a first-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the developers of Dreampainters. The game is published by Kalypso Media. Anna is definitely...

Project Zero 2: Wii Edition

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

Game released: Wii → 28 June 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Silent Hill: Downpour

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 18 May 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Silent Hill: Downpour — mystical third-person horror game with puzzle and action elements. You play as Murphy Pendleton, an escaped criminal. While Murphy...

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land

Strategy, Horror, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: iOS → 30 January 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 June 2011

Metacritic: 64/100

Yakuza: Dead Souls is a third-person role-playing game with action, shooter and horror elements from Ryu ga Gotoku Studio. The game is published by SEGA of America...

SCP-087

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Mac, PC → 18 January 2012

Players: 7.1/10

SCP-087 is a first-person adventure with horror...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre of 2012 (Game released)