Horror for Wii U — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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

Game released: Wii U → 29 October 2015

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...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: Wii U → 30 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

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...

How to Survive

Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting

Game released: Wii U → 5 June 2014

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

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

Game released: Wii U → 22 March 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 35/100

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is an adventure shooter with a first-person view, created based on the popular series about the zombie apocalypse The Walking...

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Action, Shooter, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game canceled: Wii U → Q3 2013

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 45/100

A science-fiction shooter with horror elements, Aliens: Colonial Marines follows a squad of United States Colonial Marines facing a Xenomorph infestation. Set in...

Resident Evil: Revelations

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

Game released: Wii U → 24 May 2013

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: Wii U → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, Clementine searches for safety and learns to survive after being orphaned. The Walking Dead: Season 2 continues...

Year Walk

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Wii U → 17 September 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Year Walk is a first-person adventure set in 19th-century Sweden and based on an old ritual used to glimpse the future. The protagonist ventures into a dark forest...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

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

Game released: Wii U → 30 October 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror

Game released: Wii U → 22 October 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Wii U → 8 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Infinity Runner

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner

Game released: Wii U → 24 March 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Infinity Runner is an adventure shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, supporting virtual reality devices. The events of the game...

Master Reboot

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

Game released: Wii U → 24 July 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Master Reboot is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the style of science fiction. Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Wii U → 14 May 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Fatal Frame 5

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

Game released: Wii U → 30 October 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is a survival horror game about three protagonists drawn into supernatural events on Hikami Mountain, a place associated with...

Cult County

Action, Horror

Game canceled: Wii U → 2014

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cult County is an action game with a touch of horror from the studio Renegade Kid LLC.. The game is published by Renegade Kid...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: Wii U → 16 October 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Affordable Space Adventures

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Wii U → fall 2014

Metacritic: 81/100

This science-fiction game combines spaceship piloting, stealth, and puzzles as a crew explores an alien planet while trying to avoid detection. The ship can be...

Shadow of the Eternals

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future)

Frozen: Wii U → September 2013

Shadow of the Eternals is an action game with a mixture of adventure and horror from the masters from the Precursor Games studio. The game is published by Precursor...

Sacrilegium

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: Wii U → Q4 2014

Sacrilegium is a third-person action game with elements of horror and an interactive movie game from the developers of Reality Pump Studios. The game is published...

Chasing Dead

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Wii U → 3 March 2016

Steam: 61/100

Chasing Dead is a first-person sci-fi action game with horror elements and the ability to control futuristic technology. The game begins with a strange phenomenon...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Wii U