Author Topic: Action Horror Games  (Read 210 times)

Anyone know of any good ones? Whenever I try to google "action horror" it keeps giving me lists of "survival horror" games, which I feel aren't the same.

What I think of when I say Action Horror:
Dead Space
Resident Evil 4
Doom 3
Atomic Heart (At the start, anyway)

Anyone know any similar games that I could give a go? I want a game that tries to be scary but also lets you kill some of the monsters.

Dying Light 1/2/The Beast
Alan Wake 1 focuses more on action set pieces than horror
Bioshock 1/2 (infinite isn't really scary at all)

EDIT:
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Bloodborne
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Lies of P
Never would've thought a soulslike would be considered a horror game

Never would've thought a soulslike would be considered a horror game
some of the bosses are quite freaky, and I nearly jumped out of my seat a couple times when an enemy attacked me from around a corner or dropped from the ceiling unexpectedly lol. I wouldn't consider it a full blown horror game like amnesia or silent hill but it definitely had my heart racing at some parts of the game. the combat is pretty good too

Doom 3

HI ive been craving more doom 3 since i finished it and resurrection of evil a bit ago. even went as far as to install bfg edition to play lost mission and it was fine i guess, nowhere near as good as the original and RoE. a mod i'd recommend - it's not fully action horror, has a lot of neat storytelling and takes cues from classic doom (gameplay-wise mainly, doesn't intrude on doom 3's aesthetic) and amnesia: the dark descent, but i highly recommend you take a look at doom 3: phobos. would pay full price for it if it was for sale but it's a free mod

Left 4 Dead 1/2

been meaning to take a look at n-pack/nightmare and see if it really ramps this up. i do pretty fine in advanced but i am no good at expert difficulty at all so i have to wonder how it'd go. i also kind of hate the turtle rock survivor models compared to the final's but n-pack feels like it'd make them work
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