IGN’s Top 10 Survival‑Horror Games — Excluding Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space

Some aficionados of the genre might find parts of this list predictable.

Recently, IGN’s journalists revisited the survival-horror genre and compiled a list of the ten standout titles.

Notably, Resident Evil 4 and the Dead Space series are absent from the rundown; the writers shared their reasoning:

“While Resident Evil is the most recognizable survival-horror franchise, it has frequently drifted toward a more action-focused approach—especially from Resident Evil 4 through 6. The same critique applies to the Dead Space trilogy, which tends to supply more ammunition than necessary and prioritizes action set-pieces and spectacle over a sense of desperate, resource-starved survival.”

IGN’s top 10 survival-horror games:

• 10. Clock Tower
• 9. Silent Hill
• 8. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• 7. Outlast
• 6. Alan Wake 2
• 5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• 4. Resident Evil
• 3. Alien: Isolation
• 2. Silent Hill 2
• 1. Resident Evil 2

Source: iXBT.games