From a gameplay perspective, Eyrie of Crows has some strong loops for survivors, with long walls on the upper level of the main building. However, the killer also has some advantages in this map, with the main building offering a bird's eye view of the entire map to locate surviv

The second game brought back the same protagonist, Gordon Freeman, who awakens 20 years after the events of the first title, having to save Earth from what Black Mesa unleashed. It was seen as a definite improvement on the first, but the development process that created it wasn't exactly painless. Valve spent half a decade creating prototypes and outlines before scrapping and cutting content, resulting in a more delayed game than fans expec

The disturbed ward is the asylum version of the Crotus Prenn maps that includes many places for survivors to take killers on a chase, including a shack, main buildings, and the greenhouse outside without it being too one-si

Dead By Daylight is an interesting survival horror experience where four survivors are struggling to outwit and escape a powerful killer who’s doing the bidding of an ancient evil. Escaping requires finding useful items, avoiding detection, escaping the killer’s grasp, healing allies, repairing generators and other activit

Her final ability Self-Care allows her to heal herself without a Med-Kit, albeit at 50% of normal healing speed. Fortunately, this is somewhat negated by the potential 33% healing speed boost she gets from Botany Knowle

It may be a little on the cheesy side, but The Evil Within 2 is still a step above the original Adventure Game Cheats in almost every way imaginable. Refining the Resident Evil 4 -style of survival-horror, The Evil Within 2 offers some classic horror action combined with open world sections that help it stand apart from other games in the genre. As we noted in our review for The Evil Within 2 , the game is easily one of the best survival-horror games in years, and even those disappointed by the first one may want to give the sequel a s

Finding paths to avoid enemies is common in the game. The variety of NPCs in Outlast 2 makes it an arduous but enjoyable experience. A dark border on the camera also skews visibility, which makes the game frightfully diffic

It's clear from the games listed here that the horror genre has enjoyed a successful resurgence, but the future of the genre is looking bright as well. Until Dawn studio Supermassive Games is currently working on an ambitious new horror anthology series , and Capcom is hard at work on the Resident Evil 2 remake, which looks like it's sticking close to the franchise's horror roots. With games like the Resident Evil 2 remake on the horizon, the horror gaming genre that was once in danger of going extinct is now showing no signs of slowing d

Kraven Manor is an indie free-to-play game that takes 1-2 hours to beat but delivers lots of scares. The game revolves around strange mannequins that chase you throughout the game. When you're not forced to look at the monster trying to kill you, the best option to survive Kraven Manor is to run fast and don't look b

Resident Evil 2 is everything Resident Evil fans hoped for and more. Upcoming remakes like Final Fantasy VII should learn a few things from this game. Since Resident Evil 2 was rebuilt from the ground up, there was much potential for error, but instead, Capcom delivered possibly the best horror game of 2

Until Dawn is one of the few games that use the framework of a classic horror story. With cameos from famous actors such as Rami Malek, Hayden Panettiere and Peter Stormare there are too many reasons to play Until D

The main building is distances enough from the shack that survivors may struggle to chain them together without taking a single hit at the very least, and the survivors are given some strong palettes within the building to earn an easy stun and make their quick escape. There is also a chance for vault points to spawn on some of the ramps outside to keep the chase going for longer or for killers to double back and catch the survivor off gu

Street Wise reduces the time it takes to use an item which is great when on the run or if she sees a killer coming. But Urban Evasion is where she really shines, where she moves twice as fast as the other survivors when crouch

The much-anticipated sequel to the original hack-and-slash game , Bayonetta 2 saw the return of the titular character for another round of action-packed stiletto-pumping action as she journeyed to the Gates of Hell to save her friend Jeanne from eternal damnation after the pair were attacked by a group of angels, and a demon summoning goes terribly wr

One of the base maps for the game, intended for the killer known as the Trapper , Coal Tower is one of the more balanced maps of the game. With strong loops, including the main building that survivors can easily chain to the nearby T and L walls, survivors can give killers a run for their money, but that's not to say it's overly survivor-si