5 Horror Games Like Alan Wake 2 You Should Keep on Your Watchlist for Halloween

1) Dead Space (2023)

Think fast Isaac! — A still from *Dead Space*

Released in January, Dead Space is a remake of the 2008 game of the same name developed by EA Redwood Shores. The game is set on a mining spaceship that is full of deadly monsters called Necromorphs. You play as engineer Isaac Clarke, navigating the spaceship and fighting the Necromorphs while struggling with growing psychosis. The game received positive reviews from critics, making it one of the most entertaining survival-horror games released this year.

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2) Silent Hill 2 (2001)

A still from Silent Hill 2 — A still from *Silent Hill 2*

Silent Hill 2 was the second installment in the Silent Hill franchise. Released in 2001, the game was mainly praised for its psychological horror story. The game was originally for the PlayStation 2 and a remastered version for the Xbox 360 and PS3 was released in 2012. It is widely considered one of the greatest horror games ever made because it is a prime example of video games as an art form.

3) Outlast (2013)

How can we make a list of survival horror games and not mention Outlast? At the time of its release, many gamers labeled it as one of the scariest games of this generation thanks to its spooky atmosphere and terrifying monsters. In this first-person survival horror video game, the player controls freelance investigative journalist, Miles Upshur, who decides to investigate a remote psychiatric hospital named Mount Massive Asylum.

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4) The Last Of Us (2013)

Makers of The Last of Us and Uncharted games, have reportedly laid off 25 employees — *The Last Of Us*

Many may argue that 2013’s The Last Of Us is an action-adventure game but its narrative, gameplay, and visuals definitely make it a bone-chilling experience. The player controls Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across the post-apocalyptic United States. Gamers use firearms or improvised weapons and can use stealth to fight against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated fungus. Upon release, it quickly became one of the best-selling video games and won multiple awards, including multiple Game of the Year awards. Even today, gamers label it as one of the greatest video games ever made.

5) Until Dawn (2015)

Supermassive's Scream can derive inspiration from Until Dawn — A still from *Until Dawn*

2015’s Until Dawn featured a butterfly effect system that gave the players various choices throughout the game that would affect the storyline. The player must control eight young adults who have to survive on Blackwood Mountain when their lives are threatened by something they’ve never seen before. The game was widely praised for its replayability, atmosphere, and characters.