Survival horror
Game genre concept
A sub-genre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players.
341
games
47platforms
VCS 1981
WIN 2006-03-27
PS2 2001-03-08
WII 2008-07-10
NDS 2008-09-11
WIN 2013-09-04
GC 2003-01-14
PS4 2017-03-10
N64 1999-10-31
PS2 2010-02
PS2 2007-11-07
XBOX1 2014-10-07
Related:
* Limited capacity - can't carry those 400 bullets, now can you?
* Limited supplies - how else to make it a survival horror?
* Survival - you're trying to save your ass, not everyone else's.
* Anxietty
* Defenseless / overpowered
* Psychological horror
* Limited capacity - can't carry those 400 bullets, now can you?
* Limited supplies - how else to make it a survival horror?
* Survival - you're trying to save your ass, not everyone else's.
* Anxietty
* Defenseless / overpowered
* Psychological horror
Has several notable differences to other horror games.
* Fragile protagonist — can't survive much beating, also often has much more adverse effects from damage than just numeric loss to health (e.g. limping).
* Limited munitions — weapons tend to be ineffective and ammunition is hard to come by. You can't even carry very many of them or much ammo even if you do find them.
Players accustomed to other types of games may not realize that they're meant to run away from the enemies more often than to shoot every single one of them to death.
* Fragile protagonist — can't survive much beating, also often has much more adverse effects from damage than just numeric loss to health (e.g. limping).
* Limited munitions — weapons tend to be ineffective and ammunition is hard to come by. You can't even carry very many of them or much ammo even if you do find them.
Players accustomed to other types of games may not realize that they're meant to run away from the enemies more often than to shoot every single one of them to death.
The first Survival horror video game was released in 1975.