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Survival horror

Game genre theme

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A sub-genre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players.

365
games
51
platforms
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
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.

Popular tags

actionadventure cinematicplatformer clickadventure firstpersonshooter hordegame interactivefiction lootemup metroidvania openworldsurvivalcrafting pacifisthorror sandbox stealthgame survivalsimulation

Parent groups

Action-Adventure, Adventure

Related group

Culture
Serious

Games by year

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The first Survival horror video game was released in 1975.

Capcom published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows75
Linux65
PS226
X36021
Mac OS X17
PS17
PS316
PS414
Wii12
Xbox8
PS58
Xbox One8
Dreamcast7
GameCube6
Switch5
Mac OS Classic4
Nintendo DS4
MS-DOS4
3DO3
Saturn3
PS Vita3
Atari 26003
PSP3
3DS2
Wii U2
Xbox Series X2
NEC PC98012
FM Towns2
TRS-801
GBC1

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