Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Horror Games of All Time
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#1 Resident Evil 4 (2005) (#9)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | WIN, PS2, GC, Wii | Horror | ~16h | 87 lists
#2 Silent Hill 2 (2001) (#49)
Team Silent | WIN, PS2, Xbox | Horror | ~16h | 58 lists
#3 Resident Evil (1996) (#71)
Capcom Planning Room 2 | WIN, SAT, PS | Horror | ~7h | 36 lists
#4 Inside (2016) (#72)
Playdead | WIN, XB1, PS4, SW | Horror / Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 61 lists
#5 System Shock 2 (1999) (#75)
Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios | WIN | Horror / Action RPG / First-Person Shooter | ~13h | 34 lists
#6 Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) (#149)
Turtle Rock Studios, Valve | MAC, WIN, X360 | Horror / First-Person Shooter | ~10h | 29 lists
#7 Dead Space (2008) (#170)
EA Redwood Shores | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~11h | 28 lists
#8 Resident Evil 2 (1998) (#194)
Capcom Planning Room 2 | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Horror | ~9h | 24 lists
#9 Resident Evil 2 (2019) (#215)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 41 lists
#10 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) (#245)
Capcom | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 42 lists
#11 Alien: Isolation (2014) (#272)
The Creative Assembly | WIN, X360, XB1, PS3, PS4 | Horror / Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~18h | 24 lists
#12 Resident Evil 4 (2023) (#292)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, 3, XBXS | Horror | ~16h | 33 lists
#13 Alan Wake II (2023) (#310)
Remedy Entertainment | WIN, PS5, XBXS | Horror | ~19h | 44 lists
#14 Dead Space 2 (2011) (#344)
Visceral Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~9h | 22 lists
#15 P.T. (2014) (#399)
Kojima Productions | PS4 | Horror | ~2h | 14 lists
#16 Alone in the Dark (1992) (#405)
Infogrames | DOS | Horror | ~4h | 14 lists
#17 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (#424)
Silicon Knights | GC | Horror | ~13h | 12 lists
#18 Silent Hill (1999) (#477)
Team Silent | PS | Horror | ~7h | 9 lists
#19 F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon (2005) (#507)
Monolith Productions | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror / First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 7 lists
#20 Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) (#519)
Frictional Games | 3 | Adventure / Horror | ~8h | 9 lists
#21 Until Dawn (2015) (#580)
Supermassive Games | PS4 | Horror / Interactive Drama | ~8h | 20 lists
#22 Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000) (#627)
Nextech | DC, PS2, GC | Horror | ~12h | 6 lists
#23 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (2003) (#776)
Tecmo | PS2, Xbox | Horror | ~9h | 4 lists
#24 Resident Evil (2002) (#807)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | GC, Wii | Horror | ~11h | 7 lists
#25 Resident Evil Village (2021) (#833)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Horror | ~10h | 24 lists
#26 Silent Hill 2 (2024) (#839)
Bloober Team | WIN, PS5 | Horror | ~16h | 23 lists
#27 SOMA (2015) (#911)
Frictional Games | 3, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 11 lists
#28 The Typing of the Dead (1999) (#951)
WOW Entertainment | ARC, WIN, DC | Educational / Horror | ~1h | 4 lists
#29 Deadly Premonition (2010) (#978)
Digital Media Lab Inc. | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~18h | 6 lists
#30 Dying Light (2015) (#979)
Techland | WIN, LIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~18h | 6 lists
#1
#9
Resident Evil 4
2005
#2
#49
Silent Hill 2
2001
#3
#71
Resident Evil
1996
#4
#72
Inside
2016
#5
#75
System Shock 2
1999
#6
#149
Left 4 Dead 2
2009
#7
#170
Dead Space
2008
#8
#194
Resident Evil 2
1998
#9
#215
Resident Evil 2
2019
#10
#245
#11
#272
Alien: Isolation
2014
#12
#292
Resident Evil 4
2023
#13
#310
Alan Wake II
2023
#14
#344
Dead Space 2
2011
#15
#399
P.T.
2014
#16
#405
Alone in the Dark
1992
#17
#424
#18
#477
Silent Hill
1999
#19
#507
#20
#519
#21
#580
Until Dawn
2015
#22
#627
#23
#776
#24
#807
Resident Evil
2002
#25
#833
#26
#839
Silent Hill 2
2024
#27
#911
SOMA
2015
#28
#951
#29
#978
Deadly Premonition
2010
#30
#979
Dying Light
2015
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