Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 904 critic lists from 141 publications.
Updated: February 3, 2026
Most Acclaimed Horror Games of All Time
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#1 Resident Evil 4 (2005) (#8)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | PS2, GC, Wii | Horror / Third-Person Shooter | ~16h | 90 lists
#2 Silent Hill 2 (2001) (#44)
Team Silent | PS2, Xbox | Horror | ~8h | 60 lists
#3 Inside (2016) (#73)
Playdead | WIN, XB1, PS4, SW | Horror / Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 62 lists
#4 Resident Evil (1996) (#74)
Capcom Planning Room 2 | WIN, SAT, PS | Horror | ~7h | 36 lists
#5 System Shock 2 (1999) (#77)
Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios | WIN | Horror / Action RPG / First-Person Shooter | ~13h | 34 lists
#6 Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) (#148)
Turtle Rock Studios, Valve | MAC, WIN, X360 | Horror / First-Person Shooter | ~10h | 31 lists
#7 Dead Space (2008) (#181)
EA Redwood Shores | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~11h | 28 lists
#8 Resident Evil 2 (1998) (#187)
Capcom Planning Room 2 | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Horror | ~6h | 26 lists
#9 Resident Evil 2 (2019) (#221)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 42 lists
#10 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) (#263)
Capcom | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 42 lists
#11 Resident Evil 4 (2023) (#289)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, 3, XBXS | Horror | ~16h | 34 lists
#12 Alien: Isolation (2014) (#296)
The Creative Assembly | WIN, X360, XB1, PS3, PS4 | Horror / Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~18h | 24 lists
#13 Alan Wake II (2023) (#308)
Remedy Entertainment | WIN, PS5, XBXS | Horror | ~19h | 46 lists
#14 Silent Hill f (2025) (#357)
NeoBards Entertainment | WIN, PS5, XBXS | Horror | ~11h | 24 lists
#15 Dead Space 2 (2011) (#371)
Visceral Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~9h | 22 lists
#16 P.T. (2014) (#406)
Kojima Productions | PS4 | Horror | ~2h | 14 lists
#17 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (#411)
Silicon Knights | GC | Horror | ~13h | 13 lists
#18 Alone in the Dark (1992) (#422)
Infogrames | DOS | Horror | ~4h | 14 lists
#19 Silent Hill (1999) (#463)
Team Silent | PS | Horror | ~7h | 10 lists
#20 F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon (2005) (#535)
Monolith Productions | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror / First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 7 lists
#21 Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) (#556)
Frictional Games | 3 | Adventure / Horror | ~8h | 9 lists
#22 Until Dawn (2015) (#597)
Supermassive Games | PS4 | Horror / Interactive Drama | ~8h | 20 lists
#23 Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000) (#651)
Nextech | DC, PS2, GC | Horror | ~12h | 6 lists
#24 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (2003) (#787)
Tecmo | PS2, Xbox | Horror | ~9h | 4 lists
#25 Silent Hill 2 (2024) (#813)
Bloober Team | WIN, PS5 | Horror | ~16h | 24 lists
#26 Resident Evil (2002) (#835)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | GC, Wii | Horror | ~11h | 7 lists
#27 Resident Evil Village (2021) (#849)
Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Horror | ~10h | 25 lists
#28 Deadly Premonition (2010) (#873)
Access Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~18h | 7 lists
#29 SOMA (2015) (#964)
Frictional Games | 3, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 11 lists
#30 The Typing of the Dead (1999) (#981)
WOW Entertainment | ARC, WIN, DC | Educational / Horror | ~1h | 4 lists
#1
#8
Resident Evil 4
2005
#2
#44
Silent Hill 2
2001
#3
#73
Inside
2016
#4
#74
Resident Evil
1996
#5
#77
System Shock 2
1999
#6
#148
Left 4 Dead 2
2009
#7
#181
Dead Space
2008
#8
#187
Resident Evil 2
1998
#9
#221
Resident Evil 2
2019
#10
#263
#11
#289
Resident Evil 4
2023
#12
#296
Alien: Isolation
2014
#13
#308
Alan Wake II
2023
#14
#357
Silent Hill f
2025
#15
#371
Dead Space 2
2011
#16
#406
P.T.
2014
#17
#411
#18
#422
Alone in the Dark
1992
#19
#463
Silent Hill
1999
#20
#535
#21
#556
#22
#597
Until Dawn
2015
#23
#651
#24
#787
#25
#813
Silent Hill 2
2024
#26
#835
Resident Evil
2002
#27
#849
#28
#873
Deadly Premonition
2010
#29
#964
SOMA
2015
#30
#981
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