Resident Evil is a survival horror video game developed and distributed by Capcom Production Studio 4. It is a remake of the 1996 PlayStation game Resident Evil, the first edition in the Resident Evil video game series, and was released in 2002 for the GameCube video game device. The narrative is set in 1998, in the fictional Midwestern town of Raccoon City, where a series of strange murders had occurred. The player assumes the character of Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, two S.T.A.R.S. agents dispatched by the city to investigate the killings.

Resident Evil was created in one year and two months as part of an exclusive agreement between Capcom and Nintendo. Shinji Mikami, who also designed and directed the first Resident Evil, directed it. Mikami opted to rebuild the game because he believed the original had not aged well enough and that the capabilities of the GameCube might bring it closer to his original concept. The graphical appearance remains the same, with 3D models placed over pre-rendered backdrops. However, the visual quality has considerably increased. In addition, the remake includes new gaming mechanics, reworked puzzles, more explorable regions, a revamped screenplay, and more story elements, including an entire subplot removed from the original game.

Platforms: PC game, Xbox One

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Layers of Fear is a psychological horror video game published by Aspyr and created by Bloober Team. In February 2016, it was published globally on Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. In Layers of Fear, the player takes control of a psychologically unstable painter as he navigates a Victorian estate, learning mysteries about his history. The first-person perspective gameplay is story-driven and centered around puzzle-solving and exploration. Layers of Fear: Inheritance was launched as a direct sequel to the previous game on August 2, 2016. The player takes control of the painter's daughter this time, with the extra material focused on her apparent relapse into trauma after returning to her former abode.

Layers of Fear: Legacy, a final version for the Nintendo Switch, was published on February 21, 2018, and it includes, in addition to the Inheritance DLC, Joy-Con, touchscreen, and HD Rumble compatibility. Limited physical retail releases for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 would be available in North America beginning in October 2018. Layers of Fear 2 was announced in October 2018 and will be published on May 29, 2019.

Platforms: PC game, Xbox One

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Night School Studio created and released Oxenfree, a supernatural mystery/horror graphic adventure game. It was launched in January 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Xbox One. Later in 2016, PlayStation 4 and Linux versions were launched, followed by iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch versions in 2017. In Oxenfree, players take on the role of Alex, a teenage girl on a weekend excursion to a nearby island. Alex and her pals must solve the secrets of the island when seemingly supernatural happenings occur.

Night School Studio's first game. The creators sought to build a story-driven game without cutscenes, enabling players to traverse the area freely, inspired by classic adolescent films and coming-of-age programs. The visual presentation of Oxenfree combines dark, organic, and analog components with bright, geometric, and computerized ones. The game's soundtrack was written by musician scntfc, who used digital music production techniques as well as classic analog tape recorders and receivers.

Platforms: PC game, Xbox One, Linux

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Detention is a horror adventure video game produced by Taiwanese game company Red Candle Games for the Steam platform. It is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller set in martial law-era Taiwan in the 1960s. Religious aspects based on Taiwanese culture and mythology are also included in the game. On January 13, 2017, the game was launched. On June 13, 2016, a demo version was posted on Steam Greenlight. The game's premise was created by Red Candle Games co-founder Shun-ting "Coffee" Yao. Novelist Ling Jing wrote a novel based on the game in February 2017. On September 20, 2019, Warner Bros. Taiwan released a live-action film adaptation.

Detention is an unusual situation. The game, developed by Taiwanese gaming studio Red Candle Games, is set in 1960s Taiwan during the White Terror, a 38-year era of martial rule and repression of political dissidents. Wei and Ray, two students, are stuck at Greenwood High School and pursued by terrible monsters known as "the lingerers". They must hide from the creatures as they progress through the school, revealing deadly truths along the way.

Platforms: Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

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Behaviour Interactive's Dead by Daylight is a survival horror asymmetric multiplayer online game. It is a one-versus-four game in which one player plays as a savage killer and the other four as survivors; the killer must catch each survivor and impale them on hooks to sacrifice them to a malevolent force known as the Entity, while the survivors must avoid being caught and fix five generators to open the exit gates. The game was initially launched in June 2016 for Microsoft Windows, with subsequent versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One following in June 2017, Nintendo Switch in September 2019, iOS and Android in April 2020, and Stadia in October 2020.

Dead by Daylight, developed by Behavior Interactive as an asymmetric multiplayer survival horror game, has a loyal following of players captivated by the unusually stressful feeling of being hunted by a merciless killer played by a real person. It's a five-person game in which four of the players are survivors attempting to flee the final player, the murderer. The murderer is attempting to capture and sacrifice all survivors to an enigmatic Entity, while the survivors strive to activate generators that would allow them to escape the killer's hunting grounds. Since its first release, the game has constantly expanded, with new murderers and survivors appearing from classic horror series such as Saw, Evil Dead, and Stranger Things.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows

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Frictional Games' Amnesia: Collection is a survival horror adventure video game published in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 platform, and in 2018 for the Xbox One. The game follows a protagonist named Daniel as he explores Brennenburg, a dark and ominous castle while attempting to save his sanity by avoiding creatures and disturbing happenings. The game garnered great feedback from critics and earned two prizes from the Independent Games Festival.

The game was initially distributed freely via internet distribution but has subsequently been retailed by 1C Company in Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as THQ in North America. A collection of five short tales set in the setting of Amnesia was also released, authored by Mikael Hedberg and drawn by the game's concept artists. Furthermore, the game's music is available for purchase, and a free content expansion Justine, as well as various fan-made expansions and storylines for its unique "Custom Story" game mode, have been published.

Platforms: PC game, Linux

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Players take control of a crimson, tentacled creature of unknown origin. The creature must creep through vents and destroy scientists and troops as it makes its way through a complex. Players can get improvements such as the ability to sprint (which can be used to smash down wooden obstacles and access otherwise inaccessible regions) and increase in size as the game continues.

An amorphous monster known only as "The Monster" is kept in a containment unit within a Relith Science research facility. The beast escapes and makes its way through the institution in search of an exit. As the organism moves through the facility, it battles and devours the facility's personnel and security forces. Along the journey, the monster discovers sections of its genetic code that have been taken by scientists for research and confinement, allowing it to develop, allowing for greater size and additional means of defense and offensive.

The Creature also comes across material analyzers, which, upon entering, cause flashbacks that disclose its origins. The Creature was discovered by three scientists within an egg-like sack, and upon emerging, proceeded to kill two and possess the third. However, Relith security troops came and murdered the surviving scientist, allowing Relith to catch and imprison the beast. The creature eventually returns to its original confinement location and absorbs the last piece of its stolen genetic code, allowing it to reassemble a human form that resembles the scientist it initially infected before fleeing the facility and surfacing in a confined city as the sunsets.

Platforms: Xbox One, Linux

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Acid Wizard Studio created Darkwood, a top-down survival horror computer game. On July 24, 2014, the game was published on Steam Early Access, and on August 17, 2017, it was released as a complete game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, SteamOS, and Ubuntu. The game is set in a strange dark woodland somewhere in the Polish People's Republic, or, according to the makers, another territory of the Soviet Bloc, where the main characters have been imprisoned. During the Nindies Nintendo Direct on March 20, 2019, a Nintendo Switch version was revealed, and it was published on May 16, 2019.

The game has a semi-open environment in which the user unlocks additional regions as the plot advances. It also has a crafting system, a day/night cycle, trading and NPC interaction, a skill system, stealth and combat, and many plot paths that change various parts of the universe. If the player makes it through the night, they will acquire a reputation with the merchant, which they may use to trade for more costly products. If a player dies over the night, they will awaken the next morning with no reputation. If the player dies while scavenging, they will lose half of their inventory, which will be marked on the map for subsequent collecting.

Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

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