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Games Like Resident Evil: Survival Horror to Play Next

Resident Evil is the template for survival horror: explore a dangerous place, count your bullets, solve puzzles with what you carry and decide which monsters are worth a fight. These games keep those rules, from big remakes to small indie games made the old way.

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  1. Extreme close-up of Elster's shadowed face with glowing red eyes against a deep red background, drawn in a pixel anime style PsychologicalSIGNALISA six-slot inventory, scarce bullets, locked doors and puzzles in a PS1-era style: the closest feel to the early games, with a stranger story.
  2. Dead Space key art: Isaac Clarke in his engineering suit, the helmet's slits glowing blue, in a gloomy ship corridor SurvivalDead SpaceThe best match for the modern remakes: an over-the-shoulder camera, a ship you learn room by room and monsters that only stop when you cut off their limbs.
  3. James stands with his back to us in the middle of a fog-filled Silent Hill street, abandoned cars and shopfronts fading into grey mist PsychologicalSILENT HILL 2The genre's other pillar, remade: scarce supplies and puzzles in a fog-bound town that mirrors one man's guilt.
  4. Tormented Souls key art: a twisted figure stands in a red-lit corridor lined with suits of armour, glowing light behind it SurvivalTormented SoulsA direct homage to the 1996 original, with fixed cameras, tank controls, limited saves and a hospital-mansion full of puzzles.
  5. Crow Country art: low-poly Mara stands by a crow-topped ticket booth between two crow mascot statues SurvivalCrow CountryPS1-style survival horror in an abandoned 1990 theme park, with puzzles, a small arsenal and monsters in the dark.
  6. The Evil Within key art: a man's bloodied face wrapped in barbed wire SurvivalThe Evil WithinDirected by Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil: scarce ammunition, traps and grotesque enemies you must burn to keep down.
  7. Tormented Souls 2 key art: Caroline, in an eye patch and leather jacket, holds a yellow nail gun and a lit lighter between a moonlit church and a candlelit room hung with chains SurvivalTormented Souls 2The sequel keeps the fixed cameras and limited saves and moves to a remote Chilean town with a nightmare other side.
  8. The Evil Within 2 key art: a pale, monochrome Sebastian Castellanos with a cable at his mouth among dark tendrils PsychologicalThe Evil Within 2Mikami's series opened up into a broken town you scavenge, sneak through and fight in.
  9. Alone in the Dark key art: Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby with weapons in front of a masked, hatted figure PsychologicalAlone in the DarkA reimagining of the 1992 game that came before Resident Evil: an asylum of puzzles and eldritch creatures with scarce ammunition.
  10. Hollowbody screenshot: Mica aims a pistol at a pale, skinless creature in a ruined, dark room SurvivalHollowbodyA recent indie survival horror of scarce resources, puzzles and fights in a sealed exclusion zone.
  11. Cronos: The New Dawn art: the Traveler in a dented diving-style helmet with a shoulder lamp, a dark tower under a red sky behind SurvivalCronos: The New DawnThird-person survival horror with heavy, careful combat and creatures that grow stronger by absorbing the fallen.
  12. The Sinking City 2 key art: a man in a fedora with a shotgun on his back stands waist-deep in floodwater under an Arkham cemetery arch, wrapped by rising tentacles SurvivalThe Sinking City 2Resource-lean survival horror in a flooded 1920s Arkham: manage your inventory, solve puzzles and open shortcuts back to supplies.
  13. Heaven Dust 2 key art: Steve with a shotgun and a young woman back to back above a crowd of zombies, helicopters behind SurvivalHeaven Dust 2A research centre overrun by a virus, zombies and mutated fiends, an inventory to manage and items to combine for puzzles: the old formula played straight.
  14. Night At the Gates of Hell art: rotting zombies walking through a graveyard under a purple night sky, one with maggots in its eye socket SurvivalNight At the Gates of HellA zombie outbreak in a seaside city, head shots that count, weapons to collect and puzzles, in gory PS1-style 3D.
  15. Lamentum key art: Victor with a bloody axe among the other characters and tentacles, a dark mansion on a floating rock SurvivalLamentumA pixel-art survival horror in a cursed mansion, with scarce ammunition, traps and creatures between you and a cure for your wife.
  16. Resident Evil Code: Veronica X art: Claire Redfield with a rifle and Chris Redfield with a pistol in his S.T.A.R.S. vest against a dark blue sky SurvivalResident Evil Code: Veronica XThe classic chapter between Resident Evil 3 and 4, Claire on Umbrella's island, still sold on PlayStation and Xbox.
  17. Alisa key art: Alisa in a blue dress reclines on a floral sofa with a doll's head and a tommy gun, against dark red wallpaper SurvivalAlisaA PS1-style homage with fixed cameras and tank controls: an agent wakes in a Victorian mansion of doll-like killers.
  18. The Glass Staircase screenshot: bloodied bodies wrapped in cloth hang upside down in a grim tiled room SurvivalThe Glass StaircasePuppet Combo's homage to PS2 survival horror and Italian zombie films: fixed cameras, tank controls and the dead in an old house.

If you want the classic, fixed-camera Resident Evil of the 1990s, start with Tormented Souls and its sequel Tormented Souls 2. Both put Caroline Walker in a sinister mansion-like hospital and then a remote Chilean town, with fixed camera angles, optional tank controls, limited saves and puzzles built from items you combine. Crow Country does the same thing in the style of the original PlayStation: an abandoned theme park in 1990, a small arsenal and monsters in the dark, with an optional mode that turns the fights off.

Signalis is the indie pick for players who loved how tight the early games felt. Its inventory has six slots, bullets are scarce, and the facility you search is full of locked doors and puzzles, but its story is stranger and sadder than anything in Raccoon City.

For the over-the-shoulder Resident Evil of the remakes and Resident Evil 4, play Dead Space. Its remake turns a mining ship into a maze you learn room by room, and its monsters only stop when you cut off their limbs, so every shot counts. Dead Space 2 is faster and more action-led. The Evil Within comes from Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil, and plays like a darker cousin of Resident Evil 4 with matches to burn the dead; The Evil Within 2 opens it up into a broken town you scavenge.

Silent Hill 2 is the other pillar of the genre. Its remake keeps the scarce supplies and puzzles but makes the fear personal, a town that reflects one man's guilt. Alone in the Dark (2024) reimagines the game that came before Resident Evil, an asylum full of puzzles and eldritch things, and Hollowbody and Cronos: The New Dawn are recent survival horror games with the same rhythm of scavenging, puzzles and careful fights. The Sinking City 2 brings that rhythm to a flooded 1920s Arkham, with an inventory to manage, shortcuts to open and Lovecraftian creatures in the water.

Smaller indie games keep the formula alive too. Heaven Dust 2 is the most direct: you wake in a research centre overrun by a virus outbreak and work your way out past zombies and mutated fiends, managing an inventory, ammunition and healing items and combining items to solve its puzzles. Night At the Gates of Hell goes back to Italian zombie films in gory PS1-style 3D, with slow dead that only fall to a shot in the head and puzzles between you and the way out. Lamentum turns the mansion into pixel art: a man brings his dying wife to Grau Hill Mansion and finds creatures, traps and cosmic secrets, with a lamp, a few weapons and scarce ammunition.

Three more look straight back to the 1990s. Echoes of the Living, in Early Access, is a zombie outbreak in a fog-bound European town in 1996, played through fixed cameras with every bullet counted. Alisa recreates the look of a PS1 game, tank controls included, in a Victorian mansion stalked by doll-like machines. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is from the era itself, a 2001 entry in the series that came before Resident Evil, with pre-rendered rooms and a flashlight that drives back the creatures of the dark.

The Glass Staircase, from Puppet Combo, is a short homage to PS2 survival horror and Italian zombie films: girls in an old house follow a voice on the intercom until the dead rise, played with fixed cameras and tank controls.

If what you want is the originals themselves, the 1996 Resident Evil and the 1998 Resident Evil 2 were re-released on PC in 2026, fixed cameras, tank controls and all, and have their own pages on this site. Resident Evil Code: Veronica X, the chapter between Resident Evil 3 and 4, is still sold on PlayStation and Xbox in its original form.

If you only try one, play Signalis for the closest feel to the originals, or Dead Space for the closest feel to the modern remakes.

Questions

What is the closest game to the original Resident Evil?

Tormented Souls is the most direct homage, with fixed cameras, tank controls, limited saves and a mansion full of puzzles. Crow Country and Signalis are close too, in a PS1-era style.

What game is most like the Resident Evil remakes?

Dead Space (2023) is the closest: an over-the-shoulder camera, scarce ammunition, a place you learn room by room and enemies you must aim carefully at.

Did the creator of Resident Evil make other horror games?

Yes. Shinji Mikami directed The Evil Within, a survival horror game with the same mix of scarce ammunition, traps and grotesque enemies.

Are there Resident Evil-like games on Switch?

Yes: Tormented Souls, Crow Country and Signalis are all on Nintendo Switch.

Can I still play the original Resident Evil games on PC?

Yes. Resident Evil (1996) and Resident Evil 2 (1998) were re-released on PC through GOG and Steam in 2026, alongside the modern remakes.

Are there indie games like the classic Resident Evil?

Yes. Heaven Dust 2, Night At the Gates of Hell, Lamentum, Crow Country and Signalis all keep the scarce ammunition, inventory and puzzles of the early games.

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