Zombies seem to have been at the forefront of horror for a while now, as evidenced by zombie survival horror crafting games being a dime a dozen on Steam Greenlight and other user-made content pages. Because of this, a lot of us have become desensitized to zombies but when a zombie game is done well, they can still be scary take Zombi(U) for instance. Zombi puts you in the shoes of a survivor trying to negotiate the streets of London in a zombie apocalypse fairly standard stuff, and creepy enough in and of itself. However, the game comes into its own once you die. It takes a little bit of inspiration from the Souls series you have the next life to find the character who just bit the dust, now zombified, and kill them to reclaim your gear. Not only is this a really cool concept death actually has meaning if youre going to have to kill the character youve spent a good long time kitting out but the game is at its most scary just after you die, because one wrong move and youll be severely disadvantaged for a long, long time afterwards. Chronically underrated whilst a Wii U exclusive, Zombi should pick up a few more sales now its on other platforms.
