18 Best Survival Horror Video Games Of All Time

5. Resident Evil 4

One of the most poignant shifts in any franchise's history, Resident Evil 4's pivot into third-person over-shoulder action marks the point you either hopped off the Resi train and came back for its newest instalment, or - like the rest of us - bathed in the glow of one of the most innovative survival horror games ever created.

Opening with a brilliantly foreboding - and full-on Wicker Man-esque - descent into an otherwise unassuming Spanish village, the reveal of Los Ganados was both a revolution in the franchise (running zombies!) and a supremely threatening force. The way the game pushes you to absolute breaking point in various horde-based encounters only reinforces the 'one man against all' mentality that runs throughout.

Capcom couldn't resist backing this up with the occasional "big crazy boss fight" (it is Resi, after all), but all-round this was a confident step into the next generation that ended up influencing every third-person shooter and horror title thereafter.