18 Best Survival Horror Video Games Of All Time

16. The Evil Within

The first horror title helmed by auteur Shinji Mikami since leaving Capcom after Resident Evil 4, you can think of The Evil Within as the real successor to that game we never got. Right from the get-go you're thrown into yet another mist-tinged village replete with angry/possessed denizens who want your face for breakfast, and things only get more outlandish from there.

Conserving ammo is a must as encounters can be dealt with relatively stealthily, but nine times out of ten all hell will break loose, forcing you to bust out the shotgun and crossbow to get by.

Yes, the story goes off the rails towards the end, but as a solid continuation of what Resident Evil 5 could've been - without overblown machine gun-equipped zombies - The Evil Within is one of the most underrated and true-to-form survival horrors in years.