18 Best Survival Horror Video Games Of All Time

13. Bioshock

As the series went on, Bioshock evolved into far more of an adventure game-influenced shooter, but its underwater thrill-ride original? It's straight-up horror through and through.

Framed as something of a mystery, you'll delve in from above the surface, unravelling just what the hell happened to this former utopia known as Rapture. The true purpose of why you're there is now the stuff of gaming legend, but Irrational Games designed some truly macabre individuals that'll stick in the mind - and that's before you remember stumbling upon a couple of Splicers, made known only by the angular shadows they cast on every surface.

This first Bioshock's tone - especially back when we were all discovering it together - is one of primal fear, backed up by a learned script that knew every move you were going to make before you did.