Survival Horror
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SeverSoul XOOKEEPER – Open Beta | Alpha Beta Gamer
SeverSoul XOOKEEPER is an open beta point-and-click horror game where players manage a government facility's night shift, keeping four deadly entities fed and contained. Players must manage power, feed creatures, and use deterrents while monitoring generators to prevent dimensional breaches. The game features unique entity behaviors and survival mechanics, encouraging players to hide and use terminal commands to manage the facility.
Resident Evil Can’t Rely On Nostalgia Forever
The Resident Evil franchise risks creative stagnation by over-relying on nostalgia and remakes, despite recent successes like Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil 4. While titles like Resident Evil: Requiem offer polished experiences, they often retread familiar ground and themes. The series needs to embrace bold new directions, as it has in the past, to continue thriving and avoid becoming repetitive.
Investigate An Abandoned Hotel In GHOST At DAWN, Out Now On Xbox
GHOST at DAWN, a detective noir survival horror game, is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with Xbox Play Anywhere support. Players step into the shoes of private eye Ben O'Hara in 1947 to investigate a missing girl in an abandoned hotel filled with the living dead. The game combines investigation elements with survival horror combat.
Netflix Announces Unhinged Game
Netflix has announced Unhinged, a new survival horror game set to launch on June 30th. The game promises an immersive experience and features voice acting from notable performers Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker.
Game Demos
The Sinking City 2, a survival horror game set in the 1920s with Lovecraftian themes, has a demo available on Steam for PC. The game challenges players to defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned city.
How a 12 year wait made Alien Isolation 2 a better sequel
Creative Assembly is developing Alien: Isolation 2, a sequel to the acclaimed 2014 survival horror game. Creative director Al Hope and animation director Simon Ridge discussed how the 12-year gap and the original game's growing audience have informed their approach to the sequel, which will feature new environments and a new protagonist on a remote colony world. The game aims to evolve the tense cat-and-mouse gameplay of its predecessor with both indoor claustrophobia and outdoor vulnerability.
Utvecklarna bakom härligt motbjudande Ill försäkrar att det inte blir för svårt
Team Clout Inc. has addressed concerns that their upcoming game, Ill, will be too difficult. The developers aim to balance survival-horror elements with action, ensuring players manage scarce resources tactically without feeling overly punished or like an unstoppable force. The goal is to provide fun action within a bloody nightmare, avoiding frustrating difficulty.
Doctor Viscera: Definitive Edition Launches Today on Steam
Doctor Viscera: Definitive Edition has launched on Steam, featuring PSX-style survival horror gameplay within the GrimmHaus Asylum. Developed by Liminal Road, this updated version includes new gameplay elements like the ranged-attacking Nurse enemy, visual improvements, and optimizations, with all new content available free for existing owners. The studio plans future expansions and a console release.
Escape the Backrooms Review | TheXboxHub
Escape the Backrooms is a survival horror game that attempts to capture the essence of the popular Backrooms creepypasta. While it succeeds in delivering jump scares and eerie aesthetics with unique monster designs and a sanity mechanic, it is hampered by frustrating puzzles and aimless exploration. The game offers a decent, albeit divisive, experience within the crowded liminal-space horror genre.
IT: Welcome to Derry artist calls his new Resident Evil-like horror "a cinematic experience" – and it's not a zombie game
Team Clout's upcoming horror game, ILL, is described as a "cinematic experience" by creative director Max Verehin, who previously worked as an artist on IT: Welcome to Derry. Inspired by survival horror titles like Resident Evil, ILL focuses on physics-based action, resource scarcity, and a distinct physicality with an emphasis on its anatomically-precise dismemberment system. The game aims to blend filmmaking techniques with video game design, featuring analog sci-fi horror elements set in the 1980s and avoiding typical zombie tropes in favor of unpredictable 'aberrations'.
LIMINAL BACKROOMS UNVEILS NEW TRAILER FOR ITS CO-OP BACKROOMS HORROR GAME
The Unknown Studio has released a new trailer for their co-op horror game, Liminal Backrooms, which is set to be available on PC via Steam. The game focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and survival within unsettling liminal spaces, requiring players to work together to overcome hostile entities and adapt to the unique rules of each level.
ILL Won’t Make You Feel Like “An Unstoppable Action Hero,” But It Won’t Overtly Punish Either
Team Clout's upcoming survival horror game ILL aims for a challenging but not overly punishing experience, focusing on tactical resource management and scarce, degrading weapons. The developers want players to feel engaged without being unstoppable, balancing survival horror elements with fun action. ILL is currently targeting a 2027 release for PlayStation 5 and PC.
Flock Off! – Beta Demo | Alpha Beta Gamer
Flock Off! is a co-op first-person brawler set in an alternate 1990s Scottish Highlands, featuring zombie sheep and improvised weapons. Players can team up with up to four friends to fight the undead horde, utilizing environmental destruction and creative combat. A beta demo is available for download on Steam.
NEVER LOOK BACK – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
NEVER LOOK BACK is a psychological rule-based horror game where players navigate an infinite office staircase while being pursued by darkness. The game features anomalies that alter item placements and space, and players must manage fear using a rubber duck while resisting the urge to look behind them. Beta sign-ups are currently available.
Feature: The 10 Best PS5 Games of 2026 So Far
Push Square has compiled a list of the top 10 PlayStation 5 games released in the first half of 2026, based on reader votes. Resident Evil Requiem secured the top spot, followed by 007 First Light and Capcom's new IP, Pragmata. The list highlights the strong performance of Capcom and IO Interactive titles on the platform.
These 5+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (22nd-28th June)
Several new games are launching on PlayStation 5 between June 22nd and 28th, including Dead or Alive 6: Last Round, Deer & Boy, Abyssus, Flesh Made Fear, and The Necromancer's Tale. This week is noted as potentially the slowest of the year for new releases on the PlayStation Store.
Ghost at Dawn is about Fear, Empathy, and Questionable Choices
Ghost at Dawn is a Survival Horror game set in 1947, where players take on the role of private detective Ben O'Hara investigating a missing Japanese girl at The Pines Hotel. The game emphasizes empathy and features a permadeath system, with endings determined by discovered clues. It is available on Xbox Play Anywhere starting June 24.
Hellraiser: Revival is a brutal and smart survival horror, and my biggest surprise of SGF
Hellraiser: Revival is a surprising survival horror game that blends first-person exploration with challenging puzzles and brutal combat. Developed by Saber Interactive, the game features unique looping environments and environmental puzzles inspired by the Hellraiser franchise's iconic tone. The game is slated for release on PC and aims to deliver a gory and intense experience for fans.
Doctor Viscera Definitive Edition Next Week
Brazilian developer Liminal Road announced that Doctor Viscera Definitive Edition will be released on PC via Steam on June 23rd. This edition will be a free update for players who own the original Doctor Viscera, a survival horror game launched last year.
I'm glad Resident Evil Veronica will have a "reimagined story" – remakes need reinvention to…
The author expresses excitement for the Resident Evil Veronica remake, particularly the "reimagined story" aspect. They argue that remakes need to update outdated elements and potentially alter characters to remain relevant for modern audiences, citing subtle changes in Resident Evil 4 Remake as a positive example. The article speculates on how the remake might address controversial elements and align with the evolving narrative of the Resident Evil series.
