1. Silent Hill 2
Platform: PlayStation 2
US Release Year: 2001
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Synopsis: James Sunderland receives a letter from his wife, Mary, asking him to meet her in their "special place" in Silent Hill. James goes off to find her, even though she has been dead for some time. Entering the fog-shrouded town he encounters Maria, who looks like Mary but is much more provocative, along with the morose Angela Orosco and the jolly giant with a dark secret Eddie Dombrowski. All have been drawn to Silent Hill to face their pasts - will James be able to survive his?
2. Silent Hill
Platform: PlayStation
US Release Year: 1999
Overall Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Synopsis: Harry Mason and his daughter Cheryl are driving towards the town of Silent Hill when a figure causes him to crash his car. When he awakens, Cheryl is gone and the town is shrouded in a thick fog. Determined to find his missing daughter, he sets off, not realizing the harrowing journey his is about to face.
3. Left 4 Dead 2
Platform: Xbox 360
US Release Year: 2009
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (First-Person Shooter, Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Valve Corporation
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Synopsis: A group of four survivors finds themselves immune to a highly infections disease that turns people into aggressive zombie-like creatures. Starting in Savannah, Georgia, the four hope to make it to New Orleans where they can be evacuated, but they will have to survive the undead hordes to make it out alive.
4. The Last of Us
Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2013
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony
Synopsis: The story takes place 20 years after a pandemic wiped out most of the human race. Now the infected attack like rabid animals while roving survivors do everything they can to survive. Joel, a hardened veteran is given a mission to escort a young girl, Ellie, out of an oppressive military quarantine zone. Yet what starts off a seemingly easy task becomes a brutal trek across the ruined U.S. Resources are scarce, choices you make will determine your path, adaptive AI molds you your playing style and "Dynamic Stealth" opportunities all make this third-person oriented game a genre-defining video game experience.
5. Resident Evil 4 ( BioHazard 4 )
Platform: GameCube
US Release Year: 2005
Overall Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Synopsis: After surviving the horrors of Raccoon City, Leon S. Kennedy is now a federal agent. When the president's daughter, Ashley Graham, is kidnapped, he is dispatched to a rural European village where a religious cult has taken root. But soon after arriving he finds the villagers have been transformed into ravenous monsters and must work quickly to rescue Ashley and escape from another nightmare.
6. Resident Evil 2
Platform: PlayStation
US Release Year: 1998
Overall Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Synopsis: Two months after the events of Resident Evil, rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and Clair Redfied, Chris' sister, arrive in the town of Raccoon City only to find the town completely overrun by the undead. Seeking answers, and a means to escape, the two split up on separate quests but whose stores intertwine and both lead to an ultimate showdown.
7. Silent Hill 3
Platform: PlayStation 2
US Release Year: 2003
Overall Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
8. Left 4 Dead
Platform: Xbox 360
US Release Year: 2008
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (First-Person Shooter, Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Certain Affinity
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Synopsis: A rabies-like virus dubbed "The Green Flu" is transforming the vast majority of the population into agile, zombie-like hordes. A group of four people find themselves immune to the disease and make a plan to escape to safe zone. In order to survive, they must work together and make their way through the masses of infected, along with some powerful, mutated enemies.
9. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition ( BioHazard 4: Wii Edition )
Platform: Wii
US Release Year: 2007
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Synopsis: This enhanced port of "Resident Evil 4" features unique Wii controls.
10. Luigi's Mansion
Platform: GameCube
US Release Year: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
