In contrast to earlier horror games, recent indie horror games are far more simplistic, shorter, and barely even bother having a story. With the declining support for horror games by large publishers, horror games have largely become a genre that’s popular with indie developers. However, the appeal of these games and the horror hits of the late 1990s and early 2000s are wildly different.Īmong almost all the major publishers, Capcom has been the only one to release a big budget horror game in recent years with “Resident Evil: Village”. Games like, “Five Nights at Freddys”, “Phasmophobia”, and “Dead by Daylight” have all been massive hits in recent years. To clarify, horror games as a genre haven’t completely gone away. “Resident Evil”’s success led to a new wave of iconic horror titles such as, “Silent Hill”, “Fatal Frame”, and “The Suffering”, but as of 2022, it seems like this genre has almost gone extinct.

It combined the interactive fun of video games, with the intense thrills of horror movies. Despite its goofy story, campy cinematics, and almost comic voice acting, “Resident Evil” was one of the first games to successfully create a engaging horror experience. Back in 1996, one of the most influential games of all time came out on Playstation: Capcom’s “Resident Evil”.

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