History Main / SurvivalHorror

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has elements of this with the optional hard core mode, where one manages their own hydration, sleep, and hunger lvls. There isn't much horror in the game itself though, however the Dead Money DLC is packed with enough to horror to qualify and takes away all your previous items and gives you precious little to work with.

* ''VideoGame/Vanish''

* Minecraft is usually a sandbox game, but turns to SurvivalHorror during the night, when the ''hostile'' mobs spawn. Without a bed in which to skip to dawn, you will have to spend all night dodging archer skeletons, zombies, spiders, [[MadeOfExplodium creepers]], and Endermen, tall, elongated, black humanoid figures with purple eyes who can teleport, and if you look directly at them, they will attack you, and probably kill you, since they're some of the strongest monsters in the Overworld.

* ''VideoGame/{{Underhell}}''

** ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty2DeadPatient''

There's some debate as to what truly makes a game survival horror. Some claim that any sufficiently scary counts, while purists often believe that it must have a heavy focus on resource management to qualify, believing that providing too many resources, no resources, or otherwise sidelining it disqualifies a game. As a rule of thumb, a game typically labeleled Action Horror is not Survival Horror. This includes games such as VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, which, despite keeping the tense atmosphere of the previous games, has the player sitting on a pile of ammo and supplies by comparison, making it a different genre to its UrExample predecessors. In order to minimize confusion, try looking at the protagonist's despair; if the protagonist is oppressed and their major issues seem too petty for action games (extreme scarcity of ammunition & supplies, very tough enemies regardless of difficulty, enormous objectives, etc.), then you may be looking at survival horror.

-->-- '''ZeroPunctuation''' ''[[DeconstructedTrope on the frequent misappropriation of Survival Horror.]]''[[note]][[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5346-Amy Source here.]][[/note]]

* [[VideoGame/Minecraft]] is usually a sandbox game, but turns to SurvivalHorror during the night, when the ''hostile'' mobs spawn. Without a bed in which to skip to dawn, you will have to spend all night dodging archer skeletons, zombies, spiders, [[MadeOfExplodium creepers]], and Endermen, tall, elongated, black humanoid figures with purple eyes who can teleport, and if you look directly at them, they will attack you, and probably kill you, since they're some of the strongest monsters in the Overworld.

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* ''TerraPrimate''

* ''ObsCure''

* ''VideoGame/ProjectFirestart'' (an extremely early example of the genre on the Commodore 64)