Survival horror
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Survival horror is a subgenre of action-adventure games. Although combat can be part of the gameplay, the player is made to feel less in control than in typical action games through limited ammunition
Alone in the Dark (1992) is considered a forefather of the survival horror genre, and is sometimes called a survival horror game in retrospect.
The Silent Hill series, pictured above, introduced a psychological horror style to the genre. The most renowned was Silent Hill 2 (2001), for its strong narrative.
Sweet Home (video game)
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Sweet Home is a 1989 role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom for the Family Computer. It was developed alongside the horror film Sweet Home, and tells the story of a team of five fil
Survival horror
…was first used for the original Japanese release of Resident Evil in 1996, which was influenced by earlier games with a horror theme such as 1989's Sweet Home and 1992's Alone in the Dark. The name has been used since then for games with similar gameplay and has been retroactively applied to earlier titles…
Sweet Home Japanese Famicom box art
The director of the film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, supervised the game's production.