Survival horror
Game genre concept
A sub-genre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players.
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games
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WII 2007-11-13
TRS 1979-07
PS3 2008-11-14
PS2 2002-12-12
PS2 2005-09
WIN 2011-01-25
MAC 1996
WIN 2009-02-13
NES 1989-12-15
WIN 2013-10
WIN 2014-10-06
PS1 1999-09-22
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* Limited capacity - can't carry those 400 bullets, now can you?
* Limited supplies - how else to make it a survival horror?
* Survival - you're trying to save your ass, not everyone else's.
* Anxietty
* Defenseless / overpowered
* Psychological horror
* Limited capacity - can't carry those 400 bullets, now can you?
* Limited supplies - how else to make it a survival horror?
* Survival - you're trying to save your ass, not everyone else's.
* Anxietty
* Defenseless / overpowered
* Psychological horror
Has several notable differences to other horror games.
* Fragile protagonist — can't survive much beating, also often has much more adverse effects from damage than just numeric loss to health (e.g. limping).
* Limited munitions — weapons tend to be ineffective and ammunition is hard to come by. You can't even carry very many of them or much ammo even if you do find them.
Players accustomed to other types of games may not realize that they're meant to run away from the enemies more often than to shoot every single one of them to death.
* Fragile protagonist — can't survive much beating, also often has much more adverse effects from damage than just numeric loss to health (e.g. limping).
* Limited munitions — weapons tend to be ineffective and ammunition is hard to come by. You can't even carry very many of them or much ammo even if you do find them.
Players accustomed to other types of games may not realize that they're meant to run away from the enemies more often than to shoot every single one of them to death.
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The first Survival horror video game was released in 1975.