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Resident Evil

1996 · Capcom

Explore a mansion through locked routes, limited supplies and discoveries that slowly reveal the disaster inside.

PLATFORMS

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GAMEBOX SCORE

92

Provisional GAMEBOX editorial ratings. These are not verified facts or aggregate review scores.

/ 100

Retro Score91
Hidden Gem89
Revival Potential84

GAME DNA

experience
Survival tension · Strategic planning
genre
Horror · Survival Horror
mood
Dark · Unsettling
gameplay
Exploration · Survival · Puzzle
difficulty
Hard
era
1990s
pacing
Slow
perspective
Fixed-camera
structure
Interconnected

DISCOVER BY GAME DNA

Game DNA is GAMEBOX editorial classification; era comes from the sourced release year. Ratings are separate editorial judgements.

DarkUnsettlingExplorationSurvivalPuzzle

ABOUT THE GAME

Explore a mansion through locked routes, limited supplies and discoveries that slowly reveal the disaster inside.

Explore a mansion through locked routes, limited supplies and discoveries that slowly reveal the disaster inside.

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RETRO HISTORY

First listed release: 1996. Explore the cited source for the game's release and development history.

ORIGINAL RELEASE
1996
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom

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SIMILAR GAMES

Explore what makes games feel like Resident Evil

GAMEBOX algorithmic assessments of editorial Game DNA. Confidence describes overlap strength, not a probability of enjoyment.

1999

Dino Crisis

96% SIMILAR

VERY STRONG MATCH

Strategic planning · Survival tension · Unsettling · Dark · Survival Horror · Horror

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Strategic planning experiences (weighing resources and planning consequential decisions) and Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity); Unsettling / Dark mood; Survival Horror / Horror genre.

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Strategic planning · Survival tension100% distinctive overlap · 83.0 / 83.0 points
  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
  • structure: Interconnected100% distinctive overlap · 25.7 / 25.7 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 10.9 points
  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
  • era: 1990s100% distinctive overlap · 4.4 / 4.4 points

1999

Silent Hill

75% SIMILAR

STRONG MATCH

Unsettling · Dark · Survival Horror · Horror · Survival tension

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Unsettling / Dark mood; Survival Horror / Horror genre; Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity).

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Survival tension32% distinctive overlap · 23.4 / 72.7 points
  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
  • structure: Interconnected100% distinctive overlap · 25.7 / 25.7 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 10.9 points
  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
  • era: 1990s100% distinctive overlap · 4.4 / 4.4 points

2014

Alien: Isolation

69% SIMILAR

STRONG MATCH

Unsettling · Dark · Survival Horror · Horror · Survival tension

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Unsettling / Dark mood; Survival Horror / Horror genre; Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity).

A close match offering a different series or DNA profile.

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Survival tension26% distinctive overlap · 22.4 / 85.0 points
  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
  • structure: Interconnected100% distinctive overlap · 25.7 / 25.7 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 11.7 points
  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
  • era: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 4.6 points

2022

Signalis

67% SIMILAR

STRONG MATCH

Unsettling · Dark · Survival Horror · Horror · Survival tension

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Unsettling / Dark mood; Survival Horror / Horror genre; Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity).

A close match offering a different series or DNA profile.

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Survival tension23% distinctive overlap · 17.6 / 77.8 points
  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
  • structure: Interconnected100% distinctive overlap · 25.7 / 25.7 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 14.7 points
  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
  • era: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 6.7 points

1998

Resident Evil 2

69% SIMILAR

STRONG MATCH

Strategic planning · Survival tension · Survival Horror · Horror · Dark

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Strategic planning experiences (weighing resources and planning consequential decisions) and Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity); Survival Horror / Horror genre; Dark mood.

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Strategic planning · Survival tension100% distinctive overlap · 83.0 / 83.0 points
  • mood: Dark21% distinctive overlap · 13.1 / 62.2 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror71% distinctive overlap · 19.0 / 26.7 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle27% distinctive overlap · 7.1 / 26.3 points
  • structure: Interconnected100% distinctive overlap · 25.7 / 25.7 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: Fixed-camera100% distinctive overlap · 15.3 / 15.3 points
  • difficulty: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 3.6 points
  • era: 1990s100% distinctive overlap · 4.4 / 4.4 points

2010

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

63% SIMILAR

GOOD MATCH

Unsettling · Dark · Survival Horror · Horror · Survival tension

WHY IT'S SIMILAR

Both games share Unsettling / Dark mood; Survival Horror / Horror genre; Survival tension experiences (sustaining vulnerability and managing threats or scarcity).

Similarity breakdown
  • experience: Survival tension32% distinctive overlap · 23.4 / 72.7 points
  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
  • structure: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 23.0 points
  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 11.7 points
  • difficulty: Hard100% distinctive overlap · 4.6 / 4.6 points
  • era: No shared values0% distinctive overlap · 0.0 / 4.6 points