8 Best Horror Gaming Series Returning In 2025

11 July 2025

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8-best-horror-gaming-series-returning-in-2025 — 8 Best Horror Gaming Series Returning In 2025

2025 is halfway over, and there is already an impressive number of horror movies, TV shows, and games, including sequels and original titles. In the film sphere, Final Destination Bloodlines has done quite well at the box office after the franchise has been gone for a decade, and Until Dawn’s movie was seen as a decent film adaptation. Other upcoming horror sequel films include 28 Years Later, M3GAN 2.0, and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.

Max in Until Dawn (Movie) and Cecily in Werewolves Within

Whether they’re engaging departures from the source material of faithful recreations, these horror game adaptations made a clean jump to film and TV.

8 Days Gone Remastered

Another Shot In The Zombie Apocalypse

ESRB: M For Mature: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language

Days Gone was originally released for the PS4 in 2019 as an open-world zombie game. It then got ported to PC platforms in 2021 and, after a long stint of exile, it returned for PS5 via Days Gone Remastered earlier in 2025. It’s not quite a franchise, but given Sony’s attempt to keep it alive despite some layoffs, it’s clear that Days Gone will return in a big way someday. Right now, it has a cult status as a hidden gem on most platforms, and this remaster is worth a look for those that missed it before.

7 Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Keeping Those BT Levels Down

Death Stranding 2 On The Beach Tag Page Cover Art

ESRB: Mature 17+ // Violence, Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Strong Language

Death Stranding is another big PlayStation game that was released in 2019 with an open-world design. The overall structure followed a delivery man in the apocalypse who had to be wary of environmental trappings and looters. There were also invisible entities known as BTs that could snatch players into another dimension, which is where the horror aspects came into play.

While this title, and its sequel Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, are not full horror games, they have enough juice to make players quake in fear as they try and sneak past these nightmarish horrors. Hideo Kojima’s next game in this series is set to release soon.

6 DreadOut Remastered Collection

Two Games, One Girl’s Nightmare

Developer: Digital Happiness
Publisher: Digital Happiness, Soft Source
Released: January 16, 2025 (Steam version)
Platforms: PC, PS5, Switch

DreadOut is an obscure horror game from 2014 that was originally released on PC platforms and quietly gained a following. Thanks to the DreadOut Remastered Collection, console players can now enjoy the game, as the collection was released earlier this year.

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There are two games in the collection, and both follow a high school student through abandoned buildings filled with ghosts and other nightmarish beings. It falls more into the Fatal Frame and Silent Hill category of horror games, with atmosphere being important to the mix, but there is combat involved too.

5 Dying Light: The Beast

DLC Becomes Its Own Game

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ESRB: M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Use of Drugs

Dying Light 2: Stay Human was released in 2022 after some delays, but it was worth it for fans. It was set to get a big DLC push, which then became its own standalone content via Dying Light: The Beast.

Players can expect the same open-area design as inprevious entries, with plenty of parkour freedom to run away from corrupted monstrosities when health and ammo are running light. As always, melee combat will play a big part too, so that players can feel that visceral feedback when rocking zombies in the face with a piece of wood when the game releases in a few months.

4 Killing Floor 3

Killing In The Name Of

ESRB: Mature 17+ / Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language

This series became popular with players who enjoyed horde-based modes in games like Gears of War, but in a more gore-filled manner. The last entry was in 2016, and now the series returns almost a decade later with Killing Floor 3. It will be interesting to see how the series will be improved after being gone for so long. But even if not much changes, fans are still going to be into it as long as they can shoot and pummel their way through the undead. The game is set to release soon on multiple platforms, so gather a party for launch and let the blood fly.

3 Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny

A PS2 Classic Returns

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (2025) Tag Page Cover Art

ESRB: Mature // Blood, Violence

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny was released exclusively for the PS2 in 2002, and it has remained there ever since. A bigger return for the series is set to happen in 2026 with the release of Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the first new console game since 2006.

Oyu and Kotaro in Onimusha 2 Samurai’s Destiny

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As exciting as that will be to play, the remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is still a great way to relive the heyday of the Onimusha franchise. With multiple characters to play, branching storylines, a cheap price, and a short run time, this remaster is a welcomed addition to any horror collection.

2 Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4

Toy Story This Is Not

Poppy Playtime Chapter 4: Safe Haven Tag Page Cover Art

Poppy Playtime debuted in 2021 for PC platforms, and it has since released chapters on an almost yearly schedule. The last chapter came out in 2024. This latest version was released earlier in 2025 and will debut soon on consoles. Poppy Playtime falls in line with the streamer-type of horror games, including the Five Nights and Bendy franchises, which provide plenty of jump scares set in nostalgic pastime locations. The frights may be cheap in Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4, but they are everlasting thanks to the nightmarish designs of these “toys.”

1 Silent Hill f

Japan Reclaims Its Horror

Silent Hill f

Released: September 25, 2025

ESRB: Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity

Silent Hill 2’s remake and Silent Hill: The Short Message brought the series back from the dead in 2024. Konami is keeping up with the revival of one of their most beloved franchises with Silent Hill f, which is set to release in the fall. It’s a new setting for the series, as it takes place in 1960s Japan instead of somewhere within the U.S. Even though it’s a new town, the same things are happening in Ebisugaoka as they did in Silent Hill with monstrous doll-like entities scaring up teens through foggy streets. For many, this is THE horror sequel to keep an eye on in 2025.