Lone Survivor is where a lot of people discovered that indie horror could hold its own against the genre's bigger names. The 2D side-scrolling setup, the resource scarcity, the psychological ambiguity about what is real and what is not, it laid groundwork that several games higher on this list built on. It did not make the top ten because the survival horror competition above it is simply stronger now. But if you want to understand the lineage of the games on this list, Lone Survivor is an honest starting point. Still available, still worth the few hours it asks for.

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About Lone Survivor
From the creator of Soul Brother and Soundless Mountain II, comes an original and adult Psychological Horror.
The masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means. Starving and exhausted, he has begun to question how much of what he sees is even real.
A new kind of adventure where the choice of how to survive is up to you. Sneak through without firing a single shot, or kill everything in your path. Eat and sleep well, or resort to drugs to keep going. Search for survivors, or try to escape the city alone. Look after your mental health, or descend into madness...
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- 2hoursStory plus some extras
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