Terror and trauma. In space.

Intrinsically a subset of the science fiction genre, space horror is distinguished by a dearth of terrestrial locales and the presence of vacuum and/or near-vacuum environments. Often boasting hard sci-fi sensibilities, games falling under this umbrella have players stepping into the boots of the likes of colonial marines and systems engineers stationed on everything from spacefaring dreadnoughts to lunar bases. Beset by rogue artificial intelligences, carnivorous xenoforms, or worse, these unfortunate souls must watch as the routine devolves into a nightmare with the stars as its backdrop.

Although space horror has popularly complemented more action-oriented experiences, space-based survival horror games have recently been cropping up at a surprising rate, raising hopes for the stimulus of a second renaissance for the declining survival horror genre.

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List of Notable Space Horror Games (open to suggestions!):

• Aliens versus Predator - 1999 - PC/Mac
• Centration - 2013 - PC
• Dead Space - 2008 - PC/PS3/360
• Dead Space 2 - 2011 - PC/PS3/360
• Dead Space Extraction - 2009 - Wii
• Echo Night: Beyond - 2004 - PS2
• Routine - 2013 - PC
• Stasis - TBA - PC
• System Shock - 1994 - PC
• System Shock 2 - 1999 - PC

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