Highlights
- A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel with potential for video games like A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead.
- Horror games like Alien: Isolation, Death Stranding, Haunting Ground, The Last of Us, and Parasite Eve offer memorable experiences and world-building similar to A Quiet Place.
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard features a stealth-based escape from the horrors of the Baker family.
A Quiet Place: Day One is the most recent release in the series, and it is a prequel. It seems like there is a lot of content this universe can mine in the horror genre, from sequels to more prequels in other parts of the world. The franchise also has potential in the video game space with A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead being developed right now.
8 Best Quotes From A Quiet Place: Day One
For such a quiet movie, A Quiet Place: Day One surprisingly has a lot of great quotes.
For those itching to play some horror games now after viewing A Quiet Place: Day One, there are some easy games to recommend. They range from straight horror vehicles to more interpretive open-world experiences. Altogether, they are all memorable and excel at world-building, just like the film franchise of A Quiet Place.
6 Alien: Isolation
You Can Still Scream In Space
Alien: Isolation is one of the best adaptations of the Alien film franchise. It stars Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda, who is trying to find her mom. Unfortunately, she gets tangled up in the Xenomorph conspiracy as well and is stalked throughout the game. There is action as players are armed with guns, mostly to fend off androids that go haywire, but they won’t do much to the Xenomorphs.
For the most part, Alien: Isolation is a stealth game. The Xenomorph is an expert tracker, and it can pop up with the drop of a pin. It’s an intense game that is not easy for those without patience. Still, it is a mesmerizing experience for Alien fans, horror fans, and stealth fans.
5 Death Stranding
Building Bridges At The End Of The World
Death Stranding is a mixture of genres, but stealth and horror blend the most in this open-world adventure game. There was an event that caused the end of the world, so now the Earth above is poisoned by shadow monsters and rain that ages anything it touches. That’s why humanity lives underground, and rely on postal carriers to deliver packages above ground.
6 Most Brutal Deaths In A Quiet Place: Day One
The following kills in A Quiet Place: Day One aren't gore-filled, but they are nightmarish.
It’s hard work, but someone has to do it, and that someone is Sam Bridges. Players can’t move too fast, otherwise packages may fall off and get damaged. Plus, there are the aforementioned shadow creatures which players have to stealth through, which builds tension. Players can build things in the environment to make traversal easier, such as roads or a mechanical slingshot for fast travel.
4 Haunting Ground
Finding Friends In Animals
Haunting Ground is one of Capcom’s more forgotten PS2 horror titles. It was a one-and-done situation, and it is one of the rarest games on the PS2 since the print release was low. Players begin as a young girl, Fiona, lost in a castle and being stalked by a mad killer.
Then Fiona finds a dog, Hewie, who can help her hide by distracting enemies, and that is the player’s main mode of defense. It’s a great companion game to A Quiet Place: Day One, as that film also has an animal companion. Hewie is a bit more useful than Frodo the cat from the movie though, but both are genuinely great pets that do more than just look cute.
3 The Last Of Us
A Masterpiece As A Game And Series
The Last of Us won the hearts of players in 2013, while TV fans fell in love with the live-action adaptation on Max in 2023. The worlds of A Quiet Place and The Last of Us have so much in common. The world in The Last of Us is full of zombified people thanks to deadly spores, not unlike the aliens of A Quiet Place.
However, the so-called Clickers in The Last of Us do have excellent hearing. This means players have to be extra stealthy in the game to sneak past them, or perform one-hit kills like a master assassin. The gameplay is good, but The Last of Us excels in emotion, as the story between Joel and Ellie is both heartwarming and dramatic. By the end, players will be crying for both of them.
2 Parasite Eve
A Nightmarish RPG Set In New York City
Parasite Eve is an RPG from the PS1 era where Square Enix, then Squaresoft, was rather experimental. Players control a detective, Aya Brea, who has to stop a mutated girl, Eve, from turning humans into goo and animals into monsters. Eve was using her gift to speed up the evolution of mankind and animals through their mitochondria.
6 Lingering Questions We Have After The End Of A Quiet Place: Day One
The prequel A Quiet Place: Day One leaves several mysteries unsolved as the credits roll.
It was a bizarre plot to follow, but the game managed to blend sci-fi and horror elements well. It takes place in New York City which is why A Quiet Place: Day One fans should dig it. It’s also just a great RPG that deserves more love in this modern age. Square Enix would be smart to remake it.
1 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Escaping The Horrors Of The Bakers
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Platform(s)
- PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One , Switch , Stadia , PC
- Released
- January 24, 2017
- Developer(s)
- Capcom
- Genre(s)
- Survival Horror
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was almost like a soft reboot of the series that had seemingly got away from the mutated monsters created by the Umbrella Corporation and recognizable characters like Leon or Jill. The hero, Ethan Winters, went to the far south to find his missing wife, Mia. Here he encountered The Baker family, who kidnap him and start to perform weird rituals.
There’s something not quite right with The Bakers, as they stalk Ethan on their land as he desperately tries to escape. The first half of the game is more stealth-based, while the second half gives Ethan more agency. He gets guns, ammo, and other supplies to fight back against The Bakers and the other odd mutants on the compound. With VR support, it can become an even more haunting experience.
5 Best Prequel Horror Games, Ranked
Some horror franchises have stories so great they need to be explored in more detail. The following prequels do exactly that.