Set for release on December 16, 2021, Five Night's At Freddy's: Security Breach is the eighth main installment of the ultra-popular survival horror game franchise. The newest iteration takes place in a freaky shopping mall, where the protagonist, Gregory, becomes trapped after hours and is systematically stalked and hunted by a throng of animatronic killing machines.
Aside from the unique indoor public location that has been a breeding ground for horror stories for ages, Security Breach joins a long line of stellar and truly terrifying survival horror games that continue to provide thrilling entertainment for fans of the genre.
The Park
Set inside a mortifying amusement park holding a dark secret to its past, The Park is a survival horror game that fuses slasher tenets with psychological dread to create a uniquely unsettling experience. The story centers on Lorraine, a bereaved mother searching for her missing son, Callum, in the amusement park while accessing precious memories of her childhood.
The immersive visuals of the game are enhanced by the unpredictable story twists and ever-changing landscape of the amusement park itself, which feeds on Lorraine's growing paranoia. For a place meant for sheer joy, The Park subverts its setting in the scariest fashion possible.
CarnEvil
Despite being a lightgun rail shooter, Midway's classic CarnEvil has all the horrifying hallmarks that make FNAF: Security Breach so enthralling. Namely, a freakish fairground full of frightening baddies and gruesome displays of violence.
Set in a carnage-fueled carnival in Greely Valley, Iowa, players start by taking a thrilling hayride before traversing a haunted house, rickety town, a freak show, and a giant circus tent with psychotic killer clowns and other subverted childhood playthings turn into marauding murderers. With excessive violence and a mordant sense of humor, CarnEvil is one of the earliest standouts of its kind.
Until Dawn: Rush Of Blood
While the entire Until Dawn franchise is worth mentioning as a preeminent survival horror series, the entry most germane to the setting of Security Breach is Rush of Blood, the superb 2016 VR spinoff game. The fascinating Until Dawn story is set in a nightmarish carnival of gore-sodden dread, where players are stalked and slashed by The Psycho and his murderous minions.
Giant spiders, vicious wendigos, man-eating beasts, and a wildly thrilling roller coaster all play a huge factor in delivering visceral thrills and chills for even the most grizzled horror fans.
Poppy Playtime
Poppy Playtime is another deeply unnerving survival horror game that subverts the cuteness of childhood toys and pets in sinister ways. Players must navigate through a labyrinthine toy factory that has been long abandoned, taking on throngs of vengeful alien ghouls who are out for blood.
Like Security Breach, the macabre mascot horror salvo is largely confined to a single inescapable location, lending a severe sense of claustrophobic panic as players wade through one harrowing gauntlet after another and face terrifying toys at every turn.
Illbleed
Despite being a commercial failure, Illbleed is one of the most original and exhilarating survival horror games Sega Dreamcast ever published. The environment consists of six levels presented as different movie theaters inside a horror theme park called Illbleed, where players must successfully reach the end of the tour for a $1 million grand prize.
Adhering to the slasher B-movie genre with great authenticity, Illbleed also incorporates a psychological horror element with its prescient Fear Meter, which keeps tabs on a player's health based on the amount of terror they experience in the park.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is currently topping most compilations for the downright scariest survival horror games on the market. While it features similar gameplay and presentation to Security Breach, it slightly differs in its setting.
Set in a condemned castle, players control Daniel as he awakes with fuzzy details about his past. Searching for answers, Daniel is rudely met by a spate of grisly creatures and mysterious monsters at every turn. The really cool wrinkle in the game is how Daniel's sanity level fluctuates, leading to wild hallucinations that alter the landscapes of the creepy castle.
Dead Rising
The Dead Rising series is one of the most formidable franchises in the survival horror gaming realm, but none are more germane to the sensibilities of Security Breach than the inaugural entry. Indeed, the first Dead Rising is also set in a deadly shopping mall where roving ghouls with a taste for human blood run roughshod.
Players control Frank West, a journalist whose work takes him to a creepy town in Colorado. Soon attracted to a local shopping mall, Frank is besieged by baleful hordes of zombies and killers as he tries to rescue a host of human captives.
Silent Hill 3
The decrepit Lakeside Amusement Park is the sinister setting of Silent Hill 3, one of the most popular and well-received survival horror games of recent memory. The story of Heather Morris continues, this time out to find her missing father by beginning in a monster-strewn shopping mall before attending the abandoned theme park.
Once Heather enters Lakeside, she is met by murderous mascots, unruly rollercoasters, creepy carousels, and other rude customers as she careens toward three alternate endings.
Emily Wants To Play
Five Nights at Freddy's fans know how integral pizza is to the iconography of the game. Indeed, the name of the mall Gregory frequents in Security Breach is Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. Another delectably deadly survival horror game with a similar theme is the indie gem, Emily Wants to Play.
The story concerns a pizza delivery boy who the player controls when he is sent to make his final delivery of the night to an accursed murder house. Locked inside by Emily from 11 PM to 6 AM, players must survive each escalating hour of intense physical and psychological torment.
Resident Evil Village
As the preeminent title in survival horror gaming, the newest iteration of the landmark Resident Evil franchise is a must-play for fans of Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach. Set in a mysterious European village teeming with lethal Lycans, rabid zombies, and other menacing murderers, the story continues the arc of Ethan Winters as he doggedly searches for his missing daughter.
Although it features a different setting, RE Village is such an iconic and influential brand name that game designers naturally find ways to shoehorn its concepts, graphics, and fluid gameplay, a la Five Night At Freddy's terrifying environment.