Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is not just a good Resident Evil game. It’s a great horror game. It successfully rebooted a dying franchise by looking backward (to RE1’s mansion) and forward (to P.T. and Outlast ).

You don’t have a knife flip. You don’t have a roundhouse kick. You have a flickering lighter, a handgun with seven bullets, and a growing sense that you’ve made a terrible life choice.

Play the "Bedroom" DLC after the main story. It’s the best puzzle box in the entire game. And if you have PSVR… good luck. I hope your heart is insured.

Let’s be honest: By 2016, the Resident Evil franchise had become a steroid-pumped action hero. We had Chris Redfield punching boulders, Leon doing backflips through explosions, and more ammo than a small army. It was fun, but it wasn’t scary .

If you want to feel like a frightened, under-equipped human being trapped in a nightmare, download this immediately. It’s scary, gross, tense, and surprisingly heartfelt by the end.