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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 47 games similar to SCP: Blackout down to the 37 that fit the “Melee” category. Outlast II, ObsCure: The Aftermath and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to SCP: Blackout.

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Year 2024Dev Mahelyk
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Within the “Melee” category, the closest game to SCP: Blackout is Outlast II — scoring 75/100 on our similarity scale. ObsCure: The Aftermath and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City follow close behind.

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The best melee games like SCP: Blackout

37 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to SCP: Blackout. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Outlast II
Outlast II
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 63KIGDB78· 17OC75· 117
Year 2017Dev Red BarrelsOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode89Tone49
ObsCure: The Aftermath
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeHorror
Steam👍 82%· 1.6KIGDB55· 4
Year 2007Dev Hydravision Entertainment · Playlogic EntertainmentOn PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and offline, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode71Tone33Visuals0
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeHorror
Steam👍 55%· 4.2KIGDB44· 9
Year 2012Dev Slant Six Games · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone and visuals.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Tone0Visuals0
Resident Evil 6
HorrorAction Horror
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeHorror
Steam👍 78%· 67KIGDB64· 12OC62· 37
Year 2012Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Game mode69Combat52Tone27Visuals0
R.E.P.O.
HorrorAction Horror
Co-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeHorrorFirst PersonEarly Access
Steam👍 96%· 389KRAWG👍 90%· 40
Dev semiworkPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, survival mechanics and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, dark, oppressive atmosphere and procedural generation, while skipping strong narrative focus

R.E.P.O. is an online co-op horror game featuring physics, proximity voice chat and scary monsters. You and up to 5 friends can venture into terrifying environments to extract valuable objects using your physics-based grabbing tool. Even the monsters are affected by Newton's law of gravity!

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone and combat.

Genre100Game mode68Setting64Visuals63Combat37Tone0
Escape Dead Island
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeHorror
Steam👍 62%· 1.7KRAWG👍 24%· 58MC52IGDB35· 5OC44· 20
Year 2014Dev Deep SilverPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and action RPG combat, while skipping punishing difficulty

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery game set on the enigmatic island of Narapela after the events of the zombie outbreak of the original Dead Island. The story lets players unravel the origins of the zombie virus through the eyes of the would-be documentary journalist Cliff Calo.

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Game mode89Combat41Tone38Visuals0
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 3.9K
Year 2017Dev Albino Moose Games · Screenwave MediaPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping punishing difficulty

Spooky and her mansion of creepy cuties are back in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation! Can you survive 1000 rooms of adorable terror?

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode63Tone27
We Were Here Together
HorrorAction Horror
Co-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 82%· 17KIGDB70· 1OC67· 10
Year 2019Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode68Tone35
Vital Shell
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFree to Play
Steam👍 94%· 1.4K
Year 2023Dev CC Arts · CC ARTSPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island in the middle of nowhere. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. They said the facility had been abandoned for decades, but once in place it was immediately apparent that something was wrong.

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Setting77Tone62Game mode50Visuals0
We Were Here Too
HorrorAction Horror
Co-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 79%· 11KIGDB90· 1
Year 2018Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode67Tone33
Bendy and the Ink Machine
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 35KIGDB87· 2OC69· 25
Year 2017Dev TheMeatly Games, Ltd. · Rooster Teeth GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode63Setting58Tone37
Alone in the Dark
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorDark
Steam👍 79%· 4.6KIGDB75· 4
Year 2024Dev Pieces Interactive · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode62Tone47Visuals0
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorDark
Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB71· 5OC78· 30
Year 2018Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting70Game mode63Tone48Visuals0
Resident Evil 5
HorrorAction Horror
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeHorror
Steam👍 87%· 63KRAWG👍 75%· 1.6KMC86IGDB78· 15OC72· 22
Year 2009Dev CapcomPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, survival mechanics and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and shooter, while skipping strong narrative focus

Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil.

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: tone and visuals.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Game mode57Combat49Tone0Visuals0
The Walking Dead: Michonne
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorDark
Steam👍 81%· 8.1KIGDB68· 4
Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from SCP: Blackout: visuals and tone.

It predates SCP: Blackout by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting73Game mode63Tone44Visuals0

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