--- title: The Evil Within Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares description: The Evil Within gets back to survival-horror genre roots to scare the crap out of players. canonical: https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/ author: Corey Protin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-12T21:25:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:30.874Z article:section: Business og:title: The Evil Within Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares og:description: The Evil Within gets back to survival-horror genre roots to scare the crap out of players. og:url: https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8bfd5a775c31b36/698697c1cd68482d1b095399/the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Evil Within Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares twitter:description: The Evil Within gets back to survival-horror genre roots to scare the crap out of players. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8bfd5a775c31b36/698697c1cd68482d1b095399/the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Evil Within_ Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/), [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) Jun 12, 2014 9:25 PM CUT  Bethesda by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/), [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) Jun 12, 2014 9:25 PM CUT King of creepy Shinji Mikami’s newest game looks to scare you. That’s the only goal. Unlike some of Mikami’s recent work like latest _Resident Evil_ titles, _The Evil Within_ does not require you to kill everything that moves in an environment. Instead, it takes the survival-horror genre back to its roots of scarce resources, chilling isolation and seemingly un-killable enemies. Stealth and ingenuity are the best weapons against the game’s monsters, but even the character’s own mind will not be safe, as hallucinations and visions blur the line between reality and nightmare. When the _The Evil Within_ hits shelves, make sure to leave the light on while playing. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/"},"headline":"The Evil Within Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares","datePublished":"2014-06-12T21:25:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:30.874Z","description":"Please turn on the lights to watch this video.","url":"https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","e3","e3 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8bfd5a775c31b36/698697c1cd68482d1b095399/the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Corey Protin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/corey-protin/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8bfd5a775c31b36/698697c1cd68482d1b095399/the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"the_evil_within_screenshot_1383569070","caption":"","creditText":"Bethesda","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2866142/the-evil-within/","name":"The Evil Within Refuels Survival-Horror Games, Fuels Nightmares"}}]}] ```