Best Horror Game DLC

Few video game genres immerse players like horror games. These popular titles dare the player to continue, with tense nightmare worlds filled with demons, killers, and monsters. The genre is filled with classics; games that stand the test of time and are played as much now as on release.

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Developers often release DLC content to help continue a game’s shelf life. While some expansions offer small upgrades, such as new weapons, enemies, or skins to the base game, some DLC content includes a lot more. Some of the best expansions bring new levels, stories, and characters to the game. They expand on the game’s lore and world, providing hours of additional content for gamers to enjoy.

6 Dead Space 3 - Awakened

A Short Return To Horror

The Dead Space series became a highly regarded addition to the horror genre. It followed Isaac Clarke’s struggles with the terrifying Necromorphs and the Markers that made them, bringing players into a gruesome nightmare of bodily dismemberment. While the first two games included some heart-pounding action sequences, they were still horror games at heart. Dead Space 3 changed this, leaning more into the action, with the horror coming a close second.

While this broadened the spectrum of players, many Dead Space fans were disappointed in the game's direction. Dead Space 3’s DLC, Awakened, for many, was how the base game should have been. Leaning more into the horror that made Dead Space such a memorable moment in gaming. Awakened follows Isaac Clarke and John Carver as they escape on the ship, Terra Nova. While this DLC is criminally short, fans of the first two Dead Space games will enjoy this worthy addition to the series.

5 The Last of Us - Left Behind

An Immersive and Emotional Backstory

The Last Of Us quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed video games of all time. Its blend of survival horror, stealth action, and emotional storytelling captivated players around the world. Its stunning DLC release, Left Behind, was a perfect companion to the base game, telling a self-contained story that links in with the main narrative.

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Left Behind is set both during and before the main storyline and blends a touching tale of first love in a post-apocalyptic world with stealth horror gameplay. The expansion cuts between Ellie’s struggle to keep Joel alive after being fatally wounded and the story of how she was bitten in the first place. Left Behind continues The Last of Us's high level of gameplay and narrative storytelling. This creates an expansion that fits perfectly with the story and characters portrayed in the game.

4 Dying Light - The Following

A New Location Brings New Mechanics

Dying Light is an open-world action horror game, where players explore the quarantined city of Harran. The city is ground zero for a terrible zombie outbreak, where the few survivors hide in the ruins of their destroyed city. While leaning heavily into the action side of horror, Dying Light is a fun, fast-paced game that found a loyal fanbase.

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Its fantastic DLC changes things up, bringing a fresh story, with a new large-scale map. Set just outside the city limits, The Following continues the story of Kyle Crane as he investigates a possible cure for the zombie virus. The DLC opens up the gameplay, introducing wide open spaces filled with hordes of zombies that players can mow down in customizable dune buggies. The Following is a brilliant addition to Dying Light, with an interesting and engaging story, a welcome location change, and fun new vehicles and weapons to use.

3 Alien: Isolation - Crew Expendable

A Welcome Return to the Nostromo

Alien: Isolation arguably set a new standard for survival horror. Its stunning recreation of the original movie’s design was beaten only by its tense atmosphere and groundbreaking AI technology. In the game, the Xenomorph actively hunts the player, learning and adapting to the movement and sound the player makes. This creates constant tension, as the Alien is never far away.

Alien: Isolation was already set to go down as a classic, and its brilliant expansion only confirmed this. Crew Expendable takes players into an alternate narrative of the original movie. Set soon after the Alien has burst bloodily forth, the crew of the Nostromo formulate a plan to flush it out. With Alien: Isolation taking so much influence from the 1979 movie, this nostalgic DLC is the perfect partner to one of the best survival horror games ever made.

2 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - End of Zoe

A Perfect Punch To End A Great Game

With Resident Evil 7, the long-running horror franchise once again reinvented itself by leaning heavily into its survival horror roots. With this new perspective, and a new protagonist, Resident Evil 7 reasserted its dominance in the horror gaming industry. The game follows Ethan Winters as he investigates the disappearance of his girlfriend. Finding himself trapped in a broken and rotting home, and hunted by the deranged Baker family, the game is a heart-pounding blend of horror and action.

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The excellent DLC, End of Zoe, leans heavily into the setting and follows Joe Baker as he attempts to save his niece, Zoe, after the events of the main game. This brilliant DLC expands on the lore of the Baker family while introducing fun new mechanics to the game. Joe Baker is a no-nonsense, ex-marine, who talks more with his fists than words. Players get to run around the swamps feeling almost unstoppable as Joe, quite literally, fist-fights his way through the many monsters trying to stop him.

1 Outlast - Whistleblower

A Chilling Companion To The Classic Survival Horror

Outlast is widely regarded as one of the best survival horror titles in modern gaming. While not subtle in its scares, the game follows an investigative reporter as he becomes trapped in a dangerous asylum, filled with deformed and deranged killers. Players have no weaponry and must use their camera’s night vision to proceed through the pitch-black corridors.

The game's DLC, Whistleblower, works as a companion story, following the character Waylon Park, a software engineer working at Mount Massive. The expansion works as a prequel to the events of the game but then continues past, revealing itself to be a sequel. This slots the DLC in perfectly with the main narrative, making it a must-play addition for fans who enjoyed Outlast and are looking for more.