The Evil Within - Playstation 3

The Evil Within is a developed by and published by . The game was directed by series creator and was released worldwide in October 2014 for , , , , and .The game centers on protagonist Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world full of nightmarish locations and horrid creatures. Played in a perspective, players battle disfigured nightmare-like enemies, including , using guns and melee weapons, and progress through the levels, avoiding traps, using , and finding collectables.

The Evil Within received a generally positive reception upon release; praise was mostly directed at the game's horror elements and atmosphere, while criticism was directed at the game's story, characters and technical issues. A sequel, , was released on October 13, 2017. The story is arranged in chapters, which players complete in order to progress through the story. The game is played from a perspective in which scavenging for supplies and learning when to fight or run are key factors in surviving the dangers of the game. Such dangers include: bear traps, barbed wire traps, bombs, and spike traps; 'The Haunted', the game's most common enemy; 'Reborn Laura', a multi limbed, long haired, crawling creature; Ruvik, the game's main antagonist; 'The Keeper', a large humanoid with a safe as a head who wields a large meat tenderizer hammer; and 'Sadist', a large humanoid wearing a spiked metal mask on his face, wielding a chainsaw covered in blood.