Every The Evil Within game, ranked
All 2 The Evil Within games we hold, spanning 2014 to 2017: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 64,538 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: The Evil Within 2 (GamingPickz Score 7.9), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with The Evil Within (2014) and follow the release-order timeline below.
- For the money: The Evil Within gives the most score per dollar right now.
The The Evil Within games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
- Xbox
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best The Evil Within games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
The Evil Within 2
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.9GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceThe Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Critics 80/100 Price $39.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 40 GB Accessibility 4 declared features Raw 92% shrinks to 91.9 on 30,959 reviews, then blends with the 80 critic aggregate, giving 7.9.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 2
The Evil Within
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceThe Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Critics 68/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 50 GB Accessibility 4 declared features Raw 85% shrinks to 85.0 on 33,579 reviews, then blends with the 68 critic aggregate, giving 7.2.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 85 against 68. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
Best and worst entry
The best-received The Evil Within game we can score is The Evil Within 2 at 7.9. The lowest is The Evil Within at 7.2, a 0.7-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: The Evil Within at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: The Evil Within, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the The Evil Within entries on Steam:
- Verified: The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 The Evil Within games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
| Xbox | 1 of 2 |
The The Evil Within series, game by game
Every The Evil Within game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2014
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension. (Steam)
Plot
While investigating the scene of a mass murder at Beacon Mental Hospital, Krimson City Police Detective Sergeant Sebastian Castellanos ( Anson Mount ), his partner Joseph Oda ( Yuri Lowenthal ), police officer Oscar Connelly ( Kiff VandenHeuvel ), and Junior Detective Juli Kidman ( Jennifer Carpenter ) find themselves suddenly thrown into an unreal world, after hearing a high-pitched noise. Shortly after this occurs, Sebastian is separated from his… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical reception Reception The Evil Within received "generally favorable" reviews from critics for the Xbox One and PS4 versions, while the PC version received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Computer and Video Games ( CVG ) described it as "the game Resident Evil 5 should have been", although they were critical of some technical issues. VideoGamer. (Wikipedia)
- 2017
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in. (Steam)
Plot
Three years after the events of the first game, Sebastian Castellanos (Marqus Bobesich / Hiroyuki Kinoshita ) has left the Krimson City Police Department, haunted by his experiences at the Beacon Mental Hospital. His only child, Lily (Kiara Gamboa / Sakura Sakai), supposedly perished in their house fire, and his wife Myra (Elizabeth Saydah / Rika Fukami ), unwilling to accept her daughter's death, abandoned him. This, coupled with his trauma, results in… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Critical reception The Evil Within 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Ray Porreca's score of 7/10 on Destructoid said it was "Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun. (Wikipedia)
The Evil Within, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
The Evil Within vs other series
How The Evil Within stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
Also: The Evil Within vs Crysis, The Evil Within vs Dead Island, The Evil Within vs Max Payne, The Evil Within vs State of Decay, The Evil Within vs Friday the 13th, The Evil Within vs Homefront, The Evil Within vs Killing Floor, The Evil Within vs Left 4 Dead, The Evil Within vs Outlast, The Evil Within vs POSTAL, The Evil Within vs Prototype, The Evil Within vs Subnautica, The Evil Within vs Thief, The Evil Within vs Tom Clancy’s The Division, The Evil Within vs Zombie Army
Common questions
How many The Evil Within games are there?
We hold 2 The Evil Within games in the catalogue, released between 2014 and 2017. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which The Evil Within game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Evil Within 2 rates highest at 7.9. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the The Evil Within games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2014 to 2017. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
More franchises
Browse every game franchise ranked the same way, or head to the full grid.