Alien: Isolation
Probably the indisputable winner of this entire list, if we’re honest. Creative Assembly took a good hard look at everything Aliens: Colonial Marines did and made the exact opposite of that. The extent to which Isolation applies pressure to the player and dares them to make a wrong move or make the wrong noise is breathtaking. Quite literally, too, if you turned on that option on select platforms where the alien can hear you through your controller, laptop, or camera microphone. And how gloriously sadistic is the fact that they even included that option?
