What are the best horror games on PS5? A very popular genre despite its somewhat acquired taste, horror titles are for a lifetime, not just Halloween. Some will stick to jump scares while others will explore psychological horror, touching on themes like mental health. Whatever the case, you can be assured you’re in for an unsettling, spooky experience.
On this page, as determined by the Push Square community, we’ve listed the best horror games on PS5. From modern classics like Resident Evil Village to underrated titles such as Tormented Souls, there’s something for everyone. Well, as long as you’re not a scaredy cat. Some titles on this list contain a deluge of jump scares, while others will slowly get under your skin. The games ranked below excel in all of those areas.
However, if you think a certain PS5 game is missing or you don’t agree with the current order of the list, you’re in luck: this page is shaped entirely by you. By rating your favourite horror games on PS5, you can have a direct impact on this page and watch as your favourite game rises through the ranks. To do so, use the search tool below and then rate the games you think belong on our list. Once you’ve found the game in question, click on its star icon and you can leave a rating from 1 through to 10.
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Best PS5 Games
With all that said, it’s time to hide behind the sofa. Listed below are the best horror games on PS5, rated and ranked by you.
10. Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (PS5)
Publisher: Koei Tecmo / Developer: Koei Tecmo
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water on PS5 is an average remaster of one of the horror series’ worst entries. While it may still have those classic photo taking mechanics to defeat ghosts and ghouls, its clunky controls don’t hold up. At least the haunting atmosphere and creepy cutscenes live up to the hype. Just don’t go into this one expecting anything special.
9. Dead by Daylight (PS5)
Publisher: Behaviour Interactive / Developer: Behaviour Interactive
Dead by Daylight is probably the most popular asymmetrical multiplayer title of the modern era, tasking a group of friends with surviving against all manner of classic horror villains. Since the game’s been around for so long, it’s packed full of content from all your favourite franchises, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and SAW. Get a group of buddies together and your playtime could outlast any other game on this list.
8. The Persistence Enhanced (PS5)
Publisher: Firesprite / Developer: Firesprite
Beginning life as a PlayStation VR favourite, The Persistence has gone from strength to strength as Firesprite Games adapted the title for normal TV play and then brought out this enhanced version on PS5. It was even good enough to see the studio snapped up as a Sony first-party developer. The survival horror rogue-like tasks you with preventing the spaceship you’re aboard from falling into a black hole, but there is all manner of monsters that stand in your way. With PS5 enhancements like ray tracing and responsive haptic feedback from the DualSense controller, it makes great use of the console’s power.
7. Observer: System Redux (PS5)
Publisher: Bloober Team / Developer: Bloober Team
Observer: System Redux is a legitimately impressive overhaul. At long last, the PS5 has allowed Bloober Team’s ambitions with this title to be properly realized. New quests slot into the experience wonderfully, Rutger Hauer’s performance remains impeccable, and the game just generally has a lot more to offer this time out. While an over-reliance on jump scares and a plot desperately in need of some trimming hold the experience back from true greatness, Observer’s fancy new PS5 incarnation at long last feels like the title it was originally intended to be.
6. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS5)
Publisher: Bandai Namco / Developer: Supermassive Games
It feels like Supermassive Games has been trying to hit the heights of PS4 classic Until Dawn for years now, and never quite reaching it. However, the third entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology, titled House of Ashes, definitely comes closest. Much like previous efforts, you’ll control a number of characters, dictating their actions and dialogue choices. This time around, there’s a horde of ancient monsters buried underneath the sandy desert of Iraq. Get some friends over and you’ll have a whale of a time.
5. Alan Wake Remastered (PS5)
Publisher: Epic Games / Developer: Remedy
Originally released for the Xbox 360 all the way back in 2010, Alan Wake cultivated cult status for its unorthodox Twin Peaks-inspired storytelling and unique horror gameplay loop. With light playing a significant role, you need to use a torch in combination with traditional weapons in order to defeat the Taken and restore order to the fictional Washington town of Bright Falls. First published by Microsoft, developer Remedy was able to wrangle back the rights to the series in 2019, which paved the way for this spruced-up PS5 remaster – and a sequel unsurprisingly named Alan Wake 2.
4. Dying Light 2 (PS5)
Publisher: Techland / Developer: Techland
The original Dying Light game might have gone under the radar critically, but it certainly sold impressively well on PS4. As such, expectations were high for this PS5 sequel, with developer Techland promising all sorts of narrative choices and intriguing story beats. And while the finished product didn’t live up to those claims, the actual open world title is still a fun one. Looking for something to turn your brain off to and start slicing and dicing the undead? You can’t do much better than Dying Light 2. Complete with an awesome parkour moveset, traversal has never felt this good.
3. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (PS5)
Publisher: Serenity Forge / Developer: Team Salvato
A seemingly cute, anime visual novel may look like the odd one out on this list, but play beyond its opening couple of hours and you’ll quickly come to understand why Doki Doki Literature Club Plus ranks so highly. What starts off as regular trips to a — you guessed it — literature club speedily distorts into a house of horrors. Not for the faint of heart, the game is equipped with multiple content warnings and notifications to alert you to upcoming disturbing scenes. It may look cutesy on the outside, but Doki Doki Literature Club is anything but sweet.
2. Tormented Souls (PS5)
Publisher: PQube / Developer: Dual Effect
Tormented Souls is an indie horror game directly inspired by classic franchises like Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark. As such, it’s a dark, grisly survival title full of dark corridors to creep through, hideous monsters to fend off, and nasty puzzles to solve. Playing as Caroline Walker, you explore a seemingly abandoned mansion in search of two girls who have gone missing. Those looking for some old-school style frights will be well served here — maybe play this one with the lights on.
1. Resident Evil Village (PS5)
Publisher: Capcom / Developer: Capcom
For a franchise that has no shortage of experimental entries in its back catalogue, Capcom knows how to make a traditional Biohazard campaign when it wants to. Resident Evil Village adopts the first-person perspective of Resident Evil 7, but this time offers a confident and familiar romp through a sinister Romanian village. With an eclectic cast of curious – but occasionally underdeveloped – villains, the true character of this sequel is the setting itself, which harbours countless secrets and some truly memorable moments.
That’s our list of the best horror games on PS5 over and done with, but do you agree with the ratings and rankings of the Push Square community? If you’ve spotted one you don’t think is right, remember to leave your own rating by searching for the game in question at the top of this page. Your score will then be taken into account, and potentially change the rankings.
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