Horror for PlayStation — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 16 November 1999

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation → 8 May 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons. The player...

Silent Hill

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation → 4 March 1999

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Silent Hill is a mesmerizing action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzles. The events of the game will tell the story of writer Harry Mason, who went to...

Resident Evil (1996)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation → 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...

Dino Crisis

Action, Strategy, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 29 October 1999

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dino Crisis is an action game with a third-person view. A special forces group lands on the small tropical island of Ibis with the task of finding and delivering...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 18 June 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

DOOM (1995)

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation → 19 April 1996

Players: 7.9/10

DOOM (1995) — first-person shooter in the horror genre. The player is asked to alternately explore levels of varying difficulty, solve spatial and (rarely...

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation → 2 October 1997

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set four years later. Alucard appears as the main character who wakes up from his sleep and goes to explore...

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation → 5 December 2000

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 47/100

Alone in the Dark 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 8 November 1996

Steam: 71/100

Set in 1923, this action-horror adventure follows Edward Carnby as he confronts evil in the dark house of Derceto. Getting inside is only the beginning; the hero...

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 15 November 2001

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The return to Hong Kong in 2048 reveals the events leading up to Fear Effect and shows how the team of mercenaries Hana, Royce, Dick, and the mysterious Rain was...

Dracula: The Resurrection

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation → 14 June 2001

Players: 7/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This adventure horror follows a man who sets out to save his beloved wife. On the journey into darkness, the player explores catacombs and hidden...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation → 13 August 1999

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, which is a sequel to the game Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Events take place 1500...

Fear Effect

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Old school, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation → 25 February 2000

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...

Clock Tower (1995)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 17 July 1997

Players: 7.4/10

Clock Tower (1995) is a point and click adventure game with 3D graphics. The player can use a PlayStation controller or mouse to move the cursor around the screen...

Dark Seed

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 27 October 1995

Dark Seed is a third-person adventure with horror elements from the developers of Cyberdreams, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Dro Soft. Sometimes the game...

MediEvil 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 5 October 2000

Players: 10/10

This action-adventure with horror elements and puzzles follows Sir Dan on missions advised by the Mad Professor. The player fights an unusual cast of villains with...

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Action, Horror, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation → 30 May 1997

Players: 8.8/10

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain — Before the reign of Lord Khaine, Nosgoth was not a welcoming world for vampires. The pillars of this world were the Columns of...

Dino Crisis 2

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 29 November 2000

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Dino Crisis 2 is an action game with a third-person view. The story follows the events of the first game, Regina is now sent on another mission, to a facility...

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation → 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 47/100

The Note

Action, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 1 October 1997

The Note — action-adventure game with horror elements and first-person view. Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of a high school occult group, go missing...

Parasite Eve 2

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → 12 January 2000

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This science-fiction action horror game with role-playing elements follows Aya Brea as she investigates a new outbreak of Neo Mitochondrion Creatures and searches...

D

Action, Adventure, Horror, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 2 March 1996

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 88/100

D: Solving the Mystery Means Visiting the Dark Pit of Your Soul is an adventure horror game with survival elements. A young girl, Laura Harris, receives a call from...

Shadow Man

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation → 31 August 1999

Players: 8.6/10

This third-person action-adventure based on the Shadow Man comic book series follows Michael LeRoi, a voodoo warrior who protects the world of the living from...

Creature Shock

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → 23 August 1996

Creature Shock is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and horror from the masters from the studio Argonaut Software Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation → 26 February 2002

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary — After rescuing Mina, Jonathan Harker and his lover return to London with the mysterious Dragon Ring. As they begin to enjoy a...

Koudelka

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation → 29 June 2000

Players: 8.5/10

Koudelka is a third-person role-playing game with a dash of horror from Sacnoth. The game is published by Infogrames Europe SA. There has still been no announcement...

Baroque (1999)

Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation → 28 October 1999

Baroque (1999) is a first-person action game with horror elements from the developers from the studio Sting, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Sting, Inc...

Alien Resurrection

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation → November 2000

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This first-person sci-fi shooter with horror elements follows a fight for survival aboard a research vessel bound for Earth. Two hundred years after Ellen Ripley’s...

Blade

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 23 November 2000

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Countdown Vampires

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 21 August 2000

Countdown Vampires is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from developers from the Polygon Magic, Inc. studio. The game is published by...

Resident Evil: Director's Cut

Action, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PlayStation → 1997

Players: 6.6/10

An action-adventure horror game about an investigation into a series of bizarre murders in Raccoon City. The elite S.T.A.R.S. team becomes stranded in a house of...

MediEvil

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation → 17 June 1999

Players: 9.8/10

This third-person fantasy action game combines horror elements and puzzles. Sir Daniel Fortesque, a long-dead knight, is accidentally resurrected by his greatest...

Clock Tower (1996)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → February 1998

Clock Tower (1996) — horror adventure with a third-person view and puzzle elements. The player character has three power levels. The strength level is...

...Iru!

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 26 March 1998

...Iru! is a first-person adventure with horror elements from developers from the Soft Machine studio. The main publisher of the game is TAKARA Co., Ltd.. But on PC...

Prisoner of Ice

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation → 25 December 1997

Steam: 73/100

This puzzle adventure horror game follows an American Office of Naval Intelligence agent investigating a Nazi plot during World War II. Aboard the Royal Navy...

Echo Night

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 14 July 1999

Players: 10/10

Echo Night is a first-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the studio FromSoftware, Inc.. The game is published by FromSoftware, Inc.. But Echo...

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: PlayStation → April 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from developers from Cryo Studios North America. The main publisher of...

Resident Evil: Survivor

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation → 30 August 2000

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 39/100

A first-person shooter set in the world of Resident Evil follows a man who survives a helicopter crash over an isolated town. With his memory temporarily lost and...

Darkstalkers 3

Arcade, Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 5 November 1998

Players: 10/10

Darkstalkers 3 is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, horror and fighting from the masters from the studio Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is published...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for PlayStation