Horror for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Horror genre

Resident Evil 2 - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 January 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil 2 is a re-release of the classic action-horror Resident Evil 2 (1998) from 1998 with a third-person perspective. The events of the sequel unfold...

Resident Evil 3

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, Third-person view, Horror, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 April 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the legendary action-horror game with a fixed camera Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Get ready to dive back into the chaos of the dying...

Resident Evil Village

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Action, Virtual Reality (VR), Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

First-person horror game with survival and shooter elements Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard, but moves the action to Eastern Europe...

Days Gone

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Single-player adventure action game Days Gone in the genres of survival, stealth, and action, with a third-person view, in an open world was released in April 2019...

Resident Evil: Resistance

Online, Horror, Action, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Resident Evil: Resistance is a third-person cooperative action game set in the Resident Evil universe. Gameplay in the format of 4 (survivors) against 1 (the one...

Dying Light

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 January 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 July 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

The Forest

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2018

Players: 7.9/10

The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...

Resident Evil Village Gold Edition

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2022

Players: 7/10

The edition combines the original horror Resident Evil Village and all key additions, expanding the dark story of survival. Along with the classic campaign, the...

Resident Evil 6

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 March 2016

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

Doom Eternal

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 March 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter that incorporates elements of action, platforming, and RPG. The first game in the new Doom franchise, created after the...

System Shock Remake

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Remake

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

A remake of the legendary role-playing shooter System Shock. The game takes place in the year 2072, where all resources on Earth have been practically depleted...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Doom

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 May 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Doom is another installment of the famous series, in which the player, as a space marine, will embark on a long journey through the corridors of an abandoned space...

Alien: Isolation

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

The Evil Within 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 October 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the action-horror with a third-person view. You are Detective Sebastian Castellanos, and you are at rock bottom. But when you get the chance to save...

The Evil Within

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 October 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A terrifying action-horror with a third-person view and stealth elements from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. You have to try on the role of detective...

Remnant: From The Ashes

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 August 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...

Dead by Daylight

Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action-horror game with a third-person view, which tells the story of four teenagers and a maniac who wants to shred everyone and...

Resident Evil 5

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 June 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Resident Evil 5 is a third-person action game with shooter and horror elements from the masters from the studios Capcom Entertainment and CAPCOM Co.. The game is...

Green Hell

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Green Hell is a survival-adventure game with a first-person view, where the danger comes from wildlife in the unexplored corners of the Amazon jungle. An open world...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Action, Online, Third-person view, Horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2023

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Asymmetrical horror in the setting of the cult horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which tells the story of the serial killer known as...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Horror, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is an atmospheric adventure survival game with a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. This time you...

The Callisto Protocol

Action, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror, Science fiction, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 December 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Fantastic horror The Callisto Protocol is created in the mold of Dead Space: the cramped quarters of a distant space station are filled with biophage...

Killing Floor 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Killing Floor 2 is a cooperative zombie shooter with a first-person view. The action takes place in Europe after the appearance of zombie-like creatures. Up to six...

Outlast

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Dying Light: The Following

Action, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The expansion opens a new chapter in Kyle Crane's story and takes the action beyond Harran. A vast map with villages, fields, and abandoned corners becomes a...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 April 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Bloodborne

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Bloodborne is a dark adventure role-playing action game with a third-person view from the creators of the Dark Souls series. The action takes place in a...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

Doom 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Doom 3 is a science fiction shooter with a first-person perspective and horror elements that was released in 2004 as a reboot of the original DOOM (1995). The game...

The Quarry

Interactive movie, Third-person view, Horror, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The Quarry is an interactive adventure game with a third-person view and horror elements in the spirit of the films of the 80s and 90s from the creators of Until...

Blasphemous 2

Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game, Side view, Action, Horror, Gothic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The sequel to the hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the Penitent. The character will take part in epic battles with bosses, each of which has...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 November 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Dead Rising 4

Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 December 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Dead Rising 4 is a continuation of the zombie apocalyptic action game with a third-person view. The famous photographer named Frank West, known for his...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 October 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Manhunt is a third-person action game with a dash of horror and stealth from the developers at DMA Design Limited. The main publisher of the game is Rockstar Games...

Don't Starve

Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 January 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for PlayStation 4