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

Inscryption - a game in the Horror genre

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Card game, Roguelike, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Inscryption is a first-person card puzzle horror game from the creator of Pony Island. In the game, you will find yourself in the cabin of Leshy, from which you...

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster is a re-release of the action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to...

Dead Age

Role-playing game, Horror, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Dead Age is an action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will go to a world where you will forever have to...

Lust for Darkness

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Lust for Darkness is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Jonathan Moon receives a letter from his wife, who disappeared a year ago. Following the...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Survival, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 79/100

An action role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down perspective, set during a zombie apocalypse. A research institute working on a cure for cancer...

Bramble: The Mountain King

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Horror, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 April 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Bramble: The Mountain King is an action-adventure platformer with horror elements in a dark fantasy setting. In the game you will go into a world inspired by...

Resident Evil: Revelations

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 August 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Zombie Army Trilogy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 , includes a...

Job Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 October 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Job Simulator is an arcade physics-based simulator for Oculus Rift, SteamVR and PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. Players will have to take the place of an...

Dead Rising

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 September 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Dead Rising is a dynamic zombie action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The main character of the game is journalist-photographer Frank West, who...

What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 April 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...

Dead Island: Definitive Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dead Island: Definitive Collection is a re-release of the action-horror game with a first-person view in the world of zombies for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The...

Little Nightmares - The Residence

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 October 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Little Nightmares — The Residence is an add-on for the side-view horror adventure Little Nightmares. The main character has to find out who is hiding behind...

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2023

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Prequel to the horror Daymare: 1998. The game tells the story of special agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now working for "HADES". The heroine sets off...

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5

Survival, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 May 2026

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This horror chapter in the Poppy Playtime series takes place deeper inside the factory, where Huggy Wuggy, Playtime’s security system, is in pursuit. Abandoned by...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 November 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Online, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 October 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is a special edition of the original game in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the series for PlayStation 4. The...

Hotline Miami 3

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Indie

Not officially announced: PlayStation 4 → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

Hotline Miami 3 is a continuation of a dynamic action game with a top-down view, where the main character killed Russian mafiosi left and right, received strange...

Stray Souls

Horror, Action, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2023

Players: 7.7/10

The game takes place in the abandoned town of Aspen Falls, inhabited by disgusting creatures. The main character is teenager Daniel, who inherits his grandmother's...

Dead Rising 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 April 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dead Rising 2 is an adventure zombie action game with horror elements and a third-person perspective. It expands on the ideas and universe established in Dead...

Pathologic 2

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...

The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 May 2020

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is a dynamic first-person shooter set in the Walking Dead universe for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Valve...

Visage

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 November 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Visage is a first-person horror adventure inspired by the work of Hideo Kojima — P.T. The main actions of the game take place in the 80s of the last century...

True Fear: Forsaken Souls

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 February 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

True Fear: Forsaken Souls is a mystical point and click adventure with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. The events of the game take place in an old house that...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 May 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Tormented Souls

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Tormented Souls is a third-person psychological horror game inspired by classic horror films Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark. The main character is...

Devil May Cry 4

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 June 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person fantasy hack-and-slash takes place in the fortified city of Fortuna, where the religious Order of the Sword fights demons. Young knight Nero is...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 August 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 October 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A retro shooter filled with three atmospheric campaign episodes, designed in the spirit of the 90s. The main character fights against mystical creatures. The game...

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods — Part Two — the second standalone expansion Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One. This time, events will take place not only...

Amnesia: Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Amnesia: Collection is a collection of first-person horror adventures that includes Amnesia: The Dark Descent, an indirect sequel to Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs...

Slitterhead

Adventure, Horror, Action, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 November 2024

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Adventure horror based on Japanese urban legends from the author of the original Silent Hill. The game takes place on the densely built-up streets of Koulong...

Bendy: Lone Wolf

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Roguelike, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 August 2025

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Boris ventures deep into the endlessly generated corridors of the Joey Drew studio. To survive, you will have to collect supplies and weapons, and also escape from...

Look Outside

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Turn-based, Old school, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Old-school horror with elements of RPG and survival, set in an ordinary apartment building that has become a trap after a mysterious phenomenon. Anyone who dares to...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 October 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his life is...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2015

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Alien Shooter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 March 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Alien Shooter is a dynamic shooter with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. Endless darkness and gloomy, long passages of a military complex that became...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

How to Survive 2

Simulation, Action, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 February 2017

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 67/100

How to Survive 2 is an isometric survival simulator with elements of horror and action in a post-apocalyptic setting. The world is filled with the living dead. You...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for PlayStation 4