10 Best Horror Games on PlayStation 5 (2024)

Horror games as a genre have been doing exceptionally well on the PlayStation 5. Through the intense graphical fidelity made possible by the console, many horror games take advantage of this power to significant effect. While these games may differ in the type of horror experience, they bring players. They are still phenomenal. So we will show some love to quite a few horror titles today. That said, enjoy the Best Horror Games on PlayStation 5.

10. Unholy

In Unholy, you'll traverse through two parallel worlds: one being a cold, brutalist reality and another grotesque, twisted society. The main theme is built around the search for a missing child, working along a puzzle to uncover clues for each of the different realms. You'll also be faced with the decision of either infiltrate or confront brutal enemies standing against a corrupt establishment. The game superbly interweaves elements of exploration, stealth, and combat. Here, contact with the environment or defeating enemies is possible through a weapon system based on emotions such as anger and fear.

9. The Mortuary Assistant

In The Mortuary Assistant, you take on the role of Rebecca Owens, a new graduate just breaking into your apprenticeship at the River Fields Mortuary. One night called in to work to take care of some embalming, things start going strange as you try to concentrate on the deceased. While trying to focus on the bodies you're working on, demons plague you, and you have to fend them off using special rituals of banishing. To save your soul, you've got to identify the demon and flush it out. Every game will be different experiences but still revealing more parts of the story and getting you on edge every time you return.

8. Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark is the reimagination of the original game, set in the eerie Derceto Manor. In this game, players can choose whether to play as Emily Hartwood on a mission to find her missing uncle or Edward Carnby, who works as a detective on the case for danger's sake. However, whatever their choice may be, both the characters are bound to encounter terrifying enemies and dark mysteries while exploring the haunted mansion. It will smoothly tie psychological horror, strong narrative storytelling, and fierce combat missions.

7. Gray Dawn

In Gray Dawn, you play the role of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, caught in a world where reality and madness blend together. Here, you have to follow the journey of that priest as he tries to prove his innocence within a scenario of terrifying visions, possession by demons, and some other screwy divine incidents. Every time he remembers that boy or listens to the accusations, he plunges into frightening trances. These trances reveal horrific visions and voices with the devil trying to contort his thinking. The game is set in a quiet English village in the 1920s but often takes you to Romania, where the mysticism of Eastern Europe adds to mystery.

6. Ad Infinitum

It is a psychological horror game in which a German soldier plays, tormented by the trauma of World War I. He is stuck between his past old family home and the horrifying trenches of the war. In this nightmare, you must figure out your past and face dangerous creatures that come from your mind. The game calls you to break the endless suffering by solving puzzles, understanding how these monsters behave, and unearthing the secrets which tore your family apart during the war.

5. Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village is survival horror with great action mixed in. In the game, a father is on a search for his kidnapped daughter in an obscure village, with scare monsters lining every step. Gameplay involves tense combat with resource management and additional enemies such as werewolves and vampires. It would require different strategies to handle these. However, puzzles are also really significant because there is an ongoing effort to unlock new areas while moving forward in the story.

4. CONSCRIPT

If you are a horror lover with respect to history, then CONSCRIPT will definitely be something else for you. It is set in World War I, and you are playing the role of a soldier in search of his missing brother. Survival and strategy go hand in hand, and here, resource management forms an important part of it. You venture into unsafe locations, retrieving needed supplies while avoiding enemies. Combat is pretty challenging since you're left with limited supplies most of the time, where there is little choice but to plan how to go through it.

3. REVEIL

This is a first-person psycho-thriller based on the premises of storytelling, puzzling, and exploration. Here, the player acts as Walter Thompson, who tries to find out anything relevant to his dark past regarding the Nelson Bros Circus. The game starts when Walter wakes up confused and finds that all of his family is missing, but with clue after stranger clue, he has to solve puzzles to realize what is happening to him. Such a narrative intermixes reality with imagination, draws the player deeper into Walter's mind. As you solve the mystery, the puzzle unfolds showing how Walter's past relates to the circus.

2. Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3

In Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3, the player has to explore an orphanage known as Playcare sitting beneath the toy factory. Scarier, new monsters wait inside, and puzzles and careful movement in the dark halls will be necessary to survive. Special hands assist with exploration, and a Gas Mask is needed to pass through areas that are full of red smoke. This chapter is kind of scary. With more and more secrets unraveled, expect all the shocking moments and dangerous situations to unfold.

1. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit drops you into an enthralling time traverse. You start by solving complex puzzles while collecting all the necessary clues as you try to avoid aggressive animatronics. Meanwhile, its time travel feature permits adventure in other eras, with every inch walked posing increasing danger. In the story, there also exists a need for quick movements with careful hiding both to save yourself and Oswald's father and children. At the climax, the darker it gets the more tensions build and every decision is a life or death one.

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