Even though Sony pioneered one of its most popular consoles ten years ago, the PlayStation 4 continues to dominate the gaming market. Especially in the horror category, where it offers some of the most horrifying titles available. Despite PS5’s current popularity, the last-gen console still boasts an outstanding game collection.
The top PS4 horror games, ranging from contemporary masterpieces to timeless oldies, take you on unforgettable experiences. We compiled a list of such games for you to try out.
Quick Links: Little Nightmares | Until Dawn | Alan Wake Remastered | Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice | Resident Evil 7 Biohazard | Alien Isolation | Resident Evil 2 | Outlast | Amnesia: Rebirth
Little Nightmares (2017)
Little Nightmares’ bleak and menacing story is heavily influenced by vintage side-scrolling games like Limbo. With terrifying monsters lurking around every corner and creepiness being an overarching theme, you must use stealth and silence to get through the dreamlike experience. You’ll have to go through challenging puzzles while controlling Six, a girl styled in a raincoat, in order to survive the dangers that lie around.
Little Nightmares is one of the scariest PS4 games, despite having a modest and perhaps deceptive aesthetic design that manages to evoke a degree of dread unsurpassed by other horror titles.
Until Dawn (2015)
Until Dawn is a carefully written thriller with elements of horror lying at its very core. You are entrusted with rescuing a group of adolescents whose icy spring break hideaway is being terrorized by a crazed killer. Add to that a degree of ghostly creatures and horrific events from the past, this game tests your decision-making abilities and reflexes.
The psychological horror component in Until Dawn elevates the game from a simple murder investigation to one that deals with challenging subjects of mental health, making it considerably frightening.
Alan Wake Remastered (2021)
This popular title is one of the top PS4 horror games of all time. Alan Wake delves into its protagonist’s psyche as well the terrifying world he is a part of. You’ll be confronted with a scenario that will test both their technical and mental fortitude as you investigate this world.
The gloomy mood of Alan Wake is intensified with updated visuals in the 2021 remaster, making for a more engrossing and unsettling experience. Even though the upcoming Alan Wake 2 is officially the ‘first Remedy Entertainment survival horror game’, Alan Wake is undoubtedly not for the faint of heart.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice remains one of the darkest and most unsettling video games in recent memory. It’s an exploration of the fractured mind of Senua, a Celtic warrior battling the Norse Gods to win back her lover. She will face demons as she sinks down into her own version of hell.
Players will have to deal with a dissonance of ‘voices in their heads’ as well as deceptive illusions that blur the line between what is real and what is Senua’s creation. As a result, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is among the best horror games on PS4. At the same time, it also offers a tragic love tale, which strangely heightens the intensity of the experience.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (2017)
Biohazard’s bizarre story explores the life of the Baker family, who have superhuman strength and eccentric, terrifying traits. They also happen to have a ferocious desire to murder the main character Ethan Winters. RE7 was the first game in the series to use a first-person viewpoint that maximizes the horror factor.
You are forced to experience the bloody atrocities of the game more intimately than ever before since you are put directly into the protagonist’s shoes. The best that Ethan can do to protect himself from these terrifying creatures is run and hide, making Resident Evil 7 one of the top PS4 horror games and a candidate for being the scariest in the illustrious franchise.
Alien Isolation (2014)
Alien Isolation effectively makes use of the horror gaming potential of the lonesome, icy, and unexplored vastness of space. The narrative follows Amanda Ripley as she searches for her lost mother on a space station and runs into a ferocious Xenomorph.
The game requires players to survive on their own, with Amanda receiving only infrequent assistance from crew members. As you try to avoid the Xenomorph, your sole resources are a motion tracker, torch, the occasional use of a weapon, and of course, your own sanity. Everything combined, the almost decaded-old game still stands out as one of the best horror games on PS4.
Layers Of Fear (2016)
Layers of Fear takes you on a journey through the mind of a strange painter whose only ambition is to complete his greatest masterpiece. On the contrary, the story is anything but lighthearted and peaceful. Instead, in this psychological horror experience, you will witness the protagonist’s own terrible history unfold before their very eyes, and it will frequently be hard to distinguish between truth and illusion.
The mood of the game is its greatest asset, as gloomy lighting, unpleasant music, and trippy images gradually paint the scene.
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
The famous title was given new life by the remake, which also included new voice actors, language, and scenes to complete the experience. It was an instant success, much like the more recent Resident Evil 4 remake, and it is widely regarded as a masterpiece in both the franchise and the video game industry.
A teenage Leon S. Kennedy encounters the zombie outbreak for the first time in Raccoon City in the Resident Evil 2 remake, which sticks closely to the storyline of the original film from 1998. The 2019 game, however, distinguishes itself as the peak of cinematic survival horror as a result of its upgrades, and thus is a sure contender in the list of the top PS4 horror games.
Outlast (2014)
Outlast is one of the most minutely designed video games in the horror genre. It depicts the story of a brave journalist who enters a mental institution only to get imprisoned and hunted by inmates who have been subjected to forced experiments because of an insane doctor. You must escape their wrath rather than engage in battle, hence your stealthiness is the key to survival.
And if that weren’t bad enough, the only light source in the completely dark institution will be your camera’s night vision function. Mind you, this camera runs on batteries that deplete quite quickly.
Amnesia: Rebirth (2020)
Amnesia: Rebirth is quite different from its predecessors, yet by no means lacks in the horrors area. You take on the role of Tasi, a pregnant French lady who survives a terrifying plane accident and sets out in search of her missing husband but encounters supernatural horrors along the way.
As you discover the origins of a mysterious presence of extraterrestrial life, the game’s Lovecraftian elements instantly come to life, only to get more terrifying as time passes. Amnesia: Rebirth is an intense adventure that includes time travel, dimension hopping, and a gripping tale. Undoubtedly one of the top PS4 horror games ever made.
These were some of our favorites from the psychological thriller and horror parts of the PS4 collection. Is there a game you would like to see in the list? Let us know in the comments below.
