Games Like Until Dawn for PS5 & PS4

Why it's here: The closest thing to a second Until Dawn, from the same studio. Nine camp counselors, one night, and a missed button prompt that can kill someone three hours later. It also plays best as a party: local mode passes the controller between up to eight people, each owning one teen. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is slow pacing with long, unskippable cutscenes. Rated Mature, 4.26 from about 18,000 PlayStation players. If you loved Until Dawn, start here.

Why it's here: The best of the four Dark Pictures games, and the one Steam reviewers most often call the series high point. You lead US and Iraqi soldiers trapped in a buried temple in 2003, so the horror leans closer to action than Until Dawn's cabin. Movie Night passes one controller around up to five players, and Shared Story adds an online partner. Players flag a slow opening and uneven dialogue. Rated Mature, 4.32 from over 10,000 players, the top-rated Dark Pictures entry here.

Why it's here: The Dark Pictures entry for players who want folk horror and witch trials rather than slashers. Four students and their teacher are stranded in a fog-bound New England town and hunted by visions of its 1692 past. Steam reviews praise the atmosphere and production, but the ending splits players hard, and dialogue is the other common complaint. Rated Mature, 4.15 from about 12,000 PlayStation players. Play it after House of Ashes, not before.

Why it's here: Where the Dark Pictures series began: five friends on a diving trip end up aboard a ghost ship. It is the shortest entry, which makes it a good single-evening session with a friend in Shared Story or a group passing the pad. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is clunky controls and thin characters next to Until Dawn's cast. Rated Mature, 4.03 from about 17,000 players. Pick it for a co-op night rather than as your first Dark Pictures game.

Why it's here: The most ambitious Dark Pictures game, built on a hotel modeled after H.H. Holmes, with new exploration, climbing and inventory tools on top of the usual branching choices. Ambition is also its problem: Steam reviews single out bugs, awkward controls and broken co-op sessions as the main reasons it sits lowest in the series. Rated Mature, 3.90 from about 9,600 players. Play the other three Dark Pictures games first and come here if you still want more.

Why it's here: Supermassive's Dead by Daylight spin-off, and the most Until Dawn-shaped game here outside the studio's own anthology: several timelines, a masked killer, and a cast whose survival hangs on your choices. Steam reviews split along fandom lines, with Dead by Daylight players enjoying the lore while others report poor optimization and a slow first half. Rated Mature, 3.90 from about 4,600 PS5 players. Best for Dead by Daylight fans; everyone else should wait for a sale.

Why it's here: The biggest branching story on PlayStation, and the pick if what you loved in Until Dawn was the flowchart rather than the scares. Three androids in 2038 Detroit can each die or change course, and the end-of-chapter tree shows exactly how far your run diverged. Steam reviews praise the replay value but call the quick-time events tedious. Rated Mature, 4.73 from over 177,000 players, the most-rated game on this list, and on PS Plus Extra. Start here if horror is optional for you.

Why it's here: The thriller that set the template Until Dawn later followed: four playable characters, a serial killer, and no game over when someone dies, the story simply carries on without them. Steam reviews still praise the twists and the emotional weight, but frustrating controls are the most repeated complaint, and the 2010 design shows its age. Rated Mature, 4.44 from about 50,000 PlayStation players. Play it for the mystery rather than the horror, and expect awkward movement.

Why it's here: Quantic Dream's supernatural drama, for players who liked Until Dawn's performances more than its body count. You follow Jodie, played by Elliot Page, across fifteen years of her life, tethered to an entity you control in co-op on a second pad or phone. Steam reviews call it a masterpiece or unplayable, with clunky controls and a jumbled timeline the main complaints. Rated Mature, 4.60 from about 66,000 players. Pick it for the acting, not for meaningful branching.

Why it's here: The best game here for a group that wants to vote. A motel robbery in 1998 Arizona spans thirty years, and up to eight players can join with a phone or controller, with every choice decided by majority. Steam reviews praise the writing and the weight of the choices but split on the illustrated, slideshow-like art and the cliffhanger ending. Rated Mature, 4.52 from about 1,000 PlayStation players. If your Until Dawn nights were about shouting at the screen together, play this next.

Why it's here: The highest-rated game on this list, and the emotional opposite of Until Dawn's teen slasher: you raise Clementine through four seasons of a zombie apocalypse, and the choices are about who you become rather than who lives. Steam reviews praise Lee and Clementine above everything, while the recurring complaint is that many choices barely change the story. Rated Mature, 4.85 from over 15,000 players. Start here if you want to feel your decisions rather than map them.

Why it's here: The pick for players who stayed for Until Dawn's mystery rather than its gore. Max can rewind time to undo any choice, which turns the usual one-shot decision into a deliberate trade-off, set around a missing girl in a small Oregon town. Steam reviews rank it among the best stories in the genre, with repetitive gameplay and an unsatisfying final choice as the main complaints. Rated Mature, 4.69 from over 121,000 PlayStation players. A natural second game after Until Dawn.

Why it's here: A short ghost story where the choices happen in conversation rather than quick-time events. Teens on an island open a rift with a radio, and you can interrupt, stay quiet or talk over anyone, which shapes who trusts whom by dawn. Steam reviews praise the writing and atmosphere but flag slow walking pace. Rated Teen, 4.56 from about 4,800 players, one of two Teen-rated picks here. If a teen in the house is too young for Until Dawn, start here.

Why it's here: Until Dawn's slasher, told from a radio booth. You are a late-night DJ in a 1987 town and save callers from a masked killer by talking them through puzzles over the phone, with your advice deciding who survives. Steam reviews praise the writing and voice acting, though some call the puzzles too easy. Rated Teen, 4.60 from about 8,800 players and on PS Plus Extra. If you want slasher tension with a sense of humor, this is the one.

Why it's here: The pure horror pick for players who mainly want Until Dawn's dread. You play an electrician on a 1975 North Sea oil rig as something from below overruns it, with no combat and nowhere to run but up. It is not a branching game, and Steam reviews name the lack of choices along with a short length and repetitive tasks. Rated Mature, 4.58 from about 4,100 PS5 players. Play it for one tense evening, not for multiple endings.