16 lists · 153 games
Horror, zombie, survival and post-apocalyptic lists for PS5 and PS4, each ranked on PlayStation player ratings rather than store placement.
12 games
The broadest list on this shelf and the best-reviewed. It spans survival horror, psychological horror and co-op scares, so it is the fastest way to see what PlayStation horror actually has before narrowing to zombies, vampires or survival.
The genre canon, from Silent Hill 2 (★4.76) and the Resident Evil 2 remake (★4.77) to Dead Space. Survival horror, psychological horror and co-op scares in one ranked list. Start here if you want the best-reviewed frights on PlayStation regardless of sub-genre.
Top picks: SILENT HILL 2, RESIDENT EVIL 2, Dead Space
12 games
The PC-only corner of the shelf: twelve small-studio horror games with no PlayStation release, from Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette to Cry of Fear. Ranked on Steam player reviews, so these cards carry no PlayStation star ratings by design.
Top picks: Mouthwashing, Buckshot Roulette, No, I'm not a Human
12 games
Open-world outbreaks and undead shooters, led by Days Gone (★4.66 from 173,215 ratings) and Dying Light 2. For players who want the horde rather than the haunting.
Top picks: DAYS GONE, RESIDENT EVIL 2, Dying Light 2
15 games
Crafting, hunger meters and hostile biomes — Subnautica (★4.60), Palworld (★4.61) and No Man's Sky. Survival as a systems genre rather than a horror one, including co-op and creature-collection picks.
Top picks: Subnautica, Palworld, No Man's Sky
15 games
After the collapse: The Last of Us Part I (★4.89), Horizon Zero Dawn (★4.75) and Death Stranding. Story-led ruined worlds, weighted toward narrative over crafting.
Top picks: The Last of Us™ Part I, Horizon Zero Dawn™, DEATH STRANDING™
17 games
Top picks: The Outlast Trials, Phasmophobia, Dead by Daylight
12 games
Top picks: Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Village, Dead Space
15 games
Top picks: SILENT HILL 2, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice™, Alan Wake 2
13 games
Read-alikes for players who finished Naughty Dog's pair and want the same mix of tense stealth and character writing — A Plague Tale: Requiem (★4.57) and the Telltale Walking Dead series among them.
Top picks: A Plague Tale: Requiem, DAYS GONE, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
11 games
Gothic horror and blood-drinking power fantasies, from the roguelite Vampire Survivors (★4.86) to the RPG Vampyr. The shelf's smallest and strangest corner.
Top picks: V Rising, Vampyr, Vampire Survivors
9 games
Top picks: Dead by Daylight, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game
8 games
The PC half of the survival shelf: Valheim, The Planet Crafter and Project Zomboid, eight small-studio crafting and base-building games with no PlayStation release at all. Read it alongside the console survival list rather than instead of it.
Top picks: Valheim, The Planet Crafter, Project Zomboid
9 games
Horror built for four: Lethal Company, R.E.P.O. and seven more co-op games with no PlayStation release, ranked on lifetime Steam player reviews. For a group with headsets rather than a controller.
Top picks: Lethal Company, R.E.P.O., Content Warning
14 games
Top picks: RESIDENT EVIL 2, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil
