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Boat and ship horror games on PlayStation

Horror games set on the water: abandoned cargo ships, cruise liners searched deck by deck, small fishing boats steered through fog at night. A ship is a closed space with narrow corridors and nowhere to run, and a small boat leaves you alone on dark water with whatever lies beneath.

The top 23 of 23 boat and ship horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 23 best on PlayStation

  1. Dagon key art: an engraved medallion of an island under the moon, ringed by tentacles, sea creatures and a great eye, on a starry black field PsychologicalDagon: by H. P. LovecraftThe narrator escapes a captured ship in a small lifeboat and drifts for days before he runs aground. 95% on Steam (12,410 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games key art: two anime-style young men, one startled and one with arms crossed, beside a giant hooded figure in a goggled gas mask AnimeZero Escape: The Nonary GamesIn 999 one group is trapped on a sinking ship with nine hours to escape; a screenshot shows a cabin flooding through a porthole. 94% on Steam (4,035 reviews)34 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  3. Six in a yellow raincoat holds up a lighter on a tabletop crowded with stacked cups and pots, while a large grey hand grips the table edge in the foreground PsychologicalLittle NightmaresThe Maw is a huge iron vessel at sea, and Six climbs from its bottom, the Hull, up toward the top. 95% on Steam (116,798 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  4. LIMBO key art: the silhouetted boy with glowing eyes stands in a bright clearing as the long legs of a giant spider reach down beside him PsychologicalLIMBOAt one point the boy crosses still grey water in a small boat with a mast. 92% on Steam (62,333 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  5. Monstrum key art: a hulking monster with a glowing orange face fills a dark ship corridor SurvivalMonstrumSet aboard the Hisa Maru, an abandoned, rusting cargo ship. 91% on Steam (3,793 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
  6. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice key art: Senua in silhouette stands among wildflowers before a great tree lit by golden sunlight and falling leaves PsychologicalHellblade: Senua's SacrificeThe game opens with Senua paddling a small boat up a misty river past sharpened stakes. 90% on Steam (76,810 reviews)about 7.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Night At the Gates of Hell key art: painted zombies shamble through a night graveyard under a purple sky, one huge close-up with worms in its eye socket SurvivalNight At the Gates of HellThe survivors' plan is to reach the coast and escape by boat, which does not go as planned. 90% on Steam (818 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. The Sinking City 2 key art: a man in a fedora with a shotgun on his back stands waist-deep in floodwater under an Arkham cemetery arch, wrapped by rising tentacles SurvivalThe Sinking City 2You cross the flooded streets by skiff as well as on foot, steering a small motorboat past ruined shops 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,506 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. CULTIC key art: a man opens the door of a muscle car outside a barbed-wire compound at dusk, framed by hooded cultists with an axe in red light Action horrorCULTICA screenshot shows a cargo ship stacked with containers with cultists on deck. 97% on Steamabout 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. Resident Evil Revelations key art: a pale, bloodied hand pressed against a wet ship's porthole SurvivalResident Evil RevelationsMost of the game is set aboard the Queen Zenobia, a cruise ship Jill searches deck by deck. 81% on Steam (18,708 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Sunless Sea key art: a lone lit buoy with a bell leans out of a flat dark sea under a green-black sky 2D horrorSunless SeaYou captain a Victorian steamship, upgrading its engines, cannons and torpedo guns or buying a bigger one 83% on Steam (9,582 reviews)22 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  12. Dark Hours key art: two masked robbers beside a glowing crown freeze as a tall dark creature appears in a bright doorway of a gloomy mansion room Co-opDark HoursA cruise ship is one of the five places the crew can rob. 82% on Steam (4,279 reviews)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. DREDGE key art: a small fishing boat with two glowing lamps on a rough green sea beside a red and white lighthouse under a brown stormy sky, with tentacles and a spiny fish under the water PsychologicalDREDGEYou captain a small fishing trawler and upgrade its engine, lights, rods and nets. 96% on Steamabout 9.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  14. Martha Is Dead key art: the upside-down face of a young woman with a pearl necklace, as if seen through dark water PsychologicalMartha Is DeadYou can explore the countryside on foot, by bicycle or by rowing boat. 79% on Steam (3,986 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  15. REANIMAL key art: two children row a small lit boat across dark floodwater past wrecked ships and telephone poles, under a giant sheep-headed creature looming out of the stormy sky PsychologicalREANIMALYou row a small boat between locations, and it lets you reach places off the main path. 75% on Steam (26,213 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  16. Man of Medan key art: a man's face blended with a skull and a ship at sea, over an old map of the South Pacific Co-opThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of MedanThe five travel on a hired dive boat, the Duke of Milan, captained by Fliss, before they are stranded aboard the freighter 81% on the PlayStation Store (17,189 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. The Sinking City Remastered key art: a detective with a gun wades a flooded street as a vast tentacled shape looms in the mist Multiple endingsThe Sinking City RemasteredOakmont's streets are flooded, and you use a boat to travel them and reach drier areas. 75% on Steam (5,805 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  18. Layers of Fear 2 key art: an ocean liner carried on a heap of jointed wooden mannequins and rats before dark red stage curtains PsychologicalLayers of Fear 2You play an actor summoned aboard an ocean liner, exploring its cabins, decks, corridors and engine room as they change around you. 83% on the PlayStation Store (1,162 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Layers of Fear key art: a torn blood-red canvas, with an eye and part of a painted face showing through the rip and an empty picture frame behind PsychologicalLayers of FearLayers of Fear 2 takes place on an ocean liner that turns into film sets and nightmares around an actor. 79% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. Close To The Sun key art: a small steam tug on a stormy sea beneath the vast gilded art deco hull of the Helios Puzzle horrorClose To The SunAlmost all of it takes place aboard the Helios, Tesla's colossal research ship standing still in international waters 74% on Steam (1,359 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  21. Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition key art: a snarling, bloodied zombie in front of a tin shack in a storm-lashed tropical jungle Co-opDead Island: Riptide Definitive EditionWith much of the island flooded, you travel by small boats while zombies grab at the sides 71% on Steam (13,122 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  22. HORROR TALES: The Wine key art: the stitched-mouth stalker in a wide-brimmed hat, leather coat and claw necklace, against a dark red background SurvivalHORROR TALES: The WineMartí steals a boat and lands at the Banydebosc family's dock to begin the search 78% on Steam (485 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. The Shore key art: a man's silhouette underwater among rocks, kelp and a sunken boat, with tentacled creatures above him ShortThe ShoreWrecked and stranded fishing boats lie on the island's black beaches 73% on Steam (2,008 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation

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