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Desert horror games on PlayStation

These horror games put you in sand and open heat: Arizona canyons and roadside towns, the Sahara, ruined desert cities and temples buried under the dunes. In daylight you can see a long way and there is still nowhere to hide. At night the same empty ground fills with things you cannot make out until they are close, and the nearest help is miles of dust away.

The top 9 of 9 desert horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 9 best on PlayStation

  1. Sagebrush key art: a lone wooden chapel with a cross on a red hillside above dark trees, under a teal sky PsychologicalSagebrushBlack Sage Ranch lies in the remote New Mexico desert, and the soundscape is built to put you there 94% on itch.io (415 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  2. House of Ashes key art: a woman's face inside a half-skull, set into a sandstone wall carved with ancient reliefs Co-opThe Dark Pictures Anthology: House of AshesThe temple lies buried beneath the Arabian desert, and the team falls into it from above 89% on Steam (11,114 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  3. Necrophosis key art: a white skull emblem above the orange title, between a tentacled creature and a skeletal ribbed figure in the dark Body horrorNecrophosisYou wake in a sandy wasteland of orange dust, and most of the world is desert scattered with giant bodies 89% on Steam (953 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  4. Luto store header: the title LUTO in glowing white capitals, one letter per line, on a black background PsychologicalLutoLater the hallways become caverns in a desert, and one screenshot shows a lone figure crossing hazy orange sand 89% on the PlayStation Store (2,779 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. 7 Days to Die key art: four armed survivors stand in the light of a wooden house behind barbed wire while zombies close in through a misty forest Co-op7 Days to DieNavezgane, Arizona has dry desert biomes; a screenshot shows a cowboy-hat zombie among cacti at night. 87% on Steam (402,352 reviews)30 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. Arizona Sunshine Remake key art: a snarling zombie with red eyes in front of desert rock formations Co-opArizona Sunshine VR RemakeThe search crosses the blistering heat of Arizona's canyons, mesas and dusty roadside towns. 83% on the PlayStation Store (6,675 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  7. Outlast 2 key art: a cultist in the foreground holds a chained, spiked pickaxe while a man in a hat sits on the lit porch of a shack in green haze PsychologicalOutlast 2It is set in the northern Arizona desert, shown in a screenshot of a moonlit canyon with a shack and windmill. 91% on Steamabout 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Amnesia: Rebirth key art: Tasi holds up a lit match, a pale clawed creature lurking in the dark beside her PsychologicalAmnesia: RebirthTasi wakes after a plane crash in the Algerian desert in 1937 and crosses sand, rocks and half-buried buildings. 77% on Steam (9,396 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Little Nightmares III key art: Alone in goggles and Low in a bird mask with a bow hold hands on a heap of junk beneath a giant hand in an orange haze PsychologicalLittle Nightmares IIIThe opening plays out in the sandy ruins of the Necropolis, a desert city. 47% on Steam (21,377 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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