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Dystopian horror games on PlayStation

Horror games set in societies gone wrong: sunken utopias, quarantine zones under curfew, corporate cities and regimes that rule through cameras and propaganda. You move through places built to control the people in them, read the posters and orders they left behind, and learn what the order cost while something worse waits in the halls.

The top 12 of 12 dystopian horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 12 best on PlayStation

  1. Extreme close-up of Elster's shadowed face with glowing red eyes against a deep red background, drawn in a pixel anime style PsychologicalSIGNALISHumanity has colonised the solar system under the totalitarian regime of Eusan, which rules through surveillance and propaganda. 97% on Steam (35,155 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. INSIDE key art: the boy hides behind a pillar in a dark factory while a machine sweeps the room with a searchlight PsychologicalINSIDELines of grey, will-less people trudge in step through a city watched by security cameras. 97% on Steam (76,338 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  3. The Last of Us Part I key art: Ellie with a backpack looks down over a ruined town in orange haze, a small figure of Joel with a pistol walking within her silhouette SurvivalThe Last of Us Part IThe Boston quarantine zone is fenced off, with curfew signs and a ration distribution centre run under military control. 98% on the PlayStation Store (146,000 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  4. Costume Quest 2 art: four cartoon children in Halloween costumes, a candy corn with big glasses, a caped hero in goggles, a bearded wizard and a dinosaur, on a glowing clock circle HalloweenCostume Quest 2The future is a dental dystopia where Halloween is outlawed and Brush propaganda posters cover the walls 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,633 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. KARMA: The Dark World key art: monochrome portrait of a wet-haired young man in a padded suit with a thick collar and numbered chest plate, lit from above on black PsychologicalKARMA: The Dark WorldThe Leviathan Corporation rules an alternate 1984 East Germany through mass surveillance, class rules and mind-altering drugs 91% on Steam (4,617 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. Cronos: The New Dawn art: the Traveler's dented dome helmet marked ND-3576, with a shoulder lamp, before a ruined clock tower and a red rift under a red sky SurvivalCronos: The New DawnThe future is a ravaged wasteland of brutalist blocks run by the enigmatic Collective that sends the Traveler out. 88% on Steam (12,214 reviews)18 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Happy's Humble Burger Farm key art: the smiling cow mascot holds up a tray of glowing burgers before a red-lit restaurant, with monstrous mascot faces in the mist Mascot horrorHappy's Humble Burger FarmDestructoid calls it a satire of corporate dominance, where workers are worth only their efficiency inside a simulation 87% on Steam (3,056 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Hollowbody key art: Mica holds a red glowing lantern and a pistol as pale, long-haired figures reach for her through grey smoke beside her crashed hover SurvivalHollowbodySet in a dystopian near future where a black-market shipper flies into a sealed-off zone, as the store page describes. 85% on Steam (1,625 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. Yuppie Psycho key art: Brian in glasses and a blue suit with blood on his face, behind him the doll-faced Sintra, coworkers with stacks of paper and a red-masked figure holding a bloody dagger PsychologicalYuppie Psycho: Executive EditionSet in a dystopian society of the 1990s where Brian is a low-class citizen from the suburbs. 95% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxSet in 2084, after a digital plague and a war, in a world where corporations rule what is left. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Angel Engine key art: the title beside a pale skull-like face and a bloodied figure strapped into a metal frame under robotic syringe arms Night shiftAngel EngineA far-flung dystopian future where the Angel Engine Initiative is humanity's last hope. 79% on Steam (309 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. SLEEP AWAKE key art: a blonde woman's wide eye held open as a dropper hovers over it, a veined arm reaching in, in neon pink on dark blue PsychologicalSLEEP AWAKESet in a brutal police state in the last known city on Earth, its walls plastered with totalitarian posters. 80% on the PlayStation Store (181 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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