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Horror games about family on PlayStation

In these games the horror lives at home. You are hunted through a farmhouse by the family that owns it, answer a letter from a mother long dead, sit with relatives who insist a sick son is fine, or follow a father who will not stop digging. What frightens is closeness: the people who should keep you safe, and the house you cannot simply leave.

The top 30 of 48 horror games about family on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best on PlayStation

  1. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard key art: a sepia ink collage of an upturned face crowned by a dark house and bare trees SurvivalResident Evil 7 BiohazardThe Baker family, Jack, Marguerite and their son Lucas, are the main enemies. 95% on Steam (128,627 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Mac, VR
  2. House key art: two girls on a small grassy world under a grey, rainy sky, one poking a snail with a stick beside an axe 2D horrorHouseIts makers say you can befriend or behead your family and uncover the dark secrets of a twisted family. 95% on Steam (2,257 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. STASIS: BONE TOTEM key art: a frightened woman in a diving helmet underwater, a toothed orange-lit tentacle coiled around her in the green dark EscapeSTASIS: BONE TOTEMA husband and wife, grieving their recently dead daughter, are the heroes; the story tests a family's resilience. 93% on Steam (2,689 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  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 PsychologicalLIMBOThe boy enters LIMBO uncertain of his sister's fate, looking for her. 92% on Steam (62,333 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  5. Darkest Dungeon key art: a masked swordsman, a plague doctor and a highwayman with pistol and dagger stand before walls of skulls in a red-lit crypt 2D horrorDarkest DungeonThe eldritch horrors erupt across your family's ancestral estate, woken by your own Ancestor's digging. 92% on Steam (163,343 reviews)56 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  6. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 key art: title beside a pale cracked-mask figure holding a finger to its lips, in a dark hole in cracked blue ice PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2Holly digs into her own family: whether her mother was mad, whether she took her life, and whether there really was another sister. 92% on Google Play (42,600 ratings)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  7. Little Misfortune key art: a little girl in a red beret and green coat looks back over a golden autumn hillside, with a fox holding a crackling staff and a Missing poster on a tree PsychologicalLittle MisfortuneHer home is an unhappy one, with abusive parents. 92% on Steam (14,397 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  8. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 key art: a pale woman behind a cracked oval mirror, a clawed grey hand raised to hush, in a wall of roots and gold frames PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3Holly follows the last threads of her family's past, her mother and her sisters, through letters, photographs and reports. 93% on Steam (661 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone, Android, Xbox
  9. A Plague Tale: Requiem key art: Amicia with blood on her face and her little brother Hugo resting his head on her shoulder StealthA Plague Tale: RequiemA brother and sister on the run: Amicia fights to save her little brother Hugo 91% on the PlayStation Store (29,000 ratings)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Clea key art: two frightened red-haired children huddle together under a stormy night sky as pale, red-clawed hands reach for them SurvivalCleaThe Whitlock bloodline is full of dark memories, and the store warns that those closest to Clea may be the real terror 97% on Steam (372 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  11. LOVE ETERNAL key art: a giant red woman with raised arms looms over blue suburban houses and pine trees at night PsychologicalLOVE ETERNALAlong the way Maya meets bizarre versions of her own life and family members. 95% on Steam (480 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Among the Sleep key art: a toddler in starry pyjamas hugs a teddy bear on a crescent moon that drips into a shadow with glowing eyes PsychologicalAmong the SleepThe nightmare grows out of a troubled home, and the search for your missing mother drives the night 89% on Steam (8,423 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  13. Cannibal Abduction key art: a worn VHS-style cover with a blood-spattered green face, a staring yellow eye and the dripping red title under a Selewi presents banner SurvivalCannibal AbductionThe threat is a whole cannibal family, and two endings reveal why the family is acting so strangely. 95% on Steam (348 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. 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 store names family, love, loss and control as its themes, and a family crisis plays out inside one memory 91% on Steam (4,617 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  15. Creepy Shift: House For Sale key art: a dark farmhouse with a FOR SALE sign on a black field under a starry green sky Puzzle horrorCreepy Shift: House For SaleYou pack up the belongings of the Kowalski family and solve puzzles left by the deranged father 92% on Steam (300 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  16. MOTHERED key art: ornate cream title on black, framed by gold vines and red buds, with Enigma Studio and the words A Role-Playing Horror Game PsychologicalMOTHERED - A Role-Playing Horror GameA girl returns to her mother's house after surgery, with a father who hides his face and a brother behind a door. 93% on Steam (438 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 Enhanced Edition key art: a pale woman with long black hair over her face holding a finger to her lips, beside the scratched title PsychologicalTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1The story uncovers the secret of the sisters' past and their mother's death. 88% on Google Play (130,000 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox, Android
  18. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter key art: a boy seen from behind on an autumn forest path, the scene torn open by a burning rift into a grey, skull-strewn world PsychologicalThe Vanishing of Ethan CarterThe deaths are those of Ethan's own family, and uncovering what happened to them is the heart of the story. 88% on the PlayStation Store (8,399 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  19. Stories Untold key art: a glowing red orb among old CRT monitors, a camcorder, a keypad panel and framed photos, with GET OUT on one screen PsychologicalStories UntoldThe opening text adventure begins with you pulling up at a neglected family holiday home, with family photos on the desk beside you. 87% on Steam (5,561 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  20. CONSCRIPT key art: a soldier in a gas mask and helmet with red lenses raises a spiked club amid explosions in a trench SurvivalCONSCRIPTThe whole journey is a search for your lost younger brother, to keep a home from being broken 90% on Steam (2,628 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  21. Visage key art: a figure under a pale sheet in front of rain-streaked glass, next to the Visage logo PsychologicalVisageThe house's past residents include families murdered by their own members. 84% on Steam (11,033 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  22. Resident Evil Revelations 2 key art: an extreme close-up of a bloodshot green eye in a scarred, bloody face SurvivalResident Evil Revelations 2Barry Burton travels to the prison island to find his missing daughter, Moira. 86% on the PlayStation Store (166,958 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  23. DISTRAINT 2 key art: Price in a white shirt and loose red tie between a hooded old man with a huge pack and a grinning man in a suit, a horned shadow behind them PsychologicalDISTRAINT 2A Steam screenshot shows a family of three at a dining table under floral wallpaper, one saying: Don't be silly, honey. 95% on Steamabout 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. Death Frame key art: a hooded skeletal ghost with glowing blue eyes reaches out of a dark picture frame toward the viewer, beside the title PsychologicalDeath FrameThe story is a cruel father, his son who became a killer, and the killer's child who comes home to find out. 97% on Steam (59 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  25. The Beast Inside key art: a top-hatted figure made of tangled roots and blood holding a man PsychologicalThe Beast InsideNicolas Hyde tries to uncover tragic events from his childhood and his family's dark heritage. 83% on Steam (12,203 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  26. Observer: System Redux key art: Rutger Hauer's half-cybernetic face beside the Observer System Redux logo on teal PsychologicalObserver: System ReduxDaniel Lazarski comes to the tenement after a call from his estranged son Adam. 85% on Steam (3,059 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  27. The Evil Within 2 key art: a pale, monochrome Sebastian Castellanos with eyes closed and a pistol under his chin, ghostly hands on his shoulders and faces in white liquid among black tendrils PsychologicalThe Evil Within 2Sebastian goes into STEM because Mobius tells him his daughter Lily is alive and held at its core. 92% on Steam14 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  28. Whispering Willows key art: Elena's face split between a glowing cyan spirit and her hooded human half, before a dark mansion at night 2D horrorWhispering WillowsA daughter's search for her father, who gave her the amulet that lets her see the dead. 84% on Google Play (1,390 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  29. Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut key art: a small figure by a railing under a bare tree in a blood-red splash, beside the title and faint red symbols PsychologicalSomeday You'll Return: Director's CutA father looks for his missing daughter and has to face his own past as a parent 82% on the PlayStation Store (427 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  30. Infliction key art: a man's silhouette in a brightly lit doorway at the end of a dark hall, with a bloodied hand holding a knife in the foreground PsychologicalInflictionThe story of a broken family is told through their letters, diaries and mementos left in the house. 80% on Steam (973 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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