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Japanese horror games on PlayStation

These games are set in Japan: mountain villages of shrines and stone lanterns, small 1980s towns, Tokyo districts and a station underpass. Their fear comes from Japanese ghost stories and urban legends, from vengeful spirits and curses tied to old rites, and from walking quiet streets and old wooden houses where something follows the rules of a local legend.

The top 18 of 18 Japanese horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 18 best on PlayStation

  1. Raging Loop key art: Haruaki, a frightened girl in a green jacket reaching out and a white-haired woman, with a black wolf's head with a red eye behind them PsychologicalRaging LoopA remote Japanese mountain village and its strange local customs 96% on Steam (11,565 reviews)26 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. CHAOS;CHILD key art: a boy in glasses and school uniform among seven schoolgirls, their figures eaten away by rust-red splatter on white PsychologicalCHAOS;CHILDSet in Shibuya, Tokyo, in October 2015, among Japanese high school students and their newspaper club 93% on Steam (4,166 reviews)20 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  3. The Exit 8 key art: a yellow 'Exit 8' sign hanging from the ceiling of a white-tiled subway passage PsychologicalThe Exit 8Set in a Japanese station passageway, with signs and posters in Japanese and English. 93% on Steam (11,760 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  4. Labyrinth Of The Demon King key art: a hulking grey painted demon against a red-brown cloudy sky, under the Japanese and English title in red and white SurvivalLabyrinth Of The Demon KingSet in a mythical feudal Japan where war, disease and famine have spread and demons walk the earth 92% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II key art: a man in glasses and a loose tie between two uniformed schoolgirls before a dark school gate and brick building at night PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death Mark IIA Japanese ghost story set in Tokyo's H City, made by the Japanese studio EXPERIENCE 97% on Steam (178 reviews)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  6. Yomawari: Midnight Shadows key art: two small girls with red and blue hair bows hold flashlights on a dark Japanese town street at night SurvivalYomawari: Midnight ShadowsSet in a rural Japanese town at night, with shrines, torii gates, railway crossings and wooden houses 89% on the PlayStation Store (1,151 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  7. Shadow Corridor key art: a huge pale mask-like face beside a dark wooden house, with red spider lilies behind the cracked white title SurvivalShadow CorridorIts randomized levels are dark corridors in traditional Japanese venues, shrine paths with torii gates and stone lanterns 90% on Steam (2,210 reviews)PaidPC, Switch, PlayStation
  8. WORLD OF HORROR key art: a lighthouse shining under a spiral sky above a Japanese seaside town, in 1-bit pixel art Multiple endingsWORLD OF HORRORSet in a 1980s Japanese fishing town, with creatures drawn from manga and urban legends such as Kuchisake-onna. 90% on Steam (9,883 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Switch
  9. Mask of the Lunar Eclipse key art: a girl in moonlight looks back beside pale masks hanging on a cracked wall SurvivalFATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar EclipseA Japanese ghost story set during the Rogetsu Kagura festival, through traditional Japanese houses. 89% on Steam (1,993 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Corpse Party (2021) key art: a crying, bruised student in front of a broken window, with a bloodied blade in the foreground 2D horrorCorpse Party (2021)The students are from Kisaragi Academy, a Japanese high school, and the game is fully voiced in Japanese. 90% on Steam (1,554 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Spirit Hunter: NG key art: Akira, a young man in a dark jacket and choker, beside a girl in a black dress and bow on a deserted night street by Kissouji station PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: NGSet in Kissouji, a Tokyo suburb, with a story tied to Shinto traditions and Japanese urban legends 91% on the PlayStation Store (366 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  12. Shadow Corridor 2 key art: a carved wooden mask of a laughing old man floating in dark blue haze SurvivalShadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩Old wooden Japanese halls, tatami rooms with shoji screens and back streets lined with hydrangeas 88% on Steam (952 reviews)PaidPC, Switch, PlayStation
  13. EMPTY SHELL key art: a figure in a gas mask dissolving into black ink splatters on a white, glitched background SurvivalEMPTY SHELLSet in a secret facility on a Japanese island, with 1950s logs and emails written by its Japanese staff 88% on Steam (723 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  14. Yomawari: Lost in the Dark key art: a small pale-haired girl holding a lantern stands on lit stone steps in an overgrown alley under a green night sky SurvivalYomawari: Lost in the DarkA Japanese town of utility poles, torii gates and roadside Jizo statues where you pray with a coin to save. 90% on the PlayStation Store (471 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, Switch, PlayStation
  15. Platform 8 key art: a man in a pale blue shirt sits alone on a red bench seat in a Japanese train carriage, looking at his phone with a bag on his lap PsychologicalPlatform 8Set in a Japanese commuter carriage with Japanese adverts, a station guide map and a lone salaryman on his phone 87% on Steam (2,912 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  16. Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water key art: a dark-haired young woman in front of a hooded, blue-faced spirit with blue lilies, stone lanterns behind them SurvivalFATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black WaterSet on a Japanese mountain of shrines and shrine maidens. 83% on Steam (6,561 reviews)14 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark key art: a man in a trench coat and glasses beside a doll-like blonde girl in a black dress, under the Death Mark logo PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death MarkSet in H City, a district of Tokyo, and built on Japanese ghost stories. 83% on Steam11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  18. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake key art: the twins Mio and Mayu sit back to back on dark rocks among glowing red butterflies beside the game's logo SurvivalFATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKESet in a remote Japanese mountain village of wooden houses, shrines, shimenawa ropes and stone lanterns. 87% on SteamPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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  1. Psychological horror games137
  2. Survival horror games136
  3. Horror games with multiple endings115
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  5. Stealth horror games85
  6. 2D horror games59
  7. Short horror games53
  8. Co-op and multiplayer horror games49
  9. PS1 horror games41
  10. Horror escape games40
  11. Horror shooters and action horror games37
  12. Surreal horror games37
  13. Zombie games34
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  1. Steam horror games1009
  2. Epic horror games97
  3. GOG horror games270
  4. itch.io horror games592
  5. PC horror games1337
  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
  8. Xbox horror games367
  9. Switch horror games317
  10. Mobile horror games188
  11. VR horror games69
  12. Browser horror games236
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