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Missing person horror games on PlayStation

In these horror games someone has disappeared: a friend, a cousin, a brother, a child, a stranger who lived in your apartment before you. You follow what they left behind, from posters and phone messages to a trail across a frozen pass, into the place that took them. The fear is in not knowing what you will find at the end of the search, and whether it is waiting for you too.

The top 30 of 38 missing person horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best on PlayStation

  1. Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper key art: the hooded kidnapper in a stitched rabbit mask beside the Horror Tale title on a dark purple background EscapeHorror Tale 1: KidnapperChildren have been going missing in Lakewitch for a long time, and finding out where they went drives the story. 94% on Google Play (74,000 ratings)about 1 hFree with adsAndroid, iPhone, PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Browser
  2. Terminal 81 store art: a red supermarket with a glowing shopping-cart sign and parked cars on a dark, foggy street at night PsychologicalTerminal 81Some of the kidnapped women turn up murdered and others vanish for good; the cashier before Lorena was one of them. 96% on Steam (277 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. SIMULACRA key art: a dark-haired woman stands before a wall of phone screens showing apps, photos and chats, with pink streaks across them Multiple endingsSIMULACRAAnna has vanished, her friends have no idea where she is, and you retrace her final steps through her phone. 90% on Steam (4,711 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Kiosk art: the dim tiled kitchen of the kiosk, with a steel table, an open notebook, shelves of bread and cabbages, and the serving window onto the dark PsychologicalKioskYour predecessor vanished under mysterious circumstances, and customers' clues point to what happened to him. 92% on Google Play (3,830 ratings)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android
  5. Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil key art: the title beside a grinning blue bearded mascot with big lashed eyes on a pink background Mascot horrorGarten of Banban 8: Anti DevilYour goal through the chapter is to find the whereabouts of your missing child 88% on Steam (1,592 reviews)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  6. 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 SaleThe family who lived in the house is missing, and notes and ghosts slowly reveal what happened 92% on Steam (300 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. 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 1Playing as Holly Stonehouse, you must find your missing sister Heather. 88% on Google Play (130,000 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox, Android
  8. Slender: The Arrival key art: the faceless Slender Man in a dark suit before a bare forest glowing orange with fire and drifting embers SurvivalSlender: The ArrivalLauren arrives to help her childhood friend Kate move out and finds her gone, her room covered in drawings 87% on the PlayStation Store (13,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android
  9. 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 CarterEthan Carter has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, and finding out his fate drives the investigation. 88% on the PlayStation Store (8,399 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. No one lives under the lighthouse key art: a stone lighthouse under a dark stormy sky and a pale moon, with a seagull flying past PsychologicalNo one lives under the lighthouse Director's cutThe previous keeper disappeared without a trace, which is why you were sent to the island. 87% on Steam (2,501 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Children of Silentown key art: a girl and child silhouettes with glowing white eyes before a pale moon, between red foliage and teal village houses 2D horrorChildren of SilentownPeople disappearing is nothing unusual in Silentown, and Lucy sets out to investigate the latest disappearance herself. 87% on Steam (1,597 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. CONSCRIPT key art: a soldier in a gas mask and helmet with red lenses raises a spiked club amid explosions in a trench SurvivalCONSCRIPTYour younger brother has vanished in the chaos of Verdun, and you set out to find him 90% on Steam (2,628 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. Puppet House key art: the wooden puppet seen from behind, holding a knife, sitting in a pool of blood at the foot of the mansion's staircase EscapePuppet HouseField Town has been reporting mysterious disappearances, and every clue leads to the ventriloquist's house. 86% on the PlayStation Store (650 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  14. Death end re;Quest key art: Shina, a girl with blue-lilac hair, cap and SHINA badge, beside a small spiky creature amid glitching pink and white pixels on black AnimeDeath end re;QuestIt opens with an email from Shina Ninomiya, a colleague who went missing nearly a year earlier. 88% on the PlayStation Store (2,200 ratings)25 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  15. Garten of Banban 4 key art: a grinning dark brown toad mascot in a small top hat with a gold star badge on a pink background Mascot horrorGarten of Banban 4You go ever deeper to find the whereabouts of your missing child 86% on Google Play (2,150 ratings)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  16. Garten of Banban 6 key art: a cartoon monster split down the middle, spiky purple on one half and green on the other, with wide eyes and an open mouth, on a yellow background Puzzle horrorGarten of Banban 6You play a parent still searching the kindergarten's depths for a child who went missing there. 84% on Google Play (1,410 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  17. Amanda the Adventurer 2 key art: a thin, clawed figure with round ears reaches out beside a toppled, red-lit bookshelf behind purple TV scanlines Puzzle horrorAmanda the Adventurer 2Reviews tie Amanda's show and the company behind it to missing children. 83% on Steam (1,582 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. 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 WillowsThe story starts when Elena's father goes missing and she sets out to find him. 84% on Google Play (1,390 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  19. Garten of Banban 7 key art: a dark magenta creature with a tall head and gaping mouth beside the colourful Garten of Banban VII logo Mascot horrorGarten of Banban 7You play a parent searching the kindergarten's lower levels for a missing child 78% on Google Play (1,760 ratings)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  20. 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 CutYour daughter Stela did not come home, and the whole game is the search for her 82% on the PlayStation Store (427 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation
  21. Gray Dawn key art: a derelict vintage car overgrown with ferns and wildflowers in a misty pine forest PsychologicalGray DawnThe altar boy jumped out of a window after the exorcism and no corpse was ever found. 83% on Steam (846 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  22. Observation store banner: a woman in an orange EASA Crew spacesuit by a station porthole, holding a round probe with a glowing lens and green circuit board Puzzle horrorObservationEmma cannot reach Houston or the five other crew, and the story is about finding out what happened to them. 78% on Steam (2,585 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  23. GYLT key art: Sally, a girl in a red coat with a backpack, holds a younger child as a huge dark toothed monster reaches for them with clawed hands PsychologicalGYLTSally has been hanging posters of her missing cousin Emily, and the search for her drives the story 95% on Steamabout 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  24. Hello Neighbor 2 key art: the scowling moustached Neighbor in a purple argyle vest and yellow shirt, shovel over his shoulder, in a dark misty forest Puzzle horrorHello Neighbor 2The ESRB describes a reporter trying to solve the mystery of a missing kid, and missing-person flyers lie at the crime scene 81% on Steam (6,089 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  25. Garten of Banban 3 key art: a partly cropped orange-brown one-eyed mascot at the right edge of a wide bright green banner Puzzle horrorGarten of Banban 3Stinger Flynn warns you to stop searching for your missing child, and you go on anyway 73% on Steam (2,990 reviews)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  26. A Chair in a Room: Greenwater key art: the title over a dark, misty teal forest of hanging vines, marked Remastered PsychologicalA Chair in a Room: GreenwaterA wall of clippings about a missing girl, and a bonus chapter called The Missing Girl unlocked after the story 83% on Steam (615 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  27. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened key art: a giant tentacled creature with glowing red eyes looms out of green fog and rain MysterySherlock Holmes The AwakenedThe case begins with a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US, starting with a servant missing from a captain's estate. 81% on Steam (1,156 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  28. STASIS key art: a bald man in a dark segmented suit sits hunched with a hand on his head, cables trailing from his back, in a dim industrial room lit by a purple glow 2D horrorSTASISJohn wakes in pain to find his wife and daughter missing somewhere on the ship. 79% on Steam (1,716 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  29. The Occultist key art: a bearded man in a jacket dangles a skull pendulum before a glowing teal occult circle of runes Puzzle horrorThe OccultistAlan comes to the island to find out why his father suddenly disappeared 84% on the PlayStation Store (403 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  30. The Blackout Club key art: three teenagers with flashlights in silhouette in a suburban yard at night, bikes, a water tower and a starry sky behind them Co-opThe Blackout ClubThe recent disappearance of a close friend is what turns the club's nightly outings into a search. 77% on Steam (2,891 reviews)PaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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