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Painting horror games on PlayStation

In these games the art on the walls is part of the threat. You walk galleries and old houses where portraits watch you, canvases drip or change when you look away, and some paintings can be stepped into. The fear is quiet and close: a face that was not there before, a frame that moved, a picture that knows more than you do.

The top 8 of 8 painting horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 8 best on PlayStation

  1. Ib key art: a brown-haired girl with red eyes, in a white blouse and red skirt, holds a red rose against a dark green wall beside the white Ib logo PsychologicalIbIb is drawn into a world inside the artist Guertena's work, where the paintings have come to life and painted ladies chase her. 99% on Steam (5,357 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation
  2. Matsuro Palette key art: the winking white-haired girl from the painting, with one red eye and a blue flower, raising a hand to a pale paint stroke on dark blue PsychologicalMatsuro PaletteYou must finish the portrait of a girl in a cursed painting, choosing what to paint and in which colour. 98% on Google Play (277,000 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iPhone, Android
  3. The Cabin Factory key art: a log cabin with a glowing porch and open door alone in a vast, dim factory hall PsychologicalThe Cabin FactoryA portrait of a stern woman hangs in the cabin, and one reviewer returned to find her standing in front of it 91% on Steam (3,857 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. 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 FrameHuge paintings in the mansion pull you inside them, each one a memory world of the killer. 97% on Steam (59 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  5. Layers of Fear VR key art: a torn cloth half covers a framed portrait of a woman whose face is smeared with blood, on dark damask wallpaper PsychologicalLayers of Fear VRYou play a painter trying to finish his masterpiece among macabre artwork and portraits that change. 82% on the Meta Quest store (370 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidVR, PC, PlayStation
  6. The Medium key art: Marianne, white-haired, raises a glowing hand, standing between a grey abandoned building on the left and an orange spirit world of crosses and twisted trees on the right PsychologicalThe MediumThe spirit world is styled after the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński, with bone, flesh and rust-coloured skies. 89% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Layers of Fear key art: a torn blood-red canvas, with an eye and part of a painted face showing through the rip and an empty picture frame behind PsychologicalLayers of FearYou play a painter searching his house for the pieces of his masterpiece, while paintings drip, melt and stare from the walls. 79% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Call of Cthulhu key art: a lone man in a coat stands before lit iron gates under twisted bare trees at night PsychologicalCall of CthulhuThe only clue to the Hawkins deaths at the start is a strange painting by Sarah Hawkins. 79% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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