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Prison horror games on PlayStation

In these games you are locked up. Some put you in a cell on an island, a dungeon or a maximum-security penitentiary; others make you a convict or test subject sent where nobody else will go. The fear starts with the bars: no weapons, no way out you can see, and guards or worse on the other side of the door. Every step is about getting free and staying alive while you do.

The top 14 of 14 prison horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 14 best on PlayStation

  1. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games key art: two anime-style young men, one startled and one with arms crossed, beside a giant hooded figure in a goggled gas mask AnimeZero Escape: The Nonary GamesIn Virtue's Last Reward a second group of nine is locked inside a facility and can only leave by playing Zero's game. 94% on Steam (4,035 reviews)34 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  2. Iron Lung key art: the title IRON LUNG over a grainy brown and grey image PsychologicalIron LungYou play an unnamed convict sent down in the sub, a mission a note from its last occupant calls a death sentence. 92% on Steam (11,357 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch, Android
  3. KLETKA key art: a gas-masked figure holding a wrench and a gas-masked creature in a cone-like hood, either side of a giant open red mouth with teeth Co-opKLETKAYou play one of the most dangerous criminals, sentenced to descend into the depths of the Gigastructure. 90% on Steam (8,033 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Resident Evil Code: Veronica X key art: Claire Redfield with an assault rifle and Chris Redfield in his S.T.A.R.S. vest raising a pistol, back to back on a dark blue background SurvivalResident Evil Code: Veronica XClaire is captured in Paris and held as a prisoner on Rockfort Island, where she teams up with another inmate 90% on the PlayStation Store (10,798 ratings)20 h or morePaidPlayStation, Xbox
  5. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream key art: a man's face with a red eye and no mouth, merged into a microchip, beside the chrome title on blue circuitry PsychologicalI Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamYou play five captives held by AM for 109 years, each kept in a cage of their own on a tall pillar 89% on Steam (4,102 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  6. The Tartarus Key key art: a blue-lit portrait of Alex in a hood with red X marks over her eyes and red horn strokes, framed by red scribbles on black EscapeThe Tartarus KeyAlex frees fellow captives held in the mansion as she goes, and whether they live or die is up to you. 93% on Steam (315 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. The Walking Dead key art: Lee Everett keeps a hand on Clementine in her cap as walkers close in under a burning orange sky ZombiesThe Walking DeadLee Everett is a convicted murderer riding in a police cruiser on his way to prison when the dead rise and the car crashes. 86% on Google Play (1,270,000 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  8. Resident Evil 0 key art: the empty, blood-stained passenger carriage of a luxury train, light spilling through its far door SurvivalResident Evil 0Your partner Billy Coen is a former Navy lieutenant and death row convict escaped from a prisoner transport 91% on the PlayStation Store (24,000 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Get Out key art: a hooded figure in a straitjacket sits cross-legged in a blue-lit prison cell, a silhouette at the barred window behind SurvivalGet Out ! A "Very Bad Dreams" StoryYou start bound in a straitjacket with a hood over your head, among barred cells you have to break out of. 83% on the PlayStation Store (176 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, VR
  10. Resident Evil Revelations 2 key art: an extreme close-up of a bloodshot green eye in a scarred, bloody face SurvivalResident Evil Revelations 2Claire and Moira are taken from a TerraSave party and wake as captives in a prison on the island. 86% on the PlayStation Store (166,958 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Zero Time Dilemma key art: the illustrated cast of nine, among them a figure in a round rusty helmet, stands before a riveted round hatch AnimeZero Escape: Zero Time DilemmaThe participants awaken imprisoned, and the only way out is the hatch the death game holds shut 81% on Steam (2,749 reviews)21 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Manhunt key art: a pale, hooded face broken up by red and blue VHS stripes on black, with a camera timestamp along the bottom edge PS1ManhuntJames Earl Cash is a death row inmate who wakes up after his execution by lethal injection was faked 71% on Steam (9,808 reviews)16 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. The Glass Staircase key art: a painted gas-mask face looms over three glowing-eyed zombies reaching out of teal fog before a mansion at night SurvivalThe Glass StaircaseThe girls are held captive in the house and work together over four days to escape their mysterious entrapment 73% on the PlayStation Store (328 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. The Callisto Protocol key art: Jacob Lee in armour stands among mutated inmates in a ruined prison block SurvivalThe Callisto ProtocolYou play Jacob Lee, an inmate of Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary on Callisto. 65% on Steam (43,825 reviews)about 9.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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More kinds of horror

  1. Psychological horror games137
  2. Survival horror games136
  3. Horror games with multiple endings115
  4. Horror puzzle games108
  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
  14. Cosmic and Lovecraftian horror games33
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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
  1. Scary games404
  2. Free horror games11
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