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Religious horror games on PlayStation

In these games faith is where the fear comes from. You walk Catholic schools run by nuns, Taiwanese homes full of altars and offerings, a ship carrying a church that worships an alien relic, and worlds where gods fight over the living. Prayer, ritual and devotion are on every wall, and what they ask of the people around you is the thing to be afraid of.

The top 12 of 12 religious horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 12 best on PlayStation

  1. Detention key art: a schoolgirl in a white shirt and necklace holds a picture frame as stools, a chalkboard, papers and a paper plane fly around her PsychologicalDetentionDraws on Taoism and Buddhism; altars, deity statues and food offerings appear throughout. 96% on Steam (11,903 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone, Android
  2. Sorry We're Closed key art: a blue-skinned horned demon woman with a long tongue, tooth earrings and a pink Baby choker, under the game's title SurvivalSorry We're ClosedIts story of angels, demons and an archdemon plays with heaven-and-hell imagery. 98% on Steam (1,676 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Nun Massacre key art in the style of a VHS box: the nun with bleeding eyes and a knife, a schoolboy in a green uniform and a corpse in a red chair holding a clown doll Multiple endingsNun MassacreThe school is Catholic, run by nuns, and the letter comes from Mother Apollonia. 93% on the PlayStation Store (1,600 ratings)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. Evil Nun: The Broken Mask key art: Sister Madeline with a red-eyed grin and a giant hammer under a blue spotlight EscapeEvil Nun: The Broken MaskA Catholic school run by a nun, with crosses on the walls and a burning cross in one room. 95% on Steam (1,162 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Sagebrush key art: a lone wooden chapel with a cross on a red hillside above dark trees, under a teal sky PsychologicalSagebrushSermons by Father James, like one on suffering that paved the path to join the flock, are read in his followers' notes 94% on itch.io (415 ratings)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. TAMASHII key art: a glitching white winged figure beneath a one-eyed pyramid, light beams on black, the title in Latin and Japanese below 2D horrorTAMASHIIThe store lists religious themes; rooms show a crucified figure, praying portraits and idols worshipped like gods. 94% on Steam (319 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Necrophosis key art: a white skull emblem above the orange title, between a tentacled creature and a skeletal ribbed figure in the dark Body horrorNecrophosisIts story meshes existentialism with religion and mythology on a universal scale 89% on Steam (953 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  8. Crisol: Theater of Idols key art: a weeping, crowned statue of a woman with a skeletal ribcage, framed by blades, candles and iron gates in red and black SurvivalCrisol: Theater of IdolsSaint statues, processional idols and a mission from the Sun God put religious dogma at the centre of the horror. 85% on Steam (4,585 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. Gray Dawn key art: a derelict vintage car overgrown with ferns and wildflowers in a misty pine forest PsychologicalGray DawnA psychological thriller infused with religious elements: icons, altars, chapels and visions of the divine. 83% on Steam (846 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. 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: GreenwaterThe investigation the store describes is into institutional corruption, religious immorality and murder; a Bible lies on a chair 83% on Steam (615 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation
  11. Outlast 2 key art: a cultist in the foreground holds a chained, spiked pickaxe while a man in a hat sits on the lit porch of a shack in green haze PsychologicalOutlast 2The cult's preacher Sullivan Knoth leads followers preparing for the end of the world, and PEGI and Steam note its religious imagery and violence. 91% on Steamabout 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Angel Engine key art: the title beside a pale skull-like face and a bloodied figure strapped into a metal frame under robotic syringe arms Night shiftAngel EngineScientists in the Second Tower of Babel try to save humanity from damnation, and you bless failing equipment. 79% on Steam (309 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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