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Swimming pool horror games on PlayStation

Empty indoor pools, tiled halls that go on too long and still water that hides the floor. In these games you wade through pool rooms, watch them on cameras or get lost in a maze of them. The fear is quiet: humming lights, echoes off the tiles, and the sense that a place made for crowds should not be this empty.

The top 7 of 7 swimming pool horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 7 best on PlayStation

  1. Anthology Of The Killer key art: BB, a small pink-haired girl, stands at the end of a line of grotesque cartoon characters, some covered in blood PsychologicalAnthology Of The KillerDrool Of The Killer takes place beneath the tiles of a swimming pool complex. 99% on Steam (810 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation, Switch
  2. POOLS key art: a long rectangular pool of dark water with a metal rail and stairs at the back, in a hall of pale tiles stretching into the distance Walking simulatorsPOOLSEvery chapter takes place in pool halls: you wade and swim through the water, slide down water slides and pass rows of white plastic chairs. 95% on Steam (6,780 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, PlayStation, Switch, VR
  3. Dreamcore key art: a bright open doorway glowing in a dark, grainy empty room, with a dim round object beside it PsychologicalDreamcoreThe Dreampools are an indoor maze of endless tiled pools, ramps and stairs lit by an artificial glow 93% on the PlayStation Store (2,212 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  4. I'm on Observation Duty 7 key art: the title over a dark security room with a wall of CCTV monitors and a large camera lens PsychologicalI'm on Observation Duty 7One level watches an indoor pool, with cameras on the Main Pool and a spiral waterslide. 93% on Steam (455 reviews)PaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. Two players in yellow hazmat suits face a tall, thin black entity in the yellow halls of Level 0, with a grinning face glowing in a dark doorway SurvivalBackrooms: Escape TogetherOne level is the flooded pool rooms, white-tiled halls of pillars and still water 89% on Steam (50,476 reviews)about 3 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. Dead Island Definitive Edition key art: a snarling tattooed zombie with long blond hair in front of a palm-lined resort pool and sun loungers Co-opDead Island Definitive EditionThe key art sets a snarling zombie in front of the resort's palm-lined swimming pool and sun loungers. 82% on Steam (28,463 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. The Backrooms 1998 key art: a yellow, stitched-together creature with a gaping toothed mouth in a yellow-walled corridor, beside the title EscapeThe Backrooms 1998One screenshot shows a dark tiled pool room with a pink inflatable ring floating on the water 83% on Steam (840 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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