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Time loop horror games on PlayStation

In these games the same stretch of time comes round again. You die, choose wrong or reach midnight, and wake at the start of the same day, road or hallway, keeping only what you learned. The fear is in the repetition: each pass looks almost the same, small things change, and you have to work out what is wrong before the loop resets.

The top 13 of 13 time loop horror games on PlayStation, ranked by player and critic scores

The 13 best on PlayStation

  1. Slay the Princess key art: a pencil-drawn princess kneels in chains on the floor of a dim stone basement under a barred window PsychologicalSlay the Princess: The Pristine CutA branching, looping story: when you die or she does, you are back on the path and the princess has changed. 97% on Steam (34,835 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. Raging Loop key art: Haruaki, a frightened girl in a green jacket reaching out and a white-haired woman, with a black wolf's head with a red eye behind them PsychologicalRaging LoopEach time Haruaki dies he wakes on the day he arrived and lives it again, remembering what he learned 96% on Steam (11,565 reviews)26 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. House key art: two girls on a small grassy world under a grey, rainy sky, one poking a snail with a stick beside an axe 2D horrorHouseThe 1.5 update lets you play songs to reshape the loop, and the game's line is that it never ends. 95% on Steam (2,257 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. The Exit 8 key art: a yellow 'Exit 8' sign hanging from the ceiling of a white-tiled subway passage PsychologicalThe Exit 8Every wrong choice sends you back to the start of the same looping underground passage. 93% on Steam (11,760 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  5. CAPTURED key art: a black silhouette with small white eyes and a faint grin in a dark room, tentacles curling by a pale doorway, in grainy blue camcorder light PsychologicalCAPTUREDLeaving the house only leads you back into the same hallway, and you must break the loop by capturing 13 anomalies. 95% on Steam (647 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  6. Homebody key art: a killer in a stitched mask and a gloved hand with a knife loom over a blood-spattered Emily and her friends, a house with a lit attic window under a huge moon PsychologicalHomebodyEach time Emily dies the night resets and she wakes again in the foyer, keeping only what she has learned. 94% on Steam (747 reviews)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  7. Oxenfree key art: a glowing triangular rift hanging in a dark green cave, with two small figures standing below it PsychologicalOxenfreeThe night loops back on itself, repeating scenes in ways that are not quite the same. 91% on Steam (12,133 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  8. MOTHERED key art: ornate cream title on black, framed by gold vines and red buds, with Enigma Studio and the words A Role-Playing Horror Game PsychologicalMOTHERED - A Role-Playing Horror GameReviewers note the week loops back to the start, and breaking the cycle is part of the task. 93% on Steam (438 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Who's at the door? key art: a pale, wide-eyed doll-like face seen through a green door peephole against black PsychologicalWho's at the door?A wrong call or giving in to the visions sends you back to the first day, as reviews describe. 90% on Steam (1,662 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  10. Luto store header: the title LUTO in glowing white capitals, one letter per line, on a black background PsychologicalLutoEach day Sam wakes to the same smashed mirror and walks the same hallway out of the house, and the loop starts again 89% on the PlayStation Store (2,779 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  11. Fear The Timeloop key art: the red and white title beside a pale, antlered figure with a skull face and torn cloth, hung on a wooden beam in a dark room SurvivalFear The TimeloopA wound kills the sheriff in fifteen minutes, and each death sends him back to the start of the loop. 86% on Steam (613 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  12. Slitterhead key art: a pale young woman with blue hair and a red-lit eye beside a red and white striped tiger-like mask, in red and cyan splashes Body horrorSlitterheadTechRadar describes how Hyoki can go back in time keeping his memories, replaying missions that change each time 77% on the PlayStation Store (3,100 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. Darkest Dungeon II key art: four heroes, including a plague doctor and a masked man with a flintlock pistol, stand before burning houses under a flame emblem CosmicDarkest Dungeon IIThe Scholar is trapped in a cycle of repeating events and must make the journey again each time he fails 75% on Steam (12,147 reviews)30 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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