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Urban legend horror games on PlayStation

These games take a story people pass around, the girl in the third school toilet stall, the train station on no map, the tunnel where the law stops, and make you walk into it. You investigate rumours, follow the rules the legend sets and find out what happens to people who test them. The fear is in knowing the story before you meet it.

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

The 8 best on PlayStation

  1. Escape the Backrooms key art: four players in yellow hazmat suits and gas masks stand in an empty library-like room under a sign reading THE END Co-opEscape the BackroomsThe levels and entities come from the Backrooms, a creepypasta that spread on the internet. 90% on Steam (168,596 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II key art: a man in glasses and a loose tie between two uniformed schoolgirls before a dark school gate and brick building at night PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death Mark IIChapters are built on school legends such as Hanako of the Toilet and Slit-Mouthed Kashima 97% on Steam (178 reviews)17 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  3. Urban Myth Dissolution Center key art: a blue-skinned, dark-haired man in pixel art points at the viewer in front of yellow clouds and rays 2D horrorUrban Myth Dissolution CenterEach case is built around one urban myth, from cursed relics to a red-hooded figure seen in snapshots. 88% on Steam (6,444 reviews)13 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch, iPhone, Android
  4. Spirit Hunter: NG key art: Akira, a young man in a dark jacket and choker, beside a girl in a black dress and bow on a deserted night street by Kissouji station PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: NGEach of the seven chapters is built around an urban legend of the suburb that has come true and must be investigated 91% on the PlayStation Store (366 ratings)15 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  5. The Coma 3: Bloodlines art: a wide-eyed girl in close-up beside a wall of organic growths, with black spiky shapes between them, in dark blue SurvivalThe Coma 3: BloodlinesIn the Coma, rumours and urban legends become reality and hunt the living 86% on Steam (369 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  6. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark key art: a man in a trench coat and glasses beside a doll-like blonde girl in a black dress, under the Death Mark logo PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death MarkEvery chapter follows a rumour spreading through H City, recorded in Spirit Files such as Rumors of the Mark. 83% on Steam11 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  7. DreadOut 2 key art: three dark silhouettes, one holding a curved blade, stand around a tall mound of bodies glowing red at its base under a white misty sky Action horrorDreadOut 2Side quests, hidden stages and mini-bosses are written around Asian and Indonesian urban legends you uncover 74% on Steam (2,114 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. Don't Knock Twice key art: a brass goat-head door knocker with long horns on a dark, charred wooden door ShortDon't Knock TwiceBased on the urban legend: one knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. 71% on the PlayStation Store (1,067 ratings)about 1 hPaidPC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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