Halloween is just around the corner, and for those who enjoy being scared out of their wits, nothing puts horror fans in a spooky mood like playing or replaying their favorite terrifying games in the PlayStation 5 catalog. From zombie apocalypses to deep-space necromorphs and biophages to supernatural summer camps and everything in between, there’s no shortage of gory and terrifying PS5 games to check out this October.
Players can immerse themselves in the gruesome and haunting stories to experience the jump scares, monsters, killers, blood, guts and ghosts that are sure to get them in the Halloween spirit. Whether you’re looking for fresh scares or want to relive some old ones, the PS5 has a massive collection of great horror content available. These are the top 10 scary games to play on the PS5 this Halloween season.
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The quarry
Supermassive games
The quarry is a dramatic survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games that Cast players in a slasher film Scenario at Hackett’s Quarry. Featuring all-star cast members such as David Arquette, this is a Halloween must-play that follows a group of camp counselors who get stuck there for an extra day at the end of the season due to the tomfoolery of one member.
Although the goal of the game is for everyone to survive until the end, it is a pretty difficult task without using guides. For optimal scares, just let decisions play out and be surprised – And possibly horrified – by the consequences of the choices. There are over 180 possible endings, and everything players do will affect who survives and who faces a bloody death.
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The callisto protocol
Striking Distance Studios
The callisto protocol From Striking Distance Studios is a science fiction survival horror game set in 2032 on one of Jupiter’s moons, Callisto. Just when protagonist James Lee thinks he is going to retire from his career in long-term space tracking, his ship is hijacked by bio-terrorists, crash lands on Callisto, and he is thrown into prison. James passes by A series of terrifying quests in order to survive and avoid becoming a biophage mutant.
From some of the same developers behind Dead Space, The callisto protocol Delivers similarly gruesome and gory gameplay in the form of dismembering mutant limbs – headshots alone won’t take down a Biophage. If that’s not scary enough for you, the story will eventually lead players to an extreme religious cult, where they’ll learn the origin of the biophage outbreak and begin to understand how uncomfortable things have become on Callisto.
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A story about a story: Requiem
Asobo Studio
For fans of a more macabre experience, Asobo Studio’s A story about a story: RequiemThe sequel to A Plague Story: InnocenceOffers a different type of Horror story centered in medieval France During an outbreak of bubonic plague. While it won’t deliver the same jump-scare adventure as others on this list, it’s off-putting, unsettling and Will Give players the creeps as they fend off disease ridden people and hordes upon hordes of disgusting rats.
Although it is not a classic horror experience, A sad story: Requiem Anytime adventure through the black plague will probably make anyone’s skin crawl.
as a sequel, A story about a story: Requiem Brings all the great features of the original and has a great story that is full of Enraged survivalist beekeepers, human sacrifices, cultist slave owners, and many, many rats. Although it is not a classic horror experience, A sad story: Requiem Anytime adventure through the black plague will probably make anyone’s skin crawl.
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Silent Hill 2 (2024)
Bloober team
The Bloober Team Silent Hill 2 Remake is a complete modern overhaul to the classic and releases as a PS5 console exclusive just in time for Halloween, so horror fans might want to check this out after its last release. Whether experienced playing the original back in the day, or have never visited the haunted town of Silent Hill and are curious what lurks in the shadows, The modern updates are bound to make this already-nightmarish adventure even more terrifying.
Silent Hill 2 Follow James Sunderland in the town of Silent Hill as he deals with the tragic loss of his wife. This game excels at throwing players into an eerie and dark atmosphere As strange things start happening around town. The six possible endings and updated graphics and gameplay will make fans eager to play Silent Hill 2 Several times to uncover its many secrets.
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The casting of Frank Stein
Supermassive games
Another interactive horror drama installment from Supermassive, The casting of Frank Stein Is A branching story that follows four loving filmmakers who make a horror film called murder mill About a notorious murderer, Frank Stone, in the 1980s. There’s just one problem: Frank Stone’s spirit doesn’t want them to.
The suspenseful gameplay involves jumping back and forth between timelines to the modern versions of each character, and Discover what just happened in the abandoned murder mill After all. Get ready for a bloody time full of characters impaled on hooks, alternate realities, time travel, cultists who serve an ominous “entity,” and more.
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The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2
Naughty dog
Naughty Dog’s The last of us part 1 And The last of us part 2 are Two of the scariest post-apocalyptic shooters out thereAnd with the TV show ramping up for its second season, horror fans will want to revisit these. A deadly Cordyceps fungus infects the general population, And Joel and Eli have a secret that could save all of humanity. Unfortunately, their journey across the country is riddled with cannibals, raiders, cultists, and, of course, infected.
The last of us part 1 And its follow-up in Part 2 Redefine what a zombie game can do.
The gameplay here is as nail-biting as the plot, and Players will need to be sneaky if they don’t want to get bitten – Or shot, or eaten, or stabbed. With a truly immersive story and beautifully crafted environment, The last of us part 1 And its follow-up in Part 2 Redefine what a zombie game can do.
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Return
Housemark
Housemarque’s roguelike PS5 original Return is a notoriously difficult and hauntingly unsettling game that follows ASTRA Corporation pilot and explorer, Selene, after she crash-lands on a strange planet. She begins to experience vivid, disturbing visions and finds herself stuck in a death-loop Sequence sends her back to her ship every time she is killed.
This mysterious planet is infested with deadly extraterrestrials known as XenomorphsAnd Selene starts to realize that the ominous visions she’s had reveal more about her than she’s willing to understand. With a new Ascension update that offers more backstory for Selene, as well as a whole new area called the Tower of Sisyphus, Return is a solid choice for horror fans who want to revisit the game or who want a new exciting challenge.
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Dead Space (2023)
Motive Studio
PS Plus members will be pleased to know that Motive Studio Dead Space Remake was released as a monthly PlayStation Plus game in October, and is A necessary addition to anyone’s Halloween playlist. Packed full of jump scares, Dead Space Will have players bracing around every turn for fear of a random Necromorph coming out of nowhere to chop them to bits before they get a chance to melt it.
Dead Space Goes to Isaac, a starship engineer assigned to investigate the USG Ishimura Just to discover that The ship is overrun by mutant humanoids called Necromorphs. The game was given a complete modernization and overhaul, now touting better physics, graphics, game mechanics and even more completely than the original. Don’t worry, though, if the graphic nature is too much, the remake also has a fully-blocking feature in its accessibility menu.
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Alan Wake Remastered & Alan Wake 2
remedy entertainment
Both Alan Wake Remastered And Alan Wake 2 From Remedy Entertainment offer their own unique and intricate psychological horror experience and both can be enjoyed from the PS5 catalog. The titular protagonist, Alan Wake, a best-selling crime fiction author, Ventures into a creepy and dark world full of dangerous shadow creatures Why do they want to kill him – or are they just hallucinations? Beware of the ominous silhouette figures creeping in the corners and the claustrophobic passages that will make players feel like they are about to be crushed.
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Alan Wake Remastered Updated many game mechanics and graphics for the PS5, and it is also structured differently than the second game. however, Both Alan Wake Games are A daunting and often disturbing rideWorth it for fans of psychological scares and mind-bending plot twists.
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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Capcom
In what might be the scariest VR experience in all of gaming, Capcom’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Will seriously make players afraid to walk around their own house. Players will want to break out their PS VR headsets as they take on the first-person POV of Ethan as he investigates the Baker family’s abandoned rural estate in Louisiana in search of his missing wife.
Resident Evil 7 is full of monstrosities known as mouldedAnd Ethan is an unskilled fighter who has to grab weapons and consumables from around the estate in order to fight them off. It’s one of the franchise’s more unique installments in that it uses the first-person camera and is built to optimize a horror-focused VR experience. It doesn’t get much scarier than that Resident Evil 7So it’s perfect PlayStation 5 Game to enjoy during a spooky Halloween season.