We’re well into October country now and the spooky season is in full swing. And as the leaves begin to fall and a chill wind begins to blow, Sony is marking Halloween 2026 with a surprisingly robust slate of horror-themed games on its PS Plus subscription service. Here’s our guide to the best games to check out, with a range of options depending on what you’re in the mood for. Only one of them requires PS Premium and that’s the PS1 Resident Evil trilogy. The rest are available to download and play on the Extra tier. Here are our picks:
Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PS4)
ArkaneGenre: Whalepunk immersive sim
Great for: People who love possessing rats and then using them to terrorize the upper classes.
Not good if: You hate sneaking around in the shadows of dying empires.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (PS5)
DON’T NODGenre: Third-person action-adventure
Great for: Players who like using ghost powers to unravel Witcher-esque monster-of-the-week stories.
Not good if: You don’t like hunting for clues or repetitive combat.
Bloodborne (PS4)
FromSoftwareGenre: Third-person action-RPG
Great for: Anyone who likes gitting gud.
Not good if: Players who don’t like dying and want a story spoon-fed to them.
Call of Cthulhu (PS4)
Cyanide StudioGenre: 1920s Lovecraftian RPG
Great for: Cosmic horror buffs who enjoy deciphering environmental clues and interrogating mysterious NPCs.
Not good if: You prefer lots of action or maintaining your sanity.
Crow Country (PS4/PS5)
SFB GamesGenre: PS1-style survival horror
Great for: Anyone still pining for the grimy and blocky early 3D adventure games from the ’90s.
Not good if: You hate classic Resident Evil games or millennial humor.
Dead by Daylight (PS4/PS5)
Behaviour Interactive / Compass InternationalGenre: Online hide-and-seek horror
Great for: Fans of horror movie icons and asymmetric multiplayer where you hunt friends or escape from monsters.
Not good if: You hate being chased or playing online.
Dredge (PS4/PS5)
Black Salt GamesGenre: Lovecraftian fishing sim
Great for: Lovers of minigames, inventory management, and haunted seas.
Not good if: You hate boats.
Indika (PS5)
Odd MeterGenre: Third-person horror puzzle game
Great for: People grappling with psychedelic crises of faith, Russophiles, and suckers for dark humor.
Not good if: You get bored easily or aren’t prepare for a game to make you think.
Hell Is Us (PS5)
Rogue FactorGenre: Supernatural warzone horror Souslike
Great for: Fans of survival horror action-adventure games that don’t hold your hand.
Not good if: You hate occasionally clunky-feeling mechanics and late game difficulty spikes.
MediEvil (PS4)
SonyGenre: 3D action platformer collectathon
Great for: Everyone.
Not good if: You hate fun games.
Resident Evil Director’s Cut (PS4)
CapcomGenre: PS1-era third-person horror adventure
Great for: Players who love fixed camera angles, hoarding resources, and solving puzzles in a creaky old mansion.
Not good if: You lack taste and aren’t willing to adapt yourself to the tank controls of yesteryear.
Still Wakes the Deep (PS5)
The Chinese RoomGenre: Haunted oil rig walking sim
Great for: Fans of psychological horror and stumbling upon cosmic horror at sea.
Not good if: Linear exploration and monster chases.
The Evil Within 2 (PS4)
Tango GameworksGenre: Psychological survival horror
Great for: People who like Resident Evil but prefer all-purpose nightmare fuel to government-monitored zombie outbreaks.
Not good if: You have a problem with blood and seeing lots and lots of it.
The Midnight Walk (PS5)
MoonHoodGenre: Atmospheric dark fantasy in the mold of Tim Burton
Great for: Fans of great handcrafted stop-motion claymation and cozy horror vibes.
Not good if: You get easily bored with simplistic mechanics and aren’t moved by twee heart string tugging.
Until Dawn (PS4/PS5)
Ballistic MoonGenre: Cinematic interactive horror adventure
Great for: Fans of Rami Malek, great in-game performances generally, and novel narrative mechanics.
Not good if: You hate predictable third acts or clumsy camera angles.
Vampyr (PS4)
DONTNOD EntertainmentGenre: Story-driven RPG with dialogue choices
Great for: Fans of dark cobblestone streets and industrial grime in WWI-era London. Heal the sick and suck their blood as you grapple with the morality of a fallen world.
Not good if: You don’t like turned-based combat or lots of talking.
V Rising (PS5)
Stunlock StudiosGenre: Open-world base-building survival sim
Great for: Anyone who wants to live the dream of being a vampire, building a castle, and sucking the blood of the local populace, especially if you’ve got a buddy to play with.
Not good if: You hate grinding or top-down games make your eyes hurt
Werewolf: The Apocalypse (PS5)
Cyanide StudioGenre: Third-person hound adventure
Great for: Fans of AA games and B-horror movies who just want to transform into a monster and beat the crap out of things as a man-wolf.
Not good if: You prefer your stories to make sense and aren’t prepared to parse a ton of weird in-game lore.
Pacific Drive (PS5)
Ironwood StudiosGenre: Survival crafting driving sim
Great for: People who love old station wagons and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker.
Not good if: You hate picking stuff up off the ground or fiddling with cars.
Update 10/29/2026, 4:05 p.m. ET: This list was originally published for Halloween 2025. We’ve updated it with fresh picks to account for the games that have cycled out of PS Plus in the months since.
