25 Best Free Horror Games for PS3

Fatal Frame III: The Tormented is an Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game created and published by Tecmo. It is the 3rd title in the series of Fatal Frame and takes place two years after the original title and introduces both new and old characters in the game. The game takes place in the new haunted locations and puts the player into the role of the female protagonist, who uses a Camera to dispel and photograph ghosts. The player navigates the world in the third-person view in either the real world or the manor of sleep. The game contains several chapters known as Hours, and each chapter is split into night and day sequence. In the beginning, Rei the protagonist moves to her house, where she encounters his friends and other characters and developing images taken from the Manor of Sleep. During sleeping, the protagonist can get into the world of her dream to fulfill his objectives. In specific episodes, the player plays as either Kei or Miku, and their dreams split into sections from the earlier titles. Each character has its unique abilities and personality. With brilliant mechanics, thrilling gameplay, and amazing soundtracks, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented is the best game to play and enjoy.

Silent Hill HD Collection is a compilation of remastered of two games such as Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 released for Xbox and PlayStation platforms. It is a Horror-Survival, Exploration, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Hijinx Studios and published by Konami. The game offers improved graphics, excellent mechanics and breathtaking environment where the game takes place. The story centers on the protagonist named as James Sunderland, who enters the sleepy town to find his deceased wife. During the exploration, the protagonist encounters the horrific creatures, and monsters in his way. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, and he must navigate the world of horror where he must survive as long as possible to progress through the story. In the game, the player must battle against the truth about his wife dead, and struggle to escape the demon Red Pyramid along with his fears. Silent Hill HD Collection offers prominent features such as Two Classic Games, Highly Detailed Environments, Epic Story, lots of Quests and more. Try it out.

Vampire Rain is a Horror-Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game with Stealth elements produced by Artoon and published by AQ Interactive. The game takes place in the fictional city in the United States, where vampires are responsible for the disappearance of the citizens. The AIB (American Information Bureau) recruited Special Forces and placed them on the streets of Los Angeles. You can assume the role of the protagonist who is haunted by the vision of a small girl, who you rescued during the previous mission. The game offers the similar gameplay to Metal Gear and Splinter Cell series. The primary objective of the player is to explore the world, fighting against enemies while avoiding vampires who want to kill you. Use a variety of weapons and slaughter horde of vampires to save the remaining citizens. There are different modes available such as deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, online multiplayer and more. Vampire Rain offers prominent features such as a variety of Missions, NPCs, Third-person Exploration, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Stay Alive is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and First-person Exploration video game with shooting elements inspired by a movie of the same name. The game offers an exciting gameplay and takes place in a breathtaking environment populated with ghosts, devils and more. There are a set of characters, and you can assume the role of one of them and start playing the game. With customization features, you can change the appearance of your character and can select deadly tools for it. Interact with other players and manipulate the world to fulfill your tasks. The world is full of danger and challenging missions that you have to complete at any cost. The primary aim is to survive as long as possible by defeating evil forces, ghosts and zombies like creatures. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging, and you may face more difficult objectives. With prominent features, exciting gameplay, and fabulous story Stay Alive is the best game to play and enjoy.

Clive Barker’s Jericho is an Action, First-person Perspective, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game released by MercurySteam. It offers an exciting gameplay revolving around seven team members that you have to control during the match. It takes place in the unforgettable world invaded by deadly creations and monsters. Your ultimate task is to control all seven members team known as Jericho and guide them through various environments. You have to survive as long as possible to dominate the world. The game offers new features known as Quick Time Events, in which you must press the buttons shown at the top of the screen to survive. Each member has both primary and secondary attack such as rifle, grenades, and fire while secondary weapon like a pistol, and more. Engage yourself in FPS gameplay experience show off your shooting abilities by defeating a set of vicious creatures. Clive Barker’s Jericho is the best game horror game for hardcore players. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Anna: Extended Edition is a Psychological Horror video game takes place in the abandoned sawmill in the mountains of Italian. It mixes the elements of First-person Perspective, Puzzle, and Exploration. The story revolves around the protagonist who dreams of a mountain near his village. He attempts to go on an adventure to locate its connection to his missing memories and a strange woman known as Anna, who seems in his dreams and calling out for him. The protagonist enters in the house where he has to solve complex puzzles by finding clues in the garden and soon he comes to know that the house is haunted after a horrific event. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, and as the player start exploring the world, he hears strange voices which are belonging to him and the Anna. Anna assigned the task to the player to unearth the horrific clues and solve complex puzzles by using them related to the protagonist’s past. The behavior of the player doesn’t affect only his mental health but can change locations and reveal new mysteries leading to one of eight ending. Anna: Extended Edition offers core features such as Physics-based Environment, Enhanced Graphics, a Haunting Tale Terror, Eight different Ends, and more. Try it out to enjoy.

Saw is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing terrifying games developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. The game supports Single-player mode and available to play on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. The game is inspired by the horror movie having the same name. It casts you in the role of the protagonist named David Tapp who is detective and revolves around his struggle for his life. In the beginning, Tapp stuck in an abundant asylum and he must travel to collect clues and take revenge from Jigsaw for the murder of his beloved friends. As he navigate the environment, he encounter lots of people with past and his relation with them, whom he has to rescue. The asylum is populated with a strange inhabitant who wants to kill Tapp. There are challenging levels, and the protagonist must complete each one to save his and his friends life. Earn points and explore the world from third-person perspective, interact with NPCs, and objectives and complete tasks. With superb and horrific gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals, Saw is the best game to play and amuse.

Doom II is a 1994 Action, FPS (First-person Shooter), Sci-fi, Single and Multiplayer video game created and published by ID Software. It is the second game in the franchise of Doom and introduces new mechanics, weapons and story. The game takes place in the futuristic world consists of thirty levels divided into four different areas such as the Hell, UAC Underground, City and Hellish Outpost. The player can assume the role of the unknown space marine and his must fight against demons after defeating them on Mar’s moon. The remaining humans decides to create a massive spaceship which will take all the remaining survivors into space. The game is played from first-person perspective and the player can use a massive variety of weapons to fend off demons by spreading destruction in his planet Earth. Explore the world, find power-ups and upgrade his weapons using experience points that he can earn by completing missions. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb story, Doom II is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

Aliens: Colonial Marines sets you up as a US Colonial Marine who along with his friends is known as the badass killer ever. Talking about the game, Aliens: Colonial Marines is set in space where the long lasting Xeno Infestation is breathing it’s last airs, thanks to the U.S. Colonial Marines but a large number of Xeno operatives are taking refuge in remote areas of the land and hence, once again your skilled services are required to clean them up. Are you ready to get yourself into an amazingly fast-paced Action and thrill filled environment? Well if you are then you must know that Aliens: Colonial Marines allows you to use amazing amounts of blasting weapons, stealth tactics and all. Aliens: Colonial Marines offers wonderfully charged game-play that will definitely change the way you look at Action-Adventure games. Try it out as and you’ll surely be a fan of this brilliant game.

Most of you would be familiar with Aliens vs. Predator movie series. This brilliant Action-Adventure, Shooter, Thriller, Stealth and Horror-Survival video game is based on a movie of the same name and offers a Sci-Fi environment. The game kicks off with you spawned in a jungle where your task is to survive by hunting the hunters, going through deep swamps in a dark jungle shooting your way through hordes of Alien creatures. Being a United States Marine, you are the only hope for world, so you must be well equipped with state of the art weaponry and skills that are needed to survive. Rival aliens are one of worst ever species and killing them is not so easy, so you must use your unique stealth abilities, prey on your targets and shoot them down before they attack you. With a terrifying environment, claustrophobic feelings, harshest paths and loads of alien species, Aliens vs. Predator is one of the best Sci-Fi Action-Adventure games ever created. Aliens vs. Predator offers a well-written story, clean and Ultra-HD visuals and a thrilling game-play to enjoy.

F.E.A.R 3 is a Single and Multiplayer Horror-Survival and FPS video game by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. This fantastic Action-filled game is the direct sequel to the popular F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin and over all third inclusion to the series. F.E.A.R 3 offers a First-person perspective and allows the players to Dual Wield weapons of their choice, get into bloody battle with the Armacham operatives and neutralize the threat to his mother Alma Wade. According to the Storyline, the events of the game are connected to the F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin. The game starts off nine months after the happenings of F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin’s storyline. The point man gets captured by Armacham operatives and gets shipped to Brazil. Paxton Fettel, a Spectre helps the Point Man break out of the facility and soon they find out that Alma Wade, their mother is in danger as she is being hunted by the Creep. In order to evade The Creep, they get on a chopper and land at the Fairport. Fairport is deserted as most of the population is gone mad after the paranormal activity and the remaining are executed by the Armacham. This is where the player gets into the paly. Player’s task is to simply save Alma Wade until she gives birth to her third child. The story of F.E.A.R 3 is kind of twisted as it offers multiple endings (Two endings) depending on the choices of the player and who he/she selects as the player character. Both Fettel and Point Man are the main characters of the game and the game lets the players choose between them play the game. With all the hardcore action and thrill, F.E.A.R 3 offers a great story, multiple game endings, a battle oriented gameplay and realistic graphics to make this the best ever experience of gaming ever. For all those who are familiar with the F.E.A.R Series games, this would definitely be the most entertaining one. Do give it a try and enjoy all the blasting action.

The last entrant on our list of games like “State of Decay” is Deadly Premonition. Deadly Premonition is developed by “Access Games” in collaboration with “Rising Star Games and is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming platforms. The game is a super hit amalgamation of Open world, Psychological Horror Survival and shooting elements. The game kicks off with the investigation of the murder of “Becky Adams and Diane”. Protagonist as the investigator “York” find out that the murders are a work of the “Raincoat Killers” and suspects Thomas in the murders and Thomas after some time dies with a hook in his neck. Thomas’s death halts the investigation a bit but “York” keeps on gathering the evidence. Emily joins the investigation with York and finds out the final victim “Carol”. Carol infects Emily with red seeds and she falls ill. York leaves Emily with Kaysen and continues the investigation, encounters George and makes him confess the murders and kills him. The game concludes. The story of the game is a bit twisted and takes you to the heights of amazingness in horror-survival and psychotic experience. Try it out and you’ll definitely have your head spinning.

If you have played any game of the Silent Hill series, you would know that Silent Hill: Homecoming is not so different from other games in the series. Maintaining the standard, Double Helix Games and Konami Entertainment have provided with yet another masterpiece that truly mimics the characteristics of a brilliant Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game. The game makes you the protagonist Alex Shepherd, an Army veteran who returns home after a brief time spending on overseas duty. Moments after returning home, Alex finds out about the mysterious disappearance of his Father and Brother that leaves his mother in Coma. Alex starts off his journey to find his brother Josh and maps the area for search from his home town to the Fog-shielded Town of Silent Hill. This is where you get into the paly and your duty is to continue Alex’s journey, get to Silent Hill, kill some grotesque monsters and mutants, solve challenging puzzles and search for clues and objects that will eventually lead you to the location where Josh is being held. Silent Hill: Homecoming offers an amazingly fast-paced Action, cool weapons (guns and melee), amazing stealth abilities to use against the enemies, eerie and haunted environment, great story and a wonderfully engaging game-play to enjoy.

Resident Evil: Revelations is a great Third-person Shooter Horror-Survival and Action-Adventure video game similar to Alan Wake. The game features the characters of agent Parker Luciani and Jessica Sherawat working for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) in order to eliminate the threats posed by a Bioterrorist Organization named as II Veltro. Your task is to get into the character of the main protagonist Jessica Sherawat and go to the floating city of Terragrigia, neutralize genetically modified creatures and mutants (known as the Bio Organic Weapons BOWs) in order to save the remaining populace. Resident Evil: Revelations lets you use sophisticated weaponry against the hardcore enemies, allow you to engage yourself into amazingly action-packed melee and long distance combats, complete the tasks and enjoy an amazingly addictive and quite immersive thrill filled gaming experience. With a visually brilliant game setting, eye-catching graphics, a well-written storyline and an engaging game-play, Resident Evil: Revelations is a great blend of Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooting aesthetics.

Slender: The Arrival by Blue Isle Studios is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Sci-Fi Shooter video game and a direct sequel to the best selling game Slender: Eight Pages. The game starts with the protagonist (Player) inside an abandoned building. He can see the Slender Man outside but when he gets out in the open, the slender man goes to a much farther distance and can be seen on top of the hills. Loaded with just a flashlight, He starts searching for the pages and during his search slender man suddenly appears in front of him and because of slender man’s slightly changing behavior, he sometimes kills the protagonist and sometimes he leaves him alive with a little bit of his health wasted. The player carries on searching and if he finds out all the eight pages before the slender man gets to him, the search finishes and the level of the game concludes.

Doom 3 is an amazing FPS video game that will test your mental and physical strength by putting you into the most thrilling, Horror and Challenging game-play ever. This wonderful Survival and FPS game tells the story about a demonic invasion at the Union Aerospace Corporation’s mars Research and Development Facility. The invasion forced you into a corner and now your only objective is to survive and get out of the facility. But it’s not as easy as it seems, you’ll have to muster up your courage, pick up weapons, and go confront the devil and his apprentices. You must shoot and kill them in order to survive or else they’ll have no shame in taking you out. You can use Grenades, guns, Chainsaws, knives etc. as you primary weapons and must survive. Doom 3 offers brilliant story, cool visuals, amazing game-play along with a number of different enemies, a challenging and horror environment etc.

Parasite Eve is an Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Shooting elements developed and published by Square. It serves as the first title in the series and revolves around the police officer named as Aya Brea of New York City and her effort to fend off the monster by destroying the human race. The player can take on the role of the female protagonist who can move freely around multiple open environments while participating in real-time combat along role-playing elements. The character equips with multiple weapons, and the player can use to kill monsters and strange creatures. In the start, the game looks easy but after progressing it becomes tough to manipulate. Encounter various creatures, kill them to complete several levels and save the humanity to become the hero. During the exploration, the player interacts with non-player characters to progress and explore the environment from a third-person perspective. With brilliant gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Parasite Eve is the best game to play and enjoy.

Saw II: Flesh and Blood is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. It is the 2nd installment in the series of Saw and focuses on Third-person Exploration elements. It offers a horrific gameplay based on the scary film of the same name and takes place between the 1st and 2nd part of the movies. The game introduces the son of David Tapp named Michael, as the new playable character. The primary objective of the protagonist is to find clues behind the death of his beloved father. He becomes the target of the brutal antagonist named Jigsaw Killer and his apprentice wearing a strange costume. The player manipulates the world from a third-person perspective and can interact with non-player characters and environment to find a way to escape. The player uses different weapons, items and can use melee combat to take down enemies. There are a variety of missions, and the player must complete each one by solving puzzles, objectives and more. With breathtaking gameplay, heart-pumping environment, and original sound effects, Saw II: Flesh and Blood is the best game to play.

Shadows of the Damned is an Open World, Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival and Stealth video game similar to The Evil Within. The games kicks off with the protagonist Garcia opening up his apartment door only to find out that his girlfriend Paula is being abducted by the Evil Demon Lord Fleming. Fleming corners Garcia and takes Paula with him to the underworld where Garcia follows him with his shapeshifting accomplice Johnson. A series of hardcore Action and Thrill filled battles starts up as Garcia gets deep into the underworld. Equipped with the weapons like Boner, a special Revolver, a Shotgun and his sidekick Johnson who shape shifts to anything Garcia wishes for, Garcia starts taking down Fleming’s minions and finally reached to the Evil Lord. After a number of close melee combats and Gun battles, Garcia finally gets to be able to kill the demon lord but Paula starts turning into a demon because of the dark spells of Fleming. She tries to kill Garcia but after a long lasting struggle he turns her back to Human form and the story concludes until the Devil calls them again. With an amazingly engaging story, Action and thrill filled game-play and all the amazing things, Shadows of the Damned is a super exciting game to play.

Saw 2 offers a Horror-filled gameplay with Survival and Third-person Perspective elements published by Konami and developed by Zombie Studios. The game takes place in the thrilling world and its story based on the first and second movies in the Saw series. It introduces the son of David Tapp named as Michael, as the new protagonist and focuses on his effort to find clues and struggle to unearth the secret of the death of his father. Very soon, the protagonist becomes the Jigsaw Killer’s target and his secret apprentice having a Pinhead costume. The game improves the environment and lets the player combat against enemies and uses new defenses techniques. There are several missions, and each mission needs a set of tasks that the player must complete at any cost to progress through the story. During the game, the player enjoys action, puzzle-solving and melee combat elements and can show off his abilities to impress his fellows. The player can swim, run, jump, fight, use weapons and interact with environment and objects to advance the story. With the thrilling atmosphere, lots of missions, smooth controls, and hardcore gameplay Saw 2 is the best horror game to play.

I Am Alive is an Action-Adventure and a Horror Survival video game developed by Ubisoft Shanghai and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game is set in a Post-apocalyptic era and sheds light on some of the most drastic and hazardous elements like the timidity of a dystopian world and human’s darkest inclinations to brutality and avariciousness. In a world mostly destroyed by mega earthquakes, most of the humanity gets left without resources, government tries to help but all the efforts are useless and the population gets agitated and violent in order to survive. The protagonist Carlo Mestroni after losing his wife and daughter gets back to his home for his belongings and finds a little girl named Mei who is trying to find her mother and gives Carlo a walkie talkie. Carlo contacts his friend and agrees bringing Mei to him. On his way to Henry, a dust storm stops their way and forces them to take shelter in a mall. Upon reaching to Henry, Carlo gets to know that Mei’s mother is kidnapped by the local killers taking refuge in a hotel. Carlo sets out to free her and reaches the hotel where he engages in combats and heavy gunfights against the hordes of killers and finally frees Mei’s mother. Carlo gets back with Mei’s mother and after uniting those two, leaves for his own family and the game continues. I Am Alive is a super best Action-Adventure video game for all those who love playing games with similar aesthetics. I Am Alive provides with a brilliantly addictive game-play, beautifully created 3D graphics and a brilliant story for the game.

The Last of Us: Left Behind created by Naughty Dog and published by SCE is an Action-Adventure, and Horror Survival video game for PlayStation platform only. The game was released in 2014, as a Downloadable Content Pack for the original game The Last of Us. The player explores the environment from a third-person view and uses firearms like modern weapons and stealth elements to defend against zombies and hostiles. A terrible virus has been affected humanity and turned the almost human population into a zombie-like creature. It features a new mode called Listen mode that enables the players to locate foes through a sense of spatial awareness and hearing. Using crafting system, the players can customize several weapons and can upgrade them using their experience points. The game is a mixture of melee combat, gunfights, and cover system. The player controls the main protagonist named as Ellie, who must complete a variety of missions to progress through the game. With improved graphics, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, The Last of Us: Left Behind is the best game to play for hardcore players.

The Darkness II is an Incredible, Action-Adventure, FSP (First-person Shooter), Co-op, Horror and Single-player video game created by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The game is much inspired by the popular comic book which is produced by Top Cow Production, Inc. the game provides you with a combination of Gripping Narrative of Tragedy, thrilling, Crime, and Drama. In the game, you assume the role of Jackie Estacado who leads a criminal gang named as The Darkness. Two years ago Jackie Estacado (The Protagonist) use his gang called The Darkness to the man who is responsible for his girlfriend’s death. A strong attack by the mysterious company known as the Brotherhood Heralds on the gang of Jackie. After the attack, the war start between two teams and the game sets you on a journey to hell and worse. The game includes most prominent features such as Co-op, Quad-Wielding Chaos, Unstoppable and Harness Power, Kill the Light, and much more. With an addictive and quite engaging gameplay, well-written story, and the best mechanics, The Darkness II is an amazing game to play and enjoy. Try it out.

Dead Space is a 2008’s Sci-Fi, Horror-Survival, and Third-person Shooter video game published by EA (Electronic Arts). The game is set in the future in the year 2508 and features the character of the protagonist named Isaac Clarke who works as an engineer. The game kicks off with a distress signal from one of the Mining Ships USG Ishimura, harvesting the Ore from a Planet named as Aegis VII. After getting the Distress Signal, CEC (Concordance Extraction Corporation), sends in another Ship USG Kellion to investigate the matter. The Protagonist Isaac along with Commander Zack Hammond and Computer Expert Kendra Daniels gets forwarded to the Ship and upon their arrival at the USG Ishimura, USG Kellion crashes on the docks of USG Ishimura due to some technical issues. After boarding off, Isaac Clarke starts to investigate the malfunctions in ship’s systems and soon encounters the Necromorphs, The Monstrous Reanimated Human Corpses. This is where the player gets in and controls the character of Isaac Clarke. Player’s task is to find the causes of ship’s systems malfunction, repair the system and send the distress signal to USG Valor to get rescued. Finding the Hive Mind (A creature that controls all the Necromorphs) and creating the “Dead Space” is one of the primary objectives of the game as it helps make all the Necromorphs dormant and it is the only way to survive the infestation. With a very story-centric and action-packed gameplay, brilliantly portrayed narrative and all the incredible thrill, Dead Space offer a great Sci-Fi experience of the game. Dead Space offers loads of various types of weapons to kill the Necromorphs, loads of items to collect and upgrades to enhance the efficiency as well as tons of entertaining aspects. For all those who love playing Action, Horror and Survival games with a Sci-Fi touch, Dead Space would definitely be a great entertainer.

Resident Evil 4 is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing Horror-filled games. It combines the elements of Action, Shooter and Zombie developed and published by Capcom. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it is the 6th entry in the series of Resident Evil. The story focuses on the special agent of the US government named Leon S. Kennedy, who is a female and sent on an epic mission to save Ashley Graham, the daughter of US President who is kidnapped by a sinister cult. The game takes place in the rural area of Spain and casts you in the role of the protagonist and lets you fight against hordes of violent villagers. You explore the world from a third-person perspective and can use different weapons to slaughter foes. It centers on the action, shooting and massive crowds of foes in open-ended areas. There are several missions, and you have to complete each one to gain access to new weapons, by gathering enough experience points and use them to get upgrades. Resident Evil 4 includes key features such as Global Leaderboards, Customization Controls, Challenging Missions and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.