The Best Thriller Games for Playstation 5

Update : A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead added at rank #8.
1

Loretta (2023)

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Android Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.


  • thriller
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • america
  • noir
  • multiple-endings
  • crime
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • pixel
  • narration
  • drama
  • adventure
  • interactive

2

Alan Wake 2 (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s

Alan Wake 2 is a highly anticipated sequel that delivers a rip-roaring horror experience with innovative gameplay and storytelling.


What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay
  • Impressive graphics
  • Unique dual protagonists
  • Palpable atmosphere
  • Seamless transitions
What could be improved:
  • No objective markers

  • horror
  • thriller
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • story
  • mystery
  • combat
  • cult
  • detective
  • fiction
  • episodic
  • action

3

Rewind or Die (2023)

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Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!


  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • thriller
  • retro
  • multiple-endings
  • stealth
  • old-school
  • dark
  • survival
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • exploration

4

Late Shift (2017)

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Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Late Shift is a first-person horror game. Immerse yourself in a realistic thriller and try to escape the death that follows your life as a night shift worker at a gas station.


  • heist
  • thriller
  • interactive
  • choices
  • crime
  • narrative
  • story
  • multiple-endings
  • park
  • adventure

5

Broken Pieces (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.


  • thriller
  • psychological
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • travel
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • investigation
  • cinematic
  • horror
  • time
  • third-person
  • cult

6

Martha Is Dead (2022)

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Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One

Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • narration
  • walking-simulator
  • war

7

Fort Solis (2023)

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Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows

Fort Solis a riveting story-driven thriller on the Red Planet.


  • thriller
  • quick-time-event
  • walking-simulator
  • sci-fi
  • narrative
  • horror
  • mars
  • third-person
  • story
  • psychological
  • exploration
  • space
  • cinematic

8

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (2024)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.


  • stealth
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • walking-simulator
  • thriller
  • post-apocalyptic
  • emotional
  • drama
  • silent
  • linear
  • atmospheric
  • cinematic
  • 10
  • first-person
  • protagonist

9

Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (2021)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.


  • quick-time-event
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • cinematic
  • fiction
  • choices
  • classic
  • story
  • interactive
  • detective
  • drama
  • psychological

10

Twelve Minutes (2021)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Twelve Minutes is a highly-anticipated, unique narrative adventure game. You play as the male protagonist who lives with his wife and control the cursor with the analogue stick to interact with the environment or other characters. Every bit of dialogue is voiced by stars like Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe and you have a limited window of time to figure out how to get out of the time loop.


What we like:
  • Unique narrative adventure game
  • Fantastic voice acting
  • Graphically beautiful
  • Enjoyable point-and-click gameplay
  • Opportunity to complete multiple play-throughs for achievements
What could be improved:
  • Some graphical fuzziness when zooming in on objects
  • Tough final act that may leave players feeling angry

  • point-and-click
  • top-down
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • romantic
  • inventory
  • time
  • interactive
  • drama

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