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)

Arkane

Genre: 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 NOD

Genre: 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…