Best Psychological Horror games on PC
Games tagged Psychological Horror use disturbing themes, uncertainty, or altered perceptions to create tension. They range from story-focused visual novels to first-person co-op horror and action games, so the tag describes tone more than one style of play.
- Unsettling themes and tense situations
- Psychological distress or distorted reality
Related: Horror, Survival Horror, Story Rich, First-Person
4,113 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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HELLDIVERS™ 2
Four-player sci-fi co-op shooter with friendly fire and shared war
61% positive
916K reviews
Dead by Daylight
Asymmetrical horror where four survivors evade one player-controlled killer
79% positive
767K reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
95% positive
742K reviews
Geometry Dash
Rhythm-based precision platformer built around timing and player-made levels
92% positive
669K reviews
Marvel Rivals
Free-to-play third-person hero shooter with destructible Marvel battlefields
75% positive
Free
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive
439K reviews
Undertale
Story-rich pixel RPG where choices lead to multiple endings
96% positive
343K reviews
People Playground
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and destroying ragdolls
98% positive
339K reviews
Ready or Not
Tactical first-person SWAT shooter built around careful room clearing
80% positive
288K reviews
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play multiplayer horror shooter with rival human and monster roles
91% positive
Free
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free psychological horror visual novel disguised as a cute dating sim
96% positive
Free
Demo Resident Evil 4
Third-person survival horror shooter about a rescue in rural Europe
97% positive
203K reviews
Crab Game
First-person multiplayer minigames with one winner left standing
91% positive
Free
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
87% positive
Free
Escape the Backrooms
First-person co-op horror across maze-like levels filled with hostile entities
89% positive
149K reviews
Muse Dash
Rhythm action mixing parkour, enemy strikes, and obstacle dodging
89% positive
132K reviews
Demo MiSide
First-person psychological horror where a cute anime world turns disturbing
98% positive
132K reviews
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter mixing open exploration, stealth, and survival horror
89% positive
128K reviews
Buckshot Roulette
Dark first-person shotgun roulette with items that manipulate the odds
95% positive
122K reviews
Mirror 2: Project X
Match-three visual novel with choices across parallel worlds
35% positive
121K reviews
Subnautica 2
Underwater survival adventure on an alien world with optional co-op
91% positive
121K reviews
Outlast
First-person survival horror where you can only run and hide
96% positive
118K reviews
Demo Resident Evil Village
First-person survival horror through a village of relentless creatures
95% positive
116K reviews
Metro 2033 Redux
Story-driven survival-horror FPS beneath a ruined, toxic Moscow
91% positive
105K reviews