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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Catherine Classic
Story-driven puzzle adventure about relationship choices and nightmare climbs
88% positive
9,689 reviews
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
9,682 reviews
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Side-scrolling zombie survival with stealth, scavenging, and shelter management
88% positive
9,653 reviews
Carpe Diem
A short visual novel about dating an almost ideal girl
89% positive
Free
BABBDI
First-person exploration through a surreal town with movement-changing tools
97% positive
Free
Steam Engine Simulator
A physics simulation where you operate a miniature steam engine
99% positive
Free
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Psychological horror RPG with multiple ways to solve each puzzle
99% positive
Free
Class of '09
Choice-driven high school visual novel with dark comedy and branching endings
95% positive
9,516 reviews
When the Darkness comes
A psychological horror walking simulator through glitchy, imaginary digital landscapes
92% positive
Free
Manhunt
Third-person stealth action where a hunted man fights to survive
70% positive
9,455 reviews
Zup!
A minimalist physics puzzle game built around setting off explosions
94% positive
9,433 reviews
Visage
First-person psychological horror in a shifting house without weapons
84% positive
9,387 reviews
AI: The Somnium Files
Detective visual novel about investigating crime scenes and dreams
91% positive
9,369 reviews
Buy a Croquette!
Pixel-art mystery adventure about collecting coins for a croquette
99% positive
Free
Demo Berry Bury Berry
First-person incremental game about growing berries and feeding a hole
98% positive
9,144 reviews
Hylics
Surreal turn-based RPG with abstract visuals and generated text
98% positive
9,118 reviews
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Third-person action thriller with light-based combat and arcade survival
74% positive
9,055 reviews
MIMESIS
Online co-op horror where monsters impersonate your teammates
84% positive
9,023 reviews
At Home Alone Final
A pixel-art horror adventure beneath a cheerful-looking surface
97% positive
Free
Rusty Lake: Roots
Point-and-click puzzle adventure tracing a family's dark history
97% positive
8,993 reviews
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
First-person mystery adventure examining deaths to find a missing boy
88% positive
8,976 reviews
The Headliners
First-person co-op horror about photographing monsters and surviving expeditions
85% positive
8,971 reviews
Slender: The Arrival
First-person survival horror about collecting pages while evading Slender Man
88% positive
8,964 reviews
Demo The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
Historical visual novel about surviving a city besieged by demons
62% positive
8,869 reviews