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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Illusion Carnival
A role-playing carnival adventure mixing puzzles with light bullet hell
98% positive
Free
Demo The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Choice-driven horror adventure with rival soldiers trapped underground
89% positive
7,928 reviews
ROUTINE
First-person sci-fi horror with a tool for investigation and survival
91% positive
7,909 reviews
The Medium
Third-person psychological horror adventure across physical and spirit worlds
89% positive
7,895 reviews
Rusty Lake Hotel
Point-and-click puzzle adventure preparing dinners in a surreal hotel
96% positive
7,888 reviews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
First-person horror mystery about missing children and an industrial machine
69% positive
7,883 reviews
Demo Servant of the Lake
Point-and-click mystery mixing household chores with a family's alchemical experiments
98% positive
7,871 reviews
McOsu
Free rhythm practice client with adjustable beatmaps and experimental modes
88% positive
Free
WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
Linear fantasy visual novel about three lives entwined by magic
98% positive
7,811 reviews
Mixtape
A narrative adventure through teenage memories shaped by a playlist
88% positive
7,786 reviews
Demo The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Branching cinematic horror in a fogbound town with witch-trial visions
74% positive
7,754 reviews
Rusty Lake Paradise
Point-and-click puzzles on an island struck by ten plagues
95% positive
7,744 reviews
Shiina Taki's Decameron
A fan-made visual novel about a drummer confronting mortality
99% positive
Free
We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
Short point-and-click game about how news shapes public behavior
96% positive
Free
Sonic Forces
Fast-paced platformer with three play styles and a custom hero
63% positive
7,594 reviews
The Swapper
Sci-fi puzzle platformer built around clones and body swapping
94% positive
7,585 reviews
Demo Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Third-person crime shooter with handheld-camera visuals in Shanghai
68% positive
7,516 reviews
Beholder 2
Dystopian point-and-click adventure about climbing a government career ladder
87% positive
7,507 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
87% positive
7,500 reviews
RUSSIAPHOBIA
First-person co-op adventure collecting evidence while avoiding pursuers
69% positive
7,497 reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
7,441 reviews
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Story-driven visual novel pairing deadly choices with escape-room puzzles
93% positive
7,431 reviews
Serena
Short point-and-click mystery told through objects in a remote cabin
77% positive
Free
Demo The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
Story-driven visual novel with tactical battles and branching endings
89% positive
7,197 reviews