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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Demo Buddy Simulator 1984
Retro psychological horror adventure with a buddy that learns about you
93% positive
4,363 reviews
Thumper
Rhythm action as a space beetle races through obstacles
92% positive
4,351 reviews
vivid/stasis
Four-key rhythm game combined with a surreal visual novel mystery
94% positive
Free
Perfect Vermin
First-person horror with timed puzzles and a furniture-smashing sledgehammer
92% positive
Free
Tiny Snow
A visual novel about engineered love on a snowy mountain
94% positive
4,311 reviews
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
First-person horror exploration with a watch to preserve sanity
80% positive
Free
Penumbra Overture
First-person survival horror with mouse-driven object interaction and puzzles
90% positive
4,246 reviews
CHAOS;CHILD
Psychological horror visual novel about investigating murders in Shibuya
93% positive
4,241 reviews
Train Sim World® 3
Train simulation with freight and passenger routes across three countries
79% positive
4,228 reviews
Missing Hiker
First-person horror about searching for your brother in freezing weather
84% positive
Free
s.p.l.i.t
Short narrative horror built around hacking with typed terminal commands
92% positive
4,215 reviews
Police Simulator: Patrol Duty
Police simulation with traffic stops, car chases, and investigations
53% positive
4,209 reviews
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
First-person school survival horror with puzzles and a stalking janitor
80% positive
4,204 reviews
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online
Anime action RPG with dungeon raids inside a fictional MMO
87% positive
4,199 reviews
DARQ: Complete Edition
Side-scrolling horror puzzle adventure built around walking on walls
94% positive
4,195 reviews
Birth
Point-and-click adventure collecting bones to build a companion
96% positive
4,189 reviews
Amnesia™: Memories
Otome visual novel with five romances and a memory mystery
93% positive
4,174 reviews
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
First-person horror across a thousand rooms of jump scares and chases
96% positive
4,174 reviews
Saiko no sutoka
First-person survival horror about escaping a school stalked by a killer
92% positive
4,173 reviews
KARMA: The Dark World
First-person psychological thriller investigating memories in dystopian East Germany
90% positive
4,154 reviews
SILENT HILL: Townfall
First-person horror where a pocket television reveals threats and clues
68% positive
4,119 reviews
The Witch's House MV
Top-down pixel horror adventure with puzzles and sudden deaths
95% positive
4,112 reviews
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A psychological horror visual novel about murders and forgotten memories
96% positive
4,097 reviews
Unsorted Horror
First-person horror shorts built around machinery in dark dystopian settings
97% positive
Free