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
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Disturbed
Short horror visual novel about a farmer facing desperate choices
92% positive
Free
CHKN
Open-world survival sandbox where you build creatures block by block
79% positive
Free
Psalm 5:9-13
VHS-style horror built around finding anomalies in a changing location
83% positive
2,033 reviews
SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Third-person horror investigation where character deaths are permanent
80% positive
2,029 reviews
Finding Frankie
First-person horror platformer with parkour courses and deadly chases
89% positive
2,014 reviews
Muv-Luv
Visual novel shifting from school romance to alien war
93% positive
2,009 reviews
Conarium
A Lovecraftian puzzle adventure through an abandoned Antarctic research base
76% positive
1,999 reviews
UNREAL LIFE
Side-scrolling puzzle adventure about reading objects' memories with a talking traffic light
95% positive
1,995 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Psychological horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a village
97% positive
1,988 reviews
Dis The Game
A satirical 2D platformer built around Polish streamer jokes
58% positive
Free
Draugen
A psychological mystery told by an increasingly unreliable narrator
74% positive
1,982 reviews
ЕСТЬ ДВА СТУЛА
First-person prison simulator built around answering inmates' trick questions
87% positive
1,971 reviews
Metal Waltz: Anime tank girls
Free-to-play strategy RPG commanding armored heroines against runaway Beast Tanks
79% positive
Free
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Point-and-click horror about a cryptic letter and Victorian secrets
95% positive
1,969 reviews
Desert Bus VR
Bus driving simulator built around an eight-hour desert road trip
86% positive
Free
Occult
First-person co-op horror quests with puzzles and multiple endings
71% positive
1,961 reviews
Backrooms Rec.
First-person survival horror in maze-like Backrooms, alone or together
68% positive
1,952 reviews
Sign of Silence
Co-op horror where noisy actions draw monsters through the forest
52% positive
1,944 reviews
Critters for Sale
A surreal visual novel where your choices decide who survives
94% positive
1,943 reviews
Welcome to Kowloon
First-person horror centered on a student's search for cheap housing
82% positive
1,942 reviews
Rebel Forces
Free-to-play arena shooter with speed and health modifiers
82% positive
Free
STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace
Romantic comedy visual novel with phone choices and character routes
95% positive
1,939 reviews
The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
Gothic visual novel about a tragedy spanning nearly a millennium
97% positive
1,933 reviews
BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻
A World War II shooter with vodka for healing
90% positive
1,928 reviews