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
4,117 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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The Forgotten Ones
First-person horror shooter about a detective tracking Nazi officers
60% positive
Free
The Inn-Sanity
First-person hotel horror where trust matters as guests turn monstrous
96% positive
1,655 reviews
Stay Close
First-person survival horror about escaping a town alone or together
62% positive
1,653 reviews
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
87% positive
1,652 reviews
Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil
First-person horror adventure through a kindergarten filled with hostile characters
88% positive
1,646 reviews
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Dark point-and-click adventure about a pandemic and broken time
83% positive
1,639 reviews
The Light Remake
First-person walking simulator with environmental storytelling and two possible endings
87% positive
1,635 reviews
CUSTOM ORDER MAID 3D2 It's a Night Magic
Adult club-management sim with customizable maids and rhythm battles
83% positive
1,631 reviews
Demo Solium Infernum
Turn-based strategy for Hell's throne through diplomacy and betrayal
87% positive
1,628 reviews
Demo Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art survival horror that switches to live-action at key moments
94% positive
1,628 reviews
Duck Season
VR duck shooting with a horror story behind the game
85% positive
1,621 reviews
Demo Butcher's Creek
First-person horror built around improvised weapons and environmental kills
94% positive
1,620 reviews
Fishy
A 3D platformer about a fish far from home
94% positive
Free
ECHO
Third-person sci-fi stealth adventure where enemies copy your actions
79% positive
1,617 reviews
Hollowbody
Third-person survival horror about finding your partner in a sealed zone
85% positive
1,617 reviews
Apsulov: End of Gods
First-person horror blending Norse mythology with a futuristic research facility
87% positive
1,612 reviews
Cat in the Box
Pixel horror adventure about exploring and escaping a cult mansion
93% positive
1,599 reviews
Spirit Island
Cooperative digital board game about driving colonizers from an island
90% positive
1,598 reviews
Adolescent Santa Claus
A Christmas visual novel about a girl claiming to be Santa
85% positive
Free
Rogue Glitch Ultra
2D action roguelite with auto-targeting and tough platforming runs
92% positive
1,594 reviews
LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection
Family-friendly 3D action-adventure spanning seven years of wizarding school
83% positive
1,594 reviews
Zardy's Maze
First-person horror: cut giant weeds while evading cornfield monsters
91% positive
Free
Demo Downfall
A psychological horror adventure where choices define a troubled husband
95% positive
1,588 reviews
Running Through Russia
A 2D endless runner about dodging bears and collecting drinks
72% positive
1,586 reviews