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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DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
Third-person horror adventure across haunted realms, fighting ghosts with cameras
79% positive
1,169 reviews
My Furry Protogen 🐾
A short sci-fi visual novel about helping a cyborg scientist
90% positive
1,168 reviews
Demo The Silver Case
First-person crime adventure investigating serial murders in Tokyo's 24 Wards
89% positive
1,167 reviews
Dodge It!
A 2D arcade survival game where each pickup adds another hazard
88% positive
Free
We Know the Devil
A horror visual novel where growing closer leaves someone out
93% positive
1,165 reviews
THRESHOLD
Psychological horror where routine railway work consumes your limited air
85% positive
1,160 reviews
Demo Lunar Mirror
Campus horror puzzle adventure investigating disappearances and midnight clubs
78% positive
1,159 reviews
The Lightkeeper
A psychological horror walking simulator about tending an isolated lighthouse
81% positive
1,158 reviews
Q-UP
Incremental auto-battler where coin flips decide rounds, not reflexes
94% positive
1,151 reviews
Conan the mighty pig
An exploration adventure about a pig searching for lost truffles
92% positive
1,148 reviews
New Day
Island life simulation with friendships and romances between custom characters
87% positive
Free
Alone in the Dark (2008)
Survival horror with physics puzzles in New York's Central Park
43% positive
1,146 reviews
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First-person horror game about spotting anomalies aboard a Japanese bullet train
84% positive
1,145 reviews
Love Love School Days
First-person school horror with a dating game heroine hunting you
95% positive
1,142 reviews
Tokyo Dark
A point-and-click horror mystery where decisions shape a detective's sanity
85% positive
1,140 reviews
LOST EPIC
Side-scrolling action RPG with customizable weapon skills and god battles
72% positive
1,138 reviews
Mimic Search
Short first-person horror about a police officer hunting a mimic
88% positive
Free
Golgotha
First-person horror exploration in an abandoned station, without combat
81% positive
Free
Father's Day
First-person psychological horror told through three intersecting character stories
86% positive
1,133 reviews
Storebound
Co-op puzzle horror where shoppers work together to escape a megastore
76% positive
1,132 reviews
Enter The Backrooms
First-person survival horror in an endless maze that erodes sanity
87% positive
1,131 reviews
Dead Signal
Horror simulation about spotting camera changes while surviving intruders
88% positive
1,130 reviews
Escape the Ayurok
First-person horror adventure with a monster that listens through your microphone
79% positive
1,128 reviews
Siren Head: Awakening
First-person forest horror about fixing a car while being hunted
73% positive
Free