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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Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
First-person point-and-click horror mystery about an occult-linked murder
73% positive
636 reviews
Pumpkin Eater
Psychological horror visual novel about grief and human decomposition
88% positive
636 reviews
Haunt Chaser
Co-op horror about freeing trapped spirits while an entity hunts you
68% positive
635 reviews
Sweetest Monster
Psychological horror visual novel about a father's encounter with a catgirl
92% positive
634 reviews
Pieces of me
First-person psychological thriller exploring memories in an empty school
88% positive
634 reviews
Bring Me that Shawarma
An episodic visual novel about shawarma, aliens, and body horror
91% positive
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Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Point-and-click mystery tracing a missing ranger's trail through Appalachian forests
99% positive
631 reviews
Richie's Plank Experience
VR simulation of walking a plank high above a city
80% positive
630 reviews
Demo The Coma 2B: Catacomb
2D survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
75% positive
630 reviews
Demo Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Point-and-click horror with dream-shaping puzzles and turn-based battles
94% positive
630 reviews
A Chair in a Room : Greenwater
VR horror with room-scale exploration and a Southern Gothic mystery
83% positive
629 reviews
Gay World
Casual simulation with police arrests and a prison clicker mode
83% positive
628 reviews
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
A horror puzzle adventure rooted in Chinese folklore and theater
85% positive
628 reviews
Brno Transit
Psychological horror about a trainee driver trapped in a subway
86% positive
628 reviews
Moero Chronicle
Turn-based dungeon RPG about battling and recruiting Monster Girls
70% positive
627 reviews
Stygian: Outer Gods
First-person survival horror with Lovecraftian mysteries and RPG choices
75% positive
627 reviews
Demo The Land of Pain
First-person horror adventure about uncovering a mystery while hunted
77% positive
625 reviews
DEDA
First-person horror escape with puzzles that require both hands
91% positive
621 reviews
Lydia
A point-and-click story about addiction seen through a child's eyes
89% positive
620 reviews
CPU Invaders
A twin-stick shooter played over your own computer desktop
86% positive
619 reviews
Demo Backrooms Society
Co-op survival horror with scavenging expeditions into procedurally generated mazes
77% positive
619 reviews
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
A puzzle-platformer where you guide a girl using two fireflies
68% positive
618 reviews
Demo Departed Away
A school-set visual novel mixing romance, mystery, and psychological horror
89% positive
617 reviews
Violent Horror Stories: anthology
Four short horror games with different takes on pursuit
82% positive
617 reviews