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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Dishwashing Simulator
First-person survival horror combining dishwashing, base building, and dungeon exploration
86% positive
535 reviews
Demo Misericorde: Volume One
A medieval murder mystery visual novel set in a convent
97% positive
534 reviews
You Must
First-person survival horror where a prize hunt turns deadly
75% positive
533 reviews
Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga
Retro-style platforming through prehistoric levels filled with enemies and traps
69% positive
531 reviews
Matsuro Palette
A point-and-click horror mystery about surviving a cursed painting
98% positive
530 reviews
A.A.U. Black Site
A first-person shooter combining bodycam visuals with supernatural horror
78% positive
529 reviews
Demo ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Third-person survival horror with a protagonist who talks to you
77% positive
528 reviews
Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
Dark visual novel about mind-reading, revenge, and branching choices
77% positive
527 reviews
Demo Play With Me: Escape Room
Horror escape-room puzzles with optical illusions and a serial killer
62% positive
526 reviews
lure
First-person fishing horror set at a forbidden Shinto shrine
90% positive
Free
Demo The Mildew Children
2D adventure about a young witch's ritual in a children-only village
93% positive
524 reviews
LISA: The First
A surreal exploration game about recovering memories and escaping home
82% positive
Free
Nya Nya Nya Girls (ʻʻʻ)_(=^･ω･^=)_(ʻʻʻ)
Sliding picture puzzles that reveal anime character illustrations
82% positive
522 reviews
Fear The Timeloop
Third-person survival horror built around a repeating countdown to death
84% positive
522 reviews
Grand Pigeon's Duty
Side-scrolling arcade action with a pigeon pooping on targets
77% positive
521 reviews
Demo Athanasy
Biopunk horror visual novel set in a sunless underground city
97% positive
521 reviews
Sleeping With Sakuya Izayoi
A casual visual novel about relaxing with your partner
96% positive
Free
Muddy Heights® 2
Casual score-chasing game about dropping poop on people and vehicles
84% positive
517 reviews
Demo ZERO PROTOCOL
First-person survival horror where not every enemy can be killed
84% positive
516 reviews
Viviette
2D horror adventure with mansion puzzles and a roaming monster
88% positive
515 reviews
Demo LOVE ETERNAL
A gravity-flipping precision platformer with a surreal psychological horror story
96% positive
515 reviews
Toilet Simulator
First-person toilet simulation with mouse aiming and liquid physics
69% positive
514 reviews
Demo Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
A horror adventure mixing Chinese folklore with a cyberpunk setting
83% positive
513 reviews
Indecision.
An experimental puzzle platformer built around brief, surreal scenes
87% positive
512 reviews