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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Demo Maxwell's puzzling demon
Grid-based block-pushing puzzles where cold blocks cool hot ones
98% positive
433 reviews
Loco Parentis / 孤女咒怨
A horror adventure through an apartment building filled with paranormal threats
51% positive
432 reviews
Demo Nightmare Frames
Point-and-click horror about the search for an unreleased film
98% positive
432 reviews
Forsaken Frontiers
Co-op extraction horror in abandoned facilities beneath endless winter
83% positive
431 reviews
The Lost Crown
Point-and-click horror adventure about ghost hunting on England’s coast
87% positive
430 reviews
Fight of Animals
A 2D fighting game starring animals from internet memes
94% positive
430 reviews
Chicken Feet
Stealth horror with a giant chicken loose in a laboratory
91% positive
430 reviews
Demo DeathWatchers
Co-op horror investigation where spotting changes helps banish entities
86% positive
430 reviews
Masochisia
Story-driven point-and-click horror about mental illness and family abuse
82% positive
429 reviews
The Consuming Shadow
Procedural survival horror with permadeath and an ancient invasion
95% positive
429 reviews
Demo The Stalked
Psychological horror about seeking refuge from an obsessive ex
91% positive
429 reviews
Potato Thriller
A horror action-adventure where you talk to a hot dog
81% positive
428 reviews
DREAM LOGIC
First-person walking simulator through liminal spaces, with puzzles and escapes
90% positive
428 reviews
Demo Cinderella Escape! R12
3D action puzzles about Cinderella escaping a dungeon
78% positive
427 reviews
Awesome Metal Detecting
A metal detecting simulator about finding coins among the trash
66% positive
427 reviews
Demo Struggling
A physics-based co-op platformer with one arm per player
92% positive
427 reviews
Stairway
Horror walking simulator where changes determine which way you go
94% positive
Free
Demo Comatose
First-person survival horror about escaping a corrupted unconscious mind
96% positive
424 reviews
A Dump in the Dark
Horror action where you fight monsters with guns and feces
67% positive
423 reviews
The Pale Mimic
Survival horror where a creature mimics familiar sounds as bait
87% positive
423 reviews
The Tape
First-person horror with found-footage visuals and a missing-girl investigation
55% positive
421 reviews
Sarcophag
Horror-themed match-three puzzles with a choice of endless or timed play
76% positive
421 reviews
Demo Welcome to Hanwell
Open-world horror with scavenged weapons and monsters roaming city streets
49% positive
Free
Demo Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
Horror visual novel about an aquarium where urban legends turn real
85% positive
417 reviews