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
4,113 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
92% positive
15K reviews
Grimm's Hollow
Pixel-art RPG about searching for your brother among ghosts
99% positive
Free
Persona5: The Phantom X
Turn-based RPG balancing everyday school life with supernatural dungeon exploration
50% positive
Free
War of Rights
Large-scale Civil War FPS focused on coordinated line battles
88% positive
14K reviews
LISA: The Painful
Post-apocalyptic party RPG where harsh choices have lasting consequences
95% positive
14K reviews
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
A visual novel about a missing girl in a Soviet city
98% positive
Free
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
87% positive
14K reviews
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
First-person horror mini-games with animatronics in VR or flatscreen
95% positive
14K reviews
Layers of Fear (2016)
First-person psychological horror through a painter’s constantly shifting home
89% positive
14K reviews
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
First-person escape room puzzles with co-op and a dark story
80% positive
Free
BLOCKADE
Free-to-play first-person shooter with destructible maps and base building
73% positive
Free
NGU IDLE
Free-to-play idle RPG where upgrades unlock more systems and bosses
95% positive
Free
Call of Duty®: Ghosts
Linear military FPS about reclaiming a fallen America
66% positive
14K reviews
Ghostwire: Tokyo
First-person open-world action against spirits in a deserted Tokyo
83% positive
14K reviews
Detention
2D horror adventure about escaping a haunted school in Taiwan
83% positive
14K reviews
FPV Kamikaze Drone
Modern warfare simulation centered on first-person kamikaze drone attacks
87% positive
14K reviews
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Open-world looter shooter where villains hunt the Justice League
64% positive
14K reviews
Jump King
Precision platformer where a missed jump can undo your climb
89% positive
14K reviews
Cube Escape: Paradox
Surreal point-and-click escape-room mystery with increasingly difficult puzzles
97% positive
Free
The Room Three
Point-and-click puzzle adventure through mechanical trials on a remote island
95% positive
14K reviews
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
First-person cosmic horror drawn from a Lovecraft short story
95% positive
Free
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
First-person horror as a night technician among active animatronics
90% positive
13K reviews
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
Single-player time-management game about crafting sundaes under pressure
99% positive
13K reviews
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Side-scrolling psychological horror adventure about eviction, guilt, and puzzles
93% positive
13K reviews