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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Demo Mirages
A side-scrolling horror adventure rooted in traditional Chinese folklore
78% positive
258 reviews
Demo The Occultist
First-person horror investigation with a pendulum that alters your surroundings
73% positive
258 reviews
Reflection
Horror walking simulator about escaping a basement without your memories
84% positive
258 reviews
Army Gals
A visual novel mixing wilderness survival, romance, and branching choices
89% positive
257 reviews
Demo The Apocalypse Sacrifice
A retro adventure with branching choices and a personality chart
96% positive
257 reviews
Blossoms Bloom Brightest
Science-fiction visual novel about romance between women aboard a spaceship
70% positive
Free
The Most Boring Game Ever
An experimental clicker simulation designed to be deliberately boring
89% positive
Free
Demo AsHes
Open-world survival horror with ghosts drawn from Chinese folklore
66% positive
256 reviews
Antihorror
First-person horror exploration through a place that seems deserted
71% positive
255 reviews
Phucker in the Gulag
Comedy visual novel about beachgoers pulled into a conspiracy
93% positive
Free
SELF
A text-based mystery told through a simulated CRT screen
78% positive
255 reviews
Bucket Detective
First-person horror adventure about a writer's bargain with a cult
85% positive
253 reviews
Rainswept
A detective adventure tracing a couple's deaths and an investigator's past
85% positive
253 reviews
a completely normal dating simulation that is definitely completely sweet, innnocent and normal: SOMETHINGETH ANIVERSARY EDITION
A surreal dating sim mixing romance with psychological horror
90% positive
Free
Demo BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW
First-person psychological horror about bullying and the influence of social media
74% positive
253 reviews
Demo FUNKYHEART
A surreal 3D platformer mixing bunny-hopping with an identity mystery
90% positive
253 reviews
Mycopsychosys: Remastered
Horror visual novel about choosing whom to shelter during a sporestorm
97% positive
253 reviews
精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
Horror romance visual novel about love, obsession, and destructive relationships
84% positive
252 reviews
The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game
Sci-fi survival horror where a scanner reveals your surroundings
79% positive
252 reviews
Demo I'm on Observation Duty 8
Spot-the-difference horror where surveillance cameras reveal supernatural changes
95% positive
252 reviews
Akai Onna
First-person horror walking simulator about a woman in red
87% positive
252 reviews
Kitchen Simulator 2015
Restaurant management sim where you cook orders and handle crises
44% positive
251 reviews
Pan Panda
Third-person action built around rescuing pandas instead of capturing flags
84% positive
Free
Larry The Unlucky Part 1
Point-and-click escape room puzzles following a character's unlucky life
92% positive
Free