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
939 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
Four-player sci-fi co-op shooter with friendly fire and shared war
76% positive
1.2M reviews
Dead by Daylight
Asymmetrical horror where four survivors evade one player-controlled killer
78% positive
936K reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
94% positive
840K reviews
Geometry Dash
Rhythm-based precision platformer built around timing and player-made levels
93% positive
644K reviews
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive
511K reviews
Ready or Not
Tactical first-person SWAT shooter built around careful room clearing
79% positive
347K reviews
Undertale
Story-rich pixel RPG where choices lead to multiple endings
97% positive
342K reviews
People Playground
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and destroying ragdolls
98% positive
318K reviews
Resident Evil 4
Third-person survival horror shooter about a rescue in rural Europe
97% positive
278K reviews
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play multiplayer horror shooter with rival human and monster roles
91% positive
Free
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free psychological horror visual novel disguised as a cute dating sim
96% positive
Free
Escape the Backrooms
First-person co-op horror across maze-like levels filled with hostile entities
90% positive
166K reviews
Content Warning
Online co-op horror where friends film monsters for viral views
94% positive
163K reviews
Resident Evil Village
First-person survival horror through a village of relentless creatures
96% positive
154K reviews
Crab Game
First-person multiplayer minigames with one winner left standing
91% positive
Free
MiSide
First-person psychological horror where a cute anime world turns disturbing
98% positive
143K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
88% positive
Free
Metro 2033 Redux
Story-driven survival-horror FPS beneath a ruined, toxic Moscow
92% positive
142K reviews
Outlast
First-person survival horror where you can only run and hide
96% positive
139K reviews
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter mixing open exploration, stealth, and survival horror
90% positive
136K reviews
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
First-person survival horror inside a hostile rural American house
95% positive
127K reviews
Split Fiction
Co-op action-adventure across changing fantasy and science-fiction story worlds
97% positive
127K reviews
Buckshot Roulette
Dark first-person shotgun roulette with items that manipulate the odds
95% positive
126K reviews
Muse Dash
Rhythm action mixing parkour, enemy strikes, and obstacle dodging
91% positive
122K reviews