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
4,447 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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魔女的夜宴
Anime romance visual novel with adult content and multiple endings
98% positive
11K reviews
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Top-down puzzle adventure about a turnip's unpaid tax debt
95% positive
11K reviews
Into the Radius VR
VR survival shooter built around scavenging and careful gun handling
92% positive
10K reviews
Demo Pathologic 2
Story-driven survival RPG in a plague-stricken town with limited time
92% positive
10K reviews
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Short first-person comedy set behind a heist in disarray
93% positive
Free
Demo The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Cinematic ghost-ship horror where your choices decide who survives
76% positive
9,969 reviews
Oxenfree
Supernatural adventure shaped by choices, conversations, and radio signals
91% positive
9,964 reviews
Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga
Third-person action adventure through Viking Iceland and Senua’s inner struggle
86% positive
9,888 reviews
WORLD OF HORROR
Cosmic horror roguelite with turn-based fights and randomized mysteries
89% positive
9,721 reviews
Catherine Classic
Story-driven puzzle adventure about relationship choices and nightmare climbs
88% positive
9,689 reviews
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
9,682 reviews
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Side-scrolling zombie survival with stealth, scavenging, and shelter management
88% positive
9,653 reviews
Carpe Diem
A short visual novel about dating an almost ideal girl
89% positive
Free
BABBDI
First-person exploration through a surreal town with movement-changing tools
97% positive
Free
Steam Engine Simulator
A physics simulation where you operate a miniature steam engine
99% positive
Free
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Psychological horror RPG with multiple ways to solve each puzzle
99% positive
Free
Class of '09
Choice-driven high school visual novel with dark comedy and branching endings
95% positive
9,516 reviews
When the Darkness comes
A psychological horror walking simulator through glitchy, imaginary digital landscapes
92% positive
Free
Manhunt
Third-person stealth action where a hunted man fights to survive
70% positive
9,455 reviews
Zup!
A minimalist physics puzzle game built around setting off explosions
94% positive
9,433 reviews
Visage
First-person psychological horror in a shifting house without weapons
84% positive
9,387 reviews
AI: The Somnium Files
Detective visual novel about investigating crime scenes and dreams
91% positive
9,369 reviews
Buy a Croquette!
Pixel-art mystery adventure about collecting coins for a croquette
99% positive
Free
Demo Berry Bury Berry
First-person incremental game about growing berries and feeding a hole
98% positive
9,144 reviews