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
4,451 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Too Well Hidden
First-person psychological horror built around a nighttime game of hide-and-seek
86% positive
116 reviews
Uh Oh!
Short first-person horror seen through a retro VHS camcorder
86% positive
Free
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1
Comedy visual novel about an aspiring idol becoming a magical girl
93% positive
115 reviews
PROZE: Prologue
VR puzzle adventure about a secret Soviet research experiment
83% positive
Free
Real Scary
Psychological horror using real photographs animated in a stop-motion style
90% positive
115 reviews
Immanence
Psychological thriller adventure with puzzles that cross between realities
62% positive
Free
Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
A precision platformer where missed jumps can undo your climb
90% positive
115 reviews
Bobok
A darkly comic visual novel about conversations among the dead
94% positive
115 reviews
After Dark VR
VR survival horror about hunting players or escaping together
64% positive
Free
The Complex: Found Footage
Horror walking simulator exploring the backrooms through a VHS camera
90% positive
115 reviews
Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
Boys' love visual novel about an obsessive attachment to a priest
86% positive
Free
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Chess
Turn-based board game with AI opponents, puzzles, and online matches
77% positive
115 reviews
DOG
A free-to-play clicker with pet care and dog dress-up
55% positive
Free
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Dig Night
A dark comedy RPG about cleaning up a ghost-plagued city
99% positive
115 reviews
Demo HR: Human Remains
First-person horror where keeping your job means staying alive
98% positive
115 reviews
Anime girl Or Bottle?
Timed clicking game about spotting anime girls and avoiding bottles
75% positive
114 reviews
Motherland
First-person walking simulator through a Russian town during an epidemic
63% positive
114 reviews
Dark Notes
A horror puzzle adventure spanning two perspectives and different timelines
72% positive
114 reviews
MEGA
First-person survival horror about evading a giant monster in ruins
81% positive
114 reviews
Fairyside
Top-down bullet hell roguelite with a magic-school story
92% positive
Free
The Obscura Experiment
First-person space horror about escaping a creature you cannot see
84% positive
Free
Caden's Climb
Fast-paced 2D platformer with rescues and races to the exit
80% positive
Free
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Containment Corp, Inc.
First-person survival horror with co-op shooting and anomaly hunting
91% positive
114 reviews
Echoes of Dread
First-person horror with mansion puzzles and a stalking supernatural presence
87% positive
114 reviews