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
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Shrieking Darkness: Reloaded
First-person horror shooter following a journalist into a forest mansion
24% positive
Free
Holidays in Khrushchevsk
First-person psychological horror during a visit to your grandmother
62% positive
112 reviews
Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
Sci-fi visual novel about nine captives in a deadly contest
95% positive
Free
One Room Nightmare
Turn-based horror where monsters move only after you act
83% positive
Free
obi3011-prologue
A cyberpunk visual novel about romancing a canine companion
92% positive
Free
Paranormal Night Shift
Anomaly-spotting horror where missing changes can get you killed
93% positive
112 reviews
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Sasaeng | 사생
A horror walking simulator about a K-pop idol's obsessive fan
82% positive
112 reviews
Silent Wounds - The Doll
First-person psychological horror about a student's growing obsession with a doll
90% positive
Free
Maple Ridge
First-person psychological horror about a widower's unraveling suburban routine
71% positive
112 reviews
Chimpology
Two-button arcade typing where chimps keep the internet running
86% positive
111 reviews
ESC
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams
98% positive
111 reviews
Smasher and the Will o' the Thiccs
Top-down mini golf with wall smashing and growing characters
95% positive
111 reviews
浮游
A narrative puzzle game inside a surreal, locked family home
86% positive
111 reviews
Cargo Duty
Co-op space horror about keeping creatures off your cargo ship
68% positive
Free
Midnight Syndrome
A horror adventure following a late-night ritual at school
99% positive
Free
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探岛海龟汤
Single-player deduction puzzles with an AI partner answering your questions
70% positive
111 reviews
Social Justice Warriors
A satirical RPG that turns online arguments into turn-based battles
50% positive
110 reviews
Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
VR stealth horror with ghost powers in a Hollywood mansion
62% positive
110 reviews
Demo Roman Sands RE:Build
A surreal adventure linking resort chores and post-apocalyptic survival
90% positive
110 reviews
Demo Benny's Backrooms
Co-op horror about collecting strange substances while avoiding Backrooms creatures
85% positive
110 reviews
Lonely Christmas
First-person horror walking simulator about Christmas chores and an intruder
66% positive
110 reviews
Backrooms: Exploration
First-person horror exploration seen through a head-mounted body camera
72% positive
110 reviews
Death Drive
A horror visual novel about a road trip with a stranger
97% positive
Free
Demo My Sleeping Girlfriend
Psychological horror about protecting your girlfriend during her nightly sleepwalking
94% positive
110 reviews