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
4,453 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Shiina Taki's Decameron
A fan-made visual novel about a drummer confronting mortality
99% positive
Free
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We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
Short point-and-click game about how news shapes public behavior
96% positive
Free
Sonic Forces
Fast-paced platformer with three play styles and a custom hero
63% positive
7,594 reviews
The Swapper
Sci-fi puzzle platformer built around clones and body swapping
94% positive
7,585 reviews
Demo Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Third-person crime shooter with handheld-camera visuals in Shanghai
68% positive
7,516 reviews
Beholder 2
Dystopian point-and-click adventure about climbing a government career ladder
87% positive
7,507 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
87% positive
7,500 reviews
RUSSIAPHOBIA
First-person co-op adventure collecting evidence while avoiding pursuers
69% positive
7,497 reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
7,441 reviews
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Story-driven visual novel pairing deadly choices with escape-room puzzles
93% positive
7,431 reviews
Serena
Short point-and-click mystery told through objects in a remote cabin
77% positive
Free
Demo The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
Story-driven visual novel with tactical battles and branching endings
89% positive
7,197 reviews
The Silent Age
Side-scrolling point-and-click adventure with puzzles across two time periods
93% positive
7,196 reviews
The White Door
Point-and-click puzzle adventure built around daily routines and lost memories
94% positive
7,078 reviews
Blair Witch
First-person psychological horror in shifting woods with a dog
78% positive
7,013 reviews
Returnal™
Third-person roguelike shooter with shifting worlds and bullet-hell combat
78% positive
6,974 reviews
Mad Father
Pixel-art horror adventure uncovering secrets in a family's mansion
97% positive
6,952 reviews
Demo Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
First-person horror adventure through the eyes of a toddler
89% positive
6,888 reviews
Demo Insaniquarium Deluxe
Casual aquarium game about feeding fish and defending against aliens
96% positive
6,887 reviews
Dark Hours: Prologue
Co-op survival horror about thieves trapped with a demonic creature
88% positive
Free
Zup! X
Physics puzzle game using explosions to keep a ball on platforms
96% positive
6,837 reviews
Demo POOLS
First-person horror exploration through empty, maze-like pool spaces
95% positive
6,837 reviews
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
School romance visual novel with branching paths and psychological horror
94% positive
6,806 reviews
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Choice-driven dating sim about romancing killers on a strange island
90% positive
6,802 reviews