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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Unwilling Host
First-person horror walking simulator with VHS-style visuals and anomalies
91% positive
68 reviews
BRAVO
A psychological horror walking simulator controlled entirely with your mouse
90% positive
Free
The Door Factory
First-person horror where you inspect rooms and report unsafe doors
40% positive
68 reviews
Reading Simulator
First-person library simulator where you browse and read literary classics
63% positive
67 reviews
The Frosty Leaves 寒叶下的薄冰
A mystery-horror adventure mixing puzzle solving with visual-novel choices
81% positive
67 reviews
Circle
Psychological horror adventure mixing creature care with timed trips outside
66% positive
Free
Escape from GULAG
A maze escape game with hostile squads and rising difficulty
82% positive
67 reviews
FM
First-person psychological horror with puzzles built around radio broadcasts
72% positive
67 reviews
Mighty Fling
Physics-based precision platformer about flinging a ball up a tower
87% positive
67 reviews
Ad Infernum
Survival horror where declining sanity triggers unpredictable hallucinations
96% positive
67 reviews
Self-Delusion
Survival horror where you outlast creatures from Slavic folklore
93% positive
67 reviews
Below the Crown
A turn-based dungeon roguelite built around chess-inspired combat and spells
97% positive
67 reviews
Psychosis
First-person survival horror where the world changes around you
72% positive
Free
ALLON3
First-person psychological horror where voices lead through a deserted city
48% positive
Free
MITE - Terror in the forest
Third-person forest horror where looking away lets a creature approach
76% positive
Free
GeraScopia
2D horror platformer with multiple endings and a fishing minigame
93% positive
67 reviews
ALPEN GHOUL: Prologue
Stealth horror about evading a relentless hunter on a mountain
85% positive
Free
Demo Nightmare Zapping
A horror visual novel told through a mysterious television's channels
99% positive
67 reviews
Joy Land
First-person horror with robot mascots, puzzles, and a disappearance mystery
63% positive
Free
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Victor's Test Night
A horror walking simulator where gallery doors lead to other worlds
97% positive
67 reviews
Project13: Nightwatch
First-person observation horror where you screen prisoners for hidden anomalies
51% positive
67 reviews
Nolgorb's Ordeal
A difficult 3D precision platformer with a retro look
72% positive
67 reviews
Rat Quest
A platformer where falling sends you back to the bottom
93% positive
67 reviews
Outlying Islands
Horror adventure with environmental puzzles on an island warped by supernatural forces
91% positive
67 reviews