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
939 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
First-person survival horror with puzzles, stealth, and hostile animatronics
81% positive
3,620 reviews
异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
Pixel-art RPG about a sanatorium whose patients never leave
97% positive
Free
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
First-person horror exploration with a watch to preserve sanity
80% positive
Free
Void Stranger
2D block puzzles and hidden secrets in a dangerous labyrinth
91% positive
3,602 reviews
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Short point-and-click psychological adventure about a student under pressure
88% positive
3,585 reviews
永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo
Touhou action RPG with bullet-hell shooting and varied characters
83% positive
3,581 reviews
Hylics 2
Surreal turn-based RPG with clay animation and 3D exploration
97% positive
3,576 reviews
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
2D survival horror with a relentless pursuer in Sehwa
95% positive
3,537 reviews
Welcome to the Game II
First-person horror puzzle game about finding hidden hashes while hunted
84% positive
3,535 reviews
Class of '09: The Flip Side
Fully voiced visual novel about Jecka's troubled late-2000s life
58% positive
3,529 reviews
REKA
Witchcraft adventure exploring forests and building a chicken-legged cottage
82% positive
3,490 reviews
Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)
Property-trading dice board game with auctions and online matches
50% positive
3,487 reviews
CaseCracker
Text-based detective puzzle game linking cases through keyword searches
89% positive
3,482 reviews
Shady Part of Me
Puzzle-platformer switching between a girl and her shadow
94% positive
3,472 reviews
MADiSON
First-person psychological horror with an instant camera and demonic ritual
87% positive
3,443 reviews
Noel the Mortal Fate Complete Edition
Story-driven adventure about revenge with changing gameplay across chapters
87% positive
3,433 reviews
Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
Psychological horror about a detour and an unplanned motel stay
87% positive
3,428 reviews
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
First-person Lovecraftian horror with puzzles, combat, and sanity effects
68% positive
3,370 reviews
WGT Golf
Free-to-play golf simulation on championship courses with online matches
62% positive
Free
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[Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
First-person Japanese horror with puzzles on a convenience store night shift
82% positive
3,315 reviews
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
First-person survival horror with four perspectives and campus ghosts
94% positive
3,302 reviews
Laughing to Die
Hand-drawn puzzle platformer with psychological horror and a somber story
96% positive
3,301 reviews
Wet Girl
First-person water-gun game about soaking nightclub dancers in short stages
80% positive
3,286 reviews
Obscure
Third-person survival horror in a locked school with same-screen co-op
96% positive
3,267 reviews