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.
My Summer Car
Open-world survival simulator about building and maintaining a car
95% positive
118K reviews
Little Nightmares
Dark puzzle-platforming horror about a child escaping distorted adults
95% positive
117K reviews
Mirror 2: Project X
Match-three visual novel with choices across parallel worlds
24% positive
116K reviews
The Outlast Trials
First-person co-op survival horror built around stealth and escape
92% positive
112K reviews
Outer Wilds
Open-world space mystery driven by exploration and an endless time loop
96% positive
108K reviews
Half-Life: Alyx
Story-driven VR shooter with hands-on puzzles and alien horror
98% positive
105K reviews
Firewatch
First-person wilderness mystery shaped by conversations over a radio
91% positive
99K reviews
Cities: Skylines II
Single-player city builder with economies, seasons, and citizen life paths
56% positive
93K reviews
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive
90K reviews
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive
89K reviews
DEVOUR
First-person co-op horror with rituals and escalating monster attacks
90% positive
88K reviews
Cry of Fear
First-person psychological horror amid creatures and nightmarish delusions
89% positive
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RV There Yet?
First-person co-op driving adventure with one RV and two winches
90% positive
87K reviews
Gorilla Tag
First-person VR tag with arm-powered movement and parkour chases
91% positive
86K reviews
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Punishing physics platformer about climbing a mountain with a hammer
82% positive
83K reviews
Dead Space
Third-person survival horror aboard a ship overrun by Necromorphs
91% positive
71K reviews
How to Fish
Physics-based co-op fishing shooter with bosses and trick shots
95% positive
68K reviews
Alien: Isolation
First-person survival horror where an unpredictable Alien hunts you
93% positive
67K reviews
SILENT HILL 2
Third-person psychological horror about searching a fogbound town for answers
95% positive
65K reviews
OneShot
Pixel-art puzzle adventure where the world knows you exist
98% positive
65K reviews
Outlast 2
First-person survival horror amid an isolated doomsday cult
91% positive
65K reviews
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Third-person supernatural action with telekinetic combat and shifting environments
86% positive
64K reviews
Ultimate Custom Night
Free first-person survival horror built around customizable animatronic attacks
95% positive
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Dark historical visual novel about escorting children amid famine
94% positive
60K reviews