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.
Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
First-person stealth horror about outwitting a neighbor who adapts
91% positive
Free
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Top-down survival horror with scarce supplies in World War I
90% positive
2,584 reviews
Purple Place - Classic Games
Casual minigame collection for baking cakes, matching cards, and dressing up
86% positive
2,576 reviews
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Horror mystery with school exploration and deadly choices
95% positive
2,573 reviews
Snakeybus
Arcade driving where your bus grows with every delivery
94% positive
2,565 reviews
Anna's Quest
Point-and-click fantasy adventure with telekinesis and dark fairy-tale humor
88% positive
2,558 reviews
妄想症：Deliver Me
School-set psychological visual novel with branching paths and music
88% positive
2,551 reviews
SEPTEMBER 1999
Short first-person horror built around an explorable VHS recording
83% positive
Free
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
First-person VR adventure with hands-on puzzles and strange experiments
75% positive
2,523 reviews
The Baby In Yellow
Comedy horror game where a baby turns babysitting dangerous
97% positive
2,518 reviews
The Escape: Together
First-person horror escape game with puzzles and a stalking creature
78% positive
2,488 reviews
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Point-and-click horror about a cryptic letter and Victorian secrets
95% positive
2,472 reviews
Maid of Sker
First-person survival horror in a hotel where enemies hunt by sound
79% positive
2,468 reviews
While We Wait Here
First-person diner story with cooking, dialogue choices, and looming catastrophe
89% positive
2,466 reviews
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
2D psychological horror adventure guiding a puppet through surreal scenes
97% positive
Free
Haunt the House: Terrortown
Side-scrolling action puzzler where ghosts possess objects to scare people
87% positive
2,431 reviews
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
97% positive
2,426 reviews
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews
Amenti
Egyptian tomb horror with artifact photography and supernatural encounters
80% positive
2,368 reviews
Cabernet
2D narrative RPG about a vampire balancing hunger and conscience
95% positive
2,363 reviews
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Dark fantasy detective adventure with investigations and action-based deductions
81% positive
2,347 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
95% positive
2,345 reviews
Lucius II
Third-person horror adventure where a child devises lethal traps
62% positive
2,339 reviews
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
Arcade racing with demolition derbies, car crashes, and stunts
53% positive
2,338 reviews