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.
Pizza Connection 3
Pizza chain management sim with custom recipes and rival sabotage
50% positive
1,112 reviews
Lunar Mirror
Campus horror puzzle adventure investigating disappearances and midnight clubs
79% positive
1,112 reviews
Dead Signal
Horror simulation about spotting camera changes while surviving intruders
89% positive
1,103 reviews
The Walking Dead: Destinies
Third-person zombie action with choices that change the show's story
42% positive
1,093 reviews
Doll Impostor
First-person horror deduction game about finding an impostor doll before morning
92% positive
1,088 reviews
Rule the Waves 3
Naval strategy simulation spanning dreadnoughts, carriers, and missile cruisers
87% positive
1,080 reviews
Vacation Simulator
First-person VR vacation sim with robot hosts and hands-on activities
91% positive
1,074 reviews
Sakura no Mori † Dreamers
Psychological horror visual novel about murders and supernatural sightings
92% positive
1,073 reviews
Golf Around!
Mini golf with online matches and player-made courses
94% positive
1,064 reviews
Blood Typers
Survival horror adventure where typing controls combat and exploration
95% positive
1,054 reviews
Myths of Rules
Horror puzzles about surviving urban legends by reading their rules
88% positive
1,047 reviews
KUNKUN Defender
First-person zombie shooter with tower defense and helicopter extraction
97% positive
1,039 reviews
Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Choice-driven mystery visual novel about murders at a school
90% positive
Free
Signal Simulator
First-person observatory simulation about tracking signals from outer space
79% positive
1,029 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
Horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,029 reviews
12 Labours of Hercules III: Girl Power
Time-management strategy game where Megara clears roads to rescue Hercules
87% positive
1,028 reviews
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1
Open-world stealth horror with puzzles and an adaptive pursuer
85% positive
Free
Through Abandoned: The Underground City
Point-and-click puzzle adventure through deserted worlds in search of your brother
77% positive
1,007 reviews
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Chinese horror puzzle adventure shaped by Zangling Village’s marriage warning
93% positive
1,004 reviews
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Evolution sandbox where you guide species or watch them adapt
74% positive
1,003 reviews
Revue Starlight El Dorado
Stage-themed visual novel about a class's last summer
97% positive
998 reviews
Turlock Holmes
Single-player mystery puzzles solved by asking questions and testing keywords
80% positive
996 reviews
Vampire Mansion
First-person stealth game about evading a vampire to escape
94% positive
991 reviews
ghostpia Season One
A linear visual novel about immortals in a snowbound town
93% positive
987 reviews