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.
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
First-person ghost-hunting simulation built around patient, repeat investigations
93% positive
987 reviews
Do No Harm
First-person doctor simulation with medical decisions and reality-warping horror
75% positive
949 reviews
Unknown 9: Awakening
Third-person action-adventure with stealth and powers to control enemies
37% positive
947 reviews
Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩
Procedural horror escape game with stealth and collectible ability cards
88% positive
942 reviews
Coconut Simulator
Minimalist beach simulation about standing still as a coconut
96% positive
931 reviews
Hollow Cocoon
First-person horror adventure about hiding from a monster in 1980s Japan
92% positive
929 reviews
Project Unknown
First-person co-op horror about finding cursed objects and exorcising ghosts
83% positive
925 reviews
Iwaihime
Supernatural horror visual novel about curses and their consequences
78% positive
916 reviews
Night At the Gates of Hell
Retro zombie survival horror with slow, headshot-only combat
90% positive
894 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
A sound novel finale confronting a village's recurring tragedies
95% positive
892 reviews
SiNiSistar Lite Version
Dark 2D action platformer about exorcising monsters with sword and bow
86% positive
889 reviews
Bastard Bonds
Turn-based tactical RPG about recruiting outcasts on a prison island
89% positive
887 reviews
2Dark
Top-down stealth horror about finding and rescuing abducted children
78% positive
877 reviews
NVIDIA® VR Funhouse
Free VR carnival minigames with shooting, squirt guns, and moles
79% positive
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The Game of Sisyphus
Third-person physics platformer about pushing a boulder uphill without losing progress
79% positive
864 reviews
FAKEBOOK
Point-and-click mystery investigating secrets across a virtual social network
91% positive
863 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 4
Surveillance horror where you spot and report changes before dawn
97% positive
853 reviews
Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism.
2D bullet-hell shooter with stage-based fights against underground spirits
97% positive
848 reviews
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
Point-and-click horror mystery with puzzles inside an asylum at night
93% positive
842 reviews
Abyss School
Horror puzzle adventure through a sunken school full of monsters
91% positive
842 reviews
Lingo
First-person word puzzles in a maze of impossible spaces
94% positive
828 reviews
Backrooms: Extractions
First-person co-op horror built around rescue and extraction missions
74% positive
819 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 5
Surveillance horror puzzle about spotting changes before they pile up
96% positive
816 reviews
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
Board-game RPG with crossover characters at a tropical summer camp
62% positive
815 reviews