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
4,453 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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The Imperial Gatekeeper
Checkpoint simulation with document checks and changing entry rules
78% positive
2,335 reviews
Vigil
First-person horror where blinking lets a roaming automaton move
85% positive
Free
Banebush
Horror visual novel where childhood tales become a forest nightmare
95% positive
2,332 reviews
Neverending Nightmares
Psychological horror rooted in its creator's OCD and depression
78% positive
2,327 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
First-person stealth horror about uncovering a neighbor's basement secret
73% positive
Free
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Psychological horror about an actor aboard an ever-changing ocean liner
71% positive
2,319 reviews
Demo Broken Reality
Surreal adventure where collecting likes unlocks new areas of the internet
92% positive
2,311 reviews
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Zombie survival horror with separate stories for two playable characters
90% positive
2,307 reviews
Burger
A cooking clicker about making burgers and collecting achievements
81% positive
Free
I'm on Observation Duty
Surveillance horror game about spotting changes across camera feeds
95% positive
2,287 reviews
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
98% positive
2,286 reviews
Flyout
Physics-based aircraft-building sandbox with freeform modeling and test flights
82% positive
2,280 reviews
Demo The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
Shadow Corridor
First-person survival horror in shifting Japanese corridors with cursed apparitions
90% positive
2,277 reviews
Carnival Hunt
Five-against-one horror where both sides must keep themselves wound up
64% positive
2,265 reviews
House
Horror adventure about saving your family from a deadly house
95% positive
2,259 reviews
Moons of Madness
First-person sci-fi adventure mixing Mars base maintenance with cosmic horror
77% positive
2,258 reviews
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
Psychological horror visual novel about a murder predicted by an image
88% positive
2,258 reviews
Tiny Bunny: Prologue
Nonlinear horror visual novel about disappearances in a Siberian village
95% positive
Free
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
Point-and-click adventure through an apartment building and other people's dreams
87% positive
2,251 reviews
A Date in the Park
A point-and-click adventure where a park date turns strange
87% positive
Free
Demo Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
Surreal dating sim about courting people with phones for heads
99% positive
2,251 reviews
Krypta FM
Horror exploration adventure following cryptid tracks through a Polish village
95% positive
Free
The Escape: Together
First-person horror escape game with puzzles and a stalking creature
78% positive
2,222 reviews