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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STASIS
Isometric point-and-click horror aboard a spacecraft descending into Neptune's clouds
80% positive
1,763 reviews
The Bunker
Live-action psychological horror about isolation inside a nuclear bunker
70% positive
1,763 reviews
Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse
A 2D puzzle game about moving magnifiers on and off horses
100% positive
1,758 reviews
lily's world XD
Desktop horror mystery about tracing a missing teenager's online life
97% positive
1,756 reviews
METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
Side-scrolling tower defense with pixel-art armies and deck building
70% positive
1,751 reviews
Cooking Simulator VR
VR cooking simulator with hands-on recipes and kitchen experiments
73% positive
1,741 reviews
Demo Angel at Dusk
Top-down bullet hell shooter where close-range attacks fuel survival
98% positive
1,740 reviews
Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使
A dragon dating visual novel with branching paths and mysteries
97% positive
1,737 reviews
Demo Sorry We're Closed
Fixed-camera survival horror with first-person shooting and shifting worlds
98% positive
1,735 reviews
Out There: Ω Edition
Space exploration roguelike about surviving with scarce ship resources
76% positive
1,732 reviews
Demo Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
Branching dating visual novel about juggling romances and dangerous secrets
94% positive
1,730 reviews
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[Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
Psychological horror adventure about a livestreamer facing unwanted attention
94% positive
1,717 reviews
STEINS;GATE ELITE
Animated time-travel visual novel with branching paths and endings
90% positive
1,712 reviews
Demo AI
Whispers from the Star
A sci-fi adventure built around conversations with an AI survivor
81% positive
1,712 reviews
KIDS
A surreal interactive animation where you move with or against crowds
85% positive
1,710 reviews
Toree 3D
Fast-paced 3D platforming with a late-nineties low-poly visual style
95% positive
1,708 reviews
Demo Cryptmaster
First-person dungeon crawler where typed words drive combat and puzzles
94% positive
1,707 reviews
Toilet Chronicles
First-person escape-room comedy where a public restroom's exit disappears
90% positive
1,700 reviews
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo
A physics-based platformer about climbing a mountain with golf shots
74% positive
1,699 reviews
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
A psychological questionnaire with horror elements and personalized results
98% positive
Free
Reminiscence
Psychological horror with time-travel puzzles inside a changing family home
84% positive
Free
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
Bullet-hell shooter with chapter retries for clearing patterns without hits
98% positive
1,691 reviews
SIMULACRA 2
Phone-based horror mystery about investigating an influencer's death
87% positive
1,690 reviews
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Third-person survival horror where photographs ward off island ghosts
89% positive
1,685 reviews