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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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Difficult 3D puzzle game built around rolling sausages
96% positive
1,680 reviews
pla_toon
Cartoon multiplayer shooter with destructible buildings and rideable ostriches
87% positive
Free
Sixty Four
Incremental factory clicker that grows from manual production to automation
73% positive
1,680 reviews
Demo 14 Minesweeper Variants
Minimalist logic puzzles that reinvent Minesweeper without forced guessing
97% positive
1,675 reviews
Skull Hotel
First-person horror about cleaning hotel rooms and spotting deadly anomalies
79% positive
Free
Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
Mystery visual novel questioning whether an island's killer is human
95% positive
1,674 reviews
Sixtieth Kilometer
A visual novel about train passengers trapped by deadly fog
78% positive
1,671 reviews
Demo Trap Shrine
A shrine-set romantic visual novel with a crossdressing goddess
94% positive
1,671 reviews
I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling
Satirical loot box clicker about opening crates and collecting cosmetics
91% positive
1,668 reviews
Garten of Banban 7
First-person horror adventure through monster-filled kindergarten levels and puzzles
83% positive
1,662 reviews
Demo Total Chaos
First-person survival horror with makeshift weapons and an island mystery
86% positive
1,659 reviews
Varenje
Hand-drawn hidden-object adventure through a world seen at insect size
87% positive
Free
The Forgotten Ones
First-person horror shooter about a detective tracking Nazi officers
60% positive
Free
The Inn-Sanity
First-person hotel horror where trust matters as guests turn monstrous
96% positive
1,655 reviews
Stay Close
First-person survival horror about escaping a town alone or together
62% positive
1,653 reviews
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
87% positive
1,652 reviews
Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil
First-person horror adventure through a kindergarten filled with hostile characters
88% positive
1,646 reviews
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Dark point-and-click adventure about a pandemic and broken time
83% positive
1,639 reviews
The Light Remake
First-person walking simulator with environmental storytelling and two possible endings
87% positive
1,635 reviews
CUSTOM ORDER MAID 3D2 It's a Night Magic
Adult club-management sim with customizable maids and rhythm battles
83% positive
1,631 reviews
Demo Solium Infernum
Turn-based strategy for Hell's throne through diplomacy and betrayal
87% positive
1,628 reviews
Demo Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art survival horror that switches to live-action at key moments
94% positive
1,628 reviews
Duck Season
VR duck shooting with a horror story behind the game
85% positive
1,621 reviews
Demo Butcher's Creek
First-person horror built around improvised weapons and environmental kills
94% positive
1,620 reviews