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.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
96% positive
39K reviews
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Choice-driven prequel adventure about Chloe and Rachel's friendship
93% positive
38K reviews
Bendy and the Ink Machine
First-person cartoon horror adventure in an abandoned animation studio
89% positive
37K reviews
Blood and Bacon
First-person shooter with co-op and hordes of undead pigs
95% positive
37K reviews
City Car Driving
First-person driving simulator for traffic rules and road practice
83% positive
36K reviews
Hand Simulator
First-person simulation of awkward hand control across varied activities
84% positive
36K reviews
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
First-person comedy adventure built around choices and contradictory endings
94% positive
36K reviews
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
First-person survival horror where hiding and running replace fighting
95% positive
36K reviews
Sultan's Game
Dark fantasy card RPG about surviving a sultan's deadly demands
94% positive
35K reviews
SIGNALIS
Psychological survival horror with scarce resources and a cosmic mystery
97% positive
35K reviews
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Short psychological horror visual novel about a difficult milk run
96% positive
34K reviews
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Branching psychological horror visual novel about slaying a princess
97% positive
34K reviews
Superliminal
First-person puzzle game built around perspective and optical illusions
95% positive
34K reviews
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Audio-based detective puzzle about tracing voices through past crime scenes
96% positive
34K reviews
The Evil Within
Third-person survival horror with scarce resources and shifting environments
85% positive
34K reviews
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Pizzeria management by day, robot survival horror by night
94% positive
Free
We Were Here
Two-player castle escape puzzles built around voice communication
89% positive
Free
Hello Neighbor
First-person stealth horror against a neighbor who learns your tactics
86% positive
33K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
33K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Psychological horror visual novel that twists school romance conventions
97% positive
32K reviews
Call of Duty®: Ghosts
Linear military FPS about reclaiming a fallen America
66% positive
32K reviews
The Evil Within 2
Third-person survival horror mixing stealth, traps, and limited-ammo combat
92% positive
31K reviews
Tiny Bunny
Horror visual novel with branching paths through a winter mystery
83% positive
31K reviews
Hatred
Isometric shooter about a gunman's killing spree through city outskirts
84% positive
30K reviews