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
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YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Horror puzzle platformer set in a surreal world of dreams
69% positive
1,483 reviews
El Paso, Elsewhere
Supernatural third-person shooter through a shifting motel full of monsters
90% positive
1,483 reviews
Demo The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
A narrative RPG about growing up to rule a divided empire
73% positive
1,483 reviews
CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
A horror visual novel where characters can question your commands
87% positive
Free
Scrutinized
Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home
89% positive
1,473 reviews
Bright Lights of Svetlov
A first-person walking simulator where household chores reveal family troubles
93% positive
1,471 reviews
BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
Multiplayer Backrooms horror with a shapeshifter hiding among scientists
83% positive
1,471 reviews
Pronoun Palace
A spelling roguelike where enemies change how you use letters
99% positive
1,469 reviews
My Friend is a Raven
A point-and-click horror adventure about humanity's last survivor and a raven
91% positive
Free
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Mystery visual novel about yearly deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,458 reviews
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First-person psychological horror about a Japanese apartment with unusually cheap rent
81% positive
1,456 reviews
Backrooms: Lost Tape
Horror walking simulator with puzzles and hostile entities in liminal spaces
81% positive
1,454 reviews
The Bunny Graveyard
A pixel art horror adventure mixing minigames with computer mysteries
95% positive
1,453 reviews
Double Shoulders
Co-op horror platforming built around helping each other escape
46% positive
Free
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Arcade platforming through tilting mazes, with competitive party minigames
83% positive
1,449 reviews
Escape from Yandere
First-person horror about surviving a sleepover with a controlling friend
74% positive
1,446 reviews
Scars of Summer
Slice-of-life RPG about a time-limited summer in rural Japan
74% positive
1,445 reviews
The Stillness of the Wind
A solitary farming adventure about daily routines and loss
77% positive
1,440 reviews
Demo The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Puzzle platformer where dismemberment helps you cross a trap-filled island
89% positive
1,439 reviews
Bad Dream: Fever
Point-and-click horror with puzzles set inside a fever dream
82% positive
Free
Directive 8020
Space horror where an alien can impersonate your crewmates
64% positive
1,432 reviews
Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
A soccer free-kick simulator where you play as an orb
80% positive
Free
The Underground Man
A post-apocalyptic adventure about an underground survivor venturing onto the surface
79% positive
1,420 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,415 reviews