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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Luto
A psychological horror game set in a house you cannot leave
85% positive
1,279 reviews
Gravewood High
Stealth horror in a school that changes between escape attempts
55% positive
Free
Through the Woods
Third-person horror adventure drawing on Norse myths and Norwegian folklore
72% positive
1,275 reviews
Supernatural
First-person detective horror where your microphone influences paranormal encounters
63% positive
1,273 reviews
The Chant
Third-person survival horror on an island breached by another dimension
75% positive
1,269 reviews
Locke(d)
A short philosophical visual novel built around a mysterious conversation
93% positive
Free
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Moral Dilemma: The Interview
First-person comedy adventure built around a strange office job interview
83% positive
Free
My Lovely Daughter
A horror management sim about raising and sacrificing artificial daughters
71% positive
1,252 reviews
Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
First-person horror exploration through an underground neighborhood that keeps changing
82% positive
1,251 reviews
Demo The Scourge | Tai Ương
First-person horror puzzler mixing Saigon's urban legends and nightmares
93% positive
1,246 reviews
Calm Down, Stalin
A dictator simulation balancing paperwork, stress, and a nuclear button
90% positive
1,243 reviews
Demo Fuga: Melodies of Steel
Turn-based tactical RPG about children fighting from a giant tank
93% positive
1,239 reviews
The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
A text-based fairy tale where you choose a supernatural godparent
100% positive
Free
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First-person school horror with a relentless pursuer and no saves
87% positive
1,236 reviews
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LOEK
First-person shooter about blasting farm animals and dodging rockets
93% positive
Free
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
Psychological horror visual novel revisiting a deadly village mystery
98% positive
1,224 reviews
The Jackbox Party Pack 8
Party game collection mixing drawing, trivia, wordplay, and deduction
90% positive
1,223 reviews
Agreeee
Point-and-click action game where accepting the terms is the challenge
73% positive
1,218 reviews
Demo Malware
Point-and-click puzzles about outsmarting deceptive 1999 software installers
88% positive
1,216 reviews
Evil Inside - Prologue
First-person horror prologue about contacting the dead through a spirit board
67% positive
Free
Demo Cooking Companions
Psychological horror visual novel about survival in a mountain cabin
94% positive
1,211 reviews
Symphonic Rain
Rain-soaked visual novel mixing musical performances with branching romance
96% positive
1,210 reviews
EXIT KUN
First-person observation puzzles where unusual details tell you to turn back
86% positive
1,208 reviews
The Dark Occult
First-person psychological horror with a demon stalking a decaying manor
68% positive
1,206 reviews