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.
Sally Face - Episode One
Hand-drawn point-and-click horror mystery about speaking with the dead
97% positive
30K reviews
Tricolour Lovestory
Choice-driven romance visual novel about two classmates in art class
81% positive
28K reviews
Layers of Fear (2016)
First-person psychological horror through a painter’s constantly shifting home
88% positive
28K reviews
Frostpunk 2
Post-apocalyptic city builder focused on survival, resources, and faction politics
75% positive
27K reviews
STEINS;GATE
Science-fiction visual novel where phone choices alter a time-travel story
97% positive
27K reviews
Chinese Parents
Chinese life sim about school, family expectations, and generations
91% positive
27K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
First-person survival horror with cameras, a mask, and animatronics
94% positive
26K reviews
The Quarry
Cinematic horror adventure where choices decide who survives the night
82% positive
25K reviews
Cruelty Squad
Surreal tactical FPS with corporate assassinations and multiple mission routes
96% positive
25K reviews
Darkwood
Survival horror with daytime scavenging and desperate nighttime defense
95% positive
25K reviews
Dark Deception
First-person horror maze game built around running from monsters
88% positive
Free
Demonologist
First-person co-op horror about identifying and exorcising evil spirits
85% positive
24K reviews
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Asymmetrical third-person horror where victims evade a murderous family
66% positive
24K reviews
The Beginner's Guide
Short first-person story told through surreal, abstract spaces
88% positive
24K reviews
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Anime murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
83% positive
23K reviews
Fran Bow
Point-and-click psychological horror with puzzles and a hidden grotesque world
97% positive
23K reviews
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Global flight simulator with aviation careers and open-world exploration
60% positive
23K reviews
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Psychological horror visual novel shaped by a girl's distorted perception
97% positive
22K reviews
BIGFOOT
First-person survival horror about hunting or playing as Bigfoot
82% positive
22K reviews
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Surreal psychological horror visual novel about choices and existence
93% positive
22K reviews
The Room Two
Point-and-click puzzle adventure built around objects and hidden mechanisms
98% positive
22K reviews
Astral Party
Free-to-play online board game with cards, dice, and anime characters
55% positive
Free
Ghostwire: Tokyo
First-person open-world action against spirits in a deserted Tokyo
83% positive
21K reviews
港詭實錄ParanormalHK
First-person horror adventure searching Kowloon Walled City for missing crew
89% positive
21K reviews