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.
Night in the Woods
Dialogue-heavy adventure about returning home to a changing mining town
95% positive
20K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews
Real Pool 3D - Poolians
Online billiards simulation with solo, multiplayer, and team matches
76% positive
Free
Awaria
Top-down bullet hell about repairing generators and kissing ghosts
96% positive
Free
Scorn
First-person horror adventure through a grotesque biomechanical maze
77% positive
20K reviews
Trepang2
Fast-paced horror FPS with slow motion and supernatural combat
93% positive
20K reviews
Nubby's Number Factory
Plinko-style roguelike about building item combos to meet quotas
97% positive
20K reviews
F.E.A.R.
First-person horror shooter with slow-motion gunfights and paranormal threats
94% positive
20K reviews
Until Then
Pixel-art visual novel blending romance, mystery, and psychological drama
97% positive
19K reviews
Nuclear Nightmare
First-person co-op survival horror with infection and Arctic extraction
81% positive
19K reviews
We Were Here Forever
Two-player escape-room adventure built around communication and asymmetric puzzles
90% positive
19K reviews
Mr.Mine
Idle mining game about upgrading drills and uncovering deeper secrets
92% positive
Free
Changed
2D action-puzzle adventure with chases and transformation hazards
86% positive
19K reviews
Outcore: Desktop Adventure
Desktop adventure where a lost girl lives on your computer
97% positive
Free
Catan Universe
Turn-based digital board game about trading and settling an island
47% positive
Free
Pony Island
Suspense puzzle game inside the devil's malfunctioning arcade machine
95% positive
18K reviews
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Open-world looter shooter where villains hunt the Justice League
61% positive
18K reviews
Choo-Choo Charles
Open-world horror about upgrading your train to fight a monster locomotive
91% positive
18K reviews
We Were Here Together
Two-player escape-room adventure built around walkie-talkie communication and teamwork
82% positive
18K reviews
Labyrinthine
First-person co-op horror with puzzles and procedurally generated mazes
84% positive
17K reviews
Quaver
Competitive four- and seven-key rhythm game with community-made maps
92% positive
Free
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
First-person survival horror built around listening for approaching creatures
93% positive
17K reviews
The Past Within
Co-op point-and-click adventure with puzzles spanning past and future
95% positive
17K reviews
Cat Goes Fishing
2D fishing game where a cat hunts increasingly elusive fish
94% positive
17K reviews