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.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action spanning cities across early-1990s San Andreas
80% positive
16K reviews
Zup! S
2D physics puzzles using explosions to position a blue ball
97% positive
16K reviews
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
89% positive
16K reviews
Cyber Manhunt
Cyber detective puzzle game about uncovering secrets through online clues
92% positive
16K reviews
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Fast-paced 2D and 3D platforming across two campaigns
96% positive
16K reviews
Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy
Adult monochrome life sim RPG balancing guild work and family
70% positive
16K reviews
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
First-person horror through a thousand rooms of cute jump scares
93% positive
Free
Tales of the Black Forest
Pixel-art horror adventure about escaping a town through time travel
98% positive
16K reviews
LISA: The Painful
Post-apocalyptic party RPG where harsh choices have lasting consequences
95% positive
15K reviews
War of Rights
Large-scale Civil War FPS focused on coordinated line battles
88% positive
15K reviews
KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
93% positive
15K reviews
Grimm's Hollow
Pixel-art RPG about searching for your brother among ghosts
99% positive
Free
POSTAL
Isometric shooter about fighting through a town full of gunmen
92% positive
Free
Cultist Simulator
Roguelike narrative card game about founding an occult cult
80% positive
14K reviews
Little Misfortune
Darkly comic story adventure about a child's search for happiness
92% positive
14K reviews
Zort
First-person co-op horror game about escaping creatures across levels
90% positive
14K reviews
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Top-down puzzle adventure about a turnip's unpaid tax debt
95% positive
14K reviews
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Cinematic ghost-ship horror where your choices decide who survives
77% positive
14K reviews
Call of Cthulhu®
First-person detective horror investigating deaths on an isolated island
79% positive
14K reviews
We Happy Few
First-person survival adventure about escaping a drugged, conformist city
77% positive
14K reviews
Garten of Banban
First-person horror adventure in a kindergarten where everyone vanished
54% positive
Free
The Room Three
Point-and-click puzzle adventure through mechanical trials on a remote island
95% positive
13K reviews
Jump King
Precision platformer where a missed jump can undo your climb
90% positive
13K reviews
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
Single-player time-management game about crafting sundaes under pressure
99% positive
13K reviews