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.
BLOCKADE
Free-to-play first-person shooter with destructible maps and base building
75% positive
Free
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
First-person survival horror tracking one animatronic through security cameras
90% positive
11K reviews
Paunch
Online swamp fighting with boulder throws, kicks, and carryover gear
89% positive
Free
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
11K reviews
Into the Radius VR
VR survival shooter built around scavenging and careful gun handling
94% positive
11K reviews
Raging Loop
Branching psychological horror visual novel built around deadly social deduction
96% positive
11K reviews
Catherine Classic
Story-driven puzzle adventure about relationship choices and nightmare climbs
87% positive
11K reviews
Iron Lung
Short first-person horror navigating a blood ocean by instruments
92% positive
11K reviews
Returnal™
Third-person roguelike shooter with shifting worlds and bullet-hell combat
81% positive
11K reviews
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Choice-driven horror adventure with rival soldiers trapped underground
89% positive
11K reviews
CLANNAD
Choice-driven school visual novel about friendship, family, and romance
98% positive
11K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Pixel-art horror adventure about time travel and evading a pursuer
96% positive
11K reviews
Visage
First-person psychological horror in a shifting house without weapons
84% positive
11K reviews
Lucius
Third-person horror adventure about staging deadly accidents with supernatural powers
81% positive
11K reviews
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Third-person action thriller with light-based combat and arcade survival
74% positive
11K reviews
Fear Surrounds
Horror social deduction with hidden killers, quests, and votes
86% positive
Free
ALTF4
Third-person platformer where a clumsy knight dodges deadly traps
80% positive
11K reviews
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Branching cinematic horror in a fogbound town with witch-trial visions
74% positive
11K reviews
Kindergarten
Pixel-art puzzle adventure about a missing classmate and dangerous staff
97% positive
11K reviews
House of Detention
Meme-heavy dungeon horror game about collecting mugs and dodging monsters
91% positive
11K reviews
Yume Nikki
Surreal exploration game about wandering through strange dream worlds
94% positive
Free
Rusty Lake Hotel
Point-and-click puzzle adventure preparing dinners in a surreal hotel
96% positive
11K reviews
An alt girl for skoof
First-person visual novel about ordering an alt girl online
83% positive
11K reviews
The Headliners
First-person co-op horror about photographing monsters and surviving expeditions
86% positive
11K reviews