Best Psychological games on PC
Games in this category use perception, mental states, emotional pressure, or social manipulation as major parts of their stories or play. They range from story-led horror and exploration to puzzles, survival simulations, and multiplayer deception.
- Mental and emotional themes
- Uncertainty, tension, or altered perception
Related: Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Horror
1,194 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo SOLAS 128
A mirror puzzle game where light pulses move to music
95% positive
192 reviews
Knock On The Window
First-person horror walking simulator with VHS visuals and a mysterious knock
91% positive
192 reviews
Demo Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
A motel work simulator with a noir-inspired horror story
90% positive
192 reviews
Lightless
Point-and-click horror about escaping a haunted house tied to your past
83% positive
Free
Immortal Defense
Story-driven tower defense with towers that transform as you upgrade
86% positive
190 reviews
Promesa
A walking simulator exploring dreams and memories across surreal places
85% positive
190 reviews
Almost My Floor: Prologue
Point-and-click horror about getting home through a maze of floors
91% positive
Free
Faded Grey
First-person walking simulator where household objects reveal a troubled past
78% positive
Free
Mean Beans
A battle royale shooter where beans wield weapons like Pong guns
81% positive
Free
片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish
A visual novel about conformity and a contrarian classmate
99% positive
189 reviews
Can I Come In?
A horror walking simulator about staying home alone after school
89% positive
188 reviews
Demo INFERNIUM
First-person survival horror where your actions permanently change the world
67% positive
186 reviews
Everything Ends In 0
Interactive fiction about conversations at the end of the world
92% positive
Free
Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
A dark visual novel following exorcists beneath an everlasting sunset
85% positive
186 reviews
Husk
First-person survival horror about searching an abandoned town for family
63% positive
185 reviews
Demo Bonesaw
Turn-based tabletop horror where you gamble with your own fingers
87% positive
183 reviews
Barbotine
Short, experimental horror with apartment exploration and close-range combat
91% positive
183 reviews
Graveyard Girls
A short visual novel about an unexpected meeting in a cemetery
97% positive
Free
Card Detective
A detective deckbuilder that turns witness interviews into card battles
77% positive
182 reviews
Demo The Stalked 3
Linear psychological horror about being stalked in an empty carnival
82% positive
182 reviews
Tales Beyond The Tomb - No Witnesses
First-person horror with optional microphone detection for noise-sensitive enemies
91% positive
181 reviews
Evie
First-person horror built around diaries in an abandoned forest house
44% positive
180 reviews
Tyrania - A Kinetic Visual Novel
Kinetic visual novel about controlling technology in a war-torn world
78% positive
Free
The Dark Inside Me
Point-and-click psychological horror with choices between mercy and violence
62% positive
179 reviews