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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Unfortunate Spacemen
Multiplayer social deduction with a shapeshifting monster in space
86% positive
Free
STEINS;GATE 0
Time travel visual novel where phone calls change the outcome
96% positive
8,481 reviews
Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek
Story-driven co-op horror about a couple's detour into a small town
75% positive
8,127 reviews
The Medium
Third-person psychological horror adventure across physical and spirit worlds
89% positive
7,895 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Linear mystery visual novel about deaths in a rural village
96% positive
Free
Demo The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Branching cinematic horror in a fogbound town with witch-trial visions
74% positive
7,754 reviews
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5
Open-world stealth horror with puzzles and a stalking creature
86% positive
Free
Demo A Space for the Unbound
Pixel-art adventure exploring minds amid supernatural events in 1990s Indonesia
97% positive
7,508 reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
7,441 reviews
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
A space walking simulator with scenes timed to the soundtrack
98% positive
Free
Blair Witch
First-person psychological horror in shifting woods with a dog
78% positive
7,013 reviews
Katawa Shoujo
Choice-driven romance visual novel with five character-focused story paths
97% positive
Free
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
First-person mystery adventure uncovering secrets in a stormbound hotel
68% positive
6,906 reviews
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
School romance visual novel with branching paths and psychological horror
94% positive
6,806 reviews
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
First-person psychological horror about a fire lookout's unsettling new post
92% positive
6,757 reviews
Demo Amanda the Adventurer
First-person horror puzzle game with cartoon characters addressing you
94% positive
6,493 reviews
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
A psychological horror questionnaire where your choices lead to different endings
98% positive
6,410 reviews
INMOST
Dark pixel-art puzzle platformer connecting three characters' stories
91% positive
6,304 reviews
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Choice-driven narrative adventure about friendship, punk music, and mystery
87% positive
6,182 reviews
How Fish Is Made
Short narrative horror about a sardine inside a grimy machine
95% positive
Free
Nobody Wants to Die
First-person noir mystery tracking a killer in a city selling immortality
83% positive
6,168 reviews
Hide and Shriek
Free-to-play first-person duels where invisible students trade jump scares
82% positive
Free
Feign
Multiplayer social deduction with secret roles and a drawing mode
92% positive
6,028 reviews
Minds Beneath Us
Choice-driven sci-fi visual novel about sharing a stranger's body
96% positive
5,996 reviews