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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The Test: Final Revelation
A psychological horror quiz built around increasingly personal questions
98% positive
5,831 reviews
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
First-person cleaning simulator about erasing evidence at a crime scene
94% positive
Free
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
First-person stealth horror with a neighbor who counters your moves
94% positive
Free
Psychopomp GOLD
First-person horror dungeon crawler through surreal catacombs beneath buildings
97% positive
5,224 reviews
Hypnospace Outlaw
Point-and-click detective game policing a fictional 1990s internet
96% positive
5,202 reviews
We Went Back
First-person horror about escaping a space station that keeps changing
85% positive
Free
The Cat Lady
Psychological horror adventure about a lonely woman and five strangers
94% positive
5,133 reviews
GNOSIA
Single-player sci-fi social deduction RPG built around repeating time loops
93% positive
5,131 reviews
Summer of '58
First-person horror walking simulator exploring an abandoned Soviet summer camp
89% positive
4,993 reviews
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Dark comedy visual novel with late-2000s drama and branching endings
98% positive
4,981 reviews
Fear Therapy
First-person horror matches with randomized ritual hunts and player-controlled Satan
67% positive
4,741 reviews
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
Point-and-click horror adventure where your votes decide who survives
97% positive
4,512 reviews
Plug & Play
Surreal point-and-click animation built around plugs and their strange interactions
85% positive
4,462 reviews
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Open-world detective adventure about gathering clues and judging suspects
76% positive
4,427 reviews
Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis
A rhythm adventure where anonymous posts threaten the world
91% positive
4,383 reviews
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Story-driven action game where you play the final boss
83% positive
4,382 reviews
CHAOS;CHILD
Psychological horror visual novel about investigating murders in Shibuya
93% positive
4,241 reviews
Missing Hiker
First-person horror about searching for your brother in freezing weather
84% positive
Free
Amnesia™: Memories
Otome visual novel with five romances and a memory mystery
93% positive
4,174 reviews
Saiko no sutoka
First-person survival horror about escaping a school stalked by a killer
92% positive
4,173 reviews
KARMA: The Dark World
First-person psychological thriller investigating memories in dystopian East Germany
90% positive
4,154 reviews
SILENT HILL: Townfall
First-person horror where a pocket television reveals threats and clues
68% positive
4,119 reviews
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A psychological horror visual novel about murders and forgotten memories
96% positive
4,097 reviews
Unsorted Horror
First-person horror shorts built around machinery in dark dystopian settings
97% positive
Free