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
1,288 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
First-person puzzle platformer through a house with shifting gravity
93% positive
Free
Demo Lucid Dream Adventure
A point-and-click puzzle adventure across strange, dark dream worlds
81% positive
218 reviews
Demo Arrog
A point-and-click puzzle adventure told through hand-drawn, black-and-white animation
87% positive
217 reviews
Evil Holiday
First-person horror about a Christmas visit to estranged parents
79% positive
217 reviews
[Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女
Retro survival horror with puzzles, pursuit, and only one life
77% positive
216 reviews
Hide Alone
First-person survival horror built around a deadly hide-and-seek ritual
70% positive
216 reviews
Demo Barking from the Dark
First-person horror where railway maintenance gives way to survival
88% positive
216 reviews
ALTER EGO
A psychological point-and-click adventure about investigating your girlfriend's death
93% positive
Free
Demo Nightmare Shift
First-person psychological horror about working nights at a remote motel
72% positive
214 reviews
Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
Card-driven medical simulation where you treat patients as an impostor
57% positive
213 reviews
Don't Be Afraid 2
Psychological horror built around a series of escape-room puzzles
70% positive
213 reviews
Silent Nights
A psychological horror walking simulator about family grief and memory
70% positive
212 reviews
Imitosis
Experimental visual novel about a synthetic unit handling station security
97% positive
Free
Demo Cage of Roses
A gothic visual novel about an arranged marriage and a vampire
89% positive
211 reviews
Lair of Torment
First-person puzzle horror in the corridors of an underground asylum
70% positive
210 reviews
Watertight
Psychological horror with repair puzzles aboard a failing deep-sea submarine
87% positive
Free
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Back:Fade
Live-action horror about surviving a supernatural realm alongside other trapped people
78% positive
209 reviews
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You’ve Got a Package
A horror walking simulator about a writer’s mysterious package
75% positive
209 reviews
Demo I, the Forgotten One
Text-based medieval adventure about a disinherited royal facing civil war
90% positive
208 reviews
Fallstreak
Dark fantasy visual novel about dreams in a sealed-off world
82% positive
Free
Demo Double
A side-scrolling psychological adventure where dreams intrude on reality
83% positive
206 reviews
Demo Blame Him
First-person survival horror with lurking enemies and little hand-holding
44% positive
206 reviews
Hazing - Night Shift
Found-footage psychological horror following a police officer's first night shift
67% positive
206 reviews
Demo Box of Broken Nails
First-person psychological horror about keeping a mysterious door boarded shut
97% positive
206 reviews