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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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
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Castle of Blackwater
Top-down social deduction matches with magic, tasks, and betrayal
91% positive
Free
The Dark Inside Me
Point-and-click psychological horror with choices between mercy and violence
62% positive
179 reviews
Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
First-person mystery adventure about recovering your memories through conversations with strangers
68% positive
179 reviews
Cut to the Core
A horror visual novel about a doctor's captive test subject
92% positive
179 reviews
Master of Love
Live-action dating sim about second chances with five former girlfriends
83% positive
179 reviews
The Door in the Basement
First-person horror about escaping the world beyond a basement door
88% positive
178 reviews
TRATEL64
A free comedy adventure mixing violent action with dreamlike absurdity
76% positive
Free
Robot Daycare
A visual novel about raising an AI amid strained friendships
89% positive
Free
Demo ARSONATE
A first-person card game where each flip brings fire closer
85% positive
175 reviews
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
First-person horror where ordinary people are the source of danger
68% positive
175 reviews
Burial
Psychological horror in a Soviet apartment during a deserted wake
75% positive
175 reviews
Butcherman
First-person horror about finding a way out of captivity
93% positive
175 reviews
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
A point-and-click adventure about a logger stranded in the jungle
96% positive
174 reviews
Disminal
First-person walking simulator through vacant spaces in the backrooms
89% positive
174 reviews
AMOK
First-person survival horror following a missing-person investigation into an old house
42% positive
173 reviews
Some Goodbyes We Made
Short narrative minigames built around everyday moments of farewell
98% positive
172 reviews
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10:59
First-person horror walking simulator with hidden objects and simple puzzles
69% positive
172 reviews
下一个就是你
Live-action mystery adventure built around a deadly social deduction game
69% positive
172 reviews
Demo Lust from Beyond: M Edition
First-person survival horror about cult rituals and an otherworldly realm
65% positive
171 reviews