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
174 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
INMOST
Dark pixel-art puzzle platformer connecting three characters' stories
91% positive
7,370 reviews
Amanda the Adventurer
First-person horror puzzle game with cartoon characters addressing you
94% positive
7,289 reviews
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
School romance visual novel with branching paths and psychological horror
95% positive
7,074 reviews
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
First-person mystery adventure uncovering secrets in a stormbound hotel
68% positive
6,906 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Linear mystery visual novel about deaths in a rural village
96% positive
Free
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
First-person psychological horror about a fire lookout's unsettling new post
92% positive
6,433 reviews
Minds Beneath Us
Choice-driven sci-fi visual novel about sharing a stranger's body
96% positive
6,413 reviews
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Choice-driven narrative adventure about friendship, punk music, and mystery
86% positive
6,370 reviews
Feign
Multiplayer social deduction with secret roles and a drawing mode
91% positive
6,348 reviews
The Cat Lady
Psychological horror adventure about a lonely woman and five strangers
94% positive
6,297 reviews
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Branching third-person horror adventure inside a trap-filled hotel
55% positive
6,283 reviews
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5
Open-world stealth horror with puzzles and a stalking creature
87% positive
Free
Katawa Shoujo
Choice-driven romance visual novel with five character-focused story paths
98% positive
Free
Hypnospace Outlaw
Point-and-click detective game policing a fictional 1990s internet
97% positive
5,565 reviews
Psychopomp GOLD
First-person horror dungeon crawler through surreal catacombs beneath buildings
98% positive
5,409 reviews
Hide and Shriek
Free-to-play first-person duels where invisible students trade jump scares
82% positive
Free
GNOSIA
Single-player sci-fi social deduction RPG built around repeating time loops
94% positive
5,147 reviews
Summer of '58
First-person horror walking simulator exploring an abandoned Soviet summer camp
89% positive
4,953 reviews
Alone in the Dark
Third-person survival horror investigating a disappearance at a Louisiana asylum
78% positive
4,922 reviews
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Dark comedy visual novel with late-2000s drama and branching endings
97% positive
4,779 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
First-person stealth horror with a neighbor who counters your moves
95% positive
Free
Fear Therapy
First-person horror matches with randomized ritual hunts and player-controlled Satan
67% positive
4,741 reviews
SIMULACRA
Phone-based horror mystery about tracing a missing woman's last steps
90% positive
4,686 reviews
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Open-world detective adventure about gathering clues and judging suspects
78% positive
4,571 reviews