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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Loop
A first-person comedy about repeatedly circling the same test track
76% positive
Free
Shine Within
Top-down adventure about solving puzzles and helping corrupted spirit monsters
91% positive
Free
In The Backrooms
First-person horror about escaping a maze of seemingly empty rooms
60% positive
160 reviews
Mechanism
A puzzle adventure about a robot exploring a diseased world
66% positive
159 reviews
Bed Lying Simulator 2020
First-person bed simulation where time speeds up as you lie still
81% positive
159 reviews
Sunflower Pie
Psychological horror visual novel with a single correct choice
82% positive
Free
Hydrangea
A psychological horror visual novel about romance turning into obsession
91% positive
Free
PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
Detective visual novel about a society that predicts criminal behavior
76% positive
158 reviews
Game For Anna
Point-and-click horror in a cardboard maze beneath a bed
80% positive
Free
Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note
Point-and-click horror inspired by supernatural television from the sixties
97% positive
157 reviews
Anime Zodiac
A tile-rotation puzzle game built around anime zodiac characters
78% positive
157 reviews
Creepy Waves FM: Bugs Fixer
First-person psychological horror about fixing game bugs on night shifts
76% positive
Free
捉迷藏 - Hide and Seek
Pixel-art horror adventure about a schoolgirl and her watchful neighbor
99% positive
Free
Night Grove
First-person horror exploration in a woodland hostel with strange residents
72% positive
156 reviews
DOMINO The Little One
A 2D puzzle platformer exploring environmental fears through dreams
83% positive
Free
Demo EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
First-person horror exploration through abandoned offices and flooded mazes
65% positive
155 reviews
Office After Hours
Anomaly-spotting horror in an office you need to escape
95% positive
155 reviews
Demo Echoes Of The House
First-person psychological horror about a family visit that turns strange
77% positive
155 reviews
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?? Movie Theater
Story-led first-person horror in a movie theater with strange screenings
97% positive
155 reviews
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
A psychological horror visual novel about a cannibal urban legend
79% positive
154 reviews
Demo Mirror Forge
Psychological survival horror across alternate dimensions that keep changing
72% positive
154 reviews
Scholar's Mate - First Move
First-person horror escape room set in an abandoned hospital
57% positive
Free
Eldritchvania
A puzzle-focused metroidvania with sword combat and a sanity system
81% positive
Free
Lockheart Indigo
A detective thriller where persuasion takes the place of combat
97% positive
Free