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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Dead end Exit 8
First-person horror puzzles about spotting changes in repeating corridors
72% positive
116 reviews
Demo Deadly Heart Gambit
First-person visual novel where you gamble with your remaining lifespan
91% positive
116 reviews
Demo Red or Blue
First-person horror mystery about surviving by choosing between two buttons
96% positive
116 reviews
Too Well Hidden
First-person psychological horror built around a nighttime game of hide-and-seek
86% positive
116 reviews
Uh Oh!
Short first-person horror seen through a retro VHS camcorder
86% positive
Free
Within of Static - Northgate Mall
First-person psychological horror built around a late-night mall security shift
88% positive
116 reviews
Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
Boys' love visual novel about an obsessive attachment to a priest
86% positive
Free
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Dig Night
A dark comedy RPG about cleaning up a ghost-plagued city
99% positive
115 reviews
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Point-and-click psychological thriller told through six different playable characters
75% positive
114 reviews
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Veil Transfer
First-person horror about identifying impostors while defending yourself from them
93% positive
Free
Across the Grooves
A visual novel about rewriting the past through a record
92% positive
113 reviews
Deathbloom: Chapter 1
First-person survival horror inside a manor full of hidden passages
83% positive
113 reviews
Honey Are You There?
First-person psychological horror about surviving a haunting in your home
81% positive
Free
Letherfall
First-person survival horror centered on a survivor's missing memories
82% positive
Free
Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
Sci-fi visual novel about nine captives in a deadly contest
95% positive
Free
• Dread Chess ✣
A chess puzzle adventure built around matches that play themselves
77% positive
Free
Silent Wounds - The Doll
First-person psychological horror about a student's growing obsession with a doll
90% positive
Free
Maple Ridge
First-person psychological horror about a widower's unraveling suburban routine
71% positive
112 reviews
Lenin - The Lion
A psychological adventure RPG where decisions shape later scenes
92% positive
111 reviews
I'mitation The Eight Suicide Note
First-person horror built around searching with a night-vision camera
59% positive
Free
Demo Snowfall's Mystery
Psychological horror visual novel about a programmer and mysterious software
86% positive
110 reviews
Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets PROLOGUE
First-person horror prologue about surviving traps at an amusement park
79% positive
Free
Demo Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pixel-art adventure where words from real languages become puzzle-solving tools
100% positive
109 reviews
Incelthread
A romance visual novel about two recluses coping with trauma
75% positive
Free