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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Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
Psychological horror visual novel with philosophical themes and unsettling mysteries
92% positive
2,966 reviews
Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
Psychological mystery visual novel about murders on an isolated island
95% positive
2,955 reviews
Demo and Roger
A short interactive novel that begins with a stranger at home
95% positive
2,943 reviews
Demo 他人世界末 On-looker
A romance visual novel about living in someone else's shadow
93% positive
2,917 reviews
Martha Is Dead
First-person psychological thriller about a twin's death in wartime Italy
78% positive
2,888 reviews
Demo Virginia
A first-person detective thriller told through film-style scene cuts
65% positive
2,847 reviews
The Town of Light
First-person psychological adventure through a reconstructed Italian psychiatric hospital
79% positive
2,829 reviews
Among Us 3D: VR
First-person VR social deduction with tasks, sabotage, and betrayal
74% positive
2,779 reviews
Shady Part of Me
Puzzle-platformer switching between a girl and her shadow
93% positive
2,706 reviews
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Horror mystery with school exploration and deadly choices
95% positive
2,703 reviews
The Park®
First-person psychological horror about searching an amusement park for your son
70% positive
2,667 reviews
Pathologic 3
First-person psychological horror about fighting a plague by rewinding time
80% positive
2,649 reviews
Kill or Love
Psychological horror visual novel about a nurse's obsession with her patient
90% positive
Free
Dreaming Sarah
Surreal exploration platformer where collected items change how you move
92% positive
2,566 reviews
Last Report
Pixel horror about a park ranger's increasingly strange night shift
89% positive
2,546 reviews
DEATH NOTE Killer Within
Online social deduction pitting Kira against L in hidden-role matches
85% positive
2,513 reviews
Demo While We Wait Here
First-person diner story with cooking, dialogue choices, and looming catastrophe
89% positive
2,466 reviews
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews
The Monster Inside
A noir visual novel about a detective investigating supernatural crimes
88% positive
Free
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
94% positive
2,351 reviews
Amenti
Egyptian tomb horror with artifact photography and supernatural encounters
80% positive
2,342 reviews
Neverending Nightmares
Psychological horror rooted in its creator's OCD and depression
78% positive
2,327 reviews
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Psychological horror about an actor aboard an ever-changing ocean liner
71% positive
2,319 reviews
BURIED STARS
Mystery visual novel about murder in a collapsed broadcast studio
83% positive
2,279 reviews