Hidden Psychological Horror Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated psychological horror games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Psychological Horror games on Steam.

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Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge A ball rolling game, where you take football free kicks. Single player challenges, Steam Leaderboards and ranked multiplayer. Free to play.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 05 Aug 2021
HORROR TALES: The Wine Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

Price -75% 2.94€
Rating 7.4
Release 30 Jul 2021
Paint Drying Simulator This is literally a game about watch paint drying for 6 hours, so.. ..do you feel like wasting money and time? XD

Price 0.79€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Jul 2021
Airtight City 密闭之城1.0 This is a TPS, horror-type action shooting game. The game will draw players into a terrifying dark world with detailed atmosphere rendering and weird story. Here, you are not defenseless, but even with a gun, you can't suppress the trembling from the heart. Game revenue is used for 2.0 development.

Price 1.59€
Rating 8.9
Release 08 Jul 2021
GAME.exe You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 02 Jul 2021
WTF Is Wrong With You? Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?

Price -20% 1.59€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Jun 2021
[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Jun 2021
Save Me, Sakuya-san! She's here to help! Let Sakuya Izayoi from the Touhou Project comfort you after encountering some hardships in this beautiful visual novel that aims to heal your troubles away!

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 02 Jun 2021
Chased by Darkness Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.

Price -60% 1.59€
Rating 6.9
Release 01 Jun 2021
Kaigrad Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 26 May 2021
Strangeland You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.

Price -92% 1.00€
Rating 8.8
Release 25 May 2021
The Invisible Hand Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.

Price -99% 0.25€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 May 2021
7Days Origins 7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

Price -70% 2.21€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 May 2021
Cognition Method: Initiation Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Apr 2021
Exit From Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.

Price -75% 1.24€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Apr 2021
Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski. Featuring 7 new short games, a robust launcher world set in an abandoned arctic base.

Price -70% 2.45€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Apr 2021
Scars of Summer A slice of life RPG. Due to family circumstances, Keita finds himself living with his childhood friend Ryoka for the summer. Explore a contemporary Japanese setting, and enjoy spending time with Ryoka.

Price -35% 10.91€
Rating 7.3
Release 09 Apr 2021
Dead Seater Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Apr 2021
Succubus Farm A dungeon escape, action game. Play as a captured human forced to work for demons, but one day you decide to make a mad dash for freedom!

Price -30% 8.74€
Rating 7.2
Release 19 Mar 2021
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Price -60% 2.39€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Mar 2021
Press Ctrl A mind-bending puzzler where your avatar controls another avatar via an in-game keyboard.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Mar 2021
Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Lake Motosu Get a taste of the great outdoors from home in Laid-Back Camp - Virtual -!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Mar 2021
TAISHO x ALICE episode 3 DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episode III) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!

Price 16.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 03 Mar 2021
Enter The Backrooms An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

Price -35% 6.29€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Feb 2021