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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The Mirror Lied This isn't a horror game. Nothing will jump out at you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Oct 2018
SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams A spin-off of the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA, Pipe Dreams tells a brand new story, with a new interface, live-action cast and horrors to unravel. Follow the story of Teddy as he tries desperately to break free from the hold of a cursed video game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Oct 2018
Viviette Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!

Price -86% 1.46€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Oct 2018
Accounting+ Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Price 11.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 18 Oct 2018
Infliction Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Price -85% 2.69€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Oct 2018
Wenjia Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.

Price 7.39€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Oct 2018
God's Basement God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Price -80% 2.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2018
President Yukino President Yukino is a Slice of Life RPG brought to you in Native English and Chinese by Kagura Games and Acerola. Follow Yukino on her quest to go to the same graduate school as her boyfriend. Find out what mischief and shenanigans await her as she tries to power through part-time jobs and exams!

Price -60% 4.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 11 Oct 2018
CINERIS SOMNIA "I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 Oct 2018
Giraffe Town A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Oct 2018
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.2
Release 28 Sep 2018
Virtual Virtual Reality A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Sep 2018
Pro Office Calculator A completely normal office calculator.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Sep 2018
Lake of Voices A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 28 Aug 2018
Greetings Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Aug 2018
Lucah: Born of a Dream FOR THE POWER AND GLORY; NOW AND FOREVER

Price -75% 2.43€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2018
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass One day, Jimmy looked inside.

Price -30% 10.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Aug 2018
Return. Take the lost soul to its home.

Price -25% 0.74€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Aug 2018
FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Jul 2018
Lynne Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Jul 2018
DERE EVIL EXE DERE EVIL EXE is both a terrifying thriller with a gripping meta horror story and a retro 16-bit pixel platformer with unique puzzles and obstacles.

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Jul 2018
CONCLUSE Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 29 Jun 2018
OK/NORMAL OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Jun 2018
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Price -35% 4.28€
Rating 9.2
Release 14 Jun 2018