Best Psychological Horror Steam Games on Sale
Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated psychological horror games.
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The Chant
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
The Past Within
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
Eternal Evil
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
The Classrooms
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
SIGNALIS
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
USAC: Code Breach
USAC: Code Breach™ is a unique coop experience set in a cyberpunk universe. As a special police unit, you and your partner are called in to investigate the unexpected shutdown of a high-tech research facility. Between reflection and action, you must survive a situation that is beyond you.
Chicken Feet
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.
Father's Day
"Father's Day" - a psychological thriller that is a spin-off and prequel to the game "Find Yourself". The dream of living happily ever after was destroyed after Phil lost his wife and son. Obsessed with the desire to return them, he develops a plan.
Psych
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Backrooms: Escape Together
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Title_Pending
Congratulations! You've been hired by an up and coming Game Development Studio to play-test their New Game (which as of now does not have a title). Not only that, you'll get to talk with the Lead Developer of the project, Matthew Stanton, who will give insight on his team's creative process.
Regular Human Workshop
Regular Human Workshop is a 2D physics simulation sandbox. There are no predefined goals or objectives. Simply throw objects into the world and interact with them in various ways.
Card Survival: Tropical Island
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Night At the Gates of Hell
From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.
SCP: Secret Files
SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.
DREAM LOGIC
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.
Train Sim World® 3
Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.
a pet shop after dark
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation
Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.
Desktop Girlfriend
Desktop Girlfriend is a desktop interactive girlfriend game that allows users to interact with their virtual girlfriend in various ways, such as interactive games, customizing her hairstyle, hair color, and more.
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
With an all-star dream lineup of characters from each Danganronpa game, gather Hope Fragments at a tropical resort. Explore Jabberwock Island and develop your Dangan characters. Gather money through battle and upgrade your equipment, then defeat bosses and move on to the next island!
Toilet Chronicles
Trapped in a public restroom. You’re not alone. You make bad decisions. Horror-comedy with multiple endings.
Before The Night
Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!
MADiSON
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Inside the Backrooms
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Trash Horror Collection
Welcome to a true 80's trash horror experience. This collection has 10 short horror games that you can freely choose which one you want to play.
The Quarry
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.