Best Psychological Horror Games on Steam

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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Ugly Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

Price -90% 1.96€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Sep 2023
Untitled Ghost Game Free multiplayer 2D ghost hunting game that you can play with friends created by a small game dev team.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Sep 2023
Squirrel Stapler Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.

Price -64% 2.84€
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Sep 2023
Vampire Mansion Explore the mansion, find a way to fight the vampires, find the key, and escape the mansion.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 08 Sep 2023
I'm on Observation Duty 6 As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Price 11.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Sep 2023
Void Stranger Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Sep 2023
Myths of Rules This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Aug 2023
The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Aug 2023
[Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2023
Town of Salem 2 A multiplayer online social deduction game for 7–15 players. Use deception, strategy, and teamwork to find the truth—or get away with murder.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 25 Aug 2023
Apartament 1406: Horror Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

Price 5.19€
Rating 7.2
Release 24 Aug 2023
ghostpia Season One "In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

Price -30% 13.65€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Aug 2023
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Price -30% 10.42€
Rating 6.6
Release 18 Aug 2023
Labyrinthine A co-op horror game like no other... Play with 1-8 players online as you solve puzzles, collect items and run from the horrors that lie within. Follow in the footsteps of Joan in the story mode or tackle procedurally generated maps that scale with your level and bring a fresh experience each game..

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Aug 2023
Only Up: With Friends Only Up: With Friends is a multiplayer parkour game where precision is essential. Race against your friends to the top by climbing a variety of dynamic obstacles. One mistake and its back to the start...

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Aug 2023
Garten of Banban 4 Explore the abandoned levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the residents of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 11 Aug 2023
My Furry Protogen 🐾 When your fate is determined by the universe itself, you don’t have many options. You can either oppose it until the very end or accept it for the rest of your life, but neither choice can change your destiny.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 Aug 2023
BOKURA BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Price 5.39€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Aug 2023
Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Aug 2023
Welcome to Kowloon This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 01 Aug 2023
Mandemon Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —

Price 3.00€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Aug 2023
Unsorted Horror A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Aug 2023
The Shell Part I: Inferno Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Price -73% 5.45€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jul 2023
Granny Remake Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door

Price -40% 4.67€
Rating 7.9
Release 19 Jul 2023
From Madness with Love This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.

Price 16.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 Jul 2023
Abandoned Souls Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 14 Jul 2023
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Jul 2023
Trepang2 Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.

Price -97% 1.08€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Jun 2023
Backrooms Society Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 19 Jun 2023
[Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備 Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Jun 2023
Layers of Fear The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Price -98% 0.89€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Jun 2023
Steam Engine Simulator The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.6
Release 07 Jun 2023
Amnesia: The Bunker Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Price -98% 0.62€
Rating 9.1
Release 06 Jun 2023
Homebody An interactive thriller about a group of friends haunted by the memories of their past while being hunted by a relentless killer. From The Game Grumps (Dream Daddy)

Price -96% 0.81€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Jun 2023
Midnight Witch Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 31 May 2023
Decarnation Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Price -53% 7.06€
Rating 8.4
Release 31 May 2023

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