Best Psychological Horror Games on Steam
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        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        [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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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..
      
    
    
  
      
        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...
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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…
      
    
    
  
      
        Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
      
      
        Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
      
    
    
  
      
        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 —
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        Unsorted Horror
      
      
        A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        Abandoned Souls
      
      
        Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
      
      
        Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
      
    
    
   
     
     
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