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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Intruders: Hide and Seek Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game, an intense thriller combining intense psychological terror with the point of view of a defenseless boy.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 26 Sep 2019
Tales of the Black Forest In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 25 Sep 2019
The Long Drive Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Price 15.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Sep 2019
The Executioner The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

Price 8.19€
Rating 6.4
Release 25 Sep 2019
Palmyra Orphanage Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2019
[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2019
Fishy Fishy is a 3D platormer. you play as a fish very far from home . traveling trough 5 worlds such as a jungle oasis to under water to the frozen tundra to inside a volcano to lastly to outer space

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 20 Sep 2019
Little Misfortune Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Price -49% 8.66€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Sep 2019
AI: The Somnium Files Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Sep 2019
[Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 06 Sep 2019
Pizza Game Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 06 Sep 2019
Blair Witch A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Price -98% 0.69€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Aug 2019
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.

Price -90% 2.17€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 Aug 2019
Great Toilet Simulator Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Aug 2019
DARQ: Complete Edition DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

Price -95% 0.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 15 Aug 2019
The Song of Saya Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 Aug 2019
Apsulov: End of Gods In this future viking horror you awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to research and exploit the worlds of Yggdrasil, and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago.First person with a futuristic Norse mythology story. Horror adventure in the realms of Yggdrasil.

Price -80% 4.03€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Aug 2019
Silver Chains Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Price -99% 0.40€
Rating 6.7
Release 06 Aug 2019
异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 02 Aug 2019
The Designer's Curse Chapter 2 is OUT NOW! The first chapter of an unforgettable survival horror experience. Solve puzzles and work your way through this terrifying place. You may be more familiar with it than you initially think.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Jul 2019
Kindergarten 2 Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.4
Release 29 Jul 2019
The Blackout Club The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed.

Price -98% 0.71€
Rating 7.5
Release 29 Jul 2019
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 25 Jul 2019
People Playground Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.8
Release 23 Jul 2019
DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation Show the Spirits the power of love and save the world in this romantic visual novel!

Price -87% 5.11€
Rating 9.1
Release 23 Jul 2019
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi 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 6.59€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Jul 2019
Detective Girl of the Steam City Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Jul 2019
Break the Game This game is about Kevin, He's been stuck in his gaf̶̨s̨fẃ̵̕ HEY, YOU, STAY AWA̸̧͘Y, IT'S ME KEVIN, THERE'S NO POINT, D҉Ò̷̕N̸̕͏'T-- Follow him in this adventurous and humor-filled story to d̶̢͙̟̦̺̰̫̙̋̊͐̐͑͋̈́̕̕͝ die

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.0
Release 15 Jul 2019
Clea Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.

Price -19% 9.46€
Rating 9.0
Release 10 Jul 2019
We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port] a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 09 Jul 2019
Monsters of Little Haven At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Jul 2019
Seen A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 20 Jun 2019
The logic of the miniature garden Guide your adventure with beautiful girls through the mysterious campus. Adventure aside, this game also draws a vivid picture of the darkness filled inside Hakoniwa City. As a human the protagonist can't do much about it, but he has been observing. What will he see?

Price -80% 1.95€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Jun 2019
Duck Season PC An experimental first person narrative sending you back to Summer 1988 and you have a one day rental of Duck Season. Dive into the mystery and work through the hidden secrets spilling out of the cursed cartridge. The full hit VR game playable on your traditional flat screen!

Price -12% 8.64€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Jun 2019
Shattered Lights Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jun 2019
The Lar Become an experiment and flee with friends from this chaotic and amazing place. And as the exploration deepens, the truth gradually emerges...

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 10 Jun 2019

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