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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Skautfold: Usurper Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.

Price -92% 0.80€
Rating 6.6
Release 20 Feb 2018
4D Minesweeper 4D Minesweeper brings the classic mechanics of Minesweeper into the fourth dimension and adds some new features to it.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Feb 2018
Bear With Me - Collector's Edition The Bear With Me - Collector's Edition contains all three episodes, telling the whole story of Amber and Ted. It also includes the original soundtrack, a digital art book and full puzzle and script design documents.

Price -74% 2.61€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Feb 2018
Indecision. A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Price -84% 0.48€
Rating 8.0
Release 08 Feb 2018
We Were Here Too As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Price -94% 0.64€
Rating 7.9
Release 02 Feb 2018
Remothered: Tormented Fathers Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Price -96% 0.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Jan 2018
The Sand Man “I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Jan 2018
A Dump in the Dark Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 24 Jan 2018
Rapid Tap Enjoy a fun, grid tapping game that gets faster the more you play. See how long you can last tapping the flashing buttons. Now with a bunch of fun skins!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Jan 2018
Gay World 2 Minigames - In 1 mode you play as a officer Gaypolice who must arrest all straight people. In 2 modes you play as a straight person, travelling to GAYLAG, where you need to squat on bottles.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Jan 2018
Play With Me: Escape Room See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

Price 3.15€
Rating 6.1
Release 17 Jan 2018
Mouse (Sneaking) In this runner game, you play as a mouse who has stolen cheese as much as you can.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Jan 2018
The Crooked Man There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Jan 2018
Abasralsa Find out the story of a simple crazy Vlad who lies on his bed imagines a crazy journey.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 12 Jan 2018
永远消失的幻想乡 ~ The Disappearing of Gensokyo "The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!

Price 10.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jan 2018
Rusty Lake Paradise Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Jan 2018
Yume Nikki This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 09 Jan 2018
Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End "All ended well.There was nothing to grieve about." A farewell, and a greeting.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 04 Jan 2018
Real Pool 3D - Poolians Real Pool 3D (Poolians) is one of the best online pool games. Play against the computer or real players all over the world! It supports 8 different types of pool games and team play mode.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Jan 2018
SCP: Secret Laboratory Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Dec 2017
Sakura no Mori † Dreamers Who is the one hiding deeply in abyss? The Devil? The Killer? or—Yourself?

Price 17.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Dec 2017
Long Live Santa! Santa is dead. Now the remaining bearded men of the Norwegian wilderness must fight to the death. Will you be the next Santa, or die in the snow? Punch, slice, outwit your way to a fulfilling new seasonal job in this online PvP third-person fighter!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 19 Dec 2017
Richie's Plank Experience You're on a plank, 80 stories high. Knees shaky, palms sweaty. You have a choice. Do you walk or do you freeze? Richie's Plank is the only VR experience that lets you clone any real-world plank into the virtual world for 2X the immersion.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Dec 2017
Loot Box Quest The spiritual successor to DLC Quest! Earn that sense of pride and accomplishment in the way that only repetitive clicking can deliver. It's a clicker game, so chill out, have a few chuckles, and watch numbers get bigger while the industry burns around us all.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Dec 2017
Emily Wants to Play Too No one believed the pizza guy. They kept the dolls. A sandwich delivery guy is on his way to Central Evidence. He is not ready for what he finds. Emily and the dolls are back with new friends, scares and more. Use stealth and strategy to survive their unique games in this survival horror.

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 13 Dec 2017
I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling Do you love opening loot crates, but hate the tedious gameplay sessions in between? Our marketing department has the game for you! Unbox random items! Get stuff, but not what you really want! Skate legal and ethical lines! Remember kids, its only a video game, so grab your parents credit card!

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 11 Dec 2017
Ukrainian ball in search of gas You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 08 Dec 2017
Umineko: Golden Fantasia The tag-team fighting game based on the original "Umineko When They Cry" series, finally released on Steam, in English and with improved rollback netplay!

Price 22.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 08 Dec 2017
Hello Neighbor Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Price -93% 2.29€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Dec 2017
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Price -37% 4.41€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Dec 2017
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 04 Dec 2017
Piggy Poggy Pog Piggy Poggy Pog - is quite a complex, nice-looking 2D platformer in which you must escape from the farm playing for a pig named Poggy . In this game you go through the levels, collecting a certain number of acorns.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 28 Nov 2017
Desert Bus VR Desert Bus is back and better than ever! The 1998 Penn and Teller cult hit mini-game is coming to virtual reality, so you can fully immerse yourself in the thrilling eight-hour trip from Arizona to Nevada. It’s almost like you’re driving the “wheel” thing!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Nov 2017
Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.

Price 27.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Nov 2017
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 16 Nov 2017
Need For Drink “Need For Drink” is a casual multiplayer game about competition between the spouses: a drunkard husband and his brawler wife.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 03 Nov 2017

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