Best Psychological Horror Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated psychological horror games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Psychological Horror games on Steam.

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Cyrano Story Born from an Alternate Reality Game experience created by Alice & Smith in 2019, Cyrano Story is a complex puzzle game designed to ascend to intergalactic forces and give insight into the backstory of Funcom’s cosmic horror game Moons of Madness.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 16 Apr 2020
Receiver 2 Receiver 2 simulates every internal part of each firearm based on manufacturer schematics and gunsmithing resources. Learn exactly how each sidearm works, including how to load and unload them, clear malfunctions, and operate their safety features.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Apr 2020
We Went Back We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Apr 2020
MetaWare High School (Demo) How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Apr 2020
Sakura Succubus Sakura Succubus is a lewd visual novel about amassing a harem of sexy succubi. Featuring a cute idol, a domineering businesswoman, and a spacey social media star, there’s no shortage of women to woo!

Price -77% 2.33€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Mar 2020
Half-Life: Alyx Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Price 58.99€
Rating 9.7
Release 23 Mar 2020
I'm on Observation Duty 2 Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 8.5
Release 23 Mar 2020
Without a Voice In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Mar 2020
NOeSIS01_诉说谎言记忆物语 From behind the incidents, there hide the secret of the past.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Mar 2020
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015 A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Mar 2020
Last Floor Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.

Price -96% 0.49€
Rating 6.8
Release 16 Mar 2020
Super Bernie World Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 09 Mar 2020
The Horrorscope You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price -20% 1.59€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Mar 2020
Walking Simulator The year is 2020, world war III destroyed the civilized world. You are the last post carrier, tasked to get parcels from point A to B in the most barren and desolate places on earth.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Mar 2020
Return to Shironagasu Island A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Price -66% 1.35€
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Mar 2020
BEAR, VODKA, STALINGRAD!🐻 This time, Motherland sent you to fight vs Nazi forces in the ruins of the snowy Stalingrad. Kill enemies and conquer trophy weapons to get the maximum chance to survive.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Mar 2020
Folklore Hunter You’re a world-renowned hunter of supernatural beasts. Take on contracts and track down urban legends from all over the world. Gather resources, set traps, prepare your equipment, use your hunter instincts, and defeat the beasts before they stop you.

Price -20% 7.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Feb 2020
The Test You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price -20% 1.59€
Rating 9.5
Release 24 Feb 2020
Rhome Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Feb 2020
[Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2020
Metro Exodus Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Price -85% 4.59€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Feb 2020
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs Feel relaxed into this mental vacation as Sakuya Izayoi from the Touhou Project guides you through your troubles by offering helpful advice and strategies to help you feel at ease.

Price 0.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 10 Feb 2020
LOEK LOEK is a FPS where the goal is to shoot farm animals with a rocket launcher.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 10 Feb 2020
Kill or Love A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Feb 2020