Best Psychological Horror Games on Steam
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        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
      
      
        Show the Spirits the power of love and save the world in this romantic visual novel!
      
    
    
  
      
        People Playground
      
      
        Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
      
    
    
  
      
        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!
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        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
      
    
    
  
      
        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.
      
    
    
  
      
        We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
      
      
        a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
      
    
    
  
      
        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?
      
    
    
  
      
        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!
      
    
    
  
      
        Shattered Lights
      
      
        Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
      
    
    
  
      
        食用系少女 Food Girls
      
      
        "If we don’t pass the upcoming evaluation in 3 months, the snack street will be sold off?!"A production of Simon Creative and Storia, Taiwanese cuisine personification visual novel!
      
    
    
  
      
        Trover Saves the Universe
      
      
        From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
      
    
    
  
      
        狼と香辛料VR/Spice&WolfVR
      
      
        In order to achieve our dreams of entering the 2nd dimension, we will be making the popular light novel Spice and Wolf into a VR animation! Anime will evolve from something that is “seen” to something that is “experienced”...
      
    
    
  
      
        Smile For Me
      
      
        A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.
      
    
    
  
      
        missed messages.
      
      
        ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
      
    
    
  
      
        Draugen
      
      
        Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
      
    
    
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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