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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi 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 -11% 7.19€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Nov 2015
THE GAME OF LIFE THE GAME OF LIFE showcases a beautifully rendered digital game board, cards and spinner that capture the fun of the Classic game full of adventure & surprises! THE GAME OF LIFE will take players on a journey where fortunes can be won…and lost!

Price -94% 0.41€
Rating 7.1
Release 03 Nov 2015
Boogeyman Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Nov 2015
Sonic Lost World When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!

Price -82% 5.66€
Rating 6.2
Release 02 Nov 2015
Sound of Drop - fall into poison - Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.

Price -80% 2.67€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Oct 2015
Bulb Boy One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

Price -84% 1.47€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Oct 2015
Pathologic Classic HD Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.

Price -95% 0.72€
Rating 8.5
Release 29 Oct 2015
Morphine An independent story-based cinematic FPS game describing the drama of a student 's. Story is based on experienced emotions.

Price -74% 0.78€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 Oct 2015
The Park® Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Price 12.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Oct 2015
A Wolf in Autumn A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2015
Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 21 Oct 2015
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Price -90% 0.51€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Oct 2015
Masochisia A young man discovers through a series of hallucinations that he will grow up to become a violent psychopath. How will he respond to these revelations? Can he change his fate? Can you even... change fate...

Price 7.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 09 Oct 2015
The Beginner's Guide The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Price -50% 4.87€
Rating 8.6
Release 01 Oct 2015
Ninja Pizza Girl Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.

Price 6.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 30 Sep 2015
Who Is Mike - A Visual Novel You wake up with an aching head and the world out of focus. In front of you is a man accusing you of being “fake”. He looks exactly like you, down to the last scar and pimple, has the same memories, the same voice and the same personality. But who is lying and who is telling the truth? Who is fake and who is real?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Sep 2015
Nevermind Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 Sep 2015
Stairs STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...

Price -57% 5.62€
Rating 6.6
Release 28 Sep 2015
123 Slaughter Me Street Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.

Price -89% 0.46€
Rating 6.6
Release 25 Sep 2015
SOMA From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Price -66% 9.86€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 Sep 2015
Undertale UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Price -75% 2.49€
Rating 9.6
Release 15 Sep 2015
Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you.

Price -88% 2.94€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Sep 2015
The Juicer The game is a cheerful shooter with a user-friendly gameplay in an original setting.

Price 10.79€
Rating 8.2
Release 11 Sep 2015
STASIS STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Price -84% 1.38€
Rating 7.9
Release 31 Aug 2015
Close Your Eyes [Old Version] A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 31 Aug 2015
Stray Cat Crossing Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Aug 2015
Port of Call Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 28 Aug 2015
Fran Bow Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Price -12% 13.31€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Aug 2015
The Black Watchmen Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Aug 2015
Amnesia™: Memories You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

Price -90% 1.07€
Rating 8.8
Release 25 Aug 2015
the static speaks my name A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Aug 2015
Fingerbones Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Aug 2015
Gynophobia Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 31 Jul 2015
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Jul 2015
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 23 Jul 2015
Borderless Gaming Borderless Gaming: Seamlessly play games in borderless full-screen mode for uninterrupted gaming and effortless multitasking.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Jul 2015

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