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.
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We Happy Few
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
One day, Jimmy looked inside.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition
The VR Edition of the critically acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.
FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?
Depression The Game
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
DERE EVIL EXE
DERE EVIL EXE is both a terrifying thriller with a gripping meta horror story and a retro 16-bit pixel platformer with unique puzzles and obstacles.
Adolescent Santa Claus
This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing
Ultimate Custom Night
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
OK/NORMAL
OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
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.
Budget Cuts
Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!
Dinosaur Hunt Puzzle
Dinosaur Hunt Puzzle is a sliding puzzle game based on the artwork from original Dinosaur Hunt game.
Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Hentai 3018
Hentai 3018 - is casual puzzle game. You play as a girl that need to get out of the room. Try to find the exit door and not be caught by the enemy or die in the trap.
Trash Story
Trash style kinetic novel, created by one man. Short life story with naughty jokes, memes, author made pictures and not ordinary voiceover.
Fox Hime Zero
Yan, a student of natural history, encounters a cute and mysterious girl with fox ears while conducting routine scientific research at a remote observation cabin. This might be a "blessing" for the intrepid in the golden age of geographical discovery...
Mother Simulator
It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.