Psychological Hidden Gems 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 games.

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Lighthouse Keeper This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

Price 1.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 22 Nov 2020
Aurora: A Child's Journey Guide Aurora through this beautiful adventure using her imagination to discover who's responsible for the fire that is ravaging her village and its surroundings.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Nov 2020
Stowaway An 10 player online social deduction game inspired by games like Among Us & Town of Salem, where the stowaway is tasked with killing the crew before they reach land!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Nov 2020
Iwaihime From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

Price -90% 2.53€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Oct 2020
The Signifier Director's Cut This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Price -98% 0.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 15 Oct 2020
Lucifer Within Us Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.

Price -90% 2.14€
Rating 7.2
Release 15 Oct 2020
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Price -76% 2.01€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Oct 2020
MOTHER MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Aug 2020
My Exercise Let's do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Aug 2020
The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening 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 -40% 1.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Aug 2020

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Jul 2020
The Swine Say goodbye to southern hospitality in the backwoods of rural America. The Swine is a short horror experience that explores isolation, witchcraft, and unforeseen consequences in your rural homestead.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Jun 2020
[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明 Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Jun 2020
The Confession Ever wondered how much of a kinky pervert you are? Ever wanted to know what your fate entails for being such a kinky pervert? Answer a series of disgustingly hilarious, immoral questions to reveal ridiculous scenarios & unlock the answers you seek...

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 May 2020
OBEY OBEY is an asymmetrical multiplayer game. In many games you send commands to teammates or AI units. In OBEY you command your (human) opponents, or are commanded by them. Players are always free to obey/disobey. And everyone deals with the consequences of their own decisions.

Price 6.59€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 May 2020
The Shattering The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 21 Apr 2020
Heal Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

Price -89% 0.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 10 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
Heaven Dust When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.

Price -92% 0.58€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 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
H-Rescue You want the girls ? You want to become a Hero ? You have to rescue em all ! H-Rescue is a game that combines match-2, simple puzzle and beauties. How the story goes is base on your choices, and the fate of the girls will be in your hands. Beware the bad choices. But first, CAN YOU RESCUE EM ALL ?

Price 1.59€
Rating 7.3
Release 29 Jan 2020
My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Dec 2019
Interrogation: You will be deceived As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

Price -96% 0.54€
Rating 7.4
Release 05 Dec 2019
Mosaic Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.

Price -87% 2.65€
Rating 7.0
Release 05 Dec 2019
[Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Nov 2019
Demons Never Lie Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Oct 2019
Dry Drowning Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Price -93% 1.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Aug 2019
Clea Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.

Price -19% 9.46€
Rating 9.0
Release 10 Jul 2019
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.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Jul 2019
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!

Price -12% 8.64€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Jun 2019
Koral Koral, a love letter to the ocean. Dive into the beautiful underwater world as a sea current. Solve puzzles to bring back to life coral reefs and spread the beauty of the oceans in different sea ecosystems.

Price -80% 2.49€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 May 2019
Strange Telephone Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.

Price -91% 0.48€
Rating 7.8
Release 21 Jan 2019
God's Basement God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2018
Virtual Virtual Reality A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Sep 2018
Ria's Hook Ria's journey to the strange storm...

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Apr 2018
Her Lie I Tried To Believe Her Lie I Tried To Believe is a short kinetic novel about the persisting hatred of a boy throughout his life, the destructive relationship that was born from it, and the consequences he had to face as a direct result.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 02 Apr 2018

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