Best Psychological 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 games.

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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 -89% 2.86€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Oct 2020
Murder House A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 22 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 -97% 0.74€
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 -70% 2.47€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Oct 2020
The Test: Final Revelation The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 12 Oct 2020
Schastye A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 27 Aug 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
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Price 1.49€
Rating 9.5
Release 26 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 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Aug 2020
INMOST Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Price -85% 2.03€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2020
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5 Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jul 2020
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 22 Jul 2020
It Steals AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 22 Jul 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 2.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Jun 2020
Unfortunate Spacemen An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Jun 2020
Those Who Remain As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Price -95% 1.15€
Rating 6.5
Release 28 May 2020
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 25 May 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
Enemy On Board Online (6v2) social deduction game that will ruin your friendships. 6 crew members, 2 murderous shape-shifting aliens. Trust No One.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 08 May 2020
The Test: Hypothesis Rising The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 27 Apr 2020
Locked Up The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Apr 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 -94% 0.42€
Rating 7.9
Release 10 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
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 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Mar 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 -90% 0.66€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 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 1.99€
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
The Suicide of Rachel Foster Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Price -94% 1.02€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 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 2.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2020

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189 players

29,090
1,067
Rating 9.4

80 players

28,522
1,629
Rating 9.3

74 players

12,433
510
Rating 9.3

60 players

66,212
7,260
Rating 8.9

53 players

5,114
198
Rating 9.3

35 players

1,152
111
Rating 8.6

23 players

2,432
527
Rating 7.9

21 players

6,057
158
Rating 9.4

14 players

2,513
632
Rating 7.7

12 players

1,988
670
Rating 7.3