Psychological horror games

There are tons of Psychological horror games offering a variety of entertaining yet educational experiences related to Psychological horror. Players can learn about the Psychological horror in an interactive way, as the games are designed to be fun and engaging. The games range from simple arcade-style challenges to more complex strategic puzzles. All these Psychological horror games feature vibrant, colorful graphics and simple, easy-to-understand instructions, so even the youngest players can join in on the fun.

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Silent Hill 2 is a horror video game that follows the story of James, who lives three years after his wife's death. He receives a mysterious letter from her, asking him to meet in Silent Hill - a place with deep personal meaning for them both. With no other choice but to follow the request, he embarks on an adventure full of surreal horror and real danger as he searches for answers in Silent Hill.
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (2021)

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is a critically-acclaimed psychological horror story in which the player takes on the role of the main character and joins a literature club in search of romance. Through writing poems for their crush, they unravel the mysteries (and horrors) of school romance. With new features and content exclusive to this version, players will have to carefully consider every choice they make if they want to get the perfect ending.
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Observer: System Redux

Observer: System Redux (2020)

Observer: System Redux is a video game set in the year 2084, where the world is a dark cyberpunk dystopia. Players take on the role of neural police detective and must hack into the minds of suspects to uncover clues that will help them catch an elusive killer. The game features advanced technology and psychological horror elements as players explore memories, thoughts, and feelings to solve puzzles and progress through each investigation.
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Undertale

Undertale (2018)

Undertale is an RPG video game that follows a human who falls into the underground world of monsters. The player must find their way out or remain trapped forever. Killing is not necessary and players can negotiate their way out of danger using the unique battle system which involves timing attacks for extra damage and dodging enemy attacks in a top-down shooter style. The game features original art and soundtrack, as well as a soulful story with an emphasis on humor. Created mostly by one person, Undertale offers characters to befriend and even date (including skeletons). There are at least five dogs throughout the game - can you count them?
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is an action-adventure game in which the protagonist, Link, is thrown into a parallel world by the mischievous actions of a possessed Skull Kid. In this new land, Termina, its citizens are facing a dangerous situation due to the dark power of an ancient relic known as Majora's Mask. The most pressing problem however is that a suicidal moon is quickly falling towards them and Link must find out how to stop it within 72 hours or their entire world will be destroyed.
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Silent Hill

Silent Hill (1999)

Silent Hill is a survival horror video game in which the player takes on the role of a father searching for his daughter who has gone missing in the eerie town of Silent Hill. The game follows an alternate dimension filled with gruesome and dark secrets -- a place between reality and hell where death is no escape. Players must follow a trail of blood and mutilation as they attempt to save their loved one from demonic forces that lurk within Silent Hill.
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (2017)

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is a video game that follows two groups of nine "unwilling participants" who have been kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location. One group is trapped on a boat with nine hours to escape before it sinks, while the other group is locked in a facility and must decide if they will trust or betray one another in order to survive. If either group fails to escape or breaks the rules, they will die. Players must solve puzzles, make moral decisions, and work together as teams in order to successfully complete the game.
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Visage

Visage (2020)

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game that takes place in an ever-changing house. Players are taken on a journey through eerie, yet strangely comforting environments filled with realistic and terrifying moments. The slow-paced atmosphere creates a genuinely frightening experience as players explore their surroundings and uncover the secrets of this mysterious home.
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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is a horror story video game that spans generations. Players take on the role of characters such as a Roman Centurion, Cambodian villager, or other characters in order to solve puzzles and slay supernatural beasts. To progress through the game, players must rely on their minds as well as their might to tackle this psychological thriller. The game features historically based events and locations such as the Somme battlefields, Angkor Wat temples, Persian deserts, and haunted vales of Rhode Island.
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Signalis

Signalis (2022)

Signalis is a surreal retrotech video game where players take on the role of Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost partner and dreams. As they explore this mysterious world, they will uncover terrifying secrets, confront nightmarish creatures, and solve challenging puzzles. With an atmosphere of cosmic dread and psychological survival horror, Signalis promises to be an intense and melancholic experience that will keep gamers on the edge of their seats.
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (2016)

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is a video game that puts the player in difficult moral situations, testing their capacity to make tough decisions. The fate of humanity rests on their shoulders and they will have to choose between salvation and damnation. Players must balance their morality against survival as they explore a post-apocalyptic world filled with obstacles and puzzles. As they grapple with life or death choices, players will experience both the highs of victory and the lows of defeat as they strive for freedom from an impending age of ruin.
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In Sound Mind

In Sound Mind (2021)

In Sound Mind is an imaginative psychological horror game from the creators of Nightmare House 2. Players awaken in a mysterious building and explore its corridors, encountering victims exposed to experimental therapy. Bizarre visions lead players to fight imposing horrors as they search for answers and rely on their instincts and a cat named Tonia. With frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone, In Sound Mind offers a witty first-person horror experience set within the inner workings of one's own mind.
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Catherine: Full Body

Catherine: Full Body (2019)

Catherine: Full Body is a video game that follows the story of Vincent, our indecisive protagonist. After five years with his long-time girlfriend Katherine, he finds himself in an affair with the provocative blonde bombshell Catherine. His infidelity throws him into discord and he seeks solace in the innocent Rin, further complicating matters. To make things worse, Vincent begins having nightmares where he must climb for his life to survive. Will he be able to make it through the trials and tribulations of love unscathed or will succumb to temptation?
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Outlast

Outlast (2013)

Outlast is a horror video game set in the desolate mountains of Colorado. The player takes on the role of journalist Miles Upshur who has been tipped off by an inside source about the secretive activities going on at Mount Massive Asylum, recently re-opened by Murkoff Corporation's "research and charity" branch. Upon breaking into the facility, Miles discovers something walking a terrifying line between science and religion, nature and something entirely different. His only hope for escape lies with uncovering what lurks at the heart of Mount Massive.
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Thumper

Thumper (2017)

Thumper is an intense rhythm game that combines classic rhythm-action, blistering speed and brutal physicality. Players take control of a metallic beetle as they navigate through psychedelic highways filled with obstacles and enemies. The player must time their actions to the beat while trying to survive these treacherous pathways. With its fast paced action and intense soundtrack, players will find themselves immersed in a unique experience unlike any other video game out there.
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Layers of Fear 2

Layers of Fear 2 (2021)

In Layers of Fear 2, players take on the role of a Hollywood actor who is invited by an enigmatic director to star in a film aboard an ocean liner. As they explore this mysterious and unsettling world, they'll uncover secrets from their own past that explain why they were cast for this production. Players must brave their fears and uncover the truth while fighting against those seeking to stop them.
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Conarium

Conarium (2017)

Conarium is a horror video game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's novella At the Mountains of Madness. Set after the original story, it follows four scientists as they attempt to challenge the "absolute" limits of nature with unexpected consequences. Players must explore strange and otherworldly locations while uncovering clues in order to progress through a gripping narrative that will keep them on the edge of their seats until the very end.
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Song of Horror

Song of Horror (2019)

Song of Horror is a survival horror adventure video game where players must face the mysterious and unpredictable manifestations of an Eldritch AI, known as "the Presence". The outcome of each playthrough will be unique, as the AI reacts to how players interact with their environment. Players are in for a different experience every time they play Song of Horror.
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008)

Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action thriller video game by Sega. Players take on the role of former Serial Crimes Unit investigator Ethan Thomas, who has been called back to duty to track down his missing partner. The player must use their deductive skills and brute force to hunt down sadistic serial killers in an environment filled with psychological terror. Combat utilizes firearms, blunt instruments and a new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains, grapples and holds for survival. To help track the killer, players can use high-tech forensic tools such as fingerprint scanners and cameras. Additionally, Condemned 2: Bloodshot introduces online multiplayer modes including deathmatch for added replayability.
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Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Remothered: Tormented Fathers (2018)

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a pure and realistic survival horror video game that puts players in the shoes of Rosemary Reed. Rosemary visits Dr. Felton’s house to investigate mysterious events that have been occurring there, only to find out he is being held against his will by an unknown entity. Players must use stealth tactics to avoid danger or face deadly consequences as they explore the mansion and unravel its dark secrets. Along the way, they will encounter puzzles, traps, and terrifying enemies as they attempt to save Dr. Felton from whatever lies ahead in this gripping adventure full of suspenseful twists and turns.
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Neverending Nightmares

Neverending Nightmares (2016)

Neverending Nightmares is a psychological horror video game created by developer Matt Gilgenbach, inspired by his own struggles with mental illness. Players take on the role of Thomas and explore his nightmares in an attempt to escape them. The game features a branching narrative which allows players to make choices that will have consequences for the story's outcome. Neverending Nightmares offers gamers an immersive experience full of suspense and fear as they uncover its secrets and discover what lies beyond their nightmares.
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Amnesia: Rebirth

Amnesia: Rebirth (2020)

In Amnesia: Rebirth, players take the role of Tasi Trianon who has awoken in a desolate desert of Algeria with her memory fragmented. Players must uncover their past and explore various environments to piece together their shattered memories while also managing limited resources. The game features a first-person narrative horror experience where players will have to face off against horrific creatures as they attempt to survive the pitiless horror that threatens them. In order to progress through the game, players must overcome puzzles, manage physical and mental resources wisely, and avoid letting out any fear or anger which could lead to their demise.
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Scorn

Scorn (2022)

Scorn is a first person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe full of odd forms and somber tapestries. In this dream-like world, players explore different interconnected regions in an isolated, non-linear fashion. Every area has its own story, puzzles, and characters that help create an immersive experience. As you progress through the game, you'll unlock new areas, acquire various skills and weapons to solve puzzles, and try to make sense of what's going on around you.
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Manhunt 2

Manhunt 2 (2007)

Manhunt 2 is a video game developed by Rockstar Games. It follows the story of Daniel Lamb and Leo Kasper, two surviving subjects of an experiment gone awry at a secret research facility. The Pickman Project will do whatever it takes to keep them from revealing the truth, but Daniel and Leo have other plans. They wake up in the Dixmor asylum with no memory of who they are or how they got there, but knowing that their only chance for freedom lies beyond the open cell door. Players must use stealth tactics to survive against enemies who will stop at nothing to hunt them down as they try to reclaim their lives and escape from captivity.
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The Inner Friend

The Inner Friend (2020)

The Inner Friend is an eerie video game that takes players through the fragmented memories and unresolved traumas of a troubled childhood. Players explore a nightmarish landscape, coming face to face with their worst fears and nightmares from childhood. As they progress through the game, they must overcome these fears in order to confront their inner friend and discover the truth hiding within them. It's an emotionally charged journey of self-discovery that will leave you questioning your own past experiences.
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The Medium

The Medium (2021)

The Medium is a horror-adventure video game from Bloober Team, in which the player takes on the role of a medium living in two different worlds: the real one and the spirit one. The main character is haunted by visions of a child's murder, driving them to an abandoned hotel resort that was once home to an unthinkable tragedy. With access to both worlds, they must uncover difficult answers as nothing is as it seems and everything has multiple sides. Accompanying this journey are dual soundtracks composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski and Akira Yamaoka - best known for his work on Silent Hill.
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Get Even

Get Even (2017)

Get Even is a first-person thriller video game in which the player follows Cole Black, who wakes up with no memory in an abandoned asylum. He has a strange technology fused to his head that allows him to read and replay memories. As he explores his own mind, he seeks the truth about his past while trying to rescue a teenage girl with a bomb strapped to her chest. The mystery deepens as he comes across Red, whose intentions are unclear. Throughout the game, players explore interactive environments and gradually uncover the story piece by piece while being asked important questions about justice and reality.
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The Park

The Park (2015)

The Park is a single-player horror experience developed by Funcom, set in an amusement park. Players take the role of Lorraine, a mother searching for her missing son, Callum. As players explore the amusement park they uncover dark and sinister secrets hidden within its attractions. The game focuses on atmosphere and suspense rather than jump scares or combat to provide a thrilling yet unsettling narrative-driven experience.
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Lust from Beyond

Lust from Beyond (2021)

"Lust from Beyond" is a horror video game set in the Victorian era. Players explore a mansion inhabited by an ancient cult that worships an erotic deity from another world. The game draws inspiration from the works of authors such as Lovecraft, Giger, and Beksiński to create a dark and surreal atmosphere filled with dread and ecstasy. Players take on the role of protagonist Victor Holloway as they uncover secrets about this mysterious cult and its otherworldly god, while trying to escape their grasp through puzzles and exploration.
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The Crow's Eye

The Crow's Eye (2017)

The Crow's Eye is a story-driven first person horror adventure set in the ominous Crowswood university. Players must learn to survive and investigate the disturbing fate of missing students. Crafting items, defending against threats, and adapting their knowledge of survival horrors will be essential for navigating this perilous environment. If players are unable to hide from unseen dangers, they may become the next victim themselves.
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Transference

Transference (2018)

Transference is a psychological thriller and the first game collaboration between SpectreVision and Ubisoft. It invites players to explore the digitally recreated memories of a man's obsession, in order to uncover the corrupted truth that lies within them. You will be projected into the digital consciousness of troubled case subjects, with your decisions potentially influencing their fate as you attempt to solve puzzles in order to escape this destructive tale.
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The Path

The Path (2009)

The Path is a slow horror game inspired by the classic Little Red Ridinghood story set in modern day. Players take control of six sisters, each with their own age and personality, as they are sent on an errand to visit their grandmother deep in the forest. The player has all the freedom to explore and experience without any ticking clocks or monsters to defeat, while most activities are entirely optional. Despite warnings from their mother to stay on the path and avoid wolves lurking in the woods, it's up to players if they will be able resist temptation and prevent this ancient tale from being retold.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker (2018)

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a mystery video game in which players assume the role of a psychiatrist trying to solve the mysterious murder of Dr. Dekker. The player must interview and treat the strange patients left behind by Dr. Dekker as they search for clues about who committed the crime, gathering evidence along the way. The murderer's identity is randomly generated, so players must use their wits and deduction skills to uncover it while also attempting to unravel the chaotic web of secrets left behind by Dr. Dekker before his death.
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Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (2015)

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters is a Japanese video game that follows a group of teenagers as they battle against evil spirits causing strange incidents across Tokyo. The player takes on the role of these young ghost hunters, using their special abilities and weapons to take down powerful ghosts in over 30 story missions spanning multiple districts of the city. Along with intense battles, players can also explore Tokyo's hidden secrets, unlock new weapons and items, and build relationships between characters through branching conversations. This unique blend of action-packed combat and interactive storytelling makes Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters an unforgettable gaming experience.
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Kholat

Kholat (2015)

Kholat is a video game inspired by the true event known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Players take on the role of an investigator trying to uncover the truth behind nine missing Russian hikers who died in mysterious circumstances while searching for an area called Kholat Syakhl in 1959. The game features open-world exploration and aims to recreate the atmosphere of fear, horror, and mystery that surrounded this real-life incident. Players must use their wits and courage to survive harrowing encounters with supernatural entities as they search for clues leading to solving this decades-old mystery.
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Gray Dawn

Gray Dawn (2018)

Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller video game centered around Father Abraham, a priest on a mission to find the missing altar boy. Players explore beautiful yet terrifying worlds as they unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of the child. The game is infused with religious elements and offers an intriguing story for players to explore.
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We Happy Few

We Happy Few (2018)

We Happy Few is a retrofuturistic video game set in an alternative 1960s England, where you play as one of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from the drug-fuelled city of Wellington Wells. The world has been ravaged by war and rebuilt by delusionally happy people, and players must blend in with its inhabitants or risk being discovered. Features include procedurally generated worlds, different difficulties for new and experienced players alike, permadeath mode, three modes (sandbox, story & Wellie), unique soundtrack and fully voiced cinematic first person story. Players can choose their own style - filling basic needs to survive; learning how to interact with others; collecting items & recipes; crafting weapons & tools; fighting barehanded or using crazy weapons created; watching out for traps or even using them as advantages.
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Lust for Darkness

Lust for Darkness (2018)

Lust for Darkness is a psychological horror video game with an intriguing plot that follows the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and into a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński. The story revolves around seeking satisfaction on the border between two intertwined worlds, exploring erotic and occult themes along the way. Players must use their wits to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, overcome enemies, and ultimately find their own path to satisfaction in this dark world.
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The Charnel House Trilogy

The Charnel House Trilogy (2015)

The Charnel House Trilogy is a horror-adventure video game based on a single night aboard an ominous train bound for Augur Peak. Players take the role of Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling and Ben Chandler as Grub who must face the terrifying secrets hidden within the depths of the Sepulchre. Throughout this horrific journey players will be tasked with solving puzzles and deciphering clues in order to uncover what lies beneath. With its compelling story line and intense atmosphere, The Charnel House Trilogy promises to keep players on edge throughout their adventure.
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Yomawari: Night Alone

Yomawari: Night Alone (2016)

Yomawari: Night Alone is an isometric survival horror video game where the player takes control of a young girl and guides her through the streets of her hometown. This town has been overrun with unnerving spirits, and it's up to the player to help her find her missing dog and sister. The game features a unique art style, atmospheric sound design, and challenging puzzles that require thoughtful problem-solving in order to progress. Players must also be aware of their surroundings in order to avoid getting killed by lurking monsters. With its dark themes and detailed visuals, Yomawari: Night Alone offers an immersive experience for those willing to brave its dangers.
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Agony

Agony (2018)

Agony is a first-person survival horror video game set in the depths of hell. Players take on the role of a tormented soul with no memories of their past, and must use their special abilities to control people and possess demons in order to survive. With these powers, players can traverse dangerous environments and face off against demonic enemies while struggling to find a way out of hell.
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