Best Psychological Horror Games on Steam
Horror games built from dread, perception, instability, guilt, and mental pressure.
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1Phasmophobia
- Players say: Investigate haunted locations alone or with up to three teammates, using ghost-hunting gear and observed behavior to identify spirits. Players like: Co-op with Friends · Ghost Deduction · Tense Investigations
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Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Sep 18, 2020
In this game, you can…
- use your real voice to taunt a ghost, and it can hunt you for what you say.
- ask a ghost questions, hear it answer "close" and "die," then get strangled while your friends photograph the body for cash.
- trigger a cursed item that starts a deadly round of hide-and-seek while you listen from a hiding spot.
- insult a ghost inside the house, and it can instantly lock the door and start hunting your teammate.
- sit in the truck watching cameras and sensors while your friends investigate inside and try not to get hunted.
- take a photo of a ghost standing over a collapsing teammate, and sell that death moment as mission-paying evidence.
- watch a ghost ignore everyone else during a hunt, beeline to the basement to stare at you, then walk away.
2Geometry Dash
- Players say: Tap in time to guide a geometric icon through music-synced hazards, mastering levels or building and sharing your own. Players like: Satisfying Level Clears · Precise Skill Challenges · Creative Community Levels
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Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Dec 22, 2014
In this game, you can…
- build full animations, minigames, and even whole games inside the level editor using massive chains of objects and logic-like setups.
- dive into millions of community-made levels and keep finding completely different stages, from quick showcases to absurdly hard challenges.
- get thrown from normal jumping into rocket flight, then into upside-down gravity, without stopping, while squeezing through spike corridors on the beat.
- control a character that runs on its own, and restart the whole level the instant you mess up.
- tap mid-air orbs to launch yourself, hit portals that flip gravity or change speed, and swap into flight or teleport movement mid-run.
- drop and remove checkpoints in practice, drill the nastiest transitions, then go back and clear the entire level in one clean run.
- play levels where the jumps and gravity flips are timed to the soundtrack, so the song effectively tells you when to move.
3Lethal Company
- Players say: As Company crew, scavenge scrap from dangerous abandoned moons, survive their creatures, and meet quotas with friends. Players like: Funny Co-op Moments · Horror-Comedy Balance · Varied Creature Encounters
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A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Oct 23, 2023
In this game, you can…
- sell every last scrap, then haul a teammate's body to the counter for the final few credits to hit quota.
- stay on the ship as mission control, use the terminal to open doors and spot threats, and talk your team back alive through the maze.
- listen to your friend's voice get muffled and cut off mid-sentence as a monster grabs them in proximity chat.
- hear a teammate dying over the radio while you keep scavenging, and the person guiding you keeps talking after they're already dead.
- open a trapped teleporter room, watch one rescue turn into a chain of monster attacks, and still have to find a way out.
- step into a mineshaft because your friends told you to, then they later find you cocooned and hanging from the ceiling.
- watch a teammate calmly warn you about a landmine, then immediately scream about a spider and get blown up mid-run.
- buy gear like jetpacks, ladders, and stun grenades, then accidentally turn them into hazards that kill your own crew.
4Undertale
- Players say: A human lost underground navigates a world of monsters, choosing whether to fight, spare, or befriend those they meet. Players like: Memorable Story · Distinctive Soundtrack · Meaningful Choices
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UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Sep 15, 2015
In this game, you can…
- decide whether to spare or kill every single character, and watch the dialogue, music, endings, and even boss behavior change.
- murder everyone on purpose and have the game treat it like a moral catastrophe that it remembers even when you try to play nice later.
- pet a dog over and over until the game reacts, then get carried across a river by a duck that picks you up and flies you over.
- talk enemies down and end fights without killing anyone.
- dodge enemy attacks in real time while you pick dialogue options to change what the enemy does next.
- accidentally kill one monster and end up on a different route, then reset and unlock a completely new pacifist path by sparing everyone.
- go on a date with a skeleton and build friendships that unlock new scenes and outcomes instead of just giving you stats.
- finish what feels like the ending, get pushed to rethink your choices, then replay and see huge route-specific scenes you missed.
5People Playground
- Players say: Experiment with physics-driven ragdolls in an open 2D sandbox, testing materials, causing damage, and building contraptions. Players like: Sandbox Freedom · Workshop Mods · Physics Experiments
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Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Jul 23, 2019
In this game, you can…
- tear maps open with explosives until wall panels fall away, revealing detailed pipes and wiring hidden behind the surface.
- strap rocket boosters to ragdolls, then escalate into spike-and-flamethrower traps and a machine that launches someone into space.
- swap a person's blood for other liquids, like acid or atomic-bomb ingredients, and watch their body chemically change and even glow green.
- kidnap three people, make them fight to the death, then set the last one free.
- wire generators, logic gates, and machines together into contraptions that mix electricity, fire, acid, bullets, syringes, and healing fields.
- spawn people with jetpacks and swords, then make them fight robots or other AI while you stage the whole arena.
- mess with the environment—temperature, rain, snow, lightning, ocean, lava, abyss—and use it to run controlled catastrophe experiments.
6Resident Evil 4
- Players say: As agent Leon Kennedy, fight through a hostile European village to rescue the president’s daughter with careful shooting and resource management. Players like: Knife Parries and Gunplay · Tense Horror Atmosphere · Varied Encounters
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Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Mar 23, 2023
In this game, you can…
- stun a villager and follow up by suplexing them onto the ground.
- board a minecart and ride it through a combat-heavy escape sequence that plays like an action set piece.
- hunt down regenerating enemies that crawl and leap at you while you search for their weak points.
- parry attacks with a knife instead of just getting grabbed.
- stun an enemy with a shot, then roundhouse-kick them into the crowd.
- sneak behind enemies and take them out with a silent kill.
- scavenge jewels and valuables, sell almost anything, then rebuild your weapons and upgrades chapter by chapter.
- fight a chainsaw-wielding maniac during an early village assault that turns into a full-on survival set piece.
- get thrown into a giant lake monster encounter where the water itself becomes a threat you have to respect.
7SCP: Secret Laboratory
- Players say: Survive a multiplayer containment breach as a human faction or SCP, escaping, hunting survivors, or fighting to secure the facility. Players like: Chaotic Social Matches · Distinct SCP Roles · Funny Player Encounters
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Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Dec 29, 2017
In this game, you can…
- die, then spectate as a monster uses your own recorded screams to lure other players into the same trap.
- play a wall-walking monster that kidnaps people into a pocket dimension where they must pick doors before they bleed out.
- touch-kill players as a plague doctor, then resurrect the people you killed so your victims come back as your team.
- sit in an elevator with an enemy, play music, and die together when the nuke goes off.
- upgrade your keycard, get swept into a nine-soldier escort squad, loop the facility lost, and still get wiped by the armed warhead.
- take hostages at gunpoint and run a "Family Guy Trivia" game where wrong answers get you shot.
- trigger a chain of chaos by leaving a blast door open, watch two monsters pour in, then get "adopted" by the statue and escorted to an endgame keycard.
- arm the nuke, weave through an infected horde you helped create, and sprint for the exit as the countdown hits zero.
8Doki Doki Literature Club!
- Players say: Join a school literature club, write poems for its members, and follow a visual novel with a psychological-horror edge. Players like: Surprising Story Turns · Memorable Horror · Distinct Characters
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The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Oct 6, 2017
In this game, you can…
- have a character break the fourth wall and address you like she knows you're at the computer.
- check the game's files for secrets as part of what the story is asking you to do.
- watch the story pretend to restart, then keep changing as it reveals it wasn't actually over.
- write poems by picking single words, each choice steering the poem toward a specific girl.
- pursue a childhood-friend romance, confess your love, and have the route end with her suicide.
- see dialogue and visuals degrade into corrupted-looking text as the game starts to fall apart.
- replay to shift who you spend time with and which poem words you pick, and uncover different storylines.
9Resident Evil Village
- Players say: As Ethan Winters, search a hostile village for your kidnapped daughter in first-person survival horror built around combat, puzzles, and scavenging. Players like: Ethan's Family Story · Atmospheric Locations · Horror-Action Variety
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Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
May 6, 2021
In this game, you can…
- get stripped of your gear and forced through an entire escape-room-like horror house with only puzzles and dread to rely on.
- get stalked through a giant castle by a nine-foot vampire lady while you solve puzzles and find hidden passages.
- hunt animals around the village, bring the meat to a merchant, and cook meals that permanently boost your stats.
- block a hit, shove an enemy back, then turn the shove into space to reload or craft before the next attack lands.
- find treasure in side paths, haul it back to a merchant, and turn it into weapon upgrades that carry into future playthroughs.
- fight a boss that transforms into a giant fish-like monster in a flooded reservoir, then chase the fight through shifting arenas.
- use the village as a hub you keep returning to, reopening locked routes with new gear to uncover optional minibosses and secrets.
- turn fights into improvised set pieces by triggering explosives, using flour clouds, moving shelves for cover, and aiming for weak points.
10Metro 2033 Redux
- Players say: As Artyom, cross Moscow’s underground and poisoned surface in a survival shooter, conserving ammo while fighting mutants and human foes. Players like: Oppressive Metro Atmosphere · Immersive Survival Pressure · Story and Setting
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In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
Aug 25, 2014
In this game, you can…
- fight while managing your gas mask: put it on, swap filters before you suffocate, and wipe blood and rain off mid-shootout.
- spend the same bullets as both ammunition and money, choosing between winning a fight now or affording supplies later.
- survive the Library by lowering your weapon and not making eye contact with the monsters, turning the encounter into a slow standoff.
- step onto the poisoned surface with only a gas mask, a ticking filter timer, and a visor you have to wipe clean by hand.
- run out of air filters, then scavenge replacements off corpses and dead explorers just to make it back underground.
- burn away cobwebs with a lighter to open up dark tunnels and hidden rooms.
- sneak through enemy camps by staying in darkness, silently knocking people out and slipping past guards while they take toilet breaks.
- play with no HUD and manually count ammo while navigating by a clipboard and compass in a harder immersion mode.
- reach different endings based on what you do, rewarding stealth, exploration, and how you treat people along the way.
