Best Psychological Horror Games

Based on critic scores and popularity, the top psychological horror games right now are The Outlast Trials, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and Amnesia: The Bunker. The list updates every day as new releases and reviews come in.

It is horror that plays with your mind rather than just your nerves. Instead of chasing you with monsters all the time, these games use isolation, guilt, unreliable memories and the feeling that something is wrong. Mouthwashing traps a small crew on a stranded spaceship where things slowly fall apart, and Senua's Saga: Hellblade II puts you inside the mind of a warrior who hears voices.

Amnesia: Rebirth is a nerve-shredding descent into darkness where you cannot fight back, Observer: System Redux makes you hack into the minds of suspects in a grim cyberpunk future, and Scorn drops you into a disturbing biomechanical world without a single word of explanation.

Yes - The Medium lets you explore two realities at the same time, the real world and the spirit world, and Get Even is a twisting thriller where you can never be sure what is real. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is a deadly puzzle game full of impossible choices. For more great stories, see our Story-Rich Games list.

Absolutely. Yomawari: Night Alone has a cute art style, but walking the streets at night as a little girl is surprisingly terrifying. MiSide starts like a cozy anime dating game and slowly turns into something much darker. And if you would rather be scared with friends, Lethal Company is a co-op horror game for a group of scavengers - see our Co-op Games list for more.