Best Psychedelic games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated psychedelic games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free psychedelic games are available at the bottom of the page.

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Hylics

Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 02 Oct 2015

Dropsy

Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Sep 2015

oO

"oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Jul 2015

Dreaming Sarah

Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

Price -68% 1.61€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 Mar 2015

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

Price 9.90€
Rating 9.0
Release 04 Mar 2015

Requiem: Desiderium Mortis

Requiem: Desiderium Mortis is a Free-to-Play MMORPG set in a dark distant world where an event known as the "Thanatos Incident" rendered the world almost unlivable. Create your own biological weapon known as a Temperion and experience the horrors that grip Ethergia.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 04 Mar 2015

HyperRogue

A truly non-Euclidean tactical puzzle/roguelike!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Jan 2015

FOTONICA

Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

Price -80% 2.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Nov 2014

Schein

Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

Price -47% 2.65€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Oct 2014

Heavy Bullets

Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Sep 2014

Boson X

Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Sep 2014

Morphopolis

Morphopolis is about transformation and discovery. Morphopolis takes you on a puzzle adventure through a fantastical insect world. Starting as an aphid grub, you embark on an epic journey of metamorphosis toward your spawning ground.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Aug 2014

Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time

Mr. Firebird's time machine has gone haywire and Putt-Putt's® best pal Pep, is lost somewhere in time.

Price 6.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 May 2014

Vangers

Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.

Price 6.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Apr 2014

NaissanceE

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Feb 2014

Master Reboot

Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Oct 2013

Sparkle 2 Evo

Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world?

Price -61% 1.94€
Rating 7.0
Release 24 Oct 2013

Soundodger+

Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Oct 2013

Shelter

Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.2
Release 28 Aug 2013

Antichamber

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Price 18.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 31 Jan 2013

Super Hexagon

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Nov 2012

Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.6
Release 23 Oct 2012

Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement

The original puzzle adventure game based on twisted William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 22 Oct 2012

The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2

The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

Price -75% 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 May 2012

Most played psychedelic games on Steam

Take a look at the top psychedelic games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 19th 2025.

1. Picayune Dreams

Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...] Picayune Dreams is a bullet hell, psychedelic and action roguelike game developed by Stepford, Andyland and milkypossum and published by 2 Left Thumbs. Released on December 04th 2023 has received 3,000 reviews of which 2,964 were positive and 36 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.4
2,964
36

59
players

2. Everhood 2

AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon! Everhood 2 is a psychedelic, music and indie game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca and published by Foreign Gnomes. Released on March 04th 2025 has received 1,783 reviews of which 1,346 were positive and 437 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
7.3
1,346
437

56
players

3. Everhood

An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride. Everhood is a great soundtrack, music and story rich game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca and published by Foreign Gnomes and Surefire.Games. Released on March 04th 2021 has received 13,277 reviews of which 12,650 were positive and 627 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.3
12,650
627

55
players

4. Juice Galaxy

Juice Galaxy is a happy place to fly around and smack things and drink juice. And explore things. And just, flip around doing stuff. Juice Galaxy is a early access, psychedelic and physics game developed by Fishlicka and published by J4D3D LLC. Released on November 22nd 2023 has received 8,082 reviews of which 7,958 were positive and 124 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.5
7,958
124

34
players

5. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a psychological horror, visual novel and psychedelic game developed and published by Nikita Kryukov. Released on December 16th 2021 has received 18,285 reviews of which 17,748 were positive and 537 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.5
17,748
537

25
players

6. Hylics 2

A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario. Hylics 2 is a rpg, surreal and psychedelic game developed and published by Mason Lindroth. Released on June 22nd 2020 has received 2,915 reviews of which 2,837 were positive and 78 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.3
2,837
78

15
players

7. Thumper

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future. Thumper is a rhythm, indie and action game developed and published by Drool. Released on October 10th 2016 has received 4,187 reviews of which 3,846 were positive and 341 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
8.9
3,846
341

12
players

8. Post Void

Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again. Post Void is a fps, psychedelic and fast-paced game developed and published by YCJY Games. Released on August 06th 2020 has received 10,771 reviews of which 10,464 were positive and 307 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.4
10,464
307

9
players

9. Angel at Dusk

Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires! Angel at Dusk is a action, bullet hell and shooter game developed by Akiragoya and published by Henteko Doujin and Sanuk Inc.. Released on January 12th 2024 has received 1,344 reviews of which 1,330 were positive and 14 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
9.3
1,330
14

8
players

10. Happy Game

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again? Happy Game is a horror, cute and psychedelic game developed and published by Amanita Design. Released on October 28th 2021 has received 2,825 reviews of which 2,543 were positive and 282 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played psychedelic games.
8.6
2,543
282

8
players

Best deals on psychedelic games on Steam

Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of psychedelic games available on Steam right now, updated on April 19th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted psychedelic games.

1. Californium

Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ? Californium is a psychedelic, sci-fi and experimental game developed by Darjeeling, Nova Production and ARTE France and published by ARTE France. Released on February 17th 2016 has received 383 reviews of which 269 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. Featuring a massive 83% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for psychedelic category.
6.7
269
114

-83% 5.88€ 1.00€

2. Happy Game

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again? Happy Game is a horror, cute and psychedelic game developed and published by Amanita Design. Released on October 28th 2021 has received 2,825 reviews of which 2,543 were positive and 282 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 68% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in psychedelic games.
8.6
2,543
282

-68% 13.31€ 4.26€

3. The Artful Escape

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers. The Artful Escape is a adventure, music and indie game developed by Beethoven and Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive. Released on September 09th 2021 has received 1,653 reviews of which 1,527 were positive and 126 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 67% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in psychedelic games.
8.8
1,527
126

-67% 18.42€ 6.08€

Free psychedelic games on Steam

Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play psychedelic games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 19th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play psychedelic games.

1. IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen

Welcome to the IKEA Virtual Reality kitchen experience, where you can make some virtual pancakes. Our IKEA kitchen specialist will guide you through some of the key aspects of a well-planned kitchen. And look out for the instructions that will help you to prepare those perfect pancakes. IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen is a psychedelic and vr game developed and published by IKEA Communications AB. Released on May 29th 2017 has received 361 reviews of which 261 were positive and 100 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free psychedelic games on Steam.
6.9
261
100

1
players

2. The Last Job

What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience. The Last Job is a horror, psychological horror and psychedelic game developed and published by DefinitelyNotScaryGames. Released on December 07th 2022 has received 381 reviews of which 256 were positive and 125 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free psychedelic games on Steam.
6.4
256
125

1
players