Best Psychological 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 psychological games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free psychological games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
KARMA: The Dark World
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
ZM Desktop Elf
Your cross-dimensional partner! This girl assistant will help you manage tasks, organize desktop, search files, and boost productivity. Customize her reactions with the behavior editor, and interact through outfits, touch, and conversation. She'll always be by yourside, creating wonderful memories.
Slender Threads
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Make Good Choices
You’re just trying to get home. It’s only a quarter mile. One street. What could go wrong.
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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[Bober Bros] The Hole
[Bober Bros] The Hole is a first-person horror game that explores the cracks in domestic life. Your neighbor’s drilling starts the nightmare, but the holes reveal dark secrets far deeper than any wall could hide. No cheap scares, only disturbing reality.
The Thing: Remastered
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
Mindlock - The Apartment
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Deathless Death
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
NO STRANGERS
An online horror game of exploration, teamwork and betrayal for 3-15 players.
DEATH NOTE Killer Within
DEATH NOTE Killer Within is an online social deduction game for up to 10 players. Players will be split into two teams with different objectives. To win the game, players will need to figure out each other’s identities and either eliminate L who threatens Kira's power or seize the Death Note.
Psychopomp GOLD
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
While We Wait Here
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
SILENT HILL 2
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Mouthwashing
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Katawa Shoujo
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Most played psychological games on Steam
Take a look at the top psychological games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 15th 2025.
1. The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual. The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is a psychological, dark comedy and story rich game developed and published by Kit9 Studio. Released on October 13th 2023 has received 27,684 reviews of which 26,737 were positive and 947 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played psychological game, thanks to its 1,742 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.4
26,737
947
1,742
players
2. Psychonauts 2
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers. Psychonauts 2 is a 3d platformer, story rich and singleplayer game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios. Released on August 24th 2021 has received 12,683 reviews of which 12,200 were positive and 483 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. While seeing 143 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among psychological games based on player count.
9.4
12,200
483
143
players
3. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a atmospheric, psychological and female protagonist game developed and published by Ninja Theory. Released on August 07th 2017 has received 72,996 reviews of which 65,808 were positive and 7,188 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. While seeing 129 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among psychological games based on player count.
8.9
65,808
7,188
129
players
4. Superliminal
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective. Superliminal is a puzzle, first-person and surreal game developed and published by Pillow Castle. Released on November 05th 2020 has received 29,823 reviews of which 28,214 were positive and 1,609 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played psychological games.
9.3
28,214
1,609
90
players
5. Among Us 3D: VR
Teamwork and betrayal in space! In this VR party game, Crewmates work together to complete tasks before one or more Impostors kill everyone aboard. Experience all of the same deception and deceit as the original game, but now in your own virtual spaceship. Among Us 3D: VR is a vr, multiplayer and horror game developed by Schell Games, Innersloth and Robot Teddy and published by Innersloth. Released on November 10th 2022 has received 2,640 reviews of which 1,976 were positive and 664 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played psychological games.
7.3
1,976
664
39
players
6. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is a visual novel, mystery and anime game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer. Released on May 15th 2015 has received 5,195 reviews of which 4,999 were positive and 196 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played psychological games.
9.3
4,999
196
38
players
7. A Space for the Unbound
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats. A Space for the Unbound is a story rich, pixel graphics and emotional game developed by Mojiken and published by Toge Productions. Released on January 19th 2023 has received 5,996 reviews of which 5,845 were positive and 151 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played psychological games.
9.4
5,845
151
35
players
8. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi is a visual novel, anime and mystery game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer. Released on June 17th 2016 has received 943 reviews of which 926 were positive and 17 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played psychological games.
9.2
926
17
14
players
9. Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling. Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling is a adventure, psychological and short game developed by silver978 and published by IndieArk. Released on March 09th 2023 has received 2,114 reviews of which 1,871 were positive and 243 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played psychological games.
8.5
1,871
243
9
players
10. NO STRANGERS
An online horror game of exploration, teamwork and betrayal for 3-15 players. NO STRANGERS is a casual, psychological and adventure game developed and published by Xeirel Software. Released on November 08th 2024 has received 1,256 reviews of which 1,077 were positive and 179 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played psychological games.
8.2
1,077
179
9
players
Best deals on psychological games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of psychological games available on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted psychological games.
1. Psychonauts 2
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers. Psychonauts 2 is a 3d platformer, story rich and singleplayer game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios. Released on August 24th 2021 has received 12,683 reviews of which 12,200 were positive and 483 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Featuring a massive 86% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for psychological category.
9.4
12,200
483
-86%
58.57€
8.20€
2. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a atmospheric, psychological and female protagonist game developed and published by Ninja Theory. Released on August 07th 2017 has received 72,996 reviews of which 65,808 were positive and 7,188 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 85% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in psychological games.
8.9
65,808
7,188
-85%
29.40€
4.41€
3. Martha Is Dead
Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war. Martha Is Dead is a psychological horror, story rich and psychological game developed by LKA and published by Wired Productions. Released on February 24th 2022 has received 3,078 reviews of which 2,464 were positive and 614 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 77% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in psychological games.
7.7
2,464
614
-77%
30.00€
6.90€
4. A Space for the Unbound
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats. A Space for the Unbound is a story rich, pixel graphics and emotional game developed by Mojiken and published by Toge Productions. Released on January 19th 2023 has received 5,996 reviews of which 5,845 were positive and 151 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 68% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for psychological games.
9.4
5,845
151
-68%
19.56€
6.26€
Free psychological games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play psychological games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play psychological games.
1. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is a visual novel, mystery and anime game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer. Released on May 15th 2015 has received 5,195 reviews of which 4,999 were positive and 196 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free psychological games on Steam.
9.3
4,999
196
38
players