The Best Psychological Games for Playstation 4

Update : Directive 8020 added at rank #19.
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Leila (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Enter the world of an everyday woman as you explore her past in this point & click narrative game. Hand-drawn animations bring her memories to life, and thought-provoking puzzles lay bare the reasons behind her choices. Immerse yourself in a story unfolds as you decipher its intricate pieces.


  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • story
  • narrative
  • narration
  • psychological
  • thought-provoking
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • adventure
  • soundtrack

2

The Exit 8 (2023)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".


  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • horror
  • immersive
  • surreal
  • first-person
  • simulation
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • modern
  • realistic

3

Centum (2025)

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Mac OS Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.


  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • narrative
  • philosophical
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • dark
  • gore
  • fiction
  • choices

4

Afterdream (2023)

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Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • emotional
  • walking-simulator
  • narration
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • story
  • surreal
  • fiction

5

BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH (2025)

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In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity lurking in the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late?


  • psychological
  • horror
  • philosophical
  • thriller
  • travel
  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • detective
  • time
  • surreal
  • emotional
  • anime
  • stealth
  • realistic
  • story

6

Terminal 81 (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

Thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, Lorena migrated to Terminal 81 to work, but what seemed like a simple Latin American neighborhood, it was a dangerous region dominated by a mysterious criminal organization that carries out murders, kidnappings and human trafficking.


  • horror
  • job
  • psychological
  • retro
  • mystery
  • noir
  • crime
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • open-world
  • capitalism
  • choices
  • immersive
  • emotional

7

OMORI (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • rpg
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • turn-based
  • story
  • japanese
  • stylized
  • party
  • dream
  • colourful

8

Martha Is Dead (2022)

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Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One

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.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • narration
  • walking-simulator
  • war

9

Ikai (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5

Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • survival-horror
  • thriller

10

Lunar Lander: Beyond (2024)

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Guide a roster of colorful pilots, eclectic advisors and state-of-the-art landers through a taxing series of missions. Deliver cargo, retrieve resources, and rescue stranded pilots as you navigate a mysterious universe of moons and planets.


  • psychological
  • space
  • perma-death
  • comic
  • flight
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • economy
  • horror
  • grunt
  • story
  • 2d
  • anime

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