The Best Psychological Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Directive 8020 added at rank #32.
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Zapling Bygone (2022)

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

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.


  • metroidvania
  • souls
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • platform
  • psychological
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • horror
  • boss
  • action-adventure
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • precision-platform

32

Directive 8020 (2025)

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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.


  • survival-horror
  • space
  • choices
  • psychological
  • horror
  • dystopian
  • cinematic
  • futuristic
  • aliens
  • survival
  • drama
  • demons
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • interactive

33

Krimson (2024)

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

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.


  • psychological
  • dark
  • platform
  • rhythm
  • horror
  • psychedelic
  • precision
  • abstract
  • 2d
  • thriller
  • demons
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • fantasy

34

SIMULACRA (2017)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Android Mac OS IOS iPhone

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

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  • horror
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • fmv
  • choices
  • detective
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • malaysian
  • puzzle

35

Acceptance (2023)

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

A story-driven psychological thriller about the horrific consequences of a loved one's suicide.

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  • psychological
  • thriller
  • horror
  • story
  • romance
  • surreal
  • 2d
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • atmospheric
  • psychedelic
  • minimalist

36

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk (2021)

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Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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.


  • psychological
  • visual-novel
  • horror
  • psychedelic
  • multiple-endings
  • abstract
  • pixel
  • story
  • text

37

Insomnis (2021)

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

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

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  • horror
  • psychological
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • gore
  • survival-horror
  • demons
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • exploration

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Things Too Ugly (2025)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.


  • conspiracy
  • experimental
  • psychological
  • short
  • mystery
  • horror
  • simulation
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • immersive
  • retro
  • story
  • thriller
  • sci-fi
  • narrative

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The Creepy Syndrome (2023)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • investigation
  • logic
  • multiple-endings
  • pixel
  • choices
  • retro
  • survival-horror
  • historical
  • alternate
  • dark
  • mystery

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IRIS (2024)

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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 3 Xbox 360 gamecube xbox PC Windows ps2

IRIS is a psychological horror game with PS2-era graphics. Players navigate a young woman's dream world, confronting symbolic monsters representing her past traumas like poverty, bulimia, bullying, and loneliness. It emphasizes the pursuit of happiness amidst life's struggles.


  • horror
  • psychological
  • psychedelic
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • linear
  • anime
  • 1990s
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • cartoony
  • retro
  • atmospheric
  • nostalgia
  • immersive

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