The Best Psychological Games

Update : SECLUSION added at rank #1.
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SECLUSION (2025)

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early access PC Windows

The walls listen...

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  • psychological
  • first-person
  • resource-management
  • cinematic
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • horror
  • investigation
  • fiction
  • dystopian
  • lovecraftian
  • action
  • sandbox
  • action-adventure
  • realistic

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Leila (2025)

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

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.


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

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Karma: The Dark World (2025)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The time is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.


  • psychological
  • horror
  • dystopian
  • walking-simulator
  • philosophical
  • sci-fi
  • cinematic
  • psychedelic
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • experimental
  • story
  • thriller
  • interactive
  • first-person

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Pathologic 3: Quarantine (2025)

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PC Windows

In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.

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  • immersive
  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • simulation
  • dystopian
  • surreal
  • detective
  • non-chronological
  • rpg
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • survival-horror
  • survival
  • choices

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Centum (2025)

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

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.

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

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Somnus (2025)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

SOMNUS is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. The protagonist, a young boy, faces a difficult ordeal: his mother is seriously ill, and in order to pay for her treatment, he takes a job as a night guard.


  • psychological
  • pixel
  • underground
  • horror
  • dungeon
  • dungeon-crawler
  • survival-horror
  • mystery
  • walking-simulator
  • demons
  • adventure
  • single-player
  • puzzle

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SCP: Fragmented Minds (2025)

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early access PC Windows

You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • first-person
  • space
  • psychological
  • stealth
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • fps
  • story
  • controller-support
  • exploration
  • simulation

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R (2025)

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Linux PC Windows Android

Run, hide, adapt and survive in a mansion of endless night and bizarre brain-twisting phenomena in this 2D hand-drawn psychological horror title.


  • horror
  • perma-death
  • psychological
  • cooperative
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • hand-drawn
  • comedy
  • multiple-endings
  • thriller
  • multiplayer
  • stealth

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AI2U: With You 'Til The End (2025)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS

You wake up in a cute girl's home who's eager to keep you by her side! Engage with thematic stories, puzzles, and unique AI NPCs who'll go to any lengths to protect you—even when it means contradicting themselves. Bask in meet-cutes or brace for chaos if you try to escape.

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  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • horror
  • conversation
  • dating-sim
  • immersive
  • choices
  • psychological
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • character
  • anime
  • customization

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Matchmaking Inc. (2025)

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PC Windows

A young single man returns to his hometown and takes over the family's matchmaking business. Matchmaking Inc. is a modern-themed RPG designed for men that combines gameplay elements of simulation management and text adventure.

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  • dating-sim
  • word
  • deckbuilder
  • time-management
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • choices
  • psychological
  • sandbox
  • top-down
  • horror
  • management
  • pixel
  • card
  • story

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