16 Best NEW Psychological Horror Games of 2024

Look, not everyone likes to be scared, especially in the psychological sense. But if you’re up for that? These games coming in 2024 will help you out.

Update: We will continue to update this list periodically throughout the year, so you will likely see some games removed or added. These games are not ranked in any particular order, as the focus here is to showcase titles we are excited to see hit the marketplace.

#16 Content Warning

Admittedly, Content Warning isn’t a title that is all about “scares that will scar your soul,” but it does speak to the nature of our world in an oddly unique way. Specifically, you’ll be part of a group that wishes to use a horror-themed video channel to get rich. The only way to make that work is to go to the world below you and capture as much incredibly scary footage as possible!

So, how far will you go to get that viral video that can make you rich? Will you be able to endure the horrors that truly wait for you on the planet? You might want to ensure you have the proper gear beforehand. Just saying.

#15 Zoochosis

Another element of terror is knowing that something is wrong around you, but you don’t know exactly what around you is “wrong.” In Zoochosis, you take a night shift at a zoo and soon discover that some animals are…changing…

Changing into what? Changing into full-on monsters! The problem is that you don’t know which animals are infected and which ones are fine. So, you’ll have to explore the zoo and slowly figure out the truth while also trying to create a cure that can save them all. Depending on how well you do, you’ll get multiple endings. Let’s just hope you don’t die before then.

#14 Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

There are multiple video games that intentionally try to invoke a feeling of insanity or mental instability in the protagonist, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II set out on a journey to ensure that happened in the most realistic and fantastical way possible. You play Senua on her continued journey to save her people.

She’ll travel through a version of Iceland and attempt to defeat those who have taken her kin. However, the voices in her mind are louder than the Viking screams. They won’t be silent until you fulfill your purpose. Or, perhaps, they’ll never go quiet, which makes Senua’s tale all the more tragic…

#13 Crow Country

Is there a spookier place to go through than an abandoned amusement park? In Crow Country, you’ll go to a park where something “happened,” and it’s your job to figure out the truth as you explore the place. Where is the man behind the park, Edward, and where did he go to? Why did he shut down the park at all? These are just some of the mysteries you’ll need to solve.

However, you need to be wary of all that’s around you. There’s something odd happening in this park, and you will be attacked by those who inhabit it!  Roam the park and learn the truth; if the truth is something you truly want…

#12 Illusion Carnival

One could argue that Illusion Carnival is “too bright and cheery” for it to be a psychological horror title. Then again, isn’t the best kinds of horror something you don’t suspect as dangerous or menacing? In the game, you’ll play a spirit that has been drawn to this once-thriving carnival. There, you’ll partake in its many games and amusements to find your way out and seek the truth behind all that’s happened here, and what happened to you.

Along the way, you’ll meet the denizens of the park and see the fairytale-like stories they have imbued into them. So, do you want to play a game?

#11 Deathground

Why is there always a game about dinosaurs being alive and them hunting humans? Look, we get it. You like dinosaur movies set in the “present day,” but we don’t need to be freaked out by them in the digital space!

In Deathground, you’ll either take on these dinosaurs alone or make a group to take them on together! But, as you can imagine, this won’t be easy in the slightest. The AI behind the dinosaurs is meant to be unpredictable, and when you have a creature as powerful as them, making them clever only lowers your odds of survival.

So, do you think you can beat the dinosaurs?

#10 The Outlast Trials

Sometimes, the true horror of a game is knowing that you can get out of a certain situation, but you’re not exactly sure how you’ll pull it off, or if others will “let you” survive. In The Outlast Trials, you’ll be put into the worst human trials imaginable, and then you’ll have to figure out a way to get through them so you can survive!

To say it won’t be easy is an understatement. The good news is that you can have friends at your side to help you through the trials. However, they might feel that the best way to get out is to use you as a tool for their own escape.

#9 Echoes of the Living

Plenty of horror games focus on a small town that gets wrapped up in something bigger than it ever should’ve been, and Echoes of the Living pays tribute to those tales and horror games of the 90s!

In this case, a town in Europe has been consumed by fog. Not long after, the dead are rising, monsters are showing up everywhere, and only a few people can fight back against the madness!

With puzzles to solve, enemies to fight, and a mystery to unravel, you’ll find that this game will push you in different directions as you try to make it out alive.

#8 Fear Underground

If we were to tell you that Fear Underground focuses on a medieval knight, you might think that they’re in an underground world where they have to fight to survive. But you would be wrong. Instead, the game is about a knight who has been kidnapped and put into an underground maze with no clear reason why and now has to crawl through the maze to get out.

The focus here is on the claustrophobia and the uncertainty of what you’ll crawl into next. What awaits you at the end of this maze? Why were you brought here in the first place? These questions and more will be answered as you play.

#7 Carnival Hunt

The asymmetrical horror genre has been growing a lot recently, and Carnival Hunt continues that trend. In the game, you’ll be part of a dark carnival where an equally dark game takes place.

One of the players will be the “carnival monster,” who is seeking out the wind-up bunnies that call this place home so they can be eaten! The other players are the bunnies and must continuously work together and wind each other up to outlast the monster!

The game is all about timing. The one who outlasts the others will wind! So be mindful of the clock, and stay alive. Or, you know, eat the bunnies!

#6 Broken Veil

Sometimes, one of the biggest horrors you can face is life without a key member of your family. In Broken Veil, you’ll play as a young boy who is searching for his mother.

The problem? She is lost in a town somewhere in Russia where its citizens are faceless monsters! You know, the “not good” kind of horror!

The game is a puzzle-platformer, and you’ll need to work through the town and figure out what happened to your mother while having to avoid the monsters that come at you.

You never know what might be around the next corner, so be mindful of every step you take!

#5 They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror

There have been some recent stories about “abduction horror” that have gotten many people scared, and They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror will add to that list.

Why? Because you’ll play a journalist who goes to a farm to check out the “odd events” that have happened there. But once you start, you’ll find that darker things are going on here than you expected!

Will you be the next victim of the abductions? Or will you take on the threat and figure out a way to stay alive? There’s a free prologue if you want to try that out first! You know, to ease yourself into the adventure…

#4 4 Minutes to the Apocalypse

It’s a very real truth that our world could potentially end because of the press of a single button. Specifically, the push of a button on a submarine that has nuclear weapons on it. 4 Minutes to the Apocalypse tells the tale of a world where nuclear war has happened, and many people are fighting for what remains.

But on board a special submarine, the fight to control the weapons will push you to the limit. Fight to stay alive and get control before more lives are lost. In a world full of death, can you stay alive long enough to let others live, too?

#3 Alone in the Dark

While it’s true that many horror games today are focused on jump scares and gore, they didn’t start out that way. Plenty of games had you wondering if you were losing your mind, and Alone in the Dark was one of them.

The series has had many ups and downs over the years, but in 2024, it’s getting a modern remake and even taking things back to the original setting to help cement the lore!

With special characters to control, you’ll try and figure out what lies within a certain familiar place. Let’s hope you make it out alive! If not, we’ll remember you.

#2 Still Wakes The Deep

Terror can mean many things in horror video games, and Still Wakes The Deep is a title that embraces the psychological horror element that so many crave to take on.

In the title, you are a person who is stuck on an oil rig just offshore of Scotland. You’re stuck there because everything has gone wrong, you have no way off, and yet, something has come aboard and seeks to take you out.

You’ll have to work your way through the rig and see if you can survive the ever-shifting environment. Will you be able to endure what this terror throws at you? Only one way to find out…

#1 Silent Hill 2

Konami has left the Silent Hill franchise dormant for years. Fans were waiting for the IP to get picked back up, and fortunately, after a series of rumors, Konami unveiled the franchise was returning in a big way. One of the games to bring the franchise back into the limelight was a remake of Silent Hill 2. With the game installment being so cherished by fans of the series and a staple for the survival horror genre, it will be a difficult task to ensure the game meets fan expectations, but Bloober Team is taking on the challenge. Within Silent Hill 2, we’re following a man named James Sunderland, who ventures to the town of Silent Hill in hopes of finding his long-believed deceased wife, Mary. However, James soon realizes the town is far from a safe haven retreat.

Disclaimer:

ILL, Paranormal Tales, Dark Fracture and Beneath were removed due to now being slated for 2025.