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Psychological horror

Fiction genre theme

Horror sub-genre marked generally by lack of horrifying monsters, jump scares, and such. Building more on foreboding atmosphere and uncertainty, along with protagonist's inadequacy in defending themselves in case something does come their way.

64
games
14
platforms
Silent Hill 3 (PlayStation 2)
Silent Hill 3
PS2 2003-05-23
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Condemned
X360 2005-11-15
Silent Hill: Origins (PlayStation Portable)
Silent Hill: Origins
PSP 2007-11-06
The Suffering (PlayStation 2)
The Suffering
PS2 2004-03-08
Eternal Darkness : Sanity's Requiem (GameCube)
Eternal Darkness : Sanity's Requiem
GC 2002-06-24
Rule of Rose (PlayStation 2)
Rule of Rose
PS2 2006-01-19
Silent Hill: Homecoming (PlayStation 3)
Silent Hill: Homecoming
PS3 2008-09-30
Condemned 2 (Xbox 360)
Condemned 2
X360 2008-03
Silent Hill: Orphan (Mobile phone)
Silent Hill: Orphan
MOB 2007-11
Left Behind (Windows)
Left Behind
WIN 2024-03-12
Dream Escape (Windows)
Dream Escape
WIN 2024-03-14
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PlayStation Portable)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
PSP 2010-02
Related:
* Lovecraftian horror

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Parent group

Horror

Games by year

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The first Psychological horror video game was released on January 31, 1999.

Konami, Infogrames and Midway Games published most of these games.

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows 19
PS2 11
Xbox 5
X360 5
Linux 5
PS3 4
Mac OS X 4
PSP 3
PS 2
Wii 2
Dreamcast 1
GBC 1
GameCube 1
Mobile 1