Best Value Psychological Horror Games

The Psychological Horror games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  2. 2Geometry Dash16 h/$
  3. 3Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  4. 4Pro Soccer Online7.7 h/$
  5. 5Phasmophobia7.3 h/$
  6. 6HELLDIVERS 27.2 h/$
  7. 7CONTROL Ultimate Edition6.3 h/$
  8. 8Undertale5.7 h/$
  9. 9People Playground5.6 h/$
  10. 10Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  11. 11Lethal Company5.0 h/$
  12. 12Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  13. 13WEBFISHING4.4 h/$
  14. 14METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  15. 15Sally Face - Episode One4.1 h/$
  16. 16POSTAL Redux3.8 h/$
  17. 17Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  18. 18Cyber Manhunt3.6 h/$
  19. 19Library Of Ruina3.4 h/$
  20. 20Amazing Cultivation Simulator3.3 h/$
  21. 21Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation3.2 h/$
  22. 22ANEURISM IV3.1 h/$
  23. 23Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  24. 24Matchmaking Inc.2.6 h/$
  25. 25My Summer Car2.5 h/$
  26. 26Nubby's Number Factory2.4 h/$
  27. 27Seen2.3 h/$
  28. 28Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition2.2 h/$
  29. 29Inside the Backrooms2.1 h/$
  30. 30Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  31. 31Content Warning2.0 h/$
  32. 32That's not my Neighbor2.0 h/$
  33. 33Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  34. 34Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  35. 35I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream1.9 h/$
  36. 36DREDGE1.9 h/$
  37. 37Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  38. 38Changed1.9 h/$
  39. 39Hand Simulator1.9 h/$
  40. 40Nothing1.8 h/$
  41. 41Scorn1.7 h/$
  42. 42We Were Here Forever1.7 h/$
  43. 43Sultan's Game1.7 h/$
  44. 44Murky Divers1.7 h/$
  45. 45Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  46. 46LISA: The Painful1.7 h/$
  47. 47Rusty Lake Hotel1.7 h/$
  48. 48We Happy Few1.7 h/$
  49. 49FPV Kamikaze Drone1.6 h/$
  50. 50Darkwood1.6 h/$
  51. 51We Were Here Too1.6 h/$
  52. 52House of Detention1.6 h/$
  53. 53OMORI1.5 h/$
  54. 54Cat Goes Fishing1.5 h/$
  55. 55Buckshot Roulette1.5 h/$
  56. 56Monstrum1.5 h/$
  57. 57Kindergarten1.5 h/$
  58. 58Nuclear Nightmare1.4 h/$
  59. 59Gorilla Tag1.4 h/$
  60. 60AI: The Somnium Files1.4 h/$
  61. 61Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc1.4 h/$
  62. 62Insaniquarium Deluxe1.4 h/$
  63. 63The Room Three1.4 h/$
  64. 64Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  65. 65Vigil: The Longest Night1.3 h/$
  66. 66Zup! S1.3 h/$
  67. 67Outer Wilds1.3 h/$
  68. 68BOKURA1.2 h/$
  69. 69The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1.2 h/$
  70. 70STEINS;GATE1.2 h/$
  71. 71Frostpunk 21.2 h/$
  72. 72Tiny Bunny1.2 h/$
  73. 73Tales of the Black Forest1.2 h/$
  74. 74The Outlast Trials1.2 h/$
  75. 75CLANNAD1.2 h/$
  76. 76Escape the Backrooms1.2 h/$
  77. 77Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy1.2 h/$
  78. 78Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony1.2 h/$
  79. 79Raging Loop1.1 h/$
  80. 80Microsoft Flight Simulator 20241.1 h/$
  81. 81Prey1.1 h/$
  82. 82Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition1.1 h/$
  83. 83The Long Drive1.1 h/$
  84. 84Lucius1.0 h/$
  85. 85The Evil Within1.0 h/$
  86. 86DEVOUR1.0 h/$
  87. 87DRAMAtical Murder1.0 h/$
  88. 88The Quarry1.0 h/$
  89. 89Receiver 21.0 h/$
  90. 90Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  91. 91Mister Furry: Hot Muscles1.0 h/$
  92. 92Jump King1.0 h/$
  93. 93F.E.A.R.1.0 h/$
  94. 94An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  95. 95Chicory: A Colorful Tale0.9 h/$
  96. 96Pacify0.9 h/$
  97. 97Max Payne0.9 h/$
  98. 98Cruelty Squad0.9 h/$
  99. 99The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  100. 100Returnal0.9 h/$

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.