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Psychological Horror games on Steam

1,055 games carry the tag · 22 released in the last 12 months (vs 455 the year before) · median price $5.99

The verdict — supply vs demand, said plainly

crowded. Crowded space: 22 releases in the last year, and the median game here reaches an estimated 6,638 units (middle half 3,341–22,742). Standing out is a visibility problem before a quality one — the adjacent combos show where supply thins out.

What would change this: About 32% fewer releases over a year — or a clearly rising median — would tip this toward Balanced. · confidence: high

The evidence — the niche's most-reviewed games

Lethal CompanyResident Evil 4Content WarningMiSideBuckshot RouletteWEBFISHINGSILENT HILL 2The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 36,865 stored reviews from 399 games.

Story & writing83% positive · 17,006 mentions · 395 games
Visuals & audio85% positive · 12,852 mentions · 395 games
Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 10,651 mentions · 394 games
Price & value77% positive · 7,317 mentions · 382 games
Content & longevity78% positive · 6,383 mentions · 387 games
Performance & stability63% positive · 5,758 mentions · 374 games
Multiplayer & community82% positive · 4,171 mentions · 292 games
Difficulty & balance77% positive · 3,181 mentions · 364 games
Controls & UI68% positive · 3,040 mentions · 371 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 48% of the niche's 2,529,883 reviews; it takes 50 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Psychological Horror games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Lethal Company 2023 509,899 Overwhelmingly Positive
Resident Evil 4 2023 268,894 Overwhelmingly Positive
Content Warning 2024 161,938 Very Positive
MiSide 2024 140,521 Overwhelmingly Positive
Buckshot Roulette 2024 122,929 Overwhelmingly Positive
WEBFISHING 2024 70,281 Overwhelmingly Positive
SILENT HILL 2 2024 63,161 Very Positive
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty 2024 59,693 Very Positive
Backrooms: Escape Together 2022 47,081 Very Positive
Inside the Backrooms 2022 46,631 Mostly Positive

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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.