Best Psychological Horror indie games under $20
These are the best psychological horror indie games you can buy for under $20. indielist lists 108 paid psychological horror games with a list price at or below $20, ranked by Steam review count so the most-validated picks lead. The average list price here is $12.25, and the cheapest is Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk at $1.49. The most reviewed is Phasmophobia with 677,490 Steam reviews. Beyond the budget end, this wider list adds 54 mid-price picks between $10 and $20 that a stricter under-$10 list leaves out. Every price is the tracked Steam list price, not an estimate, and each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can open and audit rather than a black-box number. This is a value list: a sensible price crossed with real player validation, so you can find a psychological horror game that is actually good, not just affordable. Free-to-play titles are excluded here; this is about paid games that punch above their price.
Games
108
Avg list price
$12.25
Cheapest
$1.49
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
$19.99 677,490 reviews · 95% positive
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
$4.99 561,151 reviews · 93% positive
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
$9.99 409,883 reviews · 97% positive
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People Playground
2019 · Action
$9.99 293,591 reviews · 98% positive
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Undertale
2015 · Indie
$9.99 292,325 reviews · 96% positive
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Escape the Backrooms
2025 · Action
$9.99 119,760 reviews · 90% positive
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MiSide
2024 · Adventure
$14.99 119,024 reviews · 98% positive
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My Summer Car
2025 · Indie
$14.99 105,569 reviews · 95% positive
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Buckshot Roulette
2024 · Action
$2.99 104,873 reviews · 95% positive
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Outlast
2013 · Action
$14.99 101,977 reviews · 96% positive
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OMORI
2020 · Adventure
$19.99 78,236 reviews · 97% positive
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Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
2017 · Action
$7.99 74,168 reviews · 82% positive
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DEVOUR
2021 · Indie
$9.99 68,110 reviews · 91% positive
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OneShot
2016 · Adventure
$9.99 57,281 reviews · 98% positive
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WEBFISHING
2024 · Casual
$4.99 57,077 reviews · 97% positive
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Outlast 2
2017 · Action
$19.99 53,135 reviews · 91% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's
2014 · Indie
$4.99 52,730 reviews · 94% positive
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Little Nightmares
2017 · Adventure
$19.99 51,720 reviews · 95% positive
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The Long Drive
2019 · Action
$15.99 48,845 reviews · 89% positive
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What Remains of Edith Finch
2017 · Adventure
$19.99 45,485 reviews · 96% positive
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
2017 · Action
$16.99 37,764 reviews · 93% positive
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Mouthwashing
2024 · Adventure
$12.99 36,944 reviews · 95% positive
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
2010 · Action
$19.99 35,432 reviews · 95% positive
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
2017 · Action
$19.99 35,307 reviews · 89% positive
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
2020 · Adventure
$1.49 33,541 reviews · 96% positive
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
2023 · Adventure
$17.99 32,134 reviews · 97% positive
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
2021 · Casual
$14.99 31,136 reviews · 97% positive
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Hatred
2015 · Action
$5.99 28,741 reviews · 84% positive
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Sally Face - Episode One
2016 · Adventure
$2.99 26,769 reviews · 97% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2014 · Indie
$7.99 25,744 reviews · 94% positive
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Darkwood
2017 · Action
$14.99 24,331 reviews · 95% positive
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Demonologist
2023 · Action
$19.99 23,749 reviews · 85% positive
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The Beginner's Guide
2015 · Adventure
$9.99 23,043 reviews · 88% positive
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2023 · Action
$14.99 22,780 reviews · 66% positive
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Fran Bow
2015 · Adventure
$14.99 22,275 reviews · 97% positive
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Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
2021 · Casual
$8.99 21,657 reviews · 97% positive
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The Room Two
2016 · Adventure
$4.99 21,457 reviews · 98% positive
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Nubby's Number Factory
2025 · Strategy
$4.99 18,588 reviews · 97% positive
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Changed
2018 · Adventure
$4.99 18,290 reviews · 86% positive
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We Were Here Together
2019 · Adventure
$12.99 17,445 reviews · 82% positive
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Choo-Choo Charles
2022 · Action
$19.99 17,161 reviews · 91% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
2015 · Action
$7.99 16,658 reviews · 93% positive
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The Past Within
2022 · Adventure
$5.99 16,532 reviews · 95% positive
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Cat Goes Fishing
2015 · Casual
$6.99 16,118 reviews · 94% positive
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LISA: The Painful
2014 · Adventure
$19.99 15,038 reviews · 95% positive
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KinitoPET
2024 · Casual
$5.99 14,385 reviews · 93% positive
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Little Misfortune
2019 · Adventure
$19.99 13,762 reviews · 92% positive
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Call of Cthulhu®
2018 · Adventure
$19.99 13,646 reviews · 79% positive
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Jump King
2019 · Action
$12.99 13,211 reviews · 90% positive
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The Room Three
2018 · Adventure
$5.99 13,197 reviews · 96% positive
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PANICORE
2024 · Action
$9.99 12,685 reviews · 79% positive
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BOKURA
2023 · Action
$5.49 12,636 reviews · 92% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
2016 · Action
$7.99 12,516 reviews · 90% positive
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Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy
2024 · Indie
$12.99 11,787 reviews · 96% positive
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Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
2019 · Adventure
$5.99 11,764 reviews · 85% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
2015 · Action
$7.99 11,165 reviews · 90% positive
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We Were Here Too
2018 · Adventure
$9.99 11,011 reviews · 79% positive
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Iron Lung
2022 · Adventure
$7.99 10,815 reviews · 92% positive
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
2024 · Action
$19.99 10,814 reviews · 96% positive
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Kindergarten
2017 · Adventure
$4.99 10,276 reviews · 97% positive
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Granny
2018 · Adventure
$7.99 10,238 reviews · 94% positive
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The Headliners
2025 · Action
$7.99 10,147 reviews · 86% positive
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WORLD OF HORROR
2023 · Indie
$19.99 9,773 reviews · 90% positive
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Fast Food Simulator
2024 · Indie
$14.99 9,309 reviews · 89% positive
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Slender: The Arrival
2013 · Action
$19.99 9,278 reviews · 88% positive
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Class of '09
2021 · Casual
$9.99 8,656 reviews · 95% positive
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FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
2022 · Adventure
$14.99 8,611 reviews · 95% positive
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In Stars And Time
2023 · RPG
$19.99 8,410 reviews · 97% positive
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
2014 · Action
$16.99 8,202 reviews · 89% positive
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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth
2015 · Action
$10.99 8,073 reviews · 93% positive
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Beholder 2
2018 · Adventure
$17.99 8,004 reviews · 87% positive
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Crow Country
2024 · Action
$19.99 7,523 reviews · 98% positive
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Krita
2014 · Indie
$9.99 7,251 reviews · 96% positive
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Intruder
2019 · Early Access
$19.99 6,964 reviews · 90% positive
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Mad Father
2016 · Adventure
$9.99 6,549 reviews · 97% positive
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POOLS
2024 · Adventure
$9.79 6,319 reviews · 95% positive
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DreadOut
2014 · Adventure
$14.99 5,667 reviews · 77% positive
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Patrick's Parabox
2022 · Casual
$19.99 5,545 reviews · 99% positive
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Mr.President!
2016 · Action
$9.99 5,489 reviews · 83% positive
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Outlast: Whistleblower DLC
2014 · Action
$4.99 5,455 reviews · 97% positive
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Copycat
2024 · Adventure
$14.99 5,394 reviews · 89% positive
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Job Simulator
2016 · Action
$19.99 5,382 reviews · 91% positive
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Ib
2022 · Adventure
$12.99 5,153 reviews · 99% positive
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Psychopomp GOLD
2024 · Action
$8.99 5,048 reviews · 98% positive
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That's not my Neighbor
2025 · Adventure
$2.99 4,433 reviews · 89% positive
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Birth
2023 · Adventure
$10.99 4,027 reviews · 96% positive
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HOLE
2024 · Action
$4.99 3,642 reviews · 94% positive
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Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe
2024 · Action
$5.99 3,525 reviews · 99% positive
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Void Stranger
2023 · Adventure
$11.99 3,418 reviews · 91% positive
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Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
2024 · Adventure
$9.99 3,395 reviews · 87% positive
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Class of '09: The Flip Side
2024 · Casual
$9.99 3,376 reviews · 57% positive
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REKA
2024 · Adventure
$19.99 3,362 reviews · 83% positive
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Flyout
2023 · Indie
$19.99 2,216 reviews · 83% positive
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
2015 · Adventure
$7.99 1,849 reviews · 97% positive
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Dreamcore
2025 · Adventure
$17.99 1,730 reviews · 89% positive
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Standable: Full Body Estimation
2023 · Indie
$19.99 1,658 reviews · 80% positive
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Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
2023 · Indie
$19.99 1,629 reviews · 94% positive
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Duck Season
2017 · Action
$19.99 1,590 reviews · 85% positive
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Pih
2024 · Action
$8.99 1,587 reviews · 95% positive
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Grunn
2024 · Adventure
$12.99 1,346 reviews · 96% positive
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Sally Face - Season Pass
2016 · Adventure
$11.99 1,216 reviews · 96% positive
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SILENT BREATH
2024 · Adventure
$9.99 1,201 reviews · 69% positive
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The Other Side
2025 · Action
$13.99 1,092 reviews · 94% positive
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Ghost Janitors
2025 · Action
$8.99 890 reviews · 85% positive
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Backrooms: Extractions
2025 · Action
$6.99 694 reviews · 73% positive
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The Anomaly Project
2024 · Action
$7.99 615 reviews · 81% positive
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Studio System : Guardian Angel
2025 · Action
$11.99 516 reviews · 94% positive
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
2023 · Adventure
$7.99 171 reviews · 88% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best psychological horror indie games under $20?
- indielist lists 108 paid psychological horror indie games priced at or below $20, ranked by Steam reviews, led by Phasmophobia (677,490 reviews). The cheapest is Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk at $1.49.
- How is this "under $20" list built?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a paid psychological horror game qualifies if its tracked Steam list price is at or below $20. The list is ranked by review count and updates as prices and the catalog change. Free-to-play games are excluded.