The Best Psychological Games for Linux

Update : DEVIL\'S WAY added at rank #30.
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Shape (2023)

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A minimalist style but inside a complex-minded With connecting word mechanism, you can make a rule for your rooms and solve the problem. Solve the puzzle and go to the door to the next room. explore new mechanism


  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • minimalist
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • 2d
  • psychedelic
  • text
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • emotional

2

Terminal 81 (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

Thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, Lorena migrated to Terminal 81 to work, but what seemed like a simple Latin American neighborhood, it was a dangerous region dominated by a mysterious criminal organization that carries out murders, kidnappings and human trafficking.

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  • horror
  • job
  • psychological
  • retro
  • mystery
  • noir
  • crime
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • open-world
  • capitalism
  • choices
  • immersive
  • emotional

3

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020)

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"Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk" is a bizarre, yet impactful psychological horror visual novel game that takes only 20 minutes to complete. You play as a voice in the head of a traumatized girl who wants to buy a bag of milk. Experience her struggles with mental illness as you accompany her on this trip. The game has no saving feature, so you must observe the suffering and surrealism with no relief. Despite its unconventional approach, it offers a thought-provoking and honest portrayal of mental illness.

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What we like:
  • Thought-provoking and honest portrayal of mental illness
  • Disturbing and surreal atmosphere
  • Affordable price
  • Unforgettable soundtrack
  • Unique and affecting experience
What could be improved:
  • No player choice or alternate endings
  • Limited gameplay time
  • Minimal graphics
  • No saving feature
  • Abrupt ending if the player is cruel or unhelpful.

  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • horror
  • experimental
  • abstract
  • text
  • commodore
  • fiction
  • philosophical
  • crow

4

The Sin (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

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  • idler
  • horror
  • crime
  • psychological
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • empire
  • mythology
  • narration
  • detective
  • demons
  • thriller
  • management
  • hand-drawn

5

Little Misfortune (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Android IOS iPhone

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.


  • dark
  • horror
  • psychological
  • interactive
  • cult
  • cute
  • point-and-click
  • choices
  • humor
  • fantasy
  • exploration
  • story
  • horrors
  • adventure
  • eight-year-old

6

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers (2021)

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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • emotional
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • linear
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • isometric
  • narrative
  • pixel
  • mystery

7

Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived (2019)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

As a police detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?


  • detective
  • political
  • noir
  • crime
  • psychological
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • mature
  • fiction
  • book
  • comic
  • dark
  • manipulation
  • realistic

8

Slay the Princess (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.


  • horror
  • choices
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • lore
  • souls
  • comic
  • walking-simulator
  • humor
  • fiction
  • romance
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • interactive

9

Impostor Factory (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.


  • emotional
  • story
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • horror
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • roleplaying
  • must-play
  • dark
  • rpg

10

The Hex (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • survivor
  • mystery
  • funny
  • story
  • beat-em-up
  • dark
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • book
  • memes

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