Berserk is one of the most popular and highly ranked manga series to date. It follows the story of Guts, a former mercenary, who is out for revenge. His past is full of horrors, and when he finally believes that he’s found someone he can trust, they betray him. With demons pursuing him, he sets out on a quest to find the one who stripped him of his humanity.
It’s an incredibly gripping psychological horror filled with supernatural themes, military elements, action, and drama. Even though the genre isn’t overly popular, there are many psychological horror manhwa that are a must-read for fans of Berserk.
10 A New And Improved Drink Causes A Zombie Apocalypse (Dead Days)
Dead Days is a psychological horror manhwa that is filled with violence. In this series, the story is told from the perspective of a young high school student named Jingook. It begins with a company that was giving out a new and improved drink for free. But it never told people what the consequences of drinking it would be.
On the fourth day, it became clear that the people who consumed the drink had become zombies. The world descended into chaos and hysteria as zombies littered the streets. Jingook becomes confined to his room in the hopes that someone will rescue him before his zombie mother breaks through the door and his zombie sister breaks free of her restraints. His only solace is the girl in the apartment building across the street and their dwindling hopes of survival.
9 A Military Team Regrets The Decision To Bunker In What Seemed Like A Safe Military Building (MIA: Lost In Operation)
MIA: Lost In Operation is a dark military and supernatural horror manhwa about eleven people who go to a general outpost to shut it down but immediately regret their decision to go there. The story follows Corporal Chan Soo Gim and his team of ten people and the horrors that they have to endure while on their mission.
With minefields, losing contact with their base, equipment malfunctions, and being ambushed by a mysterious and ghostly rifleman, they think that they’re safe in a bunker surrounded by a thick fog, but that’s not the case.
8 A Deadly Virus Spreads Throughout A School, Turning People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies (All Of Us Are Dead)
In All Of Us Are Dead, life was ordinary for the students of Hyosan High School. They went to class, made fun of each other, and gossiped about the science teacher who smelled strange and whose family went missing. When a young girl bursts into a classroom, she cries about how the science teacher locked her up for two days and how her body was acting on its own.
It's only a short while later that they realize the school has become ground zero for a deadly virus that is turning people into flesh-eating zombies. The ones who aren’t infected must figure out how to survive while facing off against their friends, classmates, and teachers.
7 A Scheming Princess Gets More Than She Bargained For After Body Swapping With The Fiancé Of The Crown Prince (Your Throne)
Lady Medea Solon’s only goal is to become the princess of the Vasilios Empire by marrying Crown Prince Eros Orna Vasilios. However, her plans fall apart when he chooses someone else to be his fiancé.
Medea isn’t going to let this stop her, but things don’t exactly go her way when she falls into a bottomless fountain. She prays to God to make her a ruler, and the deity grants Medea her wish. She switches bodies with the fiancé of the crown prince, but she soon comes to realize that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
6 A Family Heirloom Foretells A Time When The Sun Will Disappear (Dark Blood Age)
Dark Blood Age is a dark supernatural manhwa that follows the story of Chu Yun Sheng, a regular white-collar worker who finds a family heirloom in the form of a book. He tries to study the book, but he can only understand a few of the symbols written inside.
What he could understand shocked him to his core. The book states that, one day, the sun will disappear and, when that happens, so will humanity. He tries to tell people about the prophecy, but they don’t believe him - until it's too late.
5 Jin Is Forced Into Becoming An Accomplice For A Serial Killer (Bastard)
Bastard is an incredibly dark manhwa that’s filled with violence, physical and emotional abuse, and bullying. Jin has had a tough life. His earliest memories are waking up in a hospital after a replacement heart valve surgery.
At school, he’s constantly bullied for his disabilities, but that’s better than being at home because his dad is a serial killer who targets young girls. Not only that, but he forces Jin to help. Jin’s only hope of not becoming his father’s next victim is to take out his father himself.
4 Yoon Bum Discovers That His Prince Charming Is A Serial Killer (Killing Stalking)
Killing Stalking is an intense and twisted manhwa that’s not for the faint of heart as it contains explicit violence, abuse, and mature themes. This story follows a young man named Yoon Bum, who is obsessed with the charismatic and charming Oh Sangwoo.
He takes it one step further as he breaks into Sangwoo’s home only to discover his dark secret - Sangwoo is a serial killer. Bum is horrified by what he finds in the basement. Before he can escape, he’s caught and suffers under the man who was once his Prince Charming.
3 Hyun Cha Loses His Entire Family And Moves Into A Building Where Everyone Is Becoming A Monster (Sweet Home)
Sweet Home is a dark, drama-filled manhwa that contains explicit mature themes. In this series, Hyun Cha is a reclusive high school student who holes up in his room and plays video games. But after his entire family is killed in a car accident, he’s forced to leave his home and move into an apartment by himself.
Things take a turn for the worse when the people around him begin turning into monsters and Hyun is following in their footsteps. With a voice in his head urging him to succumb, he and the other tenants must figure out a way to retain their humanity, or else they’ll plunge the world into darkness.
2 Je-Oh Uses His Talents And Skills From Working In The Slums To Get Revenge (The Pawn’s Revenge)
The Pawn’s Revenge is a drama-filled yaoi manhwa that follows the main protagonist Je-oh. Je-oh is a male prostitute working in the slums (meaning that he is at the bottom of the social hierarchy). He tries to break out of his position, but he ends up in even worse situations than before.
Things take an interesting turn for Je-oh when he is kidnapped by a serial killer. Now that Je-oh has entered the social arena, he plans on using all of his skills and talents to get revenge.
1 Five People Share Their Memories Around The Time Of A Mysterious Murder (Hanged Doll)
Hanged Doll is a creepy and dark story created by Team Getname (a team made up of two authors). One of these authors happens to be Kim Carnby, who helped to create the manhwa, Bastard.
This story revolves around five people, John, Angelina, Joan, Mike, and Alfred, and focuses on these five and their memories from 1994. Hanged Doll revolves around a mysterious murder and those who survived and those who didn’t. Even though the art style is a little dated, it’s a gripping story with amazing character development.