The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 437 horror games on PC in our catalog: the best ones to play with friends, this year's new releases, free games and demos. Every game links to its requirements, price and Steam Deck status.
Steam Scream V, the Steam Halloween sale, runs until Nov 2, 2026: 1,829 horror games are on sale right now.
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Pacify
First-person co-op horror missions where paranormal entities hunt you
86% positive
43K reviews
Blood and Bacon
First-person shooter with co-op and hordes of undead pigs
95% positive
37K reviews
We Were Here
Two-player castle escape puzzles built around voice communication
89% positive
Free
SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
Multiplayer survival horror about escaping a containment facility full of anomalies
83% positive
Free
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Episodic third-person survival horror with paired character switching
78% positive
32K reviews
Dead Island 2
First-person co-op zombie action with gory, weapon-based combat
77% positive
30K reviews
Dead Frontier 2
Online third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and zombie scavenging
70% positive
Free
No More Room in Hell 2
Eight-player cooperative zombie FPS with infection and permanent character death
57% positive
28K reviews
Dead Island Definitive Edition
Open-world zombie action with first-person melee and four-player co-op
82% positive
28K reviews
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Third-person co-op survival shooter against hordes of Xenomorphs
80% positive
27K reviews
The Forever Winter
Third-person PvE extraction shooter beneath towering war machines
68% positive
25K reviews
Demo Demonologist
First-person co-op horror about identifying and exorcising evil spirits
85% positive
24K reviews
BIGFOOT
First-person survival horror about hunting or playing as Bigfoot
82% positive
22K reviews
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
First-person social horror matches with a disguised traitor
85% positive
19K reviews
Nuclear Nightmare
First-person co-op survival horror with infection and Arctic extraction
81% positive
19K reviews
Labyrinthine
First-person co-op horror with puzzles and procedurally generated mazes
84% positive
17K reviews
Killing Floor 3
Co-op horror shooter with waves of monsters and customizable weapons
49% positive
17K reviews
Demo The Past Within
Co-op point-and-click adventure with puzzles spanning past and future
95% positive
17K reviews
Notes of Soul
Online horror matches pit survivors against a player-controlled ghost
73% positive
17K reviews
Ghost Watchers
First-person horror about identifying, weakening, and capturing ghosts
86% positive
16K reviews
Contagion
First-person zombie survival shooter with randomized rounds and co-op
73% positive
16K reviews
Halloween: The Game
Asymmetrical horror with a stalking killer and neighbors to save
66% positive
15K reviews
SCP: 5K
Co-op tactical horror shooter inside anomalous underground research facilities
79% positive
15K reviews
Dead Space™ 3
Third-person sci-fi action horror with co-op and weapon crafting
72% positive
15K reviews