The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 490 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: 1,996 horror games are on sale right now.
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Happy's Humble Burger Cult
Co-op cooking horror where spoken words can alert the monster
82% positive
577 reviews
H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency
Co-op horror investigation with evidence to find and monsters to evade
50% positive
Free
Untitled Ghost Game
Top-down ghost hunting with equipment, environmental clues, and online co-op
90% positive
Free
Last Year: The Nightmare
Asymmetric multiplayer horror where teenagers escape player-controlled serial killers
69% positive
547 reviews
HALF DEAD 3
Co-op survival horror in a complex of trap-filled rooms
77% positive
540 reviews
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Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
First-person co-op horror with ghost hunts and story-based exorcisms
71% positive
538 reviews
Demo Midnight Heist
Solo or co-op horror heists with hacking and lurking entities
93% positive
527 reviews
Animyst
First-person fantasy MMO with undead factions and customizable spell loadouts
84% positive
Free
Walking Zombie: Shooter
A stationary first-person shooter about holding off approaching zombies
75% positive
514 reviews
Forsaken Frontiers
Co-op extraction horror in abandoned facilities beneath endless winter
81% positive
510 reviews
SAHUR: Escape Together
Co-op survival horror with scavenging, chases, and meme characters
76% positive
501 reviews
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Don't Shout Together
First-person co-op horror where your microphone can trigger an explosion
32% positive
495 reviews
CRYO
Cooperative survival horror about escaping creature-infested research facilities in Antarctica
87% positive
491 reviews
Backrooms: Code Yellow
Co-op horror with daily assignments across an endless indoor maze
52% positive
489 reviews
White Noise Online
Cooperative horror about finding clues while a supernatural creature hunts
72% positive
483 reviews
Midnight Murder Club
Multiplayer party shooter in a dark mansion with proximity chat
65% positive
477 reviews
SEVERANCE
Co-op paranormal investigation horror where players can become the ghost
69% positive
476 reviews
The Watchers
Two-player stealth horror about sneaking through a cult’s compound
73% positive
474 reviews
Subterror
First-person co-op horror in abandoned underwater domes and procedural dungeons
90% positive
474 reviews
Surrounded
First-person survival horror with cooperative exploration and sound-sensitive monsters
40% positive
471 reviews
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KunKun dream Startles the Soul
First-person co-op horror escape game with puzzles and ghost animals
80% positive
468 reviews
Ghostbane: Prologue
First-person co-op horror with evidence gathering and ghost-capturing rituals
53% positive
Free
Dead Horde
Top-down survival shooter against hordes of increasingly powerful mutants
36% positive
458 reviews
INVITATION To FEAR
Survival horror where your own footsteps can attract the monster
61% positive
453 reviews