The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 628 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: 1,830 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
Dark fantasy visual novel about a plague doctor investigating a town
88% positive
561 reviews
Demo 黑色花与红山羊 / Black Datura & Red Goat
Horror mystery RPG with companion puzzles and choices that shape endings
96% positive
551 reviews
Demo BAIONLENJA
First-person platforming adventure built around bunny hopping and blade jumps
97% positive
551 reviews
Demo RetroSpace
First-person space horror where death means returning as a clone
89% positive
549 reviews
Demo sweet pool
Body horror visual novel with choices between reason and instinct
90% positive
546 reviews
Demo The Skin Stapler
Horror walking simulator alternating between detective work and survival
91% positive
544 reviews
Demo ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Third-person survival horror with a protagonist who talks to you
77% positive
528 reviews
Demo Midnight Heist
Solo or co-op horror heists with hacking and lurking entities
93% positive
527 reviews
Demo Play With Me: Escape Room
Horror escape-room puzzles with optical illusions and a serial killer
62% positive
526 reviews
Demo Athanasy
Biopunk horror visual novel set in a sunless underground city
97% positive
521 reviews
Demo Decollate Decoration
Point-and-click adventure about bringing your beloved into the afterlife
93% positive
517 reviews
Demo LOVE ETERNAL
A gravity-flipping precision platformer with a surreal psychological horror story
96% positive
515 reviews
Demo Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
A horror adventure mixing Chinese folklore with a cyberpunk setting
83% positive
513 reviews
Demo Eve of Souls: Static Pod
Pixel-art horror adventure where the dark threatens your survival
93% positive
509 reviews
Demo MAMIYA
A psychological horror visual novel about a predicted apocalypse
91% positive
506 reviews
Demo TOUQI
A psychological horror visual novel with detective and word-game elements
89% positive
500 reviews
Demo Chasing Static
First-person horror adventure that uses sound to uncover the past
86% positive
499 reviews
Demo The Horror at Highrook
Card-based occult investigation with team management and ritual crafting
90% positive
491 reviews
Demo 幽灵高校(Ghost College)
A side-scrolling horror adventure about uncovering a university's paranormal secrets
74% positive
Free
Demo Before The Night
Horror action-adventure where stealing flowers turns animal villagers into monsters
95% positive
486 reviews
Demo BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH
First-person psychological horror about isolation and a many-eyed watcher
83% positive
479 reviews
Demo Heartworm
Retro survival horror with a camera as your weapon
87% positive
477 reviews
Demo The Last Weekend
An adult horror visual novel with character routes and item puzzles
62% positive
Free
Demo Wasteland Bites
A food truck horror sim with a deadly stress limit
93% positive
462 reviews