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 Angel Engine
Horror surgery simulator with timed procedures, failing equipment, and demons
79% positive
335 reviews
Demo Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
A murder-mystery visual novel with deckbuilding and deadly class trials
88% positive
334 reviews
Demo Shadows Peak
First-person horror with nonlinear exploration and a mystery to investigate
69% positive
332 reviews
Demo Entropy
Turn-based fantasy RPG about a theater troupe taking up arms
94% positive
332 reviews
Demo Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
A psychological visual novel about intimacy and an abusive romance
85% positive
330 reviews
Demo Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Text-based vampire mystery shaped by choices in undead politics
95% positive
328 reviews
Demo CANINE
First-person stealth horror about rescuing your dog without weapons
96% positive
326 reviews
Demo Cat Named Mojave
Surreal horror about hunting creatures for an unstable Catman
95% positive
326 reviews
Demo Afterdream
A side-scrolling horror adventure with camera puzzles inside a lucid dream
92% positive
322 reviews
Demo Slay the Alice
A branching visual novel set in a land of strange plants
97% positive
320 reviews
Demo 深空七号 Deep Space 7
Third-person horror shooter with scarce supplies and upgradeable weapons
76% positive
318 reviews
Demo Vapour
First-person horror shooter with spell combat, puzzles, and demons
60% positive
315 reviews
Demo CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
First-person survival horror about escaping a pursuer hidden among crowds
92% positive
314 reviews
Demo The Shattering
First-person psychological thriller about piecing together unreliable memories
84% positive
313 reviews
Demo Mothmen 1966
A choice-driven horror story set during a 1960s meteor shower
92% positive
310 reviews
Demo Crossroad OS
A puzzle adventure set inside a decaying computer operating system
98% positive
307 reviews
Demo MISTERY
Multiplayer survival horror with hidden traitors sabotaging the group's escape
66% positive
307 reviews
Demo Project: Mist
Open-world survival horror with a moving train for a base
73% positive
305 reviews
Demo 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
Horror visual novel about strange shadows appearing in photographs
84% positive
305 reviews
Demo Flesh Made Fear
Retro survival horror mixing fixed viewpoints with moving cameras
92% positive
304 reviews
Demo Saiko no sutoka no shiki
First-person horror where hunters use trees and bushes as cover
87% positive
302 reviews
Demo Knights End
First-person co-op horror with nightly chores and increasingly dangerous monsters
89% positive
302 reviews
Demo The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
Horror adventure set in an aquarium overrun by strange creatures
97% positive
297 reviews
Demo Terror At Oakheart
Side-scrolling horror where you control a killer and his victims
85% positive
292 reviews