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 Security: The Horrible Nights
Horror stories about watching hospital cameras and confronting strange creatures
89% positive
169 reviews
Demo The Lacerator
Survival horror where losing limbs changes how you play
99% positive
168 reviews
Demo Fledgling Manor
Horror visual novel set inside a deadly vampire reality show
99% positive
167 reviews
Demo Fossilfuel
First-person survival horror with mutant dinosaurs and invading soldiers
70% positive
166 reviews
Demo Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight
Horror visual novel where death doesn't end the story
86% positive
166 reviews
Demo Selene's Unbearable Night
Third-person survival horror with scarce supplies and two playable characters
73% positive
166 reviews
Demo Fearbonding
A boys' love horror visual novel about feeding on fear
97% positive
163 reviews
Demo The Way We All Go (2015)
A small-town visual novel about friendship, regret, and violent outcomes
86% positive
160 reviews
Demo Red Line
A 2D horror mystery tracing tenants' secrets across different timelines
97% positive
159 reviews
Demo The Old Flesh of Nuraga
First-person psychological horror built around relic hunting and family secrets
95% positive
158 reviews
Demo Death In Abyss
Third-person flight shooter pitting you against deep-sea alien creatures
82% positive
157 reviews
Demo The Fortress
Dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler with dice-based combat
68% positive
157 reviews
Demo Osteoblasts
Turn-based dungeon RPG with class-specific quests and randomized world elements
86% positive
155 reviews
Demo EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
First-person horror exploration through abandoned offices and flooded mazes
65% positive
155 reviews
Demo Echoes Of The House
First-person psychological horror about a family visit that turns strange
77% positive
155 reviews
Demo Mirror Forge
Psychological survival horror across alternate dimensions that keep changing
72% positive
154 reviews
Demo Shutter
Fixed-camera puzzle horror built around a remote-controlled surveillance unit
74% positive
152 reviews
Demo The Zodiac Trial
Mystery visual novel where jurors choose between cooperation and betrayal
95% positive
152 reviews
Demo Astrumis - Survive Together
Two-player spaceship horror with split roles and cooperative puzzles
72% positive
152 reviews
Demo Monster Stalker: Prologue
Turn-based card battles against alien monsters in a free prologue
89% positive
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Demo REPOSE
A horror maze puzzler where each step drains energy
93% positive
151 reviews
Demo LockYourDoor
Co-op survival horror with dwindling light and mounting nighttime threats
87% positive
150 reviews
Demo Connection: The Nightmare Within
Survival horror about investigating a case inside an antagonist's mind
84% positive
147 reviews
Demo DEEP FOG
Side-scrolling horror adventure about strange events in a fogbound city
80% positive
146 reviews