The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 627 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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Demo Lost Alone Ultimate
First-person psychological horror built around puzzles and fear of darkness
83% positive
98 reviews
Demo Life & Shadow: Celestial Call
Cosmic horror that pairs observatory upkeep with nighttime exploration
98% positive
98 reviews
Demo Sickness
A dark visual novel about a student's descent into crime
90% positive
96 reviews
Demo MEAT
Open-world action RPG mixing gold-rush Canada with science-fiction horror
72% positive
95 reviews
Demo Unseen
First-person horror walking simulator about an overnight stay gone wrong
82% positive
95 reviews
Demo Silence Channel 2
First-person psychological horror following a supernatural intrusion from two perspectives
84% positive
94 reviews
Demo LakeLady
Psychological horror about missing children and a forbidden hospital ward
83% positive
94 reviews
Demo Cartier 06
First-person horror with scavenging, puzzles, and something hunting you
74% positive
94 reviews
Demo Buenos Aires Mirror Line
Psychological horror about spotting anomalies on a looping bus ride
96% positive
94 reviews
Demo Expedition Zero
First-person survival horror with scarce supplies and a stalking forest monster
42% positive
93 reviews
Demo Fall into decay
Horror puzzle adventure in a mansion full of secrets
88% positive
93 reviews
Demo DOCTOR VISCERA
First-person survival horror about solving puzzles while a doctor hunts you
94% positive
93 reviews
Demo Dimension Hunter VR
Arcade VR shooter with free movement or on-rails progression
78% positive
91 reviews
Demo Hazard Levels
Co-op survival horror with physics-based looting across unstable dimensions
75% positive
91 reviews
Demo SHUT IN
Dark comedy horror adventure where everyday tasks can kill you
90% positive
91 reviews
Demo HYPNOS
First-person exploration adventure through a dreamlike city of megastructures
97% positive
91 reviews
Demo Pulang Insanity - Director's Cut
Psychological horror drawing on Indonesian folklore and supernatural beliefs
72% positive
90 reviews
Demo SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
A horror dating sim about romancing three SCP test subjects
90% positive
90 reviews
Demo House of Empty Names
First-person horror about escaping a house while a kidnapper hunts
88% positive
90 reviews
Demo No Vacation for an Executioner
Retro survival horror RPG built around parries, stabs, and gunfire
67% positive
89 reviews
Demo Bite Night: Dine or Die
First-person horror comedy about a deadly shift at a diner
94% positive
89 reviews
Demo Crimson Spires
Horror-romance visual novel about a mining town sealed behind lethal towers
86% positive
88 reviews
Demo This is the Zodiac Speaking
First-person detective thriller following the trail of the Zodiac killer
56% positive
87 reviews
Demo The Ramen Shop
First-person horror mixing ramen shop work with strange events
78% positive
87 reviews