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 Divine Frequency
A horror shooter where your character build shapes your discoveries
97% positive
77 reviews
Demo THE DESCENT
First-person horror walking sim investigating disappearances in a coal mine
69% positive
77 reviews
Demo The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
A lateral-thinking visual novel with horror twists and dark humor
91% positive
77 reviews
Demo Head AS Code
Psychological mystery visual novel about surviving a deadly group game
92% positive
75 reviews
Demo Blood Lily Loop
Horror adventure with visual novel storytelling and a time loop
84% positive
74 reviews
Demo Fragile Reflection
Retro survival horror with puzzles spanning reality and a parallel world
72% positive
74 reviews
Demo Unusual Tales: Deep Below
A psychological horror episode mixing nightmare situations with lighthearted writing
95% positive
74 reviews
Demo Jawbreaker
Stealth survival horror where firing a weapon risks attracting enemies
67% positive
72 reviews
Demo Sector 13: Haunted Woods
Co-op forest horror where your microphone can attract nearby threats
60% positive
72 reviews
Demo Unusual Tales: After Bark
First-person horror adventure about a dog warning its vacationing family
85% positive
72 reviews
Demo October Night Games
Digital tabletop horror with rival cults and secret team identities
69% positive
71 reviews
Demo Insight
A retro-style horror mystery with multiple endings to uncover
87% positive
71 reviews
Demo Carnival
Folk-horror point-and-click adventure where narcolepsy complicates a journalist's investigation
99% positive
70 reviews
Demo EYES ON THE EXAM
First-person puzzle horror about cheating under a monstrous teacher's watch
90% positive
70 reviews
Demo Salvage Protocol
First-person horror about scavenging abandoned stations and breaking objects apart
100% positive
69 reviews
Demo The Ice Cream Shop
Night-shift ice cream shop simulator with a psychological horror twist
78% positive
69 reviews
Demo Limitless Hunger
Retro first-person shooter mixing modern weapons with demonic powers
84% positive
68 reviews
Demo SuperTotalCarnage!
A survival auto-shooter with destructible scenery and monster bosses
60% positive
68 reviews
Demo Tape 101: Liminal Descent
First-person psychological horror with an RC car for remote exploration
90% positive
68 reviews
Demo Nightmare Zapping
A horror visual novel told through a mysterious television's channels
99% positive
67 reviews
Demo 后室重生Backrooms Rebirth
Level-based horror puzzles where you search for exits and evade monsters
52% positive
67 reviews
Demo Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
Text-based horror RPG about hunting vampires on Vancouver's streets
79% positive
67 reviews
Demo Bubbaruka!
Puzzle horror inside an abandoned virtual pet game
91% positive
66 reviews
Demo Sanity Loops
First-person psychological horror about a kiosk job that turns strange
77% positive
66 reviews