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 The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation
First-person campus horror with stealth, puzzles, and a ghostly curse
90% positive
3,787 reviews
Demo Home Sweet Home
First-person Thai horror with stealth, puzzles, and a pursuing spirit
87% positive
3,786 reviews
Demo Subliminal
First-person psychological horror with movable light and perspective-based puzzles
73% positive
3,726 reviews
Demo Hell Clock
Action roguelike with timed dungeon runs rooted in Brazilian history
82% positive
3,684 reviews
Demo My Friendly Neighborhood
First-person survival horror with hostile puppets and resource management
95% positive
3,440 reviews
Demo Horripilant
An incremental horror dungeon crawler with puzzles and automated battles
92% positive
3,130 reviews
Demo FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Third-person survival horror with a camera for fighting ghosts
85% positive
2,884 reviews
Demo Lorn's Lure
First-person platformer about climbing through a vast, dangerous structure
86% positive
2,855 reviews
Demo Emissary Zero
Co-op horror with monsters, puzzles, and a building that changes
83% positive
2,850 reviews
Demo Scarlet Idol
Two-player horror puzzles rooted in the folk traditions of Zhejiang
68% positive
2,849 reviews
Demo PIGFACE
Fast-paced first-person shooter with combat contracts and ability-enhancing masks
96% positive
2,766 reviews
Demo STASIS: BONE TOTEM
Isometric point-and-click horror adventure inside an underwater base
93% positive
2,675 reviews
Demo Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
Point-and-click adventure where moral choices shape the ending
94% positive
2,659 reviews
Demo Little Goody Two Shoes
Fairy-tale horror adventure with village chores and dangerous nighttime exploration
95% positive
2,550 reviews
Demo Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Choice-driven horror RPG in an Arkham cut off from reality
66% positive
2,528 reviews
Demo Welcome to Elderfield
A farming RPG with turn-based combat and otherworldly livestock
84% positive
2,519 reviews
Demo Whisper Mountain Outbreak
Isometric survival horror with cooperative scavenging, puzzles, and monster waves
82% positive
2,510 reviews
Demo While We Wait Here
First-person diner story with cooking, dialogue choices, and looming catastrophe
89% positive
2,466 reviews
Demo Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
2D psychological horror adventure guiding a puppet through surreal scenes
97% positive
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Demo Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
First-person survival horror with hotel puzzles and a timeline-shifting camera
83% positive
2,371 reviews
Demo Cabernet
2D narrative RPG about a vampire balancing hunger and conscience
95% positive
2,363 reviews
Demo Dead Effect 2
First-person zombie shooter aboard a ship with RPG progression
73% positive
2,320 reviews
Demo The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
Demo Labyrinth Of The Demon King
First-person horror dungeon crawler set in demon-infested feudal Japan
92% positive
2,253 reviews