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 Bad Dream: Coma
Point-and-click horror in a dream where you cannot die
91% positive
2,154 reviews
Demo DreadOut 2
Third-person horror adventure hunting Indonesian ghosts with smartphone and weapons
75% positive
2,100 reviews
Demo Sinister Night 2
First-person multiplayer horror with hidden threats in a haunted mansion
87% positive
2,020 reviews
Demo Dreamcore
First-person exploration of eerie, empty spaces without a guide
89% positive
2,006 reviews
Demo NecroVision
World War I first-person shooter that descends into supernatural combat
67% positive
1,961 reviews
Demo 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A mystery visual novel with dialogue choices that shape investigations
80% positive
1,915 reviews
Demo DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Psychological horror built around typing strange and damaged mail
95% positive
1,841 reviews
Demo nophenia
A walking simulator through dreamlike spaces and stark brutalist architecture
97% positive
1,840 reviews
Demo Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Satirical dating chat sim about romancing serial killers
94% positive
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Demo Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive
1,805 reviews
Demo Tormented Souls 2
Survival horror where changing the past opens new paths
86% positive
1,789 reviews
Demo Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
2D horror adventure through a mansion of puzzles and lost memories
93% positive
1,758 reviews
Demo The Sinking City 2
Third-person survival horror in a flooded city overrun by monsters
83% positive
1,725 reviews
Demo KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2
Spider-hunting action adventure across dimensions with weapons and challenges
94% positive
1,701 reviews
Demo Them and Us
Survival horror with fixed-camera or over-the-shoulder play and scarce supplies
75% positive
1,662 reviews
Demo Total Chaos
First-person survival horror with makeshift weapons and an island mystery
86% positive
1,648 reviews
Demo Shadowgrounds
Top-down sci-fi shooter with weapon upgrades and tactical flashlight use
82% positive
1,623 reviews
Demo Butcher's Creek
First-person horror built around improvised weapons and environmental kills
94% positive
1,620 reviews
Demo Withering Rooms
Horror action RPG in a mansion that changes nightly
96% positive
1,589 reviews
Demo Downfall
A psychological horror adventure where choices define a troubled husband
95% positive
1,588 reviews
Demo PUSS!
2D bullet-hell action through randomized levels as a trapped cat
88% positive
1,561 reviews
Demo Dread Flats
First-person horror mixing a missing-person mystery with stealth and chases
83% positive
1,542 reviews
Demo Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
Pixel-art action RPG with Souls-like combat and seven possessed bosses
73% positive
1,517 reviews
Demo Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Lovecraftian horror built around lighthouse work and ship-routing decisions
91% positive
1,473 reviews