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 Other Side
First-person co-op ghost hunting with investigation and cleansing contracts
94% positive
1,448 reviews
Demo Alisa
Retro survival horror with stat-boosting dresses and weapon loadouts
88% positive
1,444 reviews
Demo The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Puzzle platformer where dismemberment helps you cross a trap-filled island
89% positive
1,439 reviews
Demo Deck of Haunts
Turn-based haunted-house deckbuilder where you build rooms and scare intruders
86% positive
1,439 reviews
Demo Locked Up
Psychological horror in a house that changes as you explore
76% positive
1,405 reviews
Demo The Boba Teashop
First-person shopkeeping horror where routine boba orders turn unsettling
94% positive
1,391 reviews
Demo Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Lovecraftian horror visual novel with spellbook rituals and branching endings
95% positive
1,353 reviews
Demo DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Underwater survival horror where each dive risks a survivor's life
91% positive
1,353 reviews
Demo Zombie Shooter
Top-down zombie shooter with large hordes and upgradeable weapons
83% positive
1,346 reviews
Demo The Scourge | Tai Ương
First-person horror puzzler mixing Saigon's urban legends and nightmares
94% positive
1,329 reviews
Demo Fear the Spotlight
Third-person school horror with a lurking monster and puzzles
97% positive
1,318 reviews
Demo Folklore Hunter
Co-op horror hunts with traps, cameras, and creatures from folklore
76% positive
1,282 reviews
Demo God's Basement
First-person horror walking simulator about piecing together your past life
73% positive
1,279 reviews
Demo True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Point-and-click horror mystery with puzzles and optional hidden-object scenes
92% positive
1,251 reviews
Demo Cooking Companions
Psychological horror visual novel about survival in a mountain cabin
94% positive
1,211 reviews
Demo Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art survival horror that switches to live-action at key moments
94% positive
1,210 reviews
Demo Slitterhead
Horror-themed action adventure with body possession and blood weapons
78% positive
1,210 reviews
Demo Painkiller Overdose
Fast-paced first-person shooter fighting Hell's monsters with demonic weapons
71% positive
1,208 reviews
Demo Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition
Point-and-click murder mystery linking New Orleans killings to family secrets
91% positive
1,177 reviews
Demo Ghost Janitors
First-person co-op horror about cleaning haunted buildings while evading ghosts
87% positive
1,149 reviews
Demo Lunar Mirror
Campus horror puzzle adventure investigating disappearances and midnight clubs
79% positive
1,112 reviews
Demo Iron Meat
Side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter against mutants and multi-phase bosses
97% positive
1,111 reviews
Demo UMIGARI | ウミガリ
First-person harpoon fishing with stranger catches farther out at sea
83% positive
1,092 reviews
Demo HELLMART
First-person supermarket horror about running a store and surviving nights
77% positive
1,084 reviews