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 Heaven Dust 2
Survival horror with upgradable weapons and two paths to escape
90% positive
795 reviews
Demo Black Sheep
A psychological horror adventure about piecing together a school's past
54% positive
785 reviews
Demo Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~
Otome visual novel about romance and a doll collector's mystery
93% positive
766 reviews
Demo Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
First-person exploration across distinct dream worlds and unsettling nightmares
95% positive
758 reviews
Demo ARAYA
First-person horror adventure about a murder in a Thai hospital
78% positive
753 reviews
Demo Beyond Hanwell
First-person survival horror with open exploration through London's Westminster
75% positive
753 reviews
Demo Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Text-based horror RPG where a vampire courier evades hunters
90% positive
743 reviews
Demo Andy's Apple Farm
Pixel-art horror wrapped in a seemingly cheerful farm game
88% positive
735 reviews
Demo Amanda the Adventurer 3
Horror puzzle adventure built around a mysterious children's television show
87% positive
731 reviews
Demo Execute
Active incremental strategy about reducing the world's population to zero
91% positive
723 reviews
Demo Perennial Order
A plant-horror boss rush built around one-hit deaths
93% positive
722 reviews
Demo Lamentum
Pixel-art survival horror about seeking a cure in a mansion
86% positive
715 reviews
Demo Don't Knock Twice
First-person horror set in a manor haunted by a witch
72% positive
713 reviews
Demo Psalm 2
First-person horror where finding hidden things lets the elevator descend
88% positive
709 reviews
Demo Lake of Voices
Horror visual novel with timed choices about who survives
95% positive
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Demo Contagion VR: Outbreak
First-person VR zombie shooter following survivors through a spreading outbreak
64% positive
693 reviews
Demo Bleak Sword DX
Dark fantasy action combat across tiny, cursed diorama battlefields
77% positive
681 reviews
Demo True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3
Point-and-click horror mystery with hidden objects and family secrets
93% positive
677 reviews
Demo You Will Die Here Tonight
Survival horror where each fallen teammate changes what comes next
91% positive
676 reviews
Demo Sniper Killer
Retro horror thriller where you play both detective and killer
86% positive
664 reviews
Demo BodyRecords
Bodycam horror exploration where speaking can draw creatures near
65% positive
652 reviews
Demo Bulb Boy
Point-and-click horror adventure starring a boy with a detachable light-bulb head
89% positive
650 reviews
Demo Backrooms Media
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and entity hunts
40% positive
648 reviews
Demo It Has My Face
First-person horror roguelite about hunting a clone that hunts you
87% positive
647 reviews