The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 671 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: 1,995 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo Larry The Unlucky Part 3
A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure built around escape-room puzzles
81% positive
57 reviews
Demo Deceived Of Joy
First-person psychological horror where hotel routines give way to illusions
84% positive
57 reviews
Demo There Won't be Light
Co-op horror where using your voice helps monsters find you
54% positive
56 reviews
Demo Huntin' Buddies
Co-op horror hunting where dragging animals can make them explode
77% positive
56 reviews
Demo Loathful
Psychological horror inside a virtual vacation resort that turns hostile
87% positive
55 reviews
Demo Exit Together
First-person horror puzzles built around spotting changes in repeating rooms
69% positive
55 reviews
Demo Novena Diabolos
Occult mystery visual novel about finding one human among demons
96% positive
54 reviews
Demo Closer To Home
Surreal horror exploration where death is a tool for progress
96% positive
54 reviews
Demo 灵童
Point-and-click horror about a village homestay and spirit worship
63% positive
54 reviews
Demo Red Light
Single-player extraction shooter where death costs your gear and loot
59% positive
54 reviews
Demo RUNT
Gothic horror visual novel with five days to name a culprit
78% positive
54 reviews
Demo BROKEN LIFE
A point-and-click adventure about returning home after wartime occupation
98% positive
53 reviews
Demo Tache Noire
First-person survival horror with manual reloading and open-ended town exploration
92% positive
53 reviews
Demo Bad Faith
Psychological horror visual novel about punishment in an isolated community
92% positive
52 reviews
Demo Slayaway Camp 2
Grid-based logic puzzles about stalking victims in horror movie parodies
90% positive
52 reviews
Demo Shifting To The Backrooms
First-person psychological horror about escaping dreams through exploration and puzzles
87% positive
52 reviews
Demo Chainsaw
Psychological horror RPG where enemies keep attacking during your turn
94% positive
51 reviews
Demo AI
糺糺縁糸（きゅうきゅうえんし）
Top-down horror adventure about two schoolgirls caught in supernatural events
98% positive
Free
Demo Omen of Sorrow
2.5D horror fighting game where aggression shapes each match
72% positive
43 reviews
Demo Ghost Simulator
Text-based horror RPG about haunting a family and uncovering your death
85% positive
40 reviews
Demo WAGON
Horror deckbuilder about managing a starving Oregon Trail party
95% positive
38 reviews
Demo AI
Distressed
First-person horror investigation for solo players or co-op teams
90% positive
30 reviews
Demo Undivine
Dark 2D Metroidvania with Souls-like combat and nonlinear exploration
93% positive
28 reviews
Demo AI
Malpractice
Online co-op horror about escaping a virus-plagued hospital
64% positive
28 reviews