The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,035 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: 1,848 horror games are on sale right now.
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Firewood
A side-scrolling psychological horror adventure about a widower's troubled past
77% positive
150 reviews
The Village
A horror shooter with flashlight exploration and hostage rescue missions
54% positive
150 reviews
Dap
Horror action-adventure where your growing group can turn against itself
92% positive
150 reviews
The Fridge is Red
First-person horror anthology with a fridge that moves when unwatched
53% positive
150 reviews
Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
First-person horror adventure with puzzles and a Lovecraft-inspired mystery
67% positive
Free
The Circus
Horror RPG with branching endings shaped by collected memories
67% positive
Free
Welcome To The Backrooms
First-person survival horror in an endless, procedurally generated maze
47% positive
Free
For Goodness Sake
First-person horror about household chores, moral choices, and Krampus
90% positive
Free
Demo LockYourDoor
Co-op survival horror with dwindling light and mounting nighttime threats
87% positive
150 reviews
Pitty Meaty
Survival horror beneath a corpse head towering over the forest
83% positive
150 reviews
Jeff The Killer: Horror Game
First-person stealth horror where every sound can draw your pursuer
81% positive
150 reviews
Play Things
First-person horror where you test dolls for signs of curses
98% positive
Free
Dollhouse
Survival horror where you can see through your pursuer's eyes
51% positive
149 reviews
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
Fantasy hidden-object adventure with potion crafting and a missing prince
77% positive
149 reviews
A Wonder
Third-person stealth and puzzles in an abandoned underwater city
52% positive
Free
Deadness
First-person VR horror with wheelchair movement and undead to evade
77% positive
149 reviews
TEOCIDA
A horror puzzle-platformer with cloning puzzles and surreal religious imagery
96% positive
149 reviews
Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
First-person horror exploring a mysterious death through an anonymous videotape
58% positive
149 reviews
THE TAG-ALONG OBSESSION
First-person horror puzzle adventure about surviving a haunted resort
48% positive
149 reviews
Paragnosia: Museum
Horror anomaly-spotting game where missed changes weaken your protection
87% positive
149 reviews
Backmooms
First-person horror adventure through yellow rooms with a pursuing monster
85% positive
149 reviews
Unlucky Seven
A horror adventure where dialogue choices determine your friends' fates
45% positive
148 reviews
The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan
Hidden-object detective work involving secret agents, Roman gods, and artifacts
83% positive
148 reviews
Faint Call
First-person psychological horror about a distress call from a cursed house
70% positive
148 reviews