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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: 1,840 horror games are on sale right now.

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NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain
NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain
First-person co-op horror about escaping a barrier haunted by yokai
79% positive 117 reviews
Swallow The Blue: Remastered
Swallow The Blue: Remastered
2D psychological horror where survival depends on obeying hotel rules
58% positive Free
Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
First-person horror in World War I trenches where enemies hear you
70% positive 117 reviews
The Backrooms Project
The Backrooms Project
Exploration horror in a maze of seemingly endless yellow rooms
64% positive 117 reviews
Refund Me If You Can
Refund Me If You Can
First-person horror about finding one escape route through a maze
79% positive 117 reviews
The Guard
The Guard
First-person mall horror with locked rooms and roaming mannequins
61% positive 117 reviews
Lihiman
Lihiman
Anime-style horror simulation where ordinary family life takes a darker turn
96% positive 117 reviews
Zapling Bygone
Zapling Bygone
Side-scrolling metroidvania where stolen boss skulls grant new abilities
83% positive 116 reviews
Liminal Void Demo
Liminal Void
First-person horror dungeon crawler where death advances you through layers
78% positive 116 reviews
SCP: Descent Demo
SCP: Descent
First-person horror with stairwell puzzles and monsters drawn to light
53% positive 116 reviews
Dead end Exit 8
Dead end Exit 8
First-person horror puzzles about spotting changes in repeating corridors
72% positive 116 reviews
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
First-person horror comedy about giving candy to masked monsters
95% positive 116 reviews
Too Well Hidden
Too Well Hidden
First-person psychological horror built around a nighttime game of hide-and-seek
86% positive 116 reviews
Uh Oh!
Uh Oh!
Short first-person horror seen through a retro VHS camcorder
86% positive Free
PROZE: Prologue
PROZE: Prologue
VR puzzle adventure about a secret Soviet research experiment
83% positive Free
Real Scary
Real Scary
Psychological horror using real photographs animated in a stop-motion style
90% positive 115 reviews
Reboot
Reboot
A post-apocalyptic visual novel about survival after an AI crisis
78% positive 115 reviews
Bobok
Bobok
A darkly comic visual novel about conversations among the dead
94% positive 115 reviews
After Dark VR
After Dark VR
VR survival horror about hunting players or escaping together
64% positive Free
The Complex: Found Footage
The Complex: Found Footage
Horror walking simulator exploring the backrooms through a VHS camera
90% positive 115 reviews
HR: Human Remains Demo
HR: Human Remains
First-person horror where keeping your job means staying alive
98% positive 115 reviews
Demented
Demented
Stealth horror where declining sanity changes the world around you
75% positive 114 reviews
Lucie
Lucie
A horror puzzle game where wrong choices can kill you
88% positive Free
Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
A hidden-object adventure tracing a childhood mystery through dreams
88% positive 114 reviews