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The best horror games for Halloween 2026

Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,029 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: 1,832 horror games are on sale right now.

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CDF Ghostship
CDF Ghostship
Science-fiction horror shooter aboard a spaceship with randomized enemies
36% positive 97 reviews
Atomic 79
Atomic 79
First-person shooter about collecting gold and surviving a cursed crater
94% positive 97 reviews
Captive
Captive
A horror puzzle game about escaping before you bleed out
90% positive 97 reviews
RAW FOOTAGE
RAW FOOTAGE
First-person horror about filming creatures while surviving their attacks
61% positive Free
Before Arriving at the Terminal
Before Arriving at the Terminal
Horror visual novel linking suburban ghost stories with childhood memories
88% positive Free
First Session
First Session
First-person psychological horror about an addiction to virtual drugs
80% positive Free
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive 97 reviews
MeiQi 2022
MeiQi 2022
First-person detective adventure set in China during the 1990s
78% positive 97 reviews
Our Elusive Suffering
Our Elusive Suffering
First-person horror exploration in a city where nothing is explained
65% positive Free
Damned 2
Damned 2
Multiplayer horror with escape-room puzzles and a player-controlled monster
85% positive 97 reviews
Crawlspace 2
Crawlspace 2
VR survival horror with vent repairs and limited battery power
95% positive Free
Hex Bots
Hex Bots
Co-op horror with circuit puzzles and a rogue AI pursuer
88% positive Free
怪異番号~20✕✕(ニーマルバツバツ)~
怪異番号~20✕✕(ニーマルバツバツ)~
A text-based horror adventure centered on a mysterious phone number
96% positive 97 reviews
Building 0: Hakuei University
Building 0: Hakuei University
Exploration-based horror with a camera and a haunted university campus
80% positive 97 reviews
ABOVE
ABOVE
Daylight psychological horror where noise draws danger from the sky
69% positive Free
The Last Letter
The Last Letter
Psychological horror walking simulator following anonymous letters into a forest
88% positive 97 reviews
Sickness Demo
Sickness
A dark visual novel about a student's descent into crime
90% positive 96 reviews
You Doesn't Exist
You Doesn't Exist
A nonlinear pixel RPG that bends familiar genre rules
61% positive Free
Pestis
Pestis
A medieval medical simulation about treating plague victims and surviving
80% positive 96 reviews
Orphan of the Petal
Orphan of the Petal
A horror puzzle adventure about wishes that come at a cost
73% positive Free
Combat Force
Combat Force
First-person zombie shooting with power-ups and a day-night cycle
47% positive 96 reviews
La Villa de la Muerte
La Villa de la Muerte
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a looping, haunted villa
61% positive Free
LONGEYED PROJ
LONGEYED PROJ
Horror deduction game about telling victims apart from disguised creatures
60% positive 96 reviews
Ordinary Day
Ordinary Day
First-person horror exploration in a town ruled by a church
90% positive Free