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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Pyramid Curse
A found-footage horror adventure about people linked by a pyramid's curse
84% positive
86 reviews
Backrooms Doors
First-person survival horror with locked doors and creatures to evade
69% positive
86 reviews
Demo The Last Winter Knight
Gothic visual novel about a ghost inhabiting a suit of armor
99% positive
86 reviews
Death Motel
First-person horror about recording ghosts in a closed motel
79% positive
86 reviews
Time for Bed
First-person stealth horror about hiding late-night gaming from your mother
97% positive
86 reviews
HANGMAN
A word-guessing puzzle game with a psychological horror twist
83% positive
Free
UNPUNISHED
A horror walking simulator revisiting forbidden rooms from your childhood
74% positive
86 reviews
I'm Truely a Good Guy!
First-person social deduction with scavenging, sabotage, and an armed judge
93% positive
86 reviews
Lily's Lil Video Shop!
Point-and-click horror behind the counter of a VHS rental shop
90% positive
86 reviews
Demo Blood Park
First-person survival horror inside a pair of forgotten VHS tapes
88% positive
86 reviews
Psi Project
A retro horror shooter about surviving hallucinations and finding escape routes
38% positive
85 reviews
After Hours
A computer-based puzzle adventure where web searches help you crack codes
69% positive
Free
The Summoning
Psychological horror built around rituals you perform away from the screen
71% positive
85 reviews
Nix Umbra
First-person horror survival with a glowing sword against the darkness
85% positive
85 reviews
Whisperwind
First-person horror built around puzzles and a prison mystery
96% positive
85 reviews
HARD TAPES
A first-person horror shooter mixing armed encounters with forced escapes
52% positive
Free
Demo Turnip Mountain
A physics-based climbing platformer where you control each hand separately
98% positive
85 reviews
Derealized
A choice-based adventure with ten different endings to find
81% positive
Free
Black Light Kills
First-person psychological horror about missing people and a deteriorating mind
74% positive
85 reviews
Trucker Horror
Horror about a trucker who takes an unmapped forest road
64% positive
85 reviews
Burgle Supply Company
Co-op horror comedy where noisy heists attract mutated pets
88% positive
85 reviews
Demo Heavy Metal Death Can
Retro survival horror with fixed cameras aboard a zombie-infested submarine
93% positive
85 reviews
Scream under the house
First-person psychological horror about secrets hidden in your childhood home
81% positive
85 reviews
R.A.T#200
A stealth point-and-click puzzle game about quietly escaping a laboratory
94% positive
Free