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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SMS Returns
Survival horror with a faceless stalker and escalating danger
83% positive
81 reviews
Worlds
Third-person action-adventure with stealth missions across parallel worlds
84% positive
80 reviews
Ergastulum: Dungeon Nightmares III
First-person fantasy horror where losing sanity changes enemy behavior
74% positive
80 reviews
Demo Sanguine Sanctum
Horror exploration across strange worlds to feed a growing entity
94% positive
80 reviews
Strike of Horror
Online team-based horror where humans and ghosts trade hunting roles
69% positive
80 reviews
Metro Trip Simulator
First-person subway passenger simulator with objects you can handle
55% positive
80 reviews
Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher
First-person action adventure exploring an island tied to Chinese legend
60% positive
80 reviews
It's Dark
Top-down multiplayer horror where noise can give away your position
69% positive
Free
Vampire Slayer: The Resurrection
Asymmetric first-person shooter where armed slayers face stealthy melee vampires
66% positive
80 reviews
Scary Maze Game
Cooperative horror maze exploration for up to six online players
81% positive
80 reviews
IFU
Psychological horror built around hidden objects, exploration, and puzzles
70% positive
80 reviews
Temple of Shadows
A puzzle adventure through ancient ruins filled with hidden dangers
78% positive
Free
NightGhast
First-person horror about investigating a haunting while hiding from monsters
91% positive
80 reviews
Five Nights At Skibidi Toilets
Survival horror with security cameras, equipment repairs, and hostile toilets
49% positive
80 reviews
The Good Dog: Chasing Shadows
Survival horror about a dog scavenging supplies amid paranormal threats
86% positive
80 reviews
MEAT TRAIN
Open-world first-person shooter with a train fueled by meat
91% positive
80 reviews
Veil of Sanity
First-person horror about escaping a clown in an abandoned carnival
56% positive
Free
Demo The Doll Shop
A horror-romance adventure about a dollmaker's attachment to his creations
94% positive
80 reviews
Obsessed : Trace
First-person psychological horror about nighttime deliveries and a missing girl
86% positive
80 reviews
The Butler
First-person psychological horror about searching for a missing maintenance man
84% positive
80 reviews
Scary Girl
A side-scrolling action platformer starring a girl with a tentacle arm
72% positive
79 reviews
Feelings Adrift
Horror mini-games built around haunted attractions in an amusement park
63% positive
79 reviews
Judas
First-person horror with hidden objects, puzzles, and supernatural threats
63% positive
79 reviews
Demo Heart of the House
Text-based Gothic horror with branching choices in a haunted manor
89% positive
79 reviews