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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Lachesis or Atropos
Horror mystery visual novel about a detective who sees hatred
87% positive
Free
Beyond the Doors
First-person horror adventure built around eavesdropping and automated surveillance networks
76% positive
78 reviews
NEDRA
First-person survival horror where staying warm exposes you to monsters
77% positive
78 reviews
SSTWL - Sector Breach
Office-bound survival horror where watching cameras means neglecting the doorway
96% positive
Free
The Troma Project
Turn-based strategy with Troma movie characters and splatter horror
79% positive
77 reviews
Zombie Solitaire
Casual solitaire with power-up cards and a zombie escape story
79% positive
77 reviews
Demo CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
A mystery horror visual novel retracing the week before your death
68% positive
77 reviews
One Day in London
A visual novel about occult mysteries and choices with consequences
90% positive
77 reviews
Lazaretto
First-person survival horror on an abandoned island, without combat
77% positive
77 reviews
8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I
Three 8-bit point-and-click adventures spanning fantasy, horror, and noir
94% positive
77 reviews
Fariwalk: The Prelude
Short horror adventure with dialogue choices and strange side stories
62% positive
77 reviews
The 7th Circle - Endless Nightmare
First-person dungeon crawler with permadeath and progress between characters
75% positive
77 reviews
BioCrisis
An on-rails zombie shooter built around a sixty-second escape
90% positive
77 reviews
KEEP OUT
Side-scrolling horror adventure about a toy surviving among humans
65% positive
77 reviews
Demo The Elevator Game with Catgirls
Horror visual novel with catgirls, clues, and an elevator ritual
100% positive
77 reviews
Village of Zombies
Third-person zombie survival shooter with escalating waves and online co-op
83% positive
Free
Zemblanity
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a changing mansion
84% positive
77 reviews
revere
Point-and-click survival horror with puzzles to solve and creatures to repel
64% positive
Free
Don't Remember
First-person horror with a color-changing lantern for solving mansion puzzles
75% positive
Free
13 Candles
Horror exploration through an abandoned hospital lit only by candles
35% positive
Free
Effugium
First-person horror walking simulator about escaping an empty space facility
60% positive
Free
Demo Divine Frequency
A horror shooter where your character build shapes your discoveries
97% positive
77 reviews
Demo THE DESCENT
First-person horror walking sim investigating disappearances in a coal mine
69% positive
77 reviews
MATRESHKA
Horror puzzle adventure about escaping a building with unpredictable residents
79% positive
77 reviews