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: 1,831 horror games are on sale right now.
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Coffin Mall
Survival horror about a mall guard hunted by a car
78% positive
68 reviews
Fear Protocol: Codename Omega Starring Agent Jack Banger
A top-down survival shooter mixing monster fights with puzzles
78% positive
Free
The Plane Effect
A puzzle adventure about an office worker's strange journey home
60% positive
68 reviews
Into the Dangerous World I Leapt
First-person puzzle adventure built around switching between two worlds
81% positive
Free
Demo Limitless Hunger
Retro first-person shooter mixing modern weapons with demonic powers
84% positive
68 reviews
Unwelcome
First-person horror about collecting cards while hiding from a presence
81% positive
68 reviews
Death Below
Third-person horror shooter based on the Soviet sleep experiment legend
57% positive
68 reviews
Demo SuperTotalCarnage!
A survival auto-shooter with destructible scenery and monster bosses
60% positive
68 reviews
Ranger Danger
First-person stealth horror about missing campers in a national park
71% positive
Free
Araka~JK Exorcist Horror RPG
Horror exploration RPG about a psychic searching for a missing exorcist
76% positive
68 reviews
2番線 | Nibansen
A horror walking simulator about spotting changes in a subway
81% positive
68 reviews
Schneider’s Curse
First-person horror about investigating a cursed estate over several nights
57% positive
Free
AKAZU Off limits
First-person horror walking simulator about exploring an unknown place
68% positive
Free
Demo Tape 101: Liminal Descent
First-person psychological horror with an RC car for remote exploration
90% positive
68 reviews
The Exit 8 VR
VR walking simulator about spotting changes in a looping passageway
84% positive
68 reviews
Willie's Nightfall
First-person horror with a mouse mascot hunting through company offices
79% positive
68 reviews
Phyllosoma
A third-person Soulslike about fighting upward through a cursed fortress
59% positive
Free
Obscula
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a decaying house
35% positive
Free
The Puppy
First-person horror about babysitting while a protective dog hunts you
74% positive
68 reviews
Unwilling Host
First-person horror walking simulator with VHS-style visuals and anomalies
91% positive
68 reviews
The Door Factory
First-person horror where you inspect rooms and report unsafe doors
40% positive
68 reviews
Devilry
Action horror about protecting your family from a ghost
69% positive
67 reviews
Twisty's Asylum Escapades
Third-person action adventure starring a floating brain with teeth
60% positive
67 reviews
Circle
Psychological horror adventure mixing creature care with timed trips outside
66% positive
Free