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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Escape from GULAG
A maze escape game with hostile squads and rising difficulty
82% positive
67 reviews
Lost Circus VR - The Prologue
A VR cart ride through a creepy, abandoned circus
79% positive
67 reviews
! Wild Russia !
Horror exploration across rural Russia, with anomalies and abandoned buildings
60% positive
67 reviews
FM
First-person psychological horror with puzzles built around radio broadcasts
72% positive
67 reviews
Escape from Skull Dungeon
A dungeon escape room mixing riddles with demons and traps
67% positive
67 reviews
Self-Delusion
Survival horror where you outlast creatures from Slavic folklore
93% positive
67 reviews
ALLON3
First-person psychological horror where voices lead through a deserted city
48% positive
Free
MITE - Terror in the forest
Third-person forest horror where looking away lets a creature approach
76% positive
Free
GeraScopia
2D horror platformer with multiple endings and a fishing minigame
93% positive
67 reviews
Dream Bright
A 3D puzzle-platformer about finding toys through dreams and stealth
90% positive
Free
ALPEN GHOUL: Prologue
Stealth horror about evading a relentless hunter on a mountain
85% positive
Free
Snotty's Sewer
First-person stealth horror with a former TV character hunting you
78% positive
Free
Demo Nightmare Zapping
A horror visual novel told through a mysterious television's channels
99% positive
67 reviews
Joy Land
First-person horror with robot mascots, puzzles, and a disappearance mystery
63% positive
Free
Demo 后室重生Backrooms Rebirth
Level-based horror puzzles where you search for exits and evade monsters
52% positive
67 reviews
Project13: Nightwatch
First-person observation horror where you screen prisoners for hidden anomalies
51% positive
67 reviews
Rat Quest
A platformer where falling sends you back to the bottom
93% positive
67 reviews
Outlying Islands
Horror adventure with environmental puzzles on an island warped by supernatural forces
91% positive
67 reviews
Roswell Ranch
First-person survival horror with farm puzzles and a patrolling UFO
60% positive
Free
Midnight Swamp
Point-and-click adventure through a dark swamp full of strange creatures
96% positive
67 reviews
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy
Third-person survival horror with stealth, stalkers, and hypnosis powers
85% positive
67 reviews
Demo Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
Text-based horror RPG about hunting vampires on Vancouver's streets
79% positive
67 reviews
Echoes in Darkness
Psychological horror where a supernatural presence guides your search
82% positive
67 reviews
A Fear Of Heights, And Other Things
A VR scene collection built around heights and other fears
82% positive
66 reviews