The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,830 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: 1,830 horror games are on sale right now.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Psychological horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a village
97% positive
1,994 reviews
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Third-person survival horror where photographs ward off island ghosts
89% positive
1,978 reviews
Demo NecroVision
World War I first-person shooter that descends into supernatural combat
67% positive
1,961 reviews
Occult
First-person co-op horror quests with puzzles and multiple endings
71% positive
1,961 reviews
Sign of Silence
Co-op horror where noisy actions draw monsters through the forest
52% positive
1,944 reviews
Welcome to Kowloon
First-person horror centered on a student's search for cheap housing
82% positive
1,942 reviews
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut
Third-person shooter about a half-vampire fighting Nazis and monsters
89% positive
1,941 reviews
Lakeview Cabin Collection
2D survival horror about using found objects against slashers
92% positive
1,939 reviews
Garten of Banban 4
First-person horror adventure searching an abandoned kindergarten for your child
77% positive
1,937 reviews
Stay Close
First-person survival horror about escaping a town alone or together
62% positive
1,923 reviews
Demo 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A mystery visual novel with dialogue choices that shape investigations
80% positive
1,915 reviews
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
First-person horror RPG aboard a starship overrun by mutants
87% positive
1,889 reviews
Stay Out of the House
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal butcher's house
94% positive
1,887 reviews
Distrust: Polar Survival
Isometric survival horror where falling asleep attracts hostile forces
73% positive
1,879 reviews
The Shore
First-person horror adventure combining island exploration, puzzles, and Lovecraftian monsters
71% positive
1,851 reviews
IMMORTALITY
Live-action mystery pieced together from three unreleased films
84% positive
1,848 reviews
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
88% positive
1,844 reviews
Demo DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Psychological horror built around typing strange and damaged mail
95% positive
1,841 reviews
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Top-down horror roguelike about scavenging supplies and hiding from monsters
84% positive
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Budget Cuts
First-person VR stealth with robots, throwing knives, and teleportation
80% positive
1,812 reviews
Space Beast Terror Fright
Permadeath first-person shooter aboard changing ships full of lethal aliens
92% positive
1,795 reviews
Demo Tormented Souls 2
Survival horror where changing the past opens new paths
86% positive
1,789 reviews
Escape from Playtime
Co-op survival horror with scavenging runs through a changing factory
69% positive
1,774 reviews
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
First-person vampire horror with a randomly generated castle to explore
89% positive
1,764 reviews