The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,025 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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Creature Romances: For the Ladies
Horror romance visual novel about dating two nonhuman love interests
80% positive
65 reviews
Freakshow:Anniversary
A circus horror adventure built around puzzles and minigames
65% positive
Free
Necro Mutex
Old-school horror shooter playable on a monitor or in VR
86% positive
Free
Worse Than Death
A horror adventure about surviving a disastrous high school reunion
77% positive
65 reviews
Demo Frozen Memories
A suspense visual novel about a city with missing memories
94% positive
65 reviews
Demo Alien Scumbags
Side-scrolling action platformer with destructible levels and science-fiction horror
98% positive
65 reviews
Heidelberg 1693
Side-scrolling action platformer where every musket shot needs manual reloading
82% positive
65 reviews
Dashie's Puh-ranormal Activity
First-person comedy horror built around a YouTuber's skits
97% positive
65 reviews
Impostor Inside Us
Single-player deduction game about finding a killer or becoming one
68% positive
65 reviews
Friki
Online co-op horror about discovering how ghosts died
58% positive
65 reviews
MASAGORO
First-person horror inside an abandoned Japanese inn haunted by spirits
74% positive
65 reviews
Demo Kriophobia
Survival horror with scarce supplies and deadly cold underground
91% positive
65 reviews
SOMNI
First-person survival horror with ghosts to evade and cryptids to fight
60% positive
65 reviews
Mr. White
First-person horror about escaping a house while a creature hunts you
86% positive
65 reviews
Demo Dolls
First-person horror about escaping a parallel reality populated by dolls
91% positive
65 reviews
Parasite in Love
Horror visual novel about a brain-eating parasite that loves you
94% positive
Free
Los Penguinos
Surveillance horror about surviving a night shift with hostile penguins
82% positive
65 reviews
Little Lighthouse of Horror
Survival horror about tending a lighthouse while managing your sanity
83% positive
65 reviews
双相：水管（Bipolar: The Tube)
A psychological horror visual novel about distrust within a family
78% positive
65 reviews
Backrooms: What's Next
First-person horror where every action makes noise and attracts attention
62% positive
65 reviews
Italian Brainrot: In Prison
Prison survival horror with strange monsters and limited power
80% positive
65 reviews
CASE RECORDS: Lost Night
First-person horror about a missing animatronic in a TV studio
45% positive
65 reviews
Terminus
Third-person shooting with demons, aliens, and science-fiction survival horror
66% positive
Free
Demo Deadcam
First-person survival horror with a live view of your pursuer
71% positive
65 reviews