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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Demo Slayaway Camp 2
Grid-based logic puzzles about stalking victims in horror movie parodies
90% positive
52 reviews
Snowsquall Grip
Horror walking simulator with hands-on puzzles in a sudden snowstorm
77% positive
52 reviews
Imaginary Friend Institution
Psychological horror where imaginary friends emerge in a 1950s institution
94% positive
52 reviews
Demo Shifting To The Backrooms
First-person psychological horror about escaping dreams through exploration and puzzles
87% positive
52 reviews
Ignis Dei
Puzzle horror in a dark forest while fleeing the plague
94% positive
Free
The Night Is Long
First-person horror with a sanity system that changes ambient sounds
81% positive
Free
Smile Dog
Desktop psychological horror built around a suspicious spot-the-difference game
90% positive
52 reviews
MITNAL
First-person horror exploration through a jungle temple and its catacombs
83% positive
52 reviews
The Unfamiliars
First-person horror seen through a camcorder during a rainy night
77% positive
52 reviews
Eight
Short first-person horror about the past of your new home
57% positive
51 reviews
Gluua
First-person co-op horror about investigating hauntings and surviving supernatural attacks
39% positive
51 reviews
The Shore VR
First-person VR horror with island exploration and Lovecraftian creatures
37% positive
51 reviews
Never Ending Nightmare
A psychological horror walking simulator where familiar memories turn strange
88% positive
51 reviews
A Night at the Watermill
Point-and-click horror about escaping a watermill with no memory
94% positive
51 reviews
Silverpine Creek
First-person horror game where your microphone can reveal your location
73% positive
51 reviews
Waffle Cone Willie
First-person survival horror about evading a haunted ice cream truck
86% positive
51 reviews
Benny Bash
Horror puzzle adventure where a cursed game changes the real world
80% positive
51 reviews
Netbreak
Horror puzzle game balancing dark-web searches with survival tasks
61% positive
51 reviews
SENARA: The Sacrament
First-person survival horror aboard a derelict ship hiding cult rituals
76% positive
51 reviews
Demo Chainsaw
Psychological horror RPG where enemies keep attacking during your turn
94% positive
51 reviews
The OG Cake Factory
First-person cake-making horror with a chef closing in behind you
72% positive
50 reviews
Anant Express
First-person horror where strange changes tell you when to turn back
78% positive
50 reviews
Drywall Eating Simulator
Physics-based comedy adventure about managing everyday stress by eating walls
72% positive
50 reviews
Walk Home
First-person psychological horror on a rural walk home after dark
84% positive
Free