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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Ann
A pixel-art horror adventure about escaping a school after dark
94% positive
Free
Observer: System Redux
First-person cyberpunk horror built around searching minds for clues
85% positive
3,024 reviews
Sucker for Love: First Date
Lovecraftian dating sim where occult rituals lead to kisses
98% positive
3,022 reviews
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Detective adventure tracing disappearances to a Lovecraftian cult
82% positive
3,010 reviews
The Count Lucanor
Pixel-art horror adventure with castle puzzles and branching endings
93% positive
3,002 reviews
Happy's Humble Burger Farm
First-person restaurant horror where wrong orders bring danger
88% positive
3,001 reviews
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
A point-and-click adventure linking personal tragedies with the supernatural
96% positive
Free
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
First-person horror adventure about a missing father and underground puzzles
94% positive
2,986 reviews
Smile For Me
First-person point-and-click adventure about cheering up strange residents
96% positive
2,986 reviews
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Retro first-person shooter across sprawling maps filled with secrets
72% positive
2,984 reviews
The Death | Thần Trùng
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in modern-day Hanoi
91% positive
2,983 reviews
Nightmare House: The Original Mod
First-person horror with jump scares and enemies you can fight
96% positive
Free
Drug Dealer Simulator: Free Sample
Crime management simulation balancing drug sales, expansion, and police avoidance
87% positive
Free
镇邪
Single-player Chinese folklore horror RPG with ghost hunts and tombs
87% positive
2,980 reviews
Garten of Banban 3
First-person horror adventure searching for your child beneath a kindergarten
73% positive
2,976 reviews
Lily's Well
Pixel horror adventure about answering a cry from a well
97% positive
Free
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
91% positive
2,957 reviews
Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals
First-person multiplayer horror with monster hunts and shard-collecting mazes
79% positive
2,950 reviews
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
A first-person mystery where you ask questions through magical cards
96% positive
2,945 reviews
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Third-person survival horror about hiding from pursuers in a mansion
72% positive
2,943 reviews
Fears to Fathom - Carson House
First-person psychological horror about a house-sitting job gone wrong
92% positive
2,940 reviews
The Midnight Walk
Stop-motion dark fantasy adventure evading monsters with a lantern creature
93% positive
2,927 reviews
Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰
First-person survival horror in a mansion of eerie paper dolls
82% positive
2,922 reviews
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau
Third-person horror shooter about a government exorcist fighting ghosts
93% positive
2,897 reviews