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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The Blackout Club
Co-op stealth horror about investigating a town of sleepwalking adults
79% positive
2,358 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
95% positive
2,345 reviews
Lucius II
Third-person horror adventure where a child devises lethal traps
62% positive
2,339 reviews
Yomawari: Night Alone
Horror adventure searching a dark town for your sister and dog
75% positive
2,333 reviews
Banebush
Horror visual novel where childhood tales become a forest nightmare
95% positive
2,332 reviews
Vigil
First-person horror where blinking lets a roaming automaton move
85% positive
Free
Neverending Nightmares
Psychological horror rooted in its creator's OCD and depression
78% positive
2,327 reviews
Demo Dead Effect 2
First-person zombie shooter aboard a ship with RPG progression
73% positive
2,320 reviews
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Psychological horror about an actor aboard an ever-changing ocean liner
71% positive
2,308 reviews
Granny Remake
First-person survival horror with stealth, puzzles, and multiple escape routes
82% positive
2,304 reviews
Paper Bride
Point-and-click horror mystery about a missing bride and Chinese folklore
91% positive
2,303 reviews
Paragnosia
First-person horror game about photographing anomalies in a haunted apartment
90% positive
2,300 reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
Supernatural mystery visual novel about mermaid legends and island curses
95% positive
2,291 reviews
HellSign
Supernatural action RPG about investigating clues and hunting monsters
67% positive
2,286 reviews
Burger
A cooking clicker about making burgers and collecting achievements
81% positive
Free
Demo The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Zombie survival horror with separate stories for two playable characters
90% positive
2,272 reviews
Moons of Madness
First-person sci-fi adventure mixing Mars base maintenance with cosmic horror
77% positive
2,258 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty
Surveillance horror game about spotting changes across camera feeds
95% positive
2,256 reviews
Tiny Bunny: Prologue
Nonlinear horror visual novel about disappearances in a Siberian village
95% positive
Free
House
Horror adventure about saving your family from a deadly house
95% positive
2,256 reviews
Demo Labyrinth Of The Demon King
First-person horror dungeon crawler set in demon-infested feudal Japan
92% positive
2,253 reviews
A Date in the Park
A point-and-click adventure where a park date turns strange
87% positive
Free
Granny: Chapter Two
First-person survival horror about escaping a house with two pursuers
95% positive
2,251 reviews