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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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Terroro
Terroro
First-person psychological horror about a TikToker's hidden private life
82% positive Free
寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files 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
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
Gory 2D action platformer with fast, combo-driven revenge combat
95% positive 1,894 reviews
Valakas Story
Valakas Story
Action adventure about a rural Russian streamer's suspected replacement
82% positive 1,893 reviews
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
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
Stay Out of the House
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal butcher's house
94% positive 1,887 reviews
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
2D horror sidescroller about hiding from a stalking toy rabbit
94% positive Free
Distrust: Polar Survival
Distrust: Polar Survival
Isometric survival horror where falling asleep attracts hostile forces
73% positive 1,879 reviews
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
VR survival horror with zombie combat and nighttime scavenging
64% positive 1,869 reviews
The Shore
The Shore
First-person horror adventure combining island exploration, puzzles, and Lovecraftian monsters
71% positive 1,851 reviews
Passing Pineview Forest
Passing Pineview Forest
First-person forest horror where survival depends on staying calm
66% positive Free
IMMORTALITY
IMMORTALITY
Live-action mystery pieced together from three unreleased films
84% positive 1,848 reviews
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
88% positive 1,844 reviews
DEAD LETTER DEPT. Demo
DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Psychological horror built around typing strange and damaged mail
95% positive 1,841 reviews
nophenia Demo
nophenia
A walking simulator through dreamlike spaces and stark brutalist architecture
97% positive 1,840 reviews
Killer Chat! - Original Edition Demo
Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Satirical dating chat sim about romancing serial killers
94% positive Free
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Top-down horror roguelike about scavenging supplies and hiding from monsters
84% positive Free
Budget Cuts
Budget Cuts
First-person VR stealth with robots, throwing knives, and teleportation
80% positive 1,812 reviews
He Needs His Medicine
He Needs His Medicine
Surreal horror about mixing a creature's medicine for different outcomes
79% positive Free
Trapped with Jester
Trapped with Jester
A psychological horror visual novel centered on a talkative stranger
94% positive Free
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Hidden-object detective adventure following clues to a missing girl
85% positive 1,805 reviews
Gori: Cuddly Carnage Demo
Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Third-person hack-and-slash as a hoverboarding cat fighting mutated toys
96% positive 1,805 reviews
CONVRGENCE
CONVRGENCE
Single-player VR extraction shooter with procedural raids and a dog
88% positive 1,801 reviews
Space Beast Terror Fright
Space Beast Terror Fright
Permadeath first-person shooter aboard changing ships full of lethal aliens
92% positive 1,795 reviews