The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,035 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: 1,840 horror games are on sale right now.
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The Story of Henry Bishop
First-person horror about a property inspection disrupted by monsters
81% positive
549 reviews
Demo RetroSpace
First-person space horror where death means returning as a clone
89% positive
549 reviews
Oakwood
First-person survival horror about evading dinosaurs in an abandoned campground
86% positive
548 reviews
Last Year: The Nightmare
Asymmetric multiplayer horror where teenagers escape player-controlled serial killers
69% positive
547 reviews
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Turn-based survival roguelike with crafting, base building, and zombies
87% positive
547 reviews
Frozen State
Top-down survival horror in a city trapped by an ice age
63% positive
546 reviews
Demo sweet pool
Body horror visual novel with choices between reason and instinct
90% positive
546 reviews
Phantasmagoria
Point-and-click horror mystery with live-action video and a female lead
87% positive
545 reviews
Slender Threads: Prologue
Free point-and-click thriller about a writer investigating a strange town
97% positive
Free
Demo The Skin Stapler
Horror walking simulator alternating between detective work and survival
91% positive
544 reviews
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
A horror visual novel revisiting a school tragedy across timelines
86% positive
543 reviews
HALF DEAD 3
Co-op survival horror in a complex of trap-filled rooms
77% positive
540 reviews
Black Mirror
Gothic horror adventure investigating a possible curse in a Scottish castle
47% positive
539 reviews
The Music Machine
First-person horror adventure about possession on an abandoned island
88% positive
538 reviews
Coin
An incremental clicker built around mining and collecting virtual cryptocurrencies
67% positive
Free
Containment Initiative
VR zombie shooter with desktop co-op on the same PC
88% positive
533 reviews
Matsuro Palette
A point-and-click horror mystery about surviving a cursed painting
98% positive
530 reviews
Her World
A horror visual novel about uncovering an unfamiliar world's secrets
96% positive
529 reviews
Demo ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Third-person survival horror with a protagonist who talks to you
77% positive
528 reviews
Demo Midnight Heist
Solo or co-op horror heists with hacking and lurking entities
93% positive
527 reviews
Demo Play With Me: Escape Room
Horror escape-room puzzles with optical illusions and a serial killer
62% positive
526 reviews
Five Nights at Roner's: Remastered
Point-and-click horror about surviving several nights in a haunted house
96% positive
Free
Urge
Open-world survival horror where your actions spread dangerous fog
90% positive
524 reviews
lure
First-person fishing horror set at a forbidden Shinto shrine
90% positive
Free