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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DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
First-person horror about collecting cat pictures while avoiding a pursuer
91% positive
479 reviews
Demo BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH
First-person psychological horror about isolation and a many-eyed watcher
83% positive
479 reviews
Unknown Tapes
Found-footage horror where dinosaurs can hear your real-world voice
80% positive
479 reviews
OH DEMON! Fix my TV
A horror-comedy puzzle adventure where your gaze changes the environment
87% positive
478 reviews
Demo Heartworm
Retro survival horror with a camera as your weapon
87% positive
477 reviews
Midnight Murder Club
Multiplayer party shooter in a dark mansion with proximity chat
65% positive
477 reviews
Slave Zero X
A cyberpunk beat 'em up built around aerial sword combat
74% positive
476 reviews
Bleeding Roots
Short horror walking simulator about gardening through the changing seasons
93% positive
Free
SEVERANCE
Co-op paranormal investigation horror where players can become the ghost
69% positive
476 reviews
Demo The Last Weekend
An adult horror visual novel with character routes and item puzzles
62% positive
Free
Escape the Clinic
First-person puzzle horror about escaping a clinic haunted by spirits
72% positive
Free
The Watchers
Two-player stealth horror about sneaking through a cult’s compound
73% positive
474 reviews
Subterror
First-person co-op horror in abandoned underwater domes and procedural dungeons
90% positive
474 reviews
HORROR TALES: The Wine
First-person horror with puzzles and a stalker on your trail
77% positive
472 reviews
Who Is Mike - A Visual Novel
Mystery visual novel about confronting someone identical to you
91% positive
Free
Surrounded
First-person survival horror with cooperative exploration and sound-sensitive monsters
40% positive
471 reviews
Void Whispers
Sci-fi horror about running a radio station under alien threat
92% positive
Free
Die Young: Prologue
First-person action-adventure mixing stealth and combat during an island escape
76% positive
Free
Lighthouse Keeper
A psychological visual novel about a keeper’s twenty-year lighthouse shift
77% positive
468 reviews
Siren Head: The Horror Experience
First-person horror with a monster that lures victims using siren sounds
71% positive
Free
City Climber
Physics-based climbing platformer with a ragdoll controlled arm by arm
75% positive
467 reviews
FILTHY US
Hand-drawn horror adventure exploring places shaped by the dead's resentment
66% positive
467 reviews
Shattered Lights
VR horror where you navigate impossible corridors by physically walking
86% positive
Free
Ghostbane: Prologue
First-person co-op horror with evidence gathering and ghost-capturing rituals
53% positive
Free