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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: 1,848 horror games are on sale right now.

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Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Chinese folklore horror puzzle game tracing nightmares through time
80% positive 465 reviews
Pirate's Gambit
Pirate's Gambit
A pirate roguelite built around dice rolls and deckbuilding
89% positive 463 reviews
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
An interactive spy novel about a man framed for murder
81% positive 462 reviews
回门 Way Back Home
回门 Way Back Home
2D horror adventure about a missing family in 1920s China
70% positive 462 reviews
Wasteland Bites Demo
Wasteland Bites
A food truck horror sim with a deadly stress limit
93% positive 462 reviews
Elder Sign: Omens
Elder Sign: Omens
Dice-based board game with investigators trying to stop ancient horrors
76% positive 461 reviews
Dead Horde
Dead Horde
Top-down survival shooter against hordes of increasingly powerful mutants
36% positive 458 reviews
Fright Train Demo
Fright Train
Third-person survival horror on a train you must keep running
86% positive 458 reviews
Absent
Absent
Point-and-click adventure about supernatural disappearances at a college
81% positive Free
Homeless
Homeless
First-person subway horror as a night guard investigates an intruder
81% positive 457 reviews
Sophie's Curse
Sophie's Curse
Point-and-click survival horror where failing lights leave you exposed
83% positive 456 reviews
House of Lizards
House of Lizards
An action adventure about Slavic knights raiding lizard bases across planets
87% positive 456 reviews
Dread Neighbor Demo
Dread Neighbor
First-person psychological horror about a stalker in an old apartment building
81% positive 456 reviews
Prognostic
Prognostic
First-person detective horror where fortune-telling helps you solve crimes
94% positive 454 reviews
Cover Fire: Offline Shooting Game
Cover Fire: Offline Shooting Game
An on-rails shooter with squad switching and destructible environments
72% positive Free
The Blind Prophet
The Blind Prophet
A story-focused point-and-click adventure through a city corrupted by demons
86% positive 453 reviews
INVITATION To FEAR
INVITATION To FEAR
Survival horror where your own footsteps can attract the monster
61% positive 453 reviews
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
First-person multiplayer with timed hiding and a race back to base
38% positive Free
Pomberito
Pomberito
First-person horror combining farm chores with South American folklore
93% positive 452 reviews
Crimson Gray
Crimson Gray
A psychological thriller visual novel where choices shape mental stability
95% positive 451 reviews
Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
A psychological horror visual novel with cute food characters
88% positive Free
Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
Short survival horror about retrieving homework from a monster-haunted school
95% positive 450 reviews
Ria's Hook
Ria's Hook
A 2D platformer about climbing a rainy mountain with hooks
82% positive 449 reviews
MOTHER
MOTHER
Psychological horror about protecting children who can die permanently
88% positive 449 reviews