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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Coincidences?
First-person psychological horror centered on a suspiciously cheap rental
92% positive
416 reviews
Airtight City 密闭之城1.0
A third-person horror shooter with a female lead and puzzles
96% positive
415 reviews
My Sweet! Housemate
Horror comedy visual novel about renting from a suspicious landlord
98% positive
415 reviews
Paranormal
First-person horror where a house's hauntings change between playthroughs
58% positive
414 reviews
The Goatman
Co-op horror hunting with traps, explosives, and remote-controlled drones
68% positive
414 reviews
Hotel Remorse
First-person horror about escaping a hotel filled with paranormal threats
75% positive
Free
Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient
Top-down horror RPG about escaping a hospital full of monsters
69% positive
413 reviews
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
Dark comedy visual novel where zombie dogs crash a birthday party
99% positive
413 reviews
Mayjasmine Episode01 - What is God?
A historical visual novel about everyday lives disrupted by riots
71% positive
412 reviews
Traum
Psychological horror adventure where familiar places become increasingly strange
92% positive
Free
Ghost Town Mine Ride & Shootin' Gallery
VR horror mixing mine-cart rides, target shooting, and on-foot exploration
86% positive
411 reviews
Demo Clea
Stealth survival horror where roaming monsters react to your noise
98% positive
411 reviews
One Way To Die
A darkly comic text adventure where luck can turn fatal
53% positive
Free
Demo Dry Drowning
Detective visual novel with moral choices that change the story
80% positive
410 reviews
Escape First
Escape room puzzles playable with or without a VR headset
65% positive
409 reviews
FLATHEAD
A high-or-low horror game with a creature closing in
93% positive
409 reviews
The Miskatonic
A dark comedy visual novel set at an occult university
76% positive
408 reviews
Cosmodread
VR survival horror where every escape attempt reshuffles the ship
90% positive
408 reviews
Dreams in the Witch House
Point-and-click horror balancing student life, survival, and an occult investigation
91% positive
408 reviews
a pet shop after dark
A point-and-click horror adventure where the lights must stay on
90% positive
408 reviews
Backrooms Break
First-person horror action with walls you can smash through
70% positive
408 reviews
Face The Abyss
Multiplayer horror where a psychic hunter tries to stop an escape
38% positive
Free
Alone in the Dark 1
Survival horror investigating a suspicious death in a cursed mansion
91% positive
407 reviews
MetaPhysical
First-person ghost-hunting horror with co-op investigations and exorcisms
80% positive
407 reviews