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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DERE EVIL EXE
Side-scrolling horror platformer with environmental puzzles and a meta story
87% positive
395 reviews
Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
First-person survival horror inside a nightmare that changes between playthroughs
74% positive
394 reviews
Doorways: Prelude
First-person horror adventure mixing exploration, puzzles, and tests of reflexes
60% positive
393 reviews
THE ENIGMA MACHINE
First-person horror puzzle game exploring an artificial intelligence's mind
90% positive
392 reviews
Demo SCP: Blackout
First-person survival horror with branching choices inside an SCP facility
67% positive
Free
The Flayed Man
Short point-and-click horror adventure about judgment and branching endings
91% positive
390 reviews
Strange Night
First-person psychological horror built around security cameras and nightly patrols
60% positive
389 reviews
Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em
Single-player Texas Hold'em tournament against four talkative opponents
69% positive
387 reviews
Curious Cases
First-person escape room puzzles in a missing scientist mystery
70% positive
387 reviews
Abandoned Souls
Found-footage horror about a video blogger exploring an abandoned hospital
73% positive
387 reviews
Francisca
First-person horror about playing hide-and-seek with a ghostly girl
60% positive
386 reviews
Demo Putrefaction 2: Void Walker
A fast-paced arena shooter about fighting through enemy hordes
77% positive
386 reviews
Demo Caput Mortum
First-person survival horror with puzzles and a separately controlled hand
95% positive
386 reviews
Post Mortem
First-person detective adventure about a murder case tied to occult rituals
58% positive
384 reviews
Dracula: Love Kills
Gothic hidden-object adventure where Dracula joins forces with Van Helsing
80% positive
384 reviews
Dread X Collection 3
Twelve short horror games mixing cute imagery with creepy situations
92% positive
384 reviews
The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
Short third-person horror seen through a call center's security cameras
84% positive
Free
My Beautiful Paper Smile
A psychological horror adventure about escaping a facility that demands smiles
83% positive
383 reviews
Clash of the Monsters
3D fighting matches between characters from classic horror stories
53% positive
Free
Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
Co-op horror simulation about freeing possessed people through exorcism rituals
70% positive
382 reviews
This is a Ghost
First-person horror where you identify ghosts before fighting them
91% positive
381 reviews
Revenge Of The Colon
Medical horror set inside the colons of your patients
85% positive
381 reviews
Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
A cooking adventure where a cute village takes a darker turn
98% positive
Free
Below, Rusted Gods
First-person horror where you guide an expedition by radio
87% positive
381 reviews