The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,830 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: 1,830 horror games are on sale right now.
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MeiQi 2019
First-person mystery adventure about solving cases by connecting evidence
67% positive
72 reviews
학생들의 공포괴담 終 (Students' horrible stories FIN)
A horror visual novel linking five incidents involving threatened students
81% positive
72 reviews
Tomb of Mask
A mystery adventure mixing puzzle-solving, Chinese folklore, and forbidden love
88% positive
72 reviews
The Backrooms Footage
Psychological horror about escaping a maze of shifting rooms
65% positive
72 reviews
Demo Jawbreaker
Stealth survival horror where firing a weapon risks attracting enemies
67% positive
72 reviews
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef
Top-down roguelite shooter with sanity-driven curses and permanent rewards
81% positive
72 reviews
The Gravedigger
First-person horror about robbing graves while a demon grows stronger
75% positive
72 reviews
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse HD
2D stealth horror about evading a toy rabbit at home
76% positive
72 reviews
Alone in the School
School survival horror about recovering memories while avoiding hidden threats
82% positive
72 reviews
House of Hell (Standalone)
A horror gamebook where fear can kill you
85% positive
71 reviews
Tunnels of Despair
First-person survival horror about escaping an abandoned subway system
65% positive
71 reviews
Demo October Night Games
Digital tabletop horror with rival cults and secret team identities
69% positive
71 reviews
ToruTaru
First-person horror about climbing a mansion that changes each run
82% positive
71 reviews
Krampus Kills
Christmas horror shooter with a demon that tracks your footsteps
85% positive
71 reviews
My Grandparents' Christmas Mystery
First-person psychological horror about a grandmother's disappearance after Christmas
70% positive
71 reviews
Mortisomem
Retro horror adventure about escaping a demon in rural Brazil
92% positive
71 reviews
Demo Insight
A retro-style horror mystery with multiple endings to uncover
87% positive
71 reviews
死掉的女儿（The Dead Daughter）
A psychological horror visual novel about violence against unwanted girls
87% positive
71 reviews
Magical Girl ER
A horror medical sim treating magical girls injured by kaiju
83% positive
71 reviews
Theseus
Third-person VR action-adventure through a labyrinth ruled by the Minotaur
83% positive
70 reviews
Cursed Deal
Online horror matches where cultists and creatures trade roles
96% positive
70 reviews
SHIKIYOKU -Teru Yumemi in the Nightmare-
Side-scrolling horror adventure about investigating mysteries inside spirits' dream worlds
97% positive
70 reviews
Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper
First-person stealth horror about missing children and a masked kidnapper
86% positive
70 reviews
No Delivery
Turn-based horror RPG about working nights at a haunted pizzeria
97% positive
70 reviews