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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Live-action horror where clues guide your escape from a villa
79% positive
371 reviews
Lucid Cats
First-person co-op horror about looting dreams and finding the exit
75% positive
371 reviews
Perceptions of the Dead
A horror visual novel about ghost cases and a haunted livestream
91% positive
Free
Demo GOHOME
Third-person horror about escaping pursuers on the way home
83% positive
370 reviews
OMG Zombies!
Puzzle shooter about clearing zombie crowds with very few bullets
80% positive
369 reviews
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
Horror visual novel with clue-driven investigations and deadly spirit encounters
85% positive
369 reviews
Ignited Entry
Psychological horror with a voiced story and dreamlike visuals
96% positive
Free
Sharks and Minnows
Survival horror in a haunted pool with ten laps to escape
92% positive
369 reviews
Magdalena
Dark adventure about piecing together memories to unlock a room
44% positive
368 reviews
Demo RATUZ
A horror platformer about escaping a prison where experiments go wrong
88% positive
368 reviews
Buried
First-person horror puzzles inside a coffin with dwindling oxygen
74% positive
368 reviews
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
A visual novel about schoolgirls trained to carry out covert missions
92% positive
367 reviews
Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue
First-person survival horror about escaping a ship controlled by cultists
71% positive
Free
Smile More
Medical horror simulation where every patient must be made to smile
95% positive
Free
Demo Creature Lab
First-person laboratory simulator where you create mutants and plan raids
49% positive
365 reviews
Cannibal Abduction
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal family's farmhouse
96% positive
365 reviews
Dreadhalls
First-person VR survival horror in a dungeon that changes each run
93% positive
364 reviews
Scorch
A narrative exploration game about investigating a forest ranger's murder
82% positive
Free
Hektor
First-person psychological horror where corridors change as you explore
60% positive
363 reviews
Death end re;Quest 2
A horror JRPG mixing daytime investigations with nighttime turn-based battles
68% positive
363 reviews
TAMASHII
A horror puzzle platformer inspired by older Japanese games
95% positive
362 reviews
Demo 7Days Origins
A chat-based mystery adventure built around trust and personal secrets
87% positive
362 reviews
Eresys
Co-op horror where cultists use lamplight to keep monsters away
59% positive
362 reviews
SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE
An exploration RPG about a workday after a flying-saucer crash
96% positive
Free