The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,829 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: 1,829 horror games are on sale right now.
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Crime Passional
First-person home invasion horror where text replies influence your stalker
72% positive
61 reviews
Mostroscopy
A three-button fighter pitting masked wrestlers against horror movie monsters
95% positive
61 reviews
Writer. Chapter 1
First-person horror exploration with a camera that reveals hidden clues
72% positive
61 reviews
Demo They See Us
Office anomaly-hunting horror where an incorrect count means death
85% positive
61 reviews
Pinewood Island
A romance visual novel about surviving an island murder mystery
83% positive
60 reviews
Demo Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil
First-person horror about an elderly priest exorcising a cursed house
95% positive
60 reviews
The Third Shift
Retro horror adventure where dialogue choices lead to different endings
95% positive
60 reviews
The Backrooms Multiplayer
Co-op survival horror in shifting rooms that make navigation unreliable
37% positive
60 reviews
Chasmal Fear
First-person survival horror with scarce ammunition and enemies that mutate
55% positive
60 reviews
Martha's Dolls
First-person horror in a cursed village filled with haunted dolls
65% positive
60 reviews
The Curse of Elmwood
First-person horror about investigating a mansion and its family curse
57% positive
60 reviews
Demo Gwan Moon High School : The Ghost Gate
Horror visual novel about students trapped in a haunted school
80% positive
59 reviews
Found Horror Game 101.exe
A horror anthology with new games unlocked through community discoveries
75% positive
59 reviews
Test Of Courage
First-person horror with an after-hours scavenger hunt in an abandoned school
85% positive
59 reviews
Demo The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
A psychological horror visual novel about isolation during a pandemic
75% positive
59 reviews
The Demon Within Me
First-person psychological horror that turns everyday tasks into a nightmare
63% positive
59 reviews
Demo Who Are You!?
First-person sci-fi horror about a father's search for his daughter
69% positive
59 reviews
Absolute Insanity
First-person horror shooter with custom weapons and destructible environments
93% positive
59 reviews
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
Side-scrolling horror beat 'em up about sabotaging a movie production
59% positive
59 reviews
Gnomes Garden: Halloween
Fantasy time-management strategy with resource planning and a princess's magic
79% positive
58 reviews
Ritual: Crown of Horns
Top-down horde shooter about defending a witch in the Weird West
69% positive
58 reviews
Demo Re:Turn 2 - Runaway
A psychological horror adventure about escaping a spirit's haunted train
74% positive
58 reviews
Psychiatric Hospital
First-person horror exploration built around keys, locked doors, and riddles
55% positive
58 reviews
The Rake
Open-world survival horror about hunting a creature that hunts back
55% positive
58 reviews