The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,039 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: 1,845 horror games are on sale right now.
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Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
A Victorian hidden-object mystery guided by visions of the past
88% positive
236 reviews
OVERWHELM
Action horror platforming where defeated bosses make other enemies stronger
83% positive
236 reviews
Session Seven
Point-and-click mystery about escaping a cellar and recovering lost memories
88% positive
Free
DON'T LOOK AWAY
Asymmetrical multiplayer horror where watching the enemy keeps it still
77% positive
236 reviews
頭痛
First-person horror with an abandoned museum mystery and five endings
74% positive
Free
Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY!
Horror bar simulation about serving animals and spotting disguised humans
90% positive
236 reviews
Demo Tormentum II
Point-and-click horror adventure where your decisions change other characters’ fates
90% positive
235 reviews
Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time
A VR puzzle adventure through time and space
61% positive
235 reviews
Escape until Friday
A horror escape game with five days to get out
83% positive
234 reviews
Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Psychological horror visual novel about dark secrets in a convent
85% positive
234 reviews
ShadowBringer
First-person stealth where darkness protects you and light causes harm
82% positive
Free
Family curse
First-person horror exploring an inherited mansion and its family secrets
91% positive
234 reviews
Moving Houses
A first-person packing simulator that gradually turns into surreal horror
73% positive
234 reviews
Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
A puzzle-platformer with a teddy bear companion you can command
70% positive
233 reviews
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
A short psychological horror adventure about isolation and recurring nightmares
94% positive
233 reviews
Bride into the Cave
Chinese folklore puzzle adventure about the ritual of a cave bride
43% positive
233 reviews
Wounded - The Beginning
First-person survival horror about a father searching for his daughter
73% positive
232 reviews
Demo Ikai
First-person horror inside a shrine haunted by Japanese spirits
76% positive
232 reviews
Haunted Investigation
A horror adventure with choices that lead to different endings
84% positive
232 reviews
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
First-person horror puzzles connecting a cabin and a computer game
98% positive
Free
Red Forest
First-person survival horror about hunting a creature near Chernobyl
33% positive
231 reviews
Perdition
First-person shooter where empty guns become explosives in Overdrive mode
89% positive
Free
Inside Depth 6
Psychological horror with puzzles in a mine linked to disappearances
83% positive
231 reviews
Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
A point-and-click horror mystery about a nanny's disappearance at night
97% positive
231 reviews