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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GhostCry Hill
A horror puzzle game centered on a campus urban legend
75% positive
182 reviews
project BLARI
Third-person survival horror with choices that determine which characters survive
88% positive
182 reviews
ROSE
First-person arena shooter where sacrificing body parts changes each run
87% positive
Free
Demo The Stalked 3
Linear psychological horror about being stalked in an empty carnival
82% positive
182 reviews
Fox & Flock
A dark board game pitting a fox against ballroom dancers
85% positive
181 reviews
Demo Nightmare (Incubo)
A horror puzzle platformer about a boy trapped in nightmares
77% positive
181 reviews
Tales Beyond The Tomb - No Witnesses
First-person horror with optional microphone detection for noise-sensitive enemies
91% positive
181 reviews
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
First-person point-and-click adventure about occult secrets in 1920s New England
47% positive
180 reviews
Evie
First-person horror built around diaries in an abandoned forest house
44% positive
180 reviews
Demo Chloé’s Requiem -encore-
A 2D horror adventure about musicians in a cursed mansion
90% positive
180 reviews
Trivia Murder Party 3
Trivia matches and survival minigames at a serial killer's camp
64% positive
180 reviews
Restless Grounds
First-person horror shooter where you load every bullet by hand
87% positive
Free
KEEP LOOKING
First-person cave horror with a creature that moves when unseen
92% positive
Free
The Dark Inside Me
Point-and-click psychological horror with choices between mercy and violence
62% positive
179 reviews
Demo Devilated
First-person shooter where enemy bodies become shields and health
82% positive
179 reviews
Cut to the Core
A horror visual novel about a doctor's captive test subject
92% positive
179 reviews
DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
Detective visual novel with crime scene investigations and demon encounters
94% positive
Free
13iew
Horror puzzle adventure where object interactions depend on your viewpoint
60% positive
Free
Malum Escape
Co-op horror escape room for up to four players
41% positive
Free
The 11th Hour
Point-and-click horror with live-action scenes in a toy maker's mansion
44% positive
178 reviews
Fading Hearts
A school-life visual novel where choices can change the genre
63% positive
178 reviews
Interactive Horror Stories
Interactive horror fiction about cursed objects, spirits, and repeating days
69% positive
Free
The Door in the Basement
First-person horror about escaping the world beyond a basement door
88% positive
178 reviews
Life after Death
First-person psychological horror with puzzles rooted in childhood memories
63% positive
178 reviews