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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东方心之解束~Saving from the devil
A story-focused puzzle adventure with real-time bullet-hell boss battles
98% positive
178 reviews
Yujiro's Mansion
Stealth survival horror about robbing a mansion while its owner hunts
89% positive
Free
Y. Village - The Visitors
First-person horror mixing a village mystery with live-action footage
79% positive
178 reviews
MYTH - Steam Edition
A horror visual novel with roots in Norse mythology
88% positive
177 reviews
Take the Dream IX
Surreal horror adventure RPG about saving your girlfriend from a phantom
78% positive
Free
The Initiate
First-person puzzle adventure about escaping a house full of traps
76% positive
177 reviews
LINCH
First-person multiplayer card game where moves trigger violent cutscenes
57% positive
177 reviews
20,000 Miles Under the Sea
First-person idle horror on a descent toward the Mariana Trench
40% positive
Free
INPUT6
First-person horror where switching factory sections helps you escape a robot
95% positive
177 reviews
Demo Last Light
A horror adventure about exploring a hospital while evading demons
82% positive
177 reviews
Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes
VR horror adventure through a world scaled for a child
77% positive
177 reviews
Urayama
First-person horror walking simulator about a student exploring a supposedly haunted place
85% positive
177 reviews
Foghorns Drown
First-person psychological horror about ferrying passengers across a foggy lake
77% positive
177 reviews
SPAGHET
Survival horror about keeping pasta warm while avoiding its owners
88% positive
176 reviews
Everyone Dies
Solo first-person shooter about surviving endless waves of zombies
78% positive
Free
Robot Daycare
A visual novel about raising an AI amid strained friendships
89% positive
Free
House of Rules
Horror puzzle adventure about a mansion job with strange rules
90% positive
176 reviews
BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
Single-player VR survival horror with crafting and optional creature encounters
83% positive
176 reviews
灵魂筹码:契约
Ten-player horror matches where gamblers and ghosts share a team
41% positive
Free
孵道
A short horror adventure about getting home without looking back
79% positive
176 reviews
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance
A hidden-object adventure following a demon hunter's museum investigation
89% positive
175 reviews
The Whispering Valley
Point-and-click folk horror about guilt in an isolated Quebec village
87% positive
175 reviews
D3L3T3.exe - Aplicativo do Mal a origem
First-person horror exploration in a graveyard linked to a curse
68% positive
Free
TRAFFIC
First-person psychological horror built around a child's troubled home life
83% positive
Free