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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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Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope
Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope
Hidden-object puzzle adventure about the search for the philosopher's stone
59% positive 170 reviews
The Trench
The Trench
Submarine horror about recovering lost data in an ocean trench
85% positive 170 reviews
Mucorales
Mucorales
A horror adventure with a dark Red Riding Hood retelling
96% positive 170 reviews
NAGAISAN
NAGAISAN
A first-person horror walking simulator built around an urban legend
90% positive 170 reviews
Dead Format
Dead Format
First-person survival horror set inside cursed VHS movie worlds
79% positive 170 reviews
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
First-person horror where ordinary people are the source of danger
68% positive 170 reviews
Insomnis
Insomnis
First-person horror adventure with puzzles in a changing manor
86% positive 169 reviews
BrokenLore: FOLLOW Demo
BrokenLore: FOLLOW
First-person psychological horror tracing a young woman's past through puzzles
80% positive 169 reviews
Security: The Horrible Nights Demo
Security: The Horrible Nights
Horror stories about watching hospital cameras and confronting strange creatures
89% positive 169 reviews
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
First-person holiday horror with Santa collecting gifts and making deliveries
82% positive 169 reviews
Pizza Deathlivery
Pizza Deathlivery
Co-op horror with pizza deliveries, roaming monsters, and daily deadlines
69% positive 169 reviews
NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
First-person horror mixing convenience store chores with late-night danger
85% positive Free
The Lacerator Demo
The Lacerator
Survival horror where losing limbs changes how you play
99% positive 168 reviews
EggK47
EggK47
Retro shoot 'em up starring a chicken with a gun
81% positive 167 reviews
PAGAN PEAK VR
PAGAN PEAK VR
VR horror escape room set in a killer's alpine cabin
81% positive 167 reviews
Banana 2: Fruit
Banana 2: Fruit
A free incremental clicker focused on collecting different banana varieties
46% positive Free
Clamb
Clamb
Physics-based VR climbing where you tackle obstacles with a hammer
64% positive 167 reviews
DON'T FACE UP
DON'T FACE UP
First-person horror built around exploring without making eye contact
71% positive Free
Fledgling Manor Demo
Fledgling Manor
Horror visual novel set inside a deadly vampire reality show
99% positive 167 reviews
Ancient Guardian
Ancient Guardian
Action-adventure through randomized mazes filled with traps and Greek monsters
72% positive 166 reviews
Deserving Life
Deserving Life
Room-scale VR escape game where you wake up in chains
81% positive Free
Dreamwalker: Never Fall Asleep
Dreamwalker: Never Fall Asleep
Hidden-object mystery about a psychiatrist who enters patients' dreams
86% positive 166 reviews
Fossilfuel Demo
Fossilfuel
First-person survival horror with mutant dinosaurs and invading soldiers
70% positive 166 reviews
Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight Demo
Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight
Horror visual novel where death doesn't end the story
86% positive 166 reviews