The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 495 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: 1,996 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo ARSONATE
A first-person card game where each flip brings fire closer
85% positive
175 reviews
Butcherman
First-person horror about finding a way out of captivity
93% positive
175 reviews
Demo BrokenLore: FOLLOW
First-person psychological horror tracing a young woman's past through puzzles
80% positive
169 reviews
Trivia Murder Party 3
Trivia matches and survival minigames at a serial killer's camp
64% positive
168 reviews
Demo AI
FIRE AND ASHES
First-person survival horror where your voice can reveal your position
92% positive
167 reviews
AI
Kyofu Yawa: Scary Stories at Night
A psychological horror visual novel linking two late-night ghost stories
96% positive
165 reviews
Letter Lost
A horror puzzle adventure inside a post office you cannot leave
80% positive
162 reviews
67 Minutes in Heaven
First-person horror comedy with dialogue choices that shape the ending
89% positive
Free
SCP: ReEnter
Multiplayer first-person horror with humans and monsters pursuing opposing goals
64% positive
Free
Demo The Old Flesh of Nuraga
First-person psychological horror built around relic hunting and family secrets
95% positive
158 reviews
Demo The Fortress
Dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler with dice-based combat
68% positive
157 reviews
Demo AI
Echoes of Red
A top-down roguelite shooter built around mixing weapons and upgrades
88% positive
156 reviews
AI
Thekku Island
First-person psychological horror inspired by ghost stories from India
85% positive
155 reviews
AI
みつめ
Two-player horror about finding differences between what each player sees
82% positive
Free
AI
ASPIS
First-person sci-fi horror inside a Soviet experiment spanning alternate realities
83% positive
154 reviews
捉迷藏 - Hide and Seek
Pixel-art horror adventure about a schoolgirl and her watchful neighbor
99% positive
Free
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong
Dating show visual novel mixing romance with psychological horror
97% positive
153 reviews
AI
Insomnia: Chapter One
First-person psychological horror inside an isolated Arctic research station
75% positive
151 reviews
Play Things
First-person horror where you test dolls for signs of curses
98% positive
Free
Paragnosia: Museum
Horror anomaly-spotting game where missed changes weaken your protection
87% positive
149 reviews
Spider Roulette
Turn-based online party game about avoiding spiders hidden under cups
92% positive
145 reviews
Escape Toon Kingdom
Co-op horror about mascots escaping a dying theme park
74% positive
144 reviews
Demo Moadra
A sci-fi metroidvania where alien biomass fuels your weapon upgrades
80% positive
142 reviews
Demo Ritus Exorcismus
Horror adventure about identifying demons and exorcising them through minigames
99% positive
142 reviews