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The best horror games for Halloween 2026

Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,318 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: 2,016 horror games are on sale right now.

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Like Clay Demo
Like Clay
A horror adventure about searching for a missing former classmate
84% positive 127 reviews
Again and Again
Again and Again
First-person horror about investigating strange events in changing rooms
76% positive 127 reviews
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3
A horror adventure with puzzles and toys turned into monsters
79% positive 127 reviews
Hidden Cats in Spooky Village
Hidden Cats in Spooky Village
A hidden-object game where finding cats colors a spooky village
83% positive 127 reviews
[REC] Desolation
[REC] Desolation
First-person horror with a camera for spotting danger in a mansion
72% positive 127 reviews
771 Demo
771
First-person horror walking simulator where your apartment leads to strange places
57% positive 127 reviews
Night Guard - The Last Shift
Night Guard - The Last Shift
Retro first-person horror where routine security work takes a threatening turn
87% positive Free
Sylvio Demo
Sylvio
First-person horror adventure built around recording and deciphering ghost voices
77% positive 126 reviews
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh Demo
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
First-person horror with puzzles and platforming in an Argentine village
75% positive 126 reviews
Selma and the Wisp
Selma and the Wisp
A puzzle platformer where a girl follows your floating light
63% positive 126 reviews
The Emulator
The Emulator
First-person survival horror with an enemy hiding in plain sight
60% positive Free
夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords Demo
夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
Horror puzzle adventure with a branching story and hidden endings
98% positive 126 reviews
Omen Exitio: Hunger
Omen Exitio: Hunger
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook based on a real missing-child case
85% positive 126 reviews
DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
A puzzle platformer where an ordinary game conceals surreal horror
86% positive Free
DESOLATIUM: Prologue
DESOLATIUM: Prologue
First-person point-and-click horror built around Lovecraftian mysteries and puzzles
79% positive Free
Project Vostok: Episode 1
Project Vostok: Episode 1
Horror visual novel about plane crash survivors in a Soviet bunker
83% positive Free
V696
V696
First-person psychological horror rooted in rural Anatolian folklore
67% positive 126 reviews
Rainbow Gate Demo AI
Rainbow Gate
First-person survival horror with animatronic hunters in an abandoned park
64% positive 126 reviews
The Experiment
The Experiment
First-person survival horror about collecting bottles to kill a mutant
62% positive 126 reviews
Scary School Simulator 2
Scary School Simulator 2
Anime horror simulation about escaping a haunted Japanese high school
56% positive Free
Apartment No 129
Apartment No 129
Psychological horror inspired by a Turkish urban legend
67% positive 126 reviews
Quadrant
Quadrant
Sci-fi survival horror with escaped specimens and improvised defenses
67% positive 125 reviews
Last Day of FEAR
Last Day of FEAR
A horror adventure about a detective investigating a house's violent past
70% positive 125 reviews
Deep Space Classic
Deep Space Classic
Top-down team shooter pitting Spacefleet officers against an alien force
59% positive Free