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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: 2,008 horror games are on sale right now.

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Dead end Exit 8
Dead end Exit 8
First-person horror puzzles about spotting changes in repeating corridors
72% positive 116 reviews
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
First-person horror comedy about giving candy to masked monsters
95% positive 116 reviews
Too Well Hidden
Too Well Hidden
First-person psychological horror built around a nighttime game of hide-and-seek
86% positive 116 reviews
Uh Oh!
Uh Oh!
Short first-person horror seen through a retro VHS camcorder
86% positive Free
PROZE: Prologue
PROZE: Prologue
VR puzzle adventure about a secret Soviet research experiment
83% positive Free
Real Scary
Real Scary
Psychological horror using real photographs animated in a stop-motion style
90% positive 115 reviews
Reboot
Reboot
A post-apocalyptic visual novel about survival after an AI crisis
78% positive 115 reviews
Bobok
Bobok
A darkly comic visual novel about conversations among the dead
94% positive 115 reviews
After Dark VR
After Dark VR
VR survival horror about hunting players or escaping together
64% positive Free
The Complex: Found Footage
The Complex: Found Footage
Horror walking simulator exploring the backrooms through a VHS camera
90% positive 115 reviews
HR: Human Remains Demo
HR: Human Remains
First-person horror where keeping your job means staying alive
98% positive 115 reviews
Demented
Demented
Stealth horror where declining sanity changes the world around you
75% positive 114 reviews
Lucie
Lucie
A horror puzzle game where wrong choices can kill you
88% positive Free
Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
A hidden-object adventure tracing a childhood mystery through dreams
88% positive 114 reviews
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
Team-based hide-and-seek with flashlight searches through complete darkness
75% positive 114 reviews
MR 333
MR 333
First-person horror where you gather sacrifices while a creature hunts you
81% positive Free
Motherland
Motherland
First-person walking simulator through a Russian town during an epidemic
63% positive 114 reviews
Dark Notes
Dark Notes
A horror puzzle adventure spanning two perspectives and different timelines
72% positive 114 reviews
MEGA
MEGA
First-person survival horror about evading a giant monster in ruins
81% positive 114 reviews
The Obscura Experiment
The Obscura Experiment
First-person space horror about escaping a creature you cannot see
84% positive Free
Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove Demo
Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove
Text-based horror RPG about hunting a werewolf in Ireland
91% positive 114 reviews
坤坤之家
坤坤之家
First-person horror where hidden discoveries can change the ending
93% positive 114 reviews
Containment Corp, Inc. AI
Containment Corp, Inc.
First-person survival horror with co-op shooting and anomaly hunting
91% positive 114 reviews
The Oily Depths
The Oily Depths
First-person submarine horror where drilling for oil keeps you breathing
80% positive 114 reviews