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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Demo Blood Lily Ghoststories
Horror visual novel that illustrates its ghost stories with silhouettes
92% positive
112 reviews
Holidays in Khrushchevsk
First-person psychological horror during a visit to your grandmother
62% positive
112 reviews
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Dreadweave
A horror extraction shooter where a creature tracks your heartbeat
73% positive
112 reviews
One Room Nightmare
Turn-based horror where monsters move only after you act
83% positive
Free
The elevator
A short first-person horror adventure centered on an everyday elevator
87% positive
112 reviews
• Dread Chess ✣
A chess puzzle adventure built around matches that play themselves
77% positive
Free
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Sasaeng | 사생
A horror walking simulator about a K-pop idol's obsessive fan
82% positive
112 reviews
Maple Ridge
First-person psychological horror about a widower's unraveling suburban routine
71% positive
112 reviews
Chimpology
Two-button arcade typing where chimps keep the internet running
86% positive
111 reviews
The Inevitability
A horror adventure about hiding from a relentless pursuer
53% positive
111 reviews
夕生 Halflight
Third-person mystery adventure through a village between reality and imagination
63% positive
111 reviews
Demo Inferno - Beyond the 7th Circle
A first-person dungeon crawler about surviving a demon-ruled Earth
74% positive
111 reviews
I'mitation The Eight Suicide Note
First-person horror built around searching with a night-vision camera
59% positive
Free
Cold Call
Point-and-click horror inside an unnaturally cold house on Christmas Eve
95% positive
111 reviews
流言侦探
A text-based detective game where chat conversations reveal murder clues
79% positive
111 reviews
Rooten
A horror walking simulator with something lurking among the roots
77% positive
111 reviews
Purgo box
An abstract horror adventure with item collecting and online co-op
93% positive
Free
浮游
A narrative puzzle game inside a surreal, locked family home
86% positive
111 reviews
Cargo Duty
Co-op space horror about keeping creatures off your cargo ship
68% positive
Free
Midnight Syndrome
A horror adventure following a late-night ritual at school
99% positive
Free
The Third Pig
Survival horror based on the story of The Three Little Pigs
91% positive
Free
The Ghost Treasure
Turn-based horror with Russian roulette duels against ghost pirates
95% positive
111 reviews
Terrors to Unveil - Day Off
First-person psychological horror about a woodland getaway with your dog
65% positive
111 reviews
The Man in the Park 2: The Second Man in the Park
Horror adventure built around jump scares in a neighborhood park
91% positive
Free