The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,312 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: 2,005 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo Pneumata
First-person survival horror with detective work in an apartment complex
46% positive
106 reviews
The Walking Evil
Survival horror where avoiding enemies can save your ammunition
53% positive
106 reviews
ArcticBoy: The Interactive Story
An interactive movie about delivering food by snowmobile in the Arctic
71% positive
106 reviews
Horror Villa 恐怖撤锁
A horror adventure in a villa, with racing against a ghost
58% positive
Free
Five Stages of Pink
Mystery visual novel about a city where pink is forbidden
94% positive
Free
Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea
A surreal first-person walking simulator without jump scares
85% positive
Free
OMUSUBI
A pixel-art horror adventure set between life and death
93% positive
106 reviews
Demo _message:
Text-based psychological horror built around suspicious communications on the Moon
85% positive
106 reviews
Anji -Implication-
Psychological horror walking simulator set entirely on an emergency stairway
72% positive
106 reviews
The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
Anomaly-hunting horror where spotting changes determines which way you climb
82% positive
106 reviews
DEMON DUST
Surreal dungeon crawler built around exploration in time-limited runs
94% positive
106 reviews
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Abnormal1999:The Compass and the Sand
A mystery adventure built around observation and logic puzzles
99% positive
106 reviews
Demo You Shouldn't Be Here
A psychedelic horror visual novel about mental health and exclusion
89% positive
106 reviews
Changgwi
First-person survival horror with lantern-lit exploration in a Joseon-era village
75% positive
Free
Qliphah in Providence's Shadow
A tactical RPG built around predicting and countering enemy attacks
51% positive
106 reviews
Terminal Lucidity
Psychological horror puzzle adventure about deciphering an underground computer network
96% positive
Free
Demo NecroWorm
Snake-style puzzles where a growing worm can block its own path
71% positive
105 reviews
The Deer
First-person horror adventure with a creature inspired by folklore
68% positive
Free
Presence
First-person horror focused on unsettling sounds rather than visible threats
65% positive
105 reviews
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
A text-based supernatural adventure about a laid-off artist's career change
93% positive
105 reviews
OYASUMII
Retro horror exploration inside a surreal, maze-filled virtual world
81% positive
105 reviews
Dreadway
Co-op survival horror where your voice opens doors and deters monsters
66% positive
105 reviews
Who am I?
First-person psychological horror about buried secrets in a childhood home
80% positive
105 reviews
I woke up in the house of a fat man: he's over 30 years old and loves beer and games
Psychological horror set inside a beer-obsessed gamer's house
79% positive
105 reviews