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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Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-
Horror adventure where walking left reveals strange events at home
80% positive
98 reviews
Locked Up
A horror visual novel about a mushroom hunt gone wrong
87% positive
98 reviews
Solitude Underwater
First-person horror adventure about surviving sharks in a damaged diving cage
60% positive
Free
Demo Lost Alone Ultimate
First-person psychological horror built around puzzles and fear of darkness
83% positive
98 reviews
Ocean Desolation
First-person horror about swimming for help in the open ocean
56% positive
Free
The Rainman
A slasher adventure where a killer hunts whenever it rains
97% positive
98 reviews
Retale
Retail time-management game where customer service can turn into horror
93% positive
98 reviews
Fish
A free clicker about feeding, collecting, and merging fish
60% positive
Free
AUTO-CRISIS
First-person psychological horror with creatures revealed only by lightning
91% positive
98 reviews
Demo Life & Shadow: Celestial Call
Cosmic horror that pairs observatory upkeep with nighttime exploration
98% positive
98 reviews
Demo AI
Cyan Heart
A horror puzzle adventure seen through a girl’s selfie camera
96% positive
98 reviews
FEED IT
First-person horror about escaping a maze controlled by a hungry monster
84% positive
98 reviews
CDF Ghostship
Science-fiction horror shooter aboard a spaceship with randomized enemies
36% positive
97 reviews
Atomic 79
First-person shooter about collecting gold and surviving a cursed crater
94% positive
97 reviews
Captive
A horror puzzle game about escaping before you bleed out
90% positive
97 reviews
RAW FOOTAGE
First-person horror about filming creatures while surviving their attacks
61% positive
Free
Before Arriving at the Terminal
Horror visual novel linking suburban ghost stories with childhood memories
88% positive
Free
First Session
First-person psychological horror about an addiction to virtual drugs
80% positive
Free
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive
97 reviews
MeiQi 2022
First-person detective adventure set in China during the 1990s
78% positive
97 reviews
Our Elusive Suffering
First-person horror exploration in a city where nothing is explained
65% positive
Free
Damned 2
Multiplayer horror with escape-room puzzles and a player-controlled monster
85% positive
97 reviews
Crawlspace 2
VR survival horror with vent repairs and limited battery power
95% positive
Free
Demo AI
The Liminal Dimension
A horror walking simulator set in looping, subtly changing corridors
81% positive
97 reviews