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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: 2,000 horror games are on sale right now.

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Bureau of Contacts: Mansion AI
Bureau of Contacts: Mansion
First-person ghost-hunting horror where conversation helps you perform an exorcism
93% positive Free
Hex Bots
Hex Bots
Co-op horror with circuit puzzles and a rogue AI pursuer
88% positive Free
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怪異番号~20✕✕(ニーマルバツバツ)~
A text-based horror adventure centered on a mysterious phone number
96% positive 97 reviews
Building 0: Hakuei University
Building 0: Hakuei University
Exploration-based horror with a camera and a haunted university campus
80% positive 97 reviews
ABOVE
ABOVE
Daylight psychological horror where noise draws danger from the sky
69% positive Free
The Last Letter
The Last Letter
Psychological horror walking simulator following anonymous letters into a forest
88% positive 97 reviews
Sickness Demo
Sickness
A dark visual novel about a student's descent into crime
90% positive 96 reviews
You Doesn't Exist
You Doesn't Exist
A nonlinear pixel RPG that bends familiar genre rules
61% positive Free
Pestis
Pestis
A medieval medical simulation about treating plague victims and surviving
80% positive 96 reviews
Orphan of the Petal
Orphan of the Petal
A horror puzzle adventure about wishes that come at a cost
73% positive Free
Combat Force
Combat Force
First-person zombie shooting with power-ups and a day-night cycle
47% positive 96 reviews
Horror Tycoon Demo AI
Horror Tycoon
Horror tower defense where haunted attractions turn visitors into targets
60% positive 96 reviews
La Villa de la Muerte
La Villa de la Muerte
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a looping, haunted villa
61% positive Free
LONGEYED PROJ
LONGEYED PROJ
Horror deduction game about telling victims apart from disguised creatures
60% positive 96 reviews
Ordinary Day
Ordinary Day
First-person horror exploration in a town ruled by a church
90% positive Free
Aftershock: Coastline
Aftershock: Coastline
First-person horror shooter about escaping a military bunker
82% positive Free
The Midnight Bus AI
The Midnight Bus
Psychological horror aboard the last bus home through a snowstorm
83% positive Free
Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence AI
Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence
Psychological horror inside a house, with endings shaped by choices
96% positive 96 reviews
The Lure
The Lure
A horror walking simulator about escaping a living, shifting trap
84% positive Free
Jurassic Island: The Dinosaur Zoo
Jurassic Island: The Dinosaur Zoo
Dinosaur zoo management with park construction and escaped animals
7% positive 95 reviews
Project Syria
Project Syria
Free VR journalism about children displaced by Syria's civil war
41% positive Free
Shut Eye
Shut Eye
Survival horror with threatening toys and a child's rising anxiety
66% positive 95 reviews
1406
1406
A horror adventure about a writer who doubts ghosts exist
44% positive 95 reviews
MEAT Demo
MEAT
Open-world action RPG mixing gold-rush Canada with science-fiction horror
72% positive 95 reviews