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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Hide Time
Puzzle-focused horror in a mall with a hidden past
74% positive
Free
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Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
First-person horror with route memorization and unpredictable jump scares
91% positive
91 reviews
HOUSE CALL
First-person point-and-click horror about answering a desperate call for help
89% positive
Free
Montas
First-person horror adventure where you survive by running and hiding
32% positive
90 reviews
Lost in a Forest
A horror parody that lets you fight back against monsters
50% positive
90 reviews
NashBored
Horror adventure RPG set within a woman's dangerous dreamscape
98% positive
90 reviews
Demo Pulang Insanity - Director's Cut
Psychological horror drawing on Indonesian folklore and supernatural beliefs
72% positive
90 reviews
Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
FMV detective game built around searching cold-case interrogation footage
84% positive
90 reviews
Ascension: Transition and Silver
A queer visual novel about wishes with a price
91% positive
Free
Demo SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
A horror dating sim about romancing three SCP test subjects
90% positive
90 reviews
The Monster Within
Roguelite deckbuilding where losing health changes which cards you can buy
77% positive
90 reviews
Daddy
First-person horror shooter about fighting through a cult leader's mansion
62% positive
Free
Big D Randy
First-person horror comedy about collecting candy while evading a monster
84% positive
90 reviews
CASE RECORDS: Fear of Abduction
Psychological horror about solving disappearances without becoming the next victim
68% positive
90 reviews
SnaPaul
First-person psychological horror about the secrets of a threatening house
94% positive
Free
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OVERDOSE
First-person horror about keeping patients alive while avoiding a killer
82% positive
90 reviews
Treasure Tiger
First-person survival horror where gambling brings danger into your home
96% positive
90 reviews
Demo House of Empty Names
First-person horror about escaping a house while a kidnapper hunts
88% positive
90 reviews
The Mailroom
A first-person horror simulation about sorting mail in hell
97% positive
90 reviews
Take Care Of It.
A choice-driven horror visual novel about a troubled childhood friendship
99% positive
Free
Grimind
A horror puzzle platformer where escape takes timing and logic
63% positive
89 reviews
Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel
A visual novel about troubled students at a mysterious school
66% positive
Free
TheNightfall
Psychological horror about a first night alone in a new house
65% positive
89 reviews
Deluded Mind
Psychological horror with puzzles that punish mistakes and delays
54% positive
89 reviews