The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,996 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: 1,996 horror games are on sale right now.
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System Shock: Enhanced Edition
First-person sci-fi adventure with hacking on a rogue AI's station
89% positive
2,367 reviews
Demo Cabernet
2D narrative RPG about a vampire balancing hunger and conscience
95% positive
2,363 reviews
The Blackout Club
Co-op stealth horror about investigating a town of sleepwalking adults
79% positive
2,358 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
95% positive
2,345 reviews
Lucius II
Third-person horror adventure where a child devises lethal traps
62% positive
2,339 reviews
Banebush
Horror visual novel where childhood tales become a forest nightmare
95% positive
2,332 reviews
Neverending Nightmares
Psychological horror rooted in its creator's OCD and depression
78% positive
2,327 reviews
Granny Remake
First-person survival horror with stealth, puzzles, and multiple escape routes
82% positive
2,304 reviews
Paragnosia
First-person horror game about photographing anomalies in a haunted apartment
90% positive
2,300 reviews
HellSign
Supernatural action RPG about investigating clues and hunting monsters
67% positive
2,286 reviews
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Zombie survival horror with separate stories for two playable characters
90% positive
2,272 reviews
Moons of Madness
First-person sci-fi adventure mixing Mars base maintenance with cosmic horror
77% positive
2,258 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty
Surveillance horror game about spotting changes across camera feeds
95% positive
2,256 reviews
House
Horror adventure about saving your family from a deadly house
95% positive
2,256 reviews
Demo Labyrinth Of The Demon King
First-person horror dungeon crawler set in demon-infested feudal Japan
92% positive
2,253 reviews
Carnival Hunt
Five-against-one horror where both sides must keep themselves wound up
64% positive
2,236 reviews
Shadow Corridor
First-person survival horror in shifting Japanese corridors with cursed apparitions
90% positive
2,203 reviews
Squirrel Stapler
A horror hunting simulator about stapling squirrels onto a corpse
96% positive
2,195 reviews
Gorky 17
Turn-based tactical RPG about fighting monsters in a ruined town
81% positive
2,181 reviews
Dollmare
Factory horror simulation about spotting defects in unsettling dolls
94% positive
2,176 reviews
Kholat
First-person horror exploration inspired by the Dyatlov Pass incident
68% positive
2,169 reviews
UNLOVED
Horror FPS where taking supplies brings more monsters
73% positive
2,155 reviews
Backrooms Rec.
First-person survival horror in maze-like Backrooms, alone or together
69% positive
2,126 reviews
Demo DreadOut 2
Third-person horror adventure hunting Indonesian ghosts with smartphone and weapons
75% positive
2,100 reviews