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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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The Initiate 2: The First Interviews
The Initiate 2: The First Interviews
First-person escape-room puzzler about three captives forced to work together
91% positive 89 reviews
Winter Worm, Summer Grass
Winter Worm, Summer Grass
A horror romance visual novel about a village's plant curse
90% positive Free
Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher[VR]
Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher[VR]
VR action adventure rooted in an ancient Chinese legend
76% positive 89 reviews
TIMORE REMAKE
TIMORE REMAKE
First-person horror with shifting corridors and mannequins that watch you
64% positive Free
The Killing Stone
The Killing Stone
A horror card battler where demonic bargains have lasting consequences
94% positive 89 reviews
you feel normal.
you feel normal.
First-person psychological horror where a roadside park leads into hallucinations
74% positive 89 reviews
No Vacation for an Executioner Demo
No Vacation for an Executioner
Retro survival horror RPG built around parries, stabs, and gunfire
67% positive 89 reviews
Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
Horror visual novel linking a children's game with the world outside
99% positive Free
Cursed Feed
Cursed Feed
A horror adventure about monitoring a haunted house through cameras
76% positive 89 reviews
Bite Night: Dine or Die Demo
Bite Night: Dine or Die
First-person horror comedy about a deadly shift at a diner
94% positive 89 reviews
Hollowbrook - Apartments
Hollowbrook - Apartments
An episodic horror adventure about surviving in your new apartment
96% positive 89 reviews
Crimson Spires Demo
Crimson Spires
Horror-romance visual novel about a mining town sealed behind lethal towers
86% positive 88 reviews
Parasomnia
Parasomnia
First-person horror where escape depends on choosing where to turn
69% positive 88 reviews
Blank Frame
Blank Frame
First-person psychological horror about finding a way out of your apartment
88% positive 88 reviews
Watch Your Back
Watch Your Back
Cooperative horror where one player explores and another watches cameras
48% positive Free
Zardy's Cave
Zardy's Cave
First-person horror adventure with puzzles and monsters beneath a farm
83% positive 88 reviews
Nextbots In The Backrooms
Nextbots In The Backrooms
First-person horror where you escape maze-like levels without any weapons
70% positive 88 reviews
Lost Hope: Backrooms
Lost Hope: Backrooms
First-person survival horror with puzzles and an optional monster-free mode
68% positive 88 reviews
SKUF BACKROOMS
SKUF BACKROOMS
First-person psychological horror through a maze of post-Soviet living spaces
61% positive 88 reviews
DETECTIVE - Rainy night Demo AI
DETECTIVE - Rainy night
First-person horror mystery set in a motel nobody can leave
67% positive 88 reviews
Hell of a Birthday
Hell of a Birthday
Horror-comedy adventure about a birthday disrupted by strange events
95% positive 88 reviews
Kyoto Anomaly
Kyoto Anomaly
A horror walking simulator about spotting changes to escape a loop
98% positive 88 reviews
Last Term
Last Term
Spot-the-difference horror where careful observation determines which stairs to take
93% positive 88 reviews
Stanley Says
Stanley Says
First-person puzzle horror in a nursery ruled by its mascot
77% positive Free