The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,307 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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Hide and Shriek
Free-to-play first-person duels where invisible students trade jump scares
82% positive
Free
Ib
Pixel-art horror adventure through a shifting gallery of puzzles
99% positive
5,327 reviews
Demo Scarlet Hollow
Branching horror visual novel about a supernatural mountain-town mystery
98% positive
5,305 reviews
SUCCUBUS
First-person action through Hell with graphic violence and revenge
76% positive
5,298 reviews
Until Dawn™
Choice-driven third-person horror adventure where anyone can die
83% positive
5,295 reviews
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
First-person shooter with alien hordes across snowy Siberian levels
92% positive
5,248 reviews
Burglin' Gnomes
First-person co-op burglary as gnomes sneaking through human homes
82% positive
5,233 reviews
Observation
Sci-fi puzzle adventure viewed through a space station's AI
78% positive
5,218 reviews
BrainBread 2
Free-to-play first-person zombie shooter with co-op and playable zombies
73% positive
Free
We Went Back
First-person horror about escaping a space station that keeps changing
85% positive
Free
Blameless
First-person puzzle adventure about escaping a man in an unfinished house
84% positive
Free
AI
Hidden Deep
2D sci-fi action commanding a rescue team beneath the seafloor
76% positive
5,099 reviews
Tattletail
First-person Christmas horror about keeping a noisy toy quiet
95% positive
5,058 reviews
Lucid Blocks
First-person voxel sandbox with surreal landscapes and open-ended crafting
94% positive
5,028 reviews
Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
Short visual novel about a teacher kidnapped by a pupil
88% positive
Free
Machine Party
A horror party game with deadly twists on familiar minigames
87% positive
4,955 reviews
Summer of '58
First-person horror walking simulator exploring an abandoned Soviet summer camp
89% positive
4,953 reviews
Unplagued
First-person co-op horror about making cures in procedurally generated villages
32% positive
4,950 reviews
Alone in the Dark
Third-person survival horror investigating a disappearance at a Louisiana asylum
78% positive
4,922 reviews
Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
First-person horror adventure through a mansion haunted by paper dolls
84% positive
4,902 reviews
DON'T SCREAM
First-person forest horror where screaming restarts the night
65% positive
4,874 reviews
The Drifter
A point-and-click thriller about a drifter’s return from death
97% positive
4,873 reviews
Riichi City - Japanese Mahjong
Free-to-play online riichi mahjong with anime characters and detailed lessons
47% positive
Free
The Incident at Galley House
A detective visual novel about piecing together a fractured timeline
94% positive
4,793 reviews