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: 1,998 horror games are on sale right now.
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AKAZU Off limits
First-person horror walking simulator about exploring an unknown place
68% positive
Free
Demo Tape 101: Liminal Descent
First-person psychological horror with an RC car for remote exploration
90% positive
68 reviews
The Exit 8 VR
VR walking simulator about spotting changes in a looping passageway
84% positive
68 reviews
Willie's Nightfall
First-person horror with a mouse mascot hunting through company offices
79% positive
68 reviews
Phyllosoma
A third-person Soulslike about fighting upward through a cursed fortress
59% positive
Free
Obscula
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a decaying house
35% positive
Free
The Puppy
First-person horror about babysitting while a protective dog hunts you
74% positive
68 reviews
Unwilling Host
First-person horror walking simulator with VHS-style visuals and anomalies
91% positive
68 reviews
The Door Factory
First-person horror where you inspect rooms and report unsafe doors
40% positive
68 reviews
Devilry
Action horror about protecting your family from a ghost
69% positive
67 reviews
Twisty's Asylum Escapades
Third-person action adventure starring a floating brain with teeth
60% positive
67 reviews
Circle
Psychological horror adventure mixing creature care with timed trips outside
66% positive
Free
Escape from GULAG
A maze escape game with hostile squads and rising difficulty
82% positive
67 reviews
Lost Circus VR - The Prologue
A VR cart ride through a creepy, abandoned circus
79% positive
67 reviews
! Wild Russia !
Horror exploration across rural Russia, with anomalies and abandoned buildings
60% positive
67 reviews
FM
First-person psychological horror with puzzles built around radio broadcasts
72% positive
67 reviews
Escape from Skull Dungeon
A dungeon escape room mixing riddles with demons and traps
67% positive
67 reviews
Self-Delusion
Survival horror where you outlast creatures from Slavic folklore
93% positive
67 reviews
ALLON3
First-person psychological horror where voices lead through a deserted city
48% positive
Free
MITE - Terror in the forest
Third-person forest horror where looking away lets a creature approach
76% positive
Free
GeraScopia
2D horror platformer with multiple endings and a fishing minigame
93% positive
67 reviews
Dream Bright
A 3D puzzle-platformer about finding toys through dreams and stealth
90% positive
Free
ALPEN GHOUL: Prologue
Stealth horror about evading a relentless hunter on a mountain
85% positive
Free
Snotty's Sewer
First-person stealth horror with a former TV character hunting you
78% positive
Free