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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Demo Nightmare Zapping
A horror visual novel told through a mysterious television's channels
99% positive
67 reviews
Joy Land
First-person horror with robot mascots, puzzles, and a disappearance mystery
63% positive
Free
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Victor's Test Night
A horror walking simulator where gallery doors lead to other worlds
97% positive
67 reviews
Demo 后室重生Backrooms Rebirth
Level-based horror puzzles where you search for exits and evade monsters
52% positive
67 reviews
Project13: Nightwatch
First-person observation horror where you screen prisoners for hidden anomalies
51% positive
67 reviews
Rat Quest
A platformer where falling sends you back to the bottom
93% positive
67 reviews
Outlying Islands
Horror adventure with environmental puzzles on an island warped by supernatural forces
91% positive
67 reviews
Roswell Ranch
First-person survival horror with farm puzzles and a patrolling UFO
60% positive
Free
Midnight Swamp
Point-and-click adventure through a dark swamp full of strange creatures
96% positive
67 reviews
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy
Third-person survival horror with stealth, stalkers, and hypnosis powers
85% positive
67 reviews
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VIDeoPHOBIA
Psychological horror puzzles across strange locations connected by TV channels
76% positive
67 reviews
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Death Sees Twice: Spot the Difference
A spot-the-difference thriller where you shoot what has changed
81% positive
67 reviews
Demo Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
Text-based horror RPG about hunting vampires on Vancouver's streets
79% positive
67 reviews
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KILLGUN
First-person zombie wave shooter with scarce resources and escalating difficulty
64% positive
67 reviews
Echoes in Darkness
Psychological horror where a supernatural presence guides your search
82% positive
67 reviews
A Fear Of Heights, And Other Things
A VR scene collection built around heights and other fears
82% positive
66 reviews
Black River
Survival-horror RPG about confronting a village's monsters rather than fleeing
52% positive
66 reviews
World of One
A dark puzzle-platformer with traps and monsters on small planets
65% positive
66 reviews
Trapped With the Dolls VR
Room-scale VR horror where you solve puzzles to escape dolls
79% positive
Free
Bernie’s Nightmare
First-person horror about escaping a house while your mother hunts you
44% positive
66 reviews
The Shedding
First-person horror set inside a dark, abandoned prison
73% positive
66 reviews
Escape from Labyrinth
Multiplayer horror about escaping a labyrinth or hunting its trapped victims
62% positive
Free
Ten Deadly Games: Jamsepticeye
Ten short games explore death through horror, puzzles, and action
88% positive
Free
Corrupted Hospital : Part1
VR horror puzzle adventure with scavenging and zombie combat
62% positive
66 reviews