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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SCP: Containment Breach 2
Survival horror with playable test subjects, guards, and escaped creatures
79% positive
Free
PUMPKIN PANIC
A farming horror game about growing crops and surviving the darkness
96% positive
Free
Silver Pines
Side-scrolling survival horror where better equipment opens new routes
95% positive
4,388 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
First-person stealth horror about dodging a neighbor who learns your routes
93% positive
Free
Demo Buddy Simulator 1984
Retro psychological horror adventure with a buddy that learns about you
93% positive
4,363 reviews
Demo Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Fast-paced first-person shooter fighting demon hordes through Purgatory
78% positive
4,355 reviews
Rake
First-person survival horror about hunting a creature that hunts back
72% positive
4,345 reviews
Crisol: Theater of Idols
First-person survival horror where every shot costs your own blood
85% positive
4,324 reviews
Perfect Vermin
First-person horror with timed puzzles and a furniture-smashing sledgehammer
92% positive
Free
Demo Daymare: 1998
Third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and shifting perspectives
69% positive
4,293 reviews
Return to Shironagasu Island
Horror mystery visual novel about murders on an isolated island
94% positive
4,277 reviews
Demo American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
Gears of War: Reloaded
A remastered cover shooter about a squad fighting underground monsters
60% positive
4,264 reviews
The Children of Clay
Point-and-click archaeological horror about investigating an ancient artifact
99% positive
Free
Demo Dark Hours
Co-op survival horror where thieves must escape roaming monsters
82% positive
4,223 reviews
Missing Hiker
First-person horror about searching for your brother in freezing weather
84% positive
Free
Thief Gold (1999)
First-person stealth game where shadows and sound shape every theft
92% positive
4,196 reviews
DARQ: Complete Edition
Side-scrolling horror puzzle adventure built around walking on walls
94% positive
4,195 reviews
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
Third-person zombie shooter with sniper kills and four-player co-op
85% positive
4,194 reviews
Penumbra Overture
First-person survival horror with mouse-driven object interaction and puzzles
90% positive
4,182 reviews
The Witch's House MV
Top-down pixel horror adventure with puzzles and sudden deaths
95% positive
4,153 reviews
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Active Matter
First-person extraction shooter with anomalous zones and a time loop
78% positive
4,145 reviews
CHAOS;CHILD
Psychological horror visual novel about investigating murders in Shibuya
93% positive
4,130 reviews
Demo Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Sandbox zombie action with improvised weapons and a 72-hour deadline
80% positive
4,120 reviews