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The best horror games for Halloween 2026

Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,306 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: 1,995 horror games are on sale right now.

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Class-based co-op shooter mixing melee and gunplay against hordes
72% positive 139K reviews
Outlast
Outlast
First-person survival horror where you can only run and hide
96% positive 139K reviews
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter mixing open exploration, stealth, and survival horror
90% positive 136K reviews
Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor 2
Co-op first-person horde shooter with classes, gore, and mutant clones
88% positive 129K reviews
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Demo
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
First-person survival horror inside a hostile rural American house
95% positive 127K reviews
Resident Evil 3 Demo
Resident Evil 3
Third-person survival horror remake about escaping zombies and Nemesis
83% positive 126K reviews
Buckshot Roulette
Buckshot Roulette
Dark first-person shotgun roulette with items that manipulate the odds
95% positive 126K reviews
The Isle
The Isle
Open-world dinosaur survival where growing up means avoiding other players
80% positive 121K reviews
Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2
Underwater survival adventure on an alien world with optional co-op
91% positive 120K reviews
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares
Dark puzzle-platforming horror about a child escaping distorted adults
95% positive 117K reviews
The Outlast Trials AI
The Outlast Trials
First-person co-op survival horror built around stealth and escape
92% positive 112K reviews
The Last of Us™ Part I
The Last of Us™ Part I
Third-person survival action through a post-apocalyptic cross-country journey
84% positive 109K reviews
Subnautica: Below Zero
Subnautica: Below Zero
Open-world underwater survival adventure with crafting and an arctic mystery
90% positive 108K reviews
Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx
Story-driven VR shooter with hands-on puzzles and alien horror
98% positive 105K reviews
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Third-person action horror with infected villagers and inventory management
94% positive 98K reviews
Grounded
Grounded
First-person backyard survival crafting at the size of an ant
90% positive 96K reviews
Cookie Clicker
Cookie Clicker
Incremental idle game about building an ever-growing cookie economy
96% positive 93K reviews
Barotrauma
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive 90K reviews
OMORI
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive 89K reviews
DEVOUR
DEVOUR
First-person co-op horror with rituals and escalating monster attacks
90% positive 88K reviews
Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear
First-person psychological horror amid creatures and nightmarish delusions
89% positive Free
Gorilla Tag
Gorilla Tag
First-person VR tag with arm-powered movement and parkour chases
91% positive 86K reviews
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Punishing physics platformer about climbing a mountain with a hammer
82% positive 83K reviews
Metro: Last Light Redux
Metro: Last Light Redux
Story-driven post-apocalyptic FPS mixing stealth, survival horror, and combat
91% positive 82K reviews