The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,995 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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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Third-person action horror with infected villagers and inventory management
94% positive
98K reviews
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive
90K reviews
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive
89K reviews
DEVOUR
First-person co-op horror with rituals and escalating monster attacks
90% positive
88K reviews
Metro: Last Light Redux
Story-driven post-apocalyptic FPS mixing stealth, survival horror, and combat
91% positive
82K reviews
The Walking Dead
Episodic point-and-click adventure about choices in a zombie apocalypse
97% positive
81K reviews
Demo INSIDE
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about a hunted boy and a dark project
97% positive
76K reviews
Dying Light: The Beast
First-person open-world zombie action with parkour and beast powers
86% positive
72K reviews
Resident Evil 6
Third-person zombie shooter with four interwoven action-horror campaigns
77% positive
72K reviews
Killing Floor
Co-op survival horror FPS built around punishing monster waves
95% positive
69K reviews
Resident Evil 5
Third-person action horror built around a two-player co-op campaign
87% positive
68K reviews
Alien: Isolation
First-person survival horror where an unpredictable Alien hunts you
93% positive
67K reviews
GTFO
Four-player tactical horror FPS built around stealth and coordination
84% positive
67K reviews
SILENT HILL 2
Third-person psychological horror about searching a fogbound town for answers
95% positive
65K reviews
BioShock™ Remastered
Story-driven first-person shooter in a dystopian underwater city
83% positive
65K reviews
Outlast 2
First-person survival horror amid an isolated doomsday cult
91% positive
65K reviews
Demo LIMBO
Dark 2D puzzle platformer about a boy seeking his sister
92% positive
62K reviews
Demo Little Nightmares II
Dark puzzle-platforming horror with stealth, chases, and an AI companion
93% positive
59K reviews
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Difficult roguelite management sim about extracting energy from monsters
94% positive
57K reviews
Demo Prey
First-person sci-fi immersive sim with open-ended space station exploration
91% positive
55K reviews
SOMA
First-person sci-fi horror about identity in an isolated underwater facility
96% positive
53K reviews
Backrooms: Escape Together
First-person co-op survival horror in procedurally generated Backrooms levels
89% positive
50K reviews
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Choice-driven zombie adventure following Clementine across four seasons
97% positive
47K reviews
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Inside the Backrooms
First-person co-op horror with changing puzzles and lurking entities
80% positive
47K reviews