The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,996 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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The Confession
An adult confession quiz that turns answers into absurd scenarios
95% positive
1,099 reviews
The Walking Dead: Destinies
Third-person zombie action with choices that change the show's story
42% positive
1,093 reviews
Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
A suspense visual novel built around a student's final week
81% positive
1,088 reviews
Doll Impostor
First-person horror deduction game about finding an impostor doll before morning
92% positive
1,088 reviews
Demo HELLMART
First-person supermarket horror about running a store and surviving nights
77% positive
1,084 reviews
Demo Don't Play This
First-person horror walking simulator built around people's final recordings
85% positive
1,083 reviews
Succumate
Adult time-management adventure about living with a demanding demon roommate
81% positive
1,082 reviews
Caligo
First-person walking simulator through dark places toward a final choice
75% positive
1,076 reviews
The Moon Sliver
A short horror walking simulator where something is hunting you
77% positive
1,062 reviews
Winion Virus
A horror visual novel about illegally raising living computer creatures
95% positive
1,058 reviews
MOMO.EXE
A horror adventure where text messages tell you what to do
85% positive
1,055 reviews
Demo Blood Typers
Survival horror adventure where typing controls combat and exploration
95% positive
1,054 reviews
Echoes of the Living
Fixed-camera survival horror in a small town overrun by zombies
82% positive
1,051 reviews
Demo Decarnation
A psychological horror adventure where everyday life blurs into nightmares
87% positive
1,045 reviews
Mists of Aiden
First-person horror about a mansion heist that keeps restarting
91% positive
1,043 reviews
Anna - Extended Edition
First-person psychological horror with puzzles and eight possible endings
63% positive
1,040 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
Horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,029 reviews
Rise of Insanity
Psychological horror following a doctor investigating his family's fate
79% positive
1,028 reviews
Voyager-19
Space horror about surveying planets aboard a deteriorating spacecraft
88% positive
1,023 reviews
The Backrooms: Survival
Survival horror dungeon crawler with crafting and customizable weapons
82% positive
1,018 reviews
The Butterfly Collector
Psychological horror visual novel about a college student's kidnapping
88% positive
1,018 reviews
Silver Chains
First-person horror about escaping a mansion linked to your past
70% positive
1,016 reviews
Iron Blight
First-person survival horror where gunfire can attract more enemies
93% positive
1,014 reviews
GET EVEN
First-person psychological thriller about piecing together a mercenary's lost memories
76% positive
1,008 reviews