The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,998 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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The Survey
First-person horror with puzzles and a mysterious survey on your phone
72% positive
828 reviews
Demo We Escaped a Twisted Game
Two-player horror escape room where each partner holds different clues
94% positive
828 reviews
Backrooms: Extractions
First-person co-op horror built around rescue and extraction missions
74% positive
819 reviews
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I'm on Observation Duty 5
Surveillance horror puzzle about spotting changes before they pile up
96% positive
816 reviews
Clawed
Survival horror set inside a rundown dinosaur theme park
53% positive
808 reviews
Don't Escape Trilogy
Point-and-click horror adventures where survival can mean locking yourself inside
99% positive
806 reviews
Demo Just Ignore Them
Pixel-art point-and-click horror about monsters inside a young boy's home
79% positive
800 reviews
Demo Heaven Dust 2
Survival horror with upgradable weapons and two paths to escape
90% positive
795 reviews
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Psychological survival horror with stealth, scarce supplies, and branching story paths
87% positive
788 reviews
Demo Black Sheep
A psychological horror adventure about piecing together a school's past
54% positive
785 reviews
School Labyrinth
Co-op horror escape through a changing nighttime school maze
83% positive
785 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
Horror mystery visual novel that revisits earlier chapters' unanswered questions
97% positive
783 reviews
Graveyard Shift
First-person horror about guarding a cemetery where strange events unfold
74% positive
783 reviews
Dead Take
Psychological horror adventure built around mansion puzzles and video splicing
87% positive
783 reviews
9 Childs Street
First-person horror about a child exploring a seemingly abandoned house
90% positive
782 reviews
iBLiS
First-person psychological horror set in a demon-haunted village house
41% positive
776 reviews
DEATH IN UNISON
First-person co-op horror with prison duties and walkie-talkie teamwork
96% positive
773 reviews
Feed The Pit
Investigative horror where magical cards track targets while monsters hunt you
97% positive
766 reviews
The Great Perhaps
A puzzle adventure linking a ruined Earth with its past
81% positive
762 reviews
Demo Beyond Hanwell
First-person survival horror with open exploration through London's Westminster
75% positive
753 reviews
Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
Side-scrolling survival horror where a killer mascot hunts three streamers
80% positive
752 reviews
A Day Out
Third-person co-op horror game about investigating and capturing cryptids
77% positive
751 reviews
Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
First-person mascot horror built around paint-gun puzzles and changing rooms
88% positive
745 reviews
Dino Crisis 2
Third-person dinosaur shooter following a rescue mission through time
88% positive
744 reviews