The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,312 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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FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Third-person survival horror where photographs ward off island ghosts
89% positive
1,978 reviews
Frankenstein: Master of Death
Point-and-click hidden-object adventure amid experiments that resurrect the dead
83% positive
1,972 reviews
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First-person prison simulator built around answering inmates' trick questions
87% positive
1,971 reviews
Demo NecroVision
World War I first-person shooter that descends into supernatural combat
67% positive
1,961 reviews
Occult
First-person co-op horror quests with puzzles and multiple endings
71% positive
1,961 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
First-person stealth horror about uncovering a neighbor's basement secret
74% positive
Free
Ghost Master®
Strategy puzzle game where you command ghosts to scare townspeople
90% positive
1,955 reviews
Sign of Silence
Co-op horror where noisy actions draw monsters through the forest
52% positive
1,944 reviews
Welcome to Kowloon
First-person horror centered on a student's search for cheap housing
82% positive
1,942 reviews
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut
Third-person shooter about a half-vampire fighting Nazis and monsters
89% positive
1,941 reviews
Lakeview Cabin Collection
2D survival horror about using found objects against slashers
92% positive
1,939 reviews
Garten of Banban 4
First-person horror adventure searching an abandoned kindergarten for your child
77% positive
1,937 reviews
Bloody Painter Dating Sim
A romantic horror visual novel about captivity and survival
90% positive
Free
CAYNE
Isometric sci-fi horror adventure about escaping a facility while pregnant
81% positive
Free
Stay Close
First-person survival horror about escaping a town alone or together
62% positive
1,923 reviews
Terroro
First-person psychological horror about a TikToker's hidden private life
82% positive
Free
Demo 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A mystery visual novel with dialogue choices that shape investigations
80% positive
1,915 reviews
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
Gory 2D action platformer with fast, combo-driven revenge combat
95% positive
1,894 reviews
Valakas Story
Action adventure about a rural Russian streamer's suspected replacement
82% positive
1,893 reviews
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
First-person horror RPG aboard a starship overrun by mutants
87% positive
1,889 reviews
Stay Out of the House
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal butcher's house
94% positive
1,887 reviews
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
2D horror sidescroller about hiding from a stalking toy rabbit
94% positive
Free
Distrust: Polar Survival
Isometric survival horror where falling asleep attracts hostile forces
73% positive
1,879 reviews
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
VR survival horror with zombie combat and nighttime scavenging
64% positive
1,869 reviews