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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: 2,000 horror games are on sale right now.

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Mystery visual novel about yearly deaths in a rural village
97% positive 1,394 reviews
SILENT BREATH
SILENT BREATH
First-person forest horror that listens for screams through your microphone
70% positive 1,393 reviews
Scrutinized
Scrutinized
Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home
89% positive 1,392 reviews
The Call of Karen
The Call of Karen
Comedy simulation about household chores disrupted by a Cthulhu invasion
79% positive Free
The Boba Teashop Demo
The Boba Teashop
First-person shopkeeping horror where routine boba orders turn unsettling
94% positive 1,391 reviews
Killing Room
Killing Room
First-person roguelite shooter set in a deadly reality TV show
71% positive 1,388 reviews
West of Dead
West of Dead
A Western roguelike shooter built around cover and twin-stick combat
76% positive 1,388 reviews
Garten of Banban 6
Garten of Banban 6
First-person horror with puzzles in a kindergarten's forgotten levels
77% positive 1,388 reviews
[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
A psychological horror walking simulator about delivering packages to apartments
78% positive 1,383 reviews
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Point-and-click mystery where a broke detective investigates serial murders
96% positive 1,381 reviews
Dark Fracture: Prologue
Dark Fracture: Prologue
First-person psychological horror during a night shift at a body farm
84% positive Free
Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Point-and-click horror adventure with riddles and an asylum mystery
93% positive 1,371 reviews
Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf
Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf
First-person horror shooter with a rifle and a lantern
61% positive 1,370 reviews
Crimson Snow (2023)
Crimson Snow (2023)
Story-driven Christmas horror where a celebration becomes a struggle to survive
94% positive 1,370 reviews
Lynne
Lynne
Psychological horror visual novel about exam pressure and recurring nightmares
80% positive Free
Haunted Gas Station
Haunted Gas Station
First-person horror about seeking help at a haunted gas station
76% positive Free
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
Japanese horror about working at a bathhouse with multiple endings
90% positive 1,365 reviews
Homesick
Homesick
First-person puzzle mystery about escaping an abandoned building and nightmares
77% positive 1,361 reviews
BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue
BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue
Co-op horror with puzzles and creature chases in the poolrooms
32% positive Free
Liquidators
Liquidators
First-person horror about keeping Chernobyl liquidators alive through radioactive hazards
95% positive Free
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For Demo
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Lovecraftian horror visual novel with spellbook rituals and branching endings
95% positive 1,353 reviews
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain Demo
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Underwater survival horror where each dive risks a survivor's life
91% positive 1,353 reviews
Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd AI
Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd
A horror walking simulator about missing animals and strange villagers
90% positive 1,351 reviews
Light Bearers
Light Bearers
Multiplayer hide-and-seek where infected bears join the hunt
90% positive Free