The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 2,000 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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Demo Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
A psychological visual novel about intimacy and an abusive romance
85% positive
330 reviews
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I live under your house.
Point-and-click horror told from the monster's side of the story
81% positive
330 reviews
Setteeh
First-person horror rooted in Yakut folklore and ghost stories
74% positive
329 reviews
Subway Exorcist Girl
A horror adventure with randomized encounters aboard a haunted subway
80% positive
328 reviews
Claire
Survival horror where rising panic makes the environment more threatening
69% positive
327 reviews
Julian & Friends
Cartoon point-and-click horror centered on a surprise birthday party
89% positive
327 reviews
Xi
A pixel-art horror puzzle game rooted in Chinese folklore
91% positive
327 reviews
Demo CANINE
First-person stealth horror about rescuing your dog without weapons
96% positive
326 reviews
Demo Cat Named Mojave
Surreal horror about hunting creatures for an unstable Catman
95% positive
326 reviews
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THE LAST TRAIN: Baquedano
First-person psychological horror about escaping an abandoned subway station
92% positive
324 reviews
Demo Afterdream
A side-scrolling horror adventure with camera puzzles inside a lucid dream
92% positive
322 reviews
LiDAR Exploration Program
First-person exploration using a scanner to reveal a dark world
91% positive
320 reviews
Demo Slay the Alice
A branching visual novel set in a land of strange plants
97% positive
320 reviews
MustScream
Survival horror where screaming into your microphone lets you run
49% positive
320 reviews
The Boogie Man
2D horror adventure about chasing a killer through a castle
82% positive
319 reviews
The Swine
First-person horror about a cult invading an isolated rural home
81% positive
318 reviews
Demo 深空七号 Deep Space 7
Third-person horror shooter with scarce supplies and upgradeable weapons
76% positive
318 reviews
Midnight Scenes: The Highway
Point-and-click horror about a road trip that takes a dark turn
88% positive
317 reviews
TORMENTOR
Horror simulation about running a prison and broadcasting torture
52% positive
317 reviews
Yoko no Hanashi
First-person survival horror about escaping or appeasing an obsessive pursuer
91% positive
316 reviews
Demo Vapour
First-person horror shooter with spell combat, puzzles, and demons
60% positive
315 reviews
When The Night Comes
A supernatural murder mystery told through a romance visual novel
92% positive
315 reviews
Demo CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
First-person survival horror about escaping a pursuer hidden among crowds
92% positive
314 reviews
Stairs
First-person psychological horror with a camera that opens new paths
69% positive
313 reviews