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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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The Shattering Demo
The Shattering
First-person psychological thriller about piecing together unreliable memories
84% positive 313 reviews
Grandpa
Grandpa
Survival horror with linked escape puzzles and a sound-sensitive pursuer
52% positive 313 reviews
PARANOID
PARANOID
First-person psychological horror split between staying home and venturing outside
42% positive 313 reviews
THE MUTE HOUSE AI
THE MUTE HOUSE
Old-school survival horror with puzzles and limited space for supplies
80% positive 313 reviews
Deckline
Deckline
A first-person card game where stranded soldiers play through shelling
86% positive 312 reviews
Dementium: The Ward
Dementium: The Ward
First-person survival horror through a derelict hospital full of creatures
88% positive 312 reviews
BLOOD MALL: RETAPED
BLOOD MALL: RETAPED
First-person horror about hunting a dinosaur through a shopping mall
93% positive 312 reviews
Spooky Bonus
Spooky Bonus
Halloween match-three puzzles with house decorations that double as upgrades
96% positive 311 reviews
Organ Quarter
Organ Quarter
VR survival horror in a city twisted by disease
89% positive 311 reviews
Death in the Water
Death in the Water
First-person underwater survival against great white sharks in open water
75% positive 311 reviews
I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 3
I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 3
A post-apocalyptic visual novel with two endings to unlock
89% positive 311 reviews
The Agony
The Agony
Horror visual novel set in catacombs where reality breaks down
60% positive 310 reviews
Dream Cage
Dream Cage
First-person horror where your microphone can give you away
63% positive 308 reviews
Dead
Dead
A twin-stick shooter where healing requires standing still during fights
89% positive 307 reviews
Nemesis: Distress
Nemesis: Distress
First-person survival horror where cooperation can give way to betrayal
56% positive 307 reviews
Crime Detective: Red Flags AI
Crime Detective: Red Flags
Detective horror that turns house arrest into a neighborhood investigation
60% positive 307 reviews
Alone in the Dark: Illumination™
Alone in the Dark: Illumination™
A third-person horror shooter where light helps you fight monsters
25% positive 305 reviews
Is Simon There?
Is Simon There?
Psychological horror with three endings that follow different paths
85% positive 305 reviews
Project: Mist Demo
Project: Mist
Open-world survival horror with a moving train for a base
73% positive 305 reviews
Help
Help
First-person horror adventure searching a bunker for your missing daughter
56% positive 304 reviews
The Living Remain
The Living Remain
VR zombie shooter with ammo crafting and a family search
80% positive 304 reviews
Intruders: Hide and Seek
Intruders: Hide and Seek
First-person stealth horror from a defenseless child's point of view
72% positive 304 reviews
Wet steps
Wet steps
An anime visual novel about a strangely persistent admirer
92% positive 304 reviews
Saiko no sutoka no shiki Demo
Saiko no sutoka no shiki
First-person horror where hunters use trees and bushes as cover
87% positive 302 reviews