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 LIMINAL SHIFT
Backrooms walking simulator with no loading screens between levels
82% positive
281 reviews
123 Slaughter Me Street
First-person horror where escape depends on a failing flashlight
89% positive
280 reviews
The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
Point-and-click horror adventure with live-action scenes and mansion puzzles
77% positive
280 reviews
Demo COVEN
Retro first-person shooter where eating the dead restores your health
91% positive
280 reviews
The Utility Room
VR exploration horror through a barren world of towering beings
84% positive
280 reviews
Demo Albino Lullaby: Episode 1
First-person horror adventure in a town that transforms around you
68% positive
279 reviews
Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
First-person dungeon horror where death can erase your progress
78% positive
279 reviews
Demo Harvest Island
Horror farming adventure where island chores uncover a dark mystery
84% positive
279 reviews
Night Bus
Bus-driving horror where missing stops can change how events unfold
87% positive
277 reviews
Layers of Fear VR
VR psychological horror in a mansion that changes around you
71% positive
275 reviews
Beneath
First-person survival horror in underwater stations with scarce ammunition
69% positive
275 reviews
Fishing Vacation
A fishing adventure that turns a cabin getaway into horror
94% positive
275 reviews
Horror Story: Hallowseed
Psychological horror with random scares shaped by your actions
63% positive
274 reviews
Last Neighbor
First-person horror about escaping a house you tried to rob
75% positive
274 reviews
Witch's Doll
First-person psychological horror about a cheap apartment and missing people
85% positive
274 reviews
Demo The Stalked 2
A psychological horror walking simulator about a hiker being stalked
80% positive
273 reviews
Dark Fall: The Journal
Point-and-click horror about ghostly disappearances at an abandoned train station
78% positive
272 reviews
The Indigo Parallel
Surreal exploration adventure with branching paths shaped by your choices
96% positive
271 reviews
Lazaret
First-person horror aboard a derelict ship filled with stone statues
86% positive
270 reviews
PONE
First-person co-op horror about completing jobs among infected ponies
79% positive
270 reviews
Syndrome
First-person survival horror aboard a drifting spaceship with scarce ammunition
70% positive
269 reviews
Savior of the Abyss
2D horror adventure about escaping the depths of an old hospital
77% positive
269 reviews
Born Into Fear
Nonlinear horror investigation where a creature sets the rules
90% positive
269 reviews
PATHOGEN X
First-person survival horror centered on shooting through waves of mutants
81% positive
269 reviews