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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Still Life
Point-and-click detective adventure linking serial murders across two generations
82% positive
953 reviews
除邪(CHUXIE)
First-person horror shooter with a body-camera view and supernatural enemies
79% positive
953 reviews
Fork Road
First-person horror puzzles built around choosing between two paths
75% positive
953 reviews
Scauage
Short psychological horror about scavenging an abandoned house for valuables
90% positive
Free
ШХД: ЗИМА / IT'S WINTER
A sandbox walking simulator about isolation in a Russian winter
78% positive
949 reviews
Vomitoreum
A first-person Metroidvania set in a grotesque pixel-art wasteland
91% positive
948 reviews
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NO BACKUP
A first-person horror shooter for solo play or online co-op
67% positive
947 reviews
New kind of adventure
A 3D adventure in a world of druids and giant strawberries
42% positive
943 reviews
Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩
Procedural horror escape game with stealth and collectible ability cards
88% positive
942 reviews
Nocturnals
Short, choice-driven adventure about companionship in a post-apocalyptic town
86% positive
939 reviews
Demo The Path
A horror walking simulator about straying from a fairy-tale path
81% positive
938 reviews
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite
A dark comedy visual novel about dogs dating during the apocalypse
99% positive
938 reviews
Monument
Old-school first-person shooter where you trade health for ammunition
75% positive
936 reviews
Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring
A psychological horror RPG with puzzles and parallel investigations
99% positive
Free
The Darkest Tales
Side-scrolling action platformer starring a bear in twisted fairy tales
71% positive
932 reviews
Welcome to Dustown
First-person horror with an in-game camera and local voice chat
49% positive
Free
The Designer's Curse
First-person survival horror where you hide from your own creations
88% positive
Free
Demo Hollow Cocoon
First-person horror adventure about hiding from a monster in 1980s Japan
92% positive
929 reviews
Ultimate Arena
Battle royale sandbox where you choose fighters and control arena hazards
84% positive
928 reviews
The Kite
A point-and-click drama about a mother protecting her child
83% positive
Free
Joker Show - Horror Escape
First-person horror escape with puzzles and a jester hunting you
74% positive
Free
Project Unknown
First-person co-op horror about finding cursed objects and exorcising ghosts
83% positive
925 reviews
SIDE EFFECTS
Turn-based medical roulette where unknown pills can kill you
83% positive
924 reviews
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
A horror adventure about two girls lost after dark
92% positive
921 reviews