The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 494 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: 1,995 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo Retail Hell
First-person horror job simulator set in an afterlife convenience store
95% positive
603 reviews
Happy's Humble Burger Cult
Co-op cooking horror where spoken words can alert the monster
82% positive
577 reviews
Demo Dyping Escape
Typing horror where your own keystrokes become threats against you
92% positive
576 reviews
Demo Vultures - Scavengers of Death
Turn-based survival horror with scavenging and tactical extraction missions
80% positive
575 reviews
Dread Fields
First-person horror mixing everyday farm chores with a rural mystery
98% positive
575 reviews
Heaven Does Not Respond
Psychological horror investigation through a corrupted computer and playable memories
90% positive
568 reviews
Demo RetroSpace
First-person space horror where death means returning as a clone
89% positive
549 reviews
Demo The Skin Stapler
Horror walking simulator alternating between detective work and survival
91% positive
544 reviews
Demo ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Third-person survival horror with a protagonist who talks to you
77% positive
528 reviews
Fear The Timeloop
Third-person survival horror built around a repeating countdown to death
84% positive
522 reviews
Demo Decollate Decoration
Point-and-click adventure about bringing your beloved into the afterlife
93% positive
517 reviews
Demo LOVE ETERNAL
A gravity-flipping precision platformer with a surreal psychological horror story
96% positive
515 reviews
A.A.U. Black Site
A first-person shooter combining bodycam visuals with supernatural horror
78% positive
513 reviews
Security 51
Security guard simulation where suspicious visitors may not be human
70% positive
509 reviews
Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
A horror visual novel about strangers trapped in a ritual
78% positive
505 reviews
SHE WAS 98
Psychological horror about caring for a grandmother whose behavior changes
86% positive
505 reviews
Backrooms: Code Yellow
Co-op horror with daily assignments across an endless indoor maze
52% positive
489 reviews
Roots Devour
Card-based strategy exploration where you spread roots and consume creatures
69% positive
485 reviews
OH DEMON! Fix my TV
A horror-comedy puzzle adventure where your gaze changes the environment
87% positive
478 reviews
SEVERANCE
Co-op paranormal investigation horror where players can become the ghost
69% positive
476 reviews
Surrounded
First-person survival horror with cooperative exploration and sound-sensitive monsters
40% positive
471 reviews
Pirate's Gambit
A pirate roguelite built around dice rolls and deckbuilding
89% positive
463 reviews
Demo Wasteland Bites
A food truck horror sim with a deadly stress limit
93% positive
462 reviews
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KunKunNest
Anomaly-spotting horror where eight correct calls in a row let you escape
96% positive
459 reviews