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: 2,005 horror games are on sale right now.
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The Test: Reality Check
A psychological questionnaire mixing personal reflection with horror elements
97% positive
662 reviews
9 Clues 2: The Ward
Hidden-object murder mystery set in an isolated island psychiatric hospital
91% positive
661 reviews
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Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
First-person horror built around mansion puzzles, stealth, and traps
79% positive
658 reviews
The Windows Are Gone
Psychological horror in a house that first appears in dreams
92% positive
Free
Seven Nights Ghost
First-person horror comedy about sharing a room with a ghost
92% positive
654 reviews
Bad Cheese
First-person horror about doing chores to avoid your father's punishment
70% positive
654 reviews
OK/NORMAL
Experimental third-person horror through a dream world with a cloud
81% positive
653 reviews
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
A found-phone mystery involving a disappearance and the Weeping Angels
91% positive
653 reviews
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!
First-person live-action mystery adventure after a strange plane crash
90% positive
653 reviews
Demo BodyRecords
Bodycam horror exploration where speaking can draw creatures near
65% positive
652 reviews
Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
Chinese folklore horror game about solving Yichang Town's mysteries
78% positive
651 reviews
Demo Bulb Boy
Point-and-click horror adventure starring a boy with a detachable light-bulb head
89% positive
650 reviews
Suspicious Downpour
Short comedy horror played from a tent in a rainstorm
94% positive
Free
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The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
Text-based horror built around a leaked paranormal training exam
86% positive
Free
The Anomaly Project
First-person co-op horror game about spotting changes to escape
82% positive
649 reviews
The Little Red Lie
Side-scrolling horror adventure with a darker take on Red Riding Hood
93% positive
Free
Demo Backrooms Media
First-person co-op survival horror with puzzles and entity hunts
40% positive
648 reviews
Those Who Remain
First-person psychological horror where staying in the light keeps you alive
68% positive
647 reviews
Demo It Has My Face
First-person horror roguelite about hunting a clone that hunts you
87% positive
647 reviews
Summer Nightmare
Horror visual novel about a school nightmare with real consequences
57% positive
Free
No Players Online
A horror adventure tracing a mystery through an abandoned shooter
83% positive
646 reviews
Morphine
Psychological horror adventure through a bullied student's memories and subconscious
74% positive
644 reviews
The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier
Horror adventure about escaping a walking fish aboard a space station
89% positive
Free
Left to Survive: Zombie Shooter
Third-person zombie shooter with base building and helicopter raids
62% positive
Free