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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Blackberry
Psychological horror with a forest investigation and multiple possible endings
61% positive
165 reviews
The Librarian
Point-and-click horror adventure about supernatural trouble at a fantasy library
84% positive
165 reviews
JANITOR BLEEDS
First-person horror about surviving a cursed arcade machine
82% positive
165 reviews
Haunted House 2
A horror adventure about a security guard helping vengeful spirits
86% positive
165 reviews
Manivore
Linear psychological horror with crime scene photography and puzzles
70% positive
165 reviews
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Kyofu Yawa: Scary Stories at Night
A psychological horror visual novel linking two late-night ghost stories
96% positive
165 reviews
Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
First-person survival horror through rooms that change as you explore
90% positive
164 reviews
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IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
First-person psychological horror about choosing whom to trust
71% positive
164 reviews
D: The Game
Horror puzzle adventure with a two-hour deadline to escape
88% positive
163 reviews
PROJECT 13
First-person horror walking simulator about spotting changes in a repeating corridor
74% positive
163 reviews
Demo Fearbonding
A boys' love horror visual novel about feeding on fear
97% positive
163 reviews
Letter Lost
A horror puzzle adventure inside a post office you cannot leave
80% positive
162 reviews
Deadly Delivery
Co-op VR horror about delivering parcels through monster-filled mines
91% positive
162 reviews
Silence Channel
First-person psychological horror with puzzles inside an abandoned mansion
79% positive
161 reviews
Dreadline: Net Quota
Co-op fishing survival with monsters and a boat to maintain
67% positive
161 reviews
Demo The Way We All Go (2015)
A small-town visual novel about friendship, regret, and violent outcomes
86% positive
160 reviews
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
A point-and-click horror adventure about an office worker doubting reality
84% positive
160 reviews
In The Backrooms
First-person horror about escaping a maze of seemingly empty rooms
60% positive
160 reviews
Alone in the Dark 2
Classic horror adventure with a stronger focus on gun combat
72% positive
159 reviews
Demo Red Line
A 2D horror mystery tracing tenants' secrets across different timelines
97% positive
159 reviews
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The Black Ice
Third-person horror with puzzles at a silent Antarctic research complex
75% positive
159 reviews
Obsessed : Night Shift
First-person horror about running a fried rice shop after dark
88% positive
159 reviews
Blood Field | Cỏ Máu
First-person horror with puzzles and a family mystery in Vietnam
78% positive
158 reviews
Tales from Candleforth
Point-and-click folk horror where forbidden text twists fairy tales
85% positive
158 reviews