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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Fish
A casual clicker built around collecting randomly awarded fish items
85% positive
Free
V.L.A.D.i.K
Open-world action RPG about fighting a dictator in alternate Russia
54% positive
591 reviews
Paradise
Dark romance visual novel about a deadly island mystery
91% positive
589 reviews
Dread Not
Two-player co-op puzzles aboard a submarine running out of oxygen
47% positive
Free
Love, Sam
Psychological horror told through diary pages in a changing room
94% positive
588 reviews
Cave Crawler
First-person horror about piloting a search drone through caves
85% positive
587 reviews
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
A Lovecraftian investigation RPG mixing clue hunting with turn-based combat
63% positive
586 reviews
Demo Painkiller: Resurrection
Old-school first-person shooter built around an arsenal of unusual weapons
25% positive
585 reviews
Horror Squad
Co-op survival horror about exploring cursed locations and performing rituals
55% positive
583 reviews
My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
A psychological visual novel where everyday choices split the story
76% positive
581 reviews
Perception
First-person horror adventure where sound reveals rooms and attracts danger
72% positive
580 reviews
Capitalism 2
Business simulation about building a company across multiple industries
83% positive
580 reviews
Terrors to Unveil - Intrusion
First-person psychological horror about a teenager home alone after dark
60% positive
Free
This Strange Realm Of Mine
A first-person shooter mixing monster fights with poetry and philosophy
83% positive
578 reviews
Eternal Evil
First-person survival horror with ghouls that become more dangerous
73% positive
578 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
Bear Simulator
First-person exploration adventure where a bear eats to grow stronger
86% positive
574 reviews
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Z.O.N.A: Origin
A VR survival shooter with dangerous anomalies and customizable weapons
81% positive
573 reviews
Wick
First-person survival horror built around candlelight and evading forest ghosts
87% positive
572 reviews
Fungiman
First-person survival horror about stealing donuts from a forest creature
90% positive
Free
Tsugunohi
Side-scrolling Japanese horror where walking left brings increasingly strange encounters
74% positive
570 reviews